Saturday, March 05, 2005
Hypocrisy is running amok in the White House but at least they are consistent.
Bush keeps calling the kettle black. He recently criticized Putin for clamping down on the press in his country when Bush’s administration has effectively removed all transparency in his presidency and cowed the media into becoming high priced stenographers of administration policy.
Well at least he is consistent. This last weekend Syrian president Bashar Assad is expected to make a partial withdrawal to eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border. Bush took the opportunity to say " "Syria, Syrian troops, Syria's intelligence services, must get out of Lebanon now." He went on to say, "We want that democracy in Lebanon to succeed, and we know it cannot succeed so long as she is occupied by a foreign power and that power is Syria."
Last week he was bathing in his own glory about the free elections held in Iraq and this weekend he says that as long as Syria is occupied, democracy can't succeed. Well if that is true can democracy succeed in Iraq while it is occupied by American troops?
It seems like Bush just says whatever is convenient at the time to make his point but it does not seem to be part of any overall plan. It is like he is just winging it.
This makes sense in light of the way the war has been handled so far. He makes a decision, sticks to it regardless of the consequences and then Karl Rove spins the outcome to fit the original stated goals. The only problem is that not even Karl Rove can control world events and Georgie Boy is not good at thinking beyond what he wants his message to be, so he says whatever comes into his head to prove his point regardless of how hypocritical it comes out.
Could the years of abusing liquor, pot and coke starting to affect the President’s judgment?
Bush keeps calling the kettle black. He recently criticized Putin for clamping down on the press in his country when Bush’s administration has effectively removed all transparency in his presidency and cowed the media into becoming high priced stenographers of administration policy.
Well at least he is consistent. This last weekend Syrian president Bashar Assad is expected to make a partial withdrawal to eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border. Bush took the opportunity to say " "Syria, Syrian troops, Syria's intelligence services, must get out of Lebanon now." He went on to say, "We want that democracy in Lebanon to succeed, and we know it cannot succeed so long as she is occupied by a foreign power and that power is Syria."
Last week he was bathing in his own glory about the free elections held in Iraq and this weekend he says that as long as Syria is occupied, democracy can't succeed. Well if that is true can democracy succeed in Iraq while it is occupied by American troops?
It seems like Bush just says whatever is convenient at the time to make his point but it does not seem to be part of any overall plan. It is like he is just winging it.
This makes sense in light of the way the war has been handled so far. He makes a decision, sticks to it regardless of the consequences and then Karl Rove spins the outcome to fit the original stated goals. The only problem is that not even Karl Rove can control world events and Georgie Boy is not good at thinking beyond what he wants his message to be, so he says whatever comes into his head to prove his point regardless of how hypocritical it comes out.
Could the years of abusing liquor, pot and coke starting to affect the President’s judgment?
# posted by Thomas @ 1:47 PM 
