Bush Quote - 27 Oct 2004

[Charlie Monoxide]

While getting my daily news fix, I was watching 2 different newscasts (NBC National and BBC on PBS). They were both giving a rundown of the various stump speeches by Bush and Kerry.

Bush, on his permanent Kerry-attack mode was responding to the missing explosives story and said that all the information isn't in yet. He went on to say (I'm paraphrasing from memory): "How can you vote for someone who makes a decision before all the facts are available?" Then he paused in his smarmy way, and waited for the applause to peter out, and continued.

I think Bush is posing a great question.

Charlie (Saddam has lots of WMD's and needs to be attacked) Monoxide

 

[Tmy]

What do you expect. Just a few days ago they accused Kerry of fearmongering! HA!!! Tomorrow they'll claim that Edwards daughter is gay.

 

[Furious]

While getting my daily news fix, I was watching 2 different newscasts (NBC National and BBC on PBS). They were both giving a rundown of the various stump speeches by Bush and Kerry.

Bush, on his permanent Kerry-attack mode was responding to the missing explosives story and said that all the information isn't in yet. He went on to say (I'm paraphrasing from memory): "How can you vote for someone who makes a decision before all the facts are available?" Then he paused in his smarmy way, and waited for the applause to peter out, and continued.

I think Bush is posing a great question.

Charlie (Saddam has lots of WMD's and needs to be attacked) Monoxide

The missing explosives story is less than a week old. It is a valid point, though I understand why you would think it is hypocritical.

"WMDgate" is a combination of incorrect assumptions and cherry picked intelligence, but I wouldn't consider it done in haste. Many years of weapons inspections, several UN resolutions, congressional approval for action and some vested interests purposely extending inaction attest to that decision not being done in haste.

I thought that Bush was more of the opinion that it had been going on long enough already and that it was time to deal with it.

 

[AWPrime]

"How can you vote for someone who makes a decision before all the facts are available?"

Yes none should vote for Bush.

 

[circuit slave]

Re: Re: Bush Quote - 27 Oct 2004

Yes none should vote for Bush.

too late!

 

[Batman Jr.]

Re: Re: Bush Quote - 27 Oct 2004

"WMDgate" is a combination of incorrect assumptions and cherry picked intelligence, but I wouldn't consider it done in haste. Many years of weapons inspections, several UN resolutions, congressional approval for action and some vested interests purposely extending inaction attest to that decision not being done in haste.

Bush didn't mention anything about brevity. He was talking about having "all the facts." The bottom line is: Bush didn't have "all the facts," or we wouldn't have been in this mess. Oh, and it's more than just cherry-picked intelligence and incorrect assumptions; there are outright lies involved too.

 

[Dorian Gray]

He flip-flopped

Bush told ABC news correspondent Diane Sawyer in an exclusive prime-time interview, "If necessary, I will support a constitutional amendment which would honor marriage between a man and a woman, codify that."

He then immediately added, "The position of this administration is that whatever legal arrangements people want to make, they're allowed to make, so long as it's embraced by the state or start at the state level."

Bush said he agreed with Vice President Dick Cheney's statement during the 2000 campaign that the issue of same-sex marriage should be left to the states, "except and unless judicial rulings undermine the sanctity of marriage. In which case, we may need a constitutional amendment."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/18/MNG0P3PNH21.DTL

But no one called him on it.

He wants a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, but wants civil unions left up to the states? That's mutually exclusive.