MARY LYON FROM THE LEFT: He's Sorry, Alright

By Mary Lyon -- World News Trust

Well how 'bout that? It's no longer true that being George W. Bush means never having to say you're sorry. Bush has now actually admitted he'd blown a few little details awhile ago.

Now I have to say I'M sorry. I have to beg your indulgence. I'm in shock.

WOW, George. It's finally hit your Imperial Perfectionship that maybe you spoke a little (!?) recklessly with all that tough-guy Texas swagger-talk. Heavens to armadillos, maybe that "bring 'em on" stuff, taunting potential enemies with the lives of our troops on the line wasn't exactly the best thing to say. Gee, Cowboy George, maybe that "dead or alive" stuff just didn't hit the spitoon dead-on like you thought it would. No bull's eye for you, sonny. You wound up dribbling your chewing tobacco juice all over your expensive suit, President Bravado. It's painfully clear by now that those big ol' verbal pop guns you waved around so arrogantly at everybody three years ago shot blanks.

But in one respect, Junior is indeed sorry. He's sorry, alright. A sorrier excuse for a human being there never has been, at least in my memory. Watching him slouch on the lectern and grope for the proper words to express his disjointed feelings while somehow still avoiding accepting full responsibility made me want to throw things at my TV. As he stared off into space (yep, kind of hard to look people in the eye when you're fumbling for an excuse to get your fanny out of a sling), gazed upward (hoping your "Higher Father" will come down and get you off this cross), hemmed and hawed, searching for words (well, that'll take all day. A nimble command of the English language is not exactly one of his strong suits), he reminded me of the facial expressions and nervous fidgeting of my kid during the many times I caught him with yet another detention slip he hoped I wouldn't find -- that should have been signed and returned to the principal's office three weeks earlier. Bush seems to think all he messed up was some wording. But he commits that particular sin all the time. This, along with his fabricated WMD assertions and "Mission Accomplished" strutting, just one of MANY. It was merely the semantics he botched. BAD semantics! Shame on you! Look what you've gotten him into this time! Maybe he was misinterpreted -- the undertaste of which clearly affirms that he was still basically right. It was just in the way he said it. That's like the non-apology apology: "I'm sorry you were offended by..."


Well, that part of it is certainly true. We ARE offended. Mainly because the "mea culpa's" -- such as they are -- coming from him on this occasion pertain to decisions and actions that are, indeed, utterly offensive. For myself, I'm also offended by how he still thinks that somehow we'll just let this one slide, especially since he was so magnanimous as to stoop to this -- umm -- "apology." Was this the latest thing "The Decider" decided was the "right" thing to do?

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NGU.

And NO. We will Never Give Up.

NGU, absolutely. Until justice is done.

Peace Mar.

NGU.

which makes it all the more disgusting and disingenuous.

He was just sorry that he'd WORDED it a little weirdly.

THAT'S what gave him pause (for probably a couple of nanoseconds).

How 'bout that perspective he has, 'eh?

As I was writing this, I was just getting madder and madder, and then I came to the part about PFC Branden Oberleitner (R.I.P.) and his anguished mom, and lemme tellya, I had the baddest most kick-ass cardio-kickboxing class ever.

:D

Mea culpa .. heh, heh, heh.

crossed behind his back while he was being so "contrite."