Oh My God - BUSH SAYS: "HUBERT HUMPHREY WAS RIGHT"

This Post is Not a Satire or a Parody

I swear. Every once in a while, I pop on one of the Big Three network newscasts. Friday night, it was the "CBS Evening News" which was devoted entirely to Bob Schieffer's exclusive interview with President Bush, Mr. "Can't Remember Making a Single Mistake." What I heard stunned me. In addition to saying he's glad people are debating about the domestic spying and the legal issues and rights issues, and acknowledging at least somewhat the feeble way Katrina was handled, the President had this exchange with the anchorman:

<< SCHIEFFER: I want to ask you sort of a philosophical question, and that is, Hubert Humphrey once said that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was America's most successful foreign policy initiative because it told people who we were and what we stand for. And I just wonder, when we see some of these horror stories about torture and things that have happened in some of these prisons like Abu Graib, do you worry that maybe we are losing the moral high ground in some way?

PRESIDENT BUSH: There is no question that Abu Graib pictures not only--we were disgraced, and it--it--it--I know it caused a lot of people that want to like us to question whether they should, and equally important it gave the enemy an incredible propaganda tool. No question. That's why it was important for us to investigate, to expose, and to hold people to account so people see there was a consequence for the behavior. The--you know, Hubert Humphrey was right. The actions we take in our own country or elsewhere help define America to others, and that's why it's important for us to constantly remind people that are--we have got a wonderful heart and we are a compassionate nation. >>

I'm not sure which is a bigger shock-- that he shows some signs of admitting that Abu Graib was a mess, (although sure, the party line about it being a few bad apples is still in there) or his saying "Hubert Humphrey was right."

I--I don't know HOW I feel right now. Agreeing with Bush assessment...room starting to spin...

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doing everything in their power to block the latest Abu Graib photos??"

It's not the same person. What it means to me is that the last five years we have been suffering under policies that were passed because of Bush's lack of attention to history. Maybe next time, people who buy houses in Nantuckett will use their podiums to remind the American people that we need someone in the White House that is more capable than someone who can suck down a beer.

WTF do you mean we have got a wonderful heart and we are a compassionate nation? Are you totally delusional?"

Not until the Democrats are in charge again, and maybe not even then, not really. :(

when your side has ignorant fools crying for the annihilation of every man, woman and child in that country. And you certainly can't do it by torturing young children for any reason.

First: I am shocked he even knows who Hubert Humphrey was...

Second: It is sickening that he uses a great man like Hubert Humphrey to bolster any point he is making. W isn't 1/1000th the man Hubert Humphrey was.

I don't trust bush to know his name. Remember the young woman who asked him about cuts in funds for education and he said, "That's a great question," and proceeded to blather on and on and on about more Pell grants being available but not as much allocated per each Pell grant or some such foolishness?

You can tell he was prepared because he didn't preface his remarks by saying, "Ya know, Bob, that's a great question, I'm glad you asked it," and then launch into a discombobulated discourse of inanity.

HHH must be spinning in his grave. He consistently stood up for everyone that Bush despises - the little guy, the underprivileged, the common person, those on the sharp end of Amerikkkan capitalism.

Once again, the Chimp proves himself an ignorant tool. He isn't fit to carry Humphrey's suit bag.

these last weeks. :thumbsup:

and it--it--it--I know

to hold people to account

The--you know

that's why it's important for us to constantly remind people that are--we have got a wonderful heart and we are a compassionate nation


The man is a friggin idiot who can't talk. That's my impression of this interview.

All we have to do is "win heart's and minds". Seems like I hear this all before.

It was not the pictures so much as the torture it self and the policies that led to them, that was the disgrace.