2008 Woodie Awards
Bush sheds tears in book
Andy Downs
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: Opinions
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I've spent the past seven years being very disturbed and upset with President Bush for reasons we should all be very familiar with.
Usually I'd call him names and curse his incompetence, but after hearing about his new biography, the rest of the country and I should realize he is nothing more than a human being like the rest of us.
A spoiled, filthy rich human who cheated his way into office and has a brilliant track record that screams, "I'm swine," but human nonetheless.
Mr. Bush eats, sleeps, lies, and according to his new biography, "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush," our strong-willed, ass-kicking and name-taking president also cries...a lot.
Bush reassured us all that, "I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president. I'll shed some tomorrow."
Thanks George; it's always reassuring to know that God's shoulder has been tainted with your salty demon tears.
Bush allowed former GQ correspondent Robert Draper into the oval office for some heartfelt interviews with the crybaby and his aides late last year and early this year for the biography.
Draper reveals all sorts of sneaky, behind-closed-doors stories the handkerchief-wielding president has to offer since the start of his administration, as well as typical, classic Bush quotes left for the critical thinker in all of us to figure out.
The book peeks in on closed doors during the Rumsfeld firing and how retired military generals were pissed off and afraid if he was voted out, it would steal Georgie's thunder.
Bush being the big man he is, says the generals got under his skin and his reaction was, "No military guy is gonna tell a civilian how to react."
Well, if that isn't a heaping handful of hypocrisy, I don't know what is.
Last time I checked, Bush likes to parade around in military jets and flight suits on aircraft carriers under the title of "Commander-in-Chief," but no military is going to tell George W. Bush, the civilian, how to react.
Usually I'd call him names and curse his incompetence, but after hearing about his new biography, the rest of the country and I should realize he is nothing more than a human being like the rest of us.
A spoiled, filthy rich human who cheated his way into office and has a brilliant track record that screams, "I'm swine," but human nonetheless.
Mr. Bush eats, sleeps, lies, and according to his new biography, "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush," our strong-willed, ass-kicking and name-taking president also cries...a lot.
Bush reassured us all that, "I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president. I'll shed some tomorrow."
Thanks George; it's always reassuring to know that God's shoulder has been tainted with your salty demon tears.
Bush allowed former GQ correspondent Robert Draper into the oval office for some heartfelt interviews with the crybaby and his aides late last year and early this year for the biography.
Draper reveals all sorts of sneaky, behind-closed-doors stories the handkerchief-wielding president has to offer since the start of his administration, as well as typical, classic Bush quotes left for the critical thinker in all of us to figure out.
The book peeks in on closed doors during the Rumsfeld firing and how retired military generals were pissed off and afraid if he was voted out, it would steal Georgie's thunder.
Bush being the big man he is, says the generals got under his skin and his reaction was, "No military guy is gonna tell a civilian how to react."
Well, if that isn't a heaping handful of hypocrisy, I don't know what is.
Last time I checked, Bush likes to parade around in military jets and flight suits on aircraft carriers under the title of "Commander-in-Chief," but no military is going to tell George W. Bush, the civilian, how to react.