I'm betting money Bush will apologize too

After seeing the reaction of the families to Clarke after his apology today, I feel certain that sometime between now and the final July report from the hearings, Bush will slither up to a microphone and apologize. Of course, he's too fucking skeered to actually hug a 9/11 family member for fear of his evil hide so he won't gain the full benefit of a photo op like Clarke.

What do you think?

why start now?

responsibility. Now the only issue is "intelligence." (Unfortunately, they won't even acknowledge he is the key intelligence failure.) Therefore, it's safe for him to apologize.

I just thought the scumbag would try to take advantage of the momentum Clarke created. The RepubliCONs are masters at doing that you know--stealing issues and ideas by twisting them to make them appear as if they are supportive. I gave them too much credit. :shrug:

by Nov.?

It would have been fine during his highest ratings to make such a humanitarian gesture. Guess he's just not human.

Has he ever apologized for anything ever? It would be a match between Rovian strategy and admitting fault. What an interesting thought experiment though. Like if Kobe was a member of the Bush administration, would we be hearing about it on the news?

Besides, they think it's all he has to run on.

Rove's technique is that if the spin is not working, do more of the same, but louder and more often.

To apologize would imply that he was wrong about something.

In Bush's tiny mind, he is never wrong. About anything. Ever.

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I don't believe it will ever happen.

PM me if you're serious. :D

during his entire term... he certainly isn't going to apologize.

Something like, "I think that every citizen is sorry that we couldn't protect America on that day from terrorists who hate us for our freedoms and who will attack us again if I am not re-elected."

"...sorry that we couldn't..." even we would be more than mr. can't get fooled again could manage to say.

but, he might say something at some point that could be spun, i guess.

if i were a gambler, i would take the original posters bet, tho! i could use the money ;-)

For the mess he left the world in, nah just dreaming

He'll pardon Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, Ashcroft, Rice, Perle, Wolfowitz, and ... himself?

...he'll do nothing of the sort. Just as in other things, Bush feels no responsibility for any of 9-11 and would not ever say to the 9-11 families or the rest of America that he failed. As far as republicans are concerned they don't expect Bush to apologize and you can see that in the reactions from the republicans on the 9-11 panel.
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i dont think he will lol

Being President means never having to say you're sorry, at least according to this bunch.

No matter how badly the war in Iraq goes, it will have been worth every drop of blood and ounce of treasure. Despite the sagging economy and depressed jobs market, the tax cuts were necessary. Every "flip-flop," everything that looks like it might have been a mistake, or even like it was a blatant lie, will in the end prove to have been justified.

Apologies are for the weak, and any admission of even the smallest mistake will be perceived as evidence against this Administration's patent infallibility. So I counsel you against holding your breath for that apology.

Unless an apology tests well before enough focus groups to indicate that it would be a positive in the upcoming election campaign, in which case Mr. Rove will require Our Boy to, aw shucks, put on his best hang-dog expression and say, "I'm sorry, I really mean it--Put 'er there--are we all friends again?"

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I think the families would scream foul . Why did you wait for years? Why didnt you do it before we found out the truth?

so why not milk it until it's dry with an apology?

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Seriously, I'm interested in your answer.

I don't doubt Bush* would do it if he thought it could win him the election. He would say or do anything to make that happen.

The problem with apologizing for 9-11 is that it kills his facade of being the only one capable of defending America. Once he admits a major screw up like 9-11, he's not the great protector that a foolish 60% of the country now believes him to be.

weeks admitting things in a way as if to say, so what...wouldn't surprise me.

He's down to his briefs (I'm a war time President). Take away this and AWOL'll be a public embarassment.

He'll never apologize, unless it's in a criminal court during the sentencing phase.

After all he is a War pResident

He will not apologize. "Sorry" isn't is his lexicon.

He has no remorse. He has no class.

Let him twist slowly in the wind.......to coin a favorite Republican phrase.

He is from a family of war profiteers who prize money above all. He believes (as do his entire family( that the average person is somewhat below the status of a worm. He has never had to apologize (that implies humility) and he wont
what he might do is come up with some lame excuse to explain why he didnt act or something might have been wrong (not his fault).

seen as weakness by the dittomonkeys.

by doing so * will be admitting that he's incompetant, and will have a tough time convincing anyone to elect him.

... which Rove will reject in the morning.

"Stick to principle, Mr. President."

Like Haldeman (played by James Woods) said in the "Nixon" film: Never complain, never explain.

Bush has never admitted (maybe in his whole life) that he has done anything wrong. He will just keep saying that he's done a wonderful job. Did you catch yesterday during the hearings, when just as William Cohen was saying that just because we haven't been attacked since 9/11 we shouldn't feel that we are more secure, TWO different stations simultaneously cut to a TAPE of Bush saying how much he's done against terrorism.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Bush is psychologically unable to apologize or take any responsibility whatsoever. He's never done it, he never will.

that to happen, ever.

Even if these POS go to jail for life they won't apologize.

The neo-cons will never apologize for anything because they feel entitled to do what ever the hell they want whenever the hell they want.

Being a neo-cons is DEFINED by never having to say you're sorry.

He is sickenly arrogant. And he has his misadministration, Congress, and most of the media all in lockstep. Their whole plan depends on lies, secrecy, and not taking responsibility. I see them being weasels until the end.

and raise you a guess that Rove will point to Clarke & say "look...he apologized! he admits responsibility!"

To apologize, to acknowledge responsibility in any way shape or form would totally ruin him.

No, I think they're gonna keep stuffing thumbs in that dike till it breaks and destroys them.

He needed to fire Condi and Ashcroft soon after 9/11 for any apology to be remotely possible. He didn't, and now he's stuck with them.

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weakness. Not gonna do it.

You all know that he can't think or speak about death and killing without that weird little smile he does.

... it'd be a day late, and a dollar short.