Didn’t you even try to read his lips?
Matt Blevins is reading Bob Woodward’s new book, and discovers that Dubya never even asked his own father’s advice on going to war with Iraq. In fact by his own admission, Bush didn’t think of his father as a very good resource. From The Nation: #
So let’s get this straight: There’s only one other living person in the whole entire world who’s ever seriously faced the question before our president—whether to send American ground forces into a land war in the Middle East. This person did so, successfully, leaning upon the exact same men: Dick Cheney and Colin Powell. And miracle of fortunate miracles—what are the odds?—this person is the President’s own father. Hey, get him on the phone! He’s your dad; he’ll give you his best and most honest and well-intentioned read, and as an adult you then thank him and make up your own mind. #
Instead, the President refuses to even seek his own father’s advice (which, if heeded, might have saved us a helluva lot of trouble); gets us bogged down in a miniature Vietnam that makes no sense whatsoever; tells a press conference he can’t think of a single mistake he’s made since 9/11; and then, no doubt feeling defensive about things, he lashes out at … his father. ##
Tuesday, April 20th, 2004 @ 9:54 am 
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