INDCJournal: Meet the Prez

February 06, 2004

Meet the Prez

Posted by Bill

President Bush will appear on Meet the Press this Sunday, chiefly to defend himself from Dem attacks regarding WMD and the war in Iraq. I'm scared. Ever since Bush became visibly angry and served up nonsensical answers when Diane Sawyer questioned him regarding Iraq, I have found his public speaking in defense of the war to be especially simplistic and full of rhetoric, a style that gives folks the appearance of evasion and cognitive dissonance. There are so many reasons that invading Iraq was the right thing to do, I just wish that Bush could articamalate them more betterer.

I admire Bush, but I have a gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach, sort of like a loving mom who is sending her retarded son to match wits in the all-county spelling bee, a venue where he faces certain annihilation. Tim Russert is a journalistic hard-ass, probably the best interrogator in the business.

Perhaps Karl Rove is planning on channeling Tony Blair, or they have a little earpiece to facilitate some Cyrano de Bergerac action:

Russert: What about David Kay's testimony stating that there were no readily available stocks of biological or chemical weapons?

Bush: Saddam gassed his people.

Russert: Yes, we know that, but what about the more recent pre-war statements about Iraq's inventory of weapons that was used as a casus belli?

Bush: Saddam gassed his own people! Uh ... oh, hold on ... (listening to hidden earpiece)

Blair: Damn it George, don't make it obvious that you are listening to an earpiece. Now listen: tell him that you took action based on the best intelligence estimates that were available, estimates agreed upon by even many of the most vociferous opponents of the war, estimates agreed upon by every serious intelligence agency in the world and estimates agreed upon by your predecessor. These estimates, combined with Saddam's refusal to lawfully accept the will of 13 years of UN mandates and the horrific human rights disaster in Iraq, would have made it irresponsible of you not to act in defense of the United States and the larger causes of Democracy and universal human dignity.

Bush: (Pauses, makes a whistling sound) "I did the right thing. Saddam gassed his own people!"

Posted by Bill at February 6, 2004 11:44 AM | TrackBack (0)