Showing posts with label richard engel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label richard engel. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

It's not, 'will he be able to wash the blood from his hands," it's "will he drown in the river of blood"


George Bush's remarkable instincts have led him to the make the wrong decisions time and again, without ever taking responsibility.

Most notably, recently, as excerpts in Richard Engel's book on his reporting in Iraq shows. Bush says: "I know people are saying we should have left things the way they were, but I changed after 9/11. I had to act. I don't care if it created more enemies. I had to act."

And so he has. And he's a bad actor.

For, if the reports of several agencies are correct, Bush could now be responsible for many more deaths than Saddam Hussein ever was.

Who's the madman? Who's the murderer? Who's the delusional despot?

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Crybaby Bush and the right-wing lament of being taken out of context


President Bush's tenure is noteworthy for several dismal failures, but also for his reluctance to sit for interviews with anyone who might legitmately challenge his views. Early on, an Irish interviewer was the subject of White House ire when the reporter actually had the nerve to challenge Bush's lies and faulty logic.

The president recently sat down with NBC's Richard Engel, and he didn't like how it sounded. Arrogant, stupid and political. The president's people say it was the fault of editing.

Pardon me, but there are reasons why he is the least popular president in modern history.