Who was that guy at the White House press conference yesterday? He looked strikingly similar to George Bush. His gesticulations were certainly Bush-like. It was not Frank Caliendo -- Frank is chubby.
The man at this press conference passionately defended the successes of his administration's defense of America and, contritely, acknowledged mistakes over the past eight years. The George Bush that rummaged through the White House since 2004 was a total klutz when he tried to explain his actions, stumbling over words and sentences and too many times appearing listless. Moreover, he was loathe to admit to errors and, therefore, he could never get beyond them.
On January 12th, President Bush called the press out for having a lapse in memory over the days after September 11th. To paraphrase, President Bush reminded them of the many congressional hearings and media criticism for the failure to "connect the dots". Then, anti-terrorist laws and procedures having been established, the Bush Administration was incessantly vilified for having connected the dots.
President Bush went on to remark that the same countries that assail the Guantanamo Bay detention center also refused to accept any of the misunderstood Guantanamo prisoners into their country. In short, he made it clear that if the choice was defending America or winning a popularity contest, the latter option simply never existed.
I wish this President Bush would have emerged years ago. It would have made for a very different national debate.
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