Amen. He is what he is; a smart cookie.
Posted on 02/22/2005 7:33:39 AM PST by Flightdeck
What do you mean "in another week?" They started it almost immediately.
My hat is off to Rove. Someday they will substitute "Prince Rove" for "Prince Machiavelli," so great is his reach and subterfuge. In his very presence, one should greet him thusly: "Blessings and peace, shock and awe, oh noble prince."
This sounds remarkably like what you said on ATRW, post 51, slightly paraphrased, of course. You're famous! Sort of.
I heard Billy Crystol do just that last night on Fox News. It is as predictable as the tides.
There was a female reporter on the Talking Heads segment of FOX News Sunday that said that, but I think she had her tongue in cheek. She was a temp replacement for one of the Lib reporters, so you never know.
Not to worry, there are already callers to talk radio insisting that this whole deal was cooked up by Dubya.
One relieved Free Republic [blogger??] put it best: "Thank God... [Bush] is what he is, has been and will always be: himself."
PING!!!!
Amen. He is what he is; a smart cookie.
Bush Tapes Not a Precursor to Armageddon
(FR mentioned)Excerpt:The disaster that conservatives crossed fingers in hopes of avoiding never came, much to the chagrin of the circle-and-slash W. crowd. One relieved Free Republic
bloggerposter put it best: "Thank God... [Bush] is what he is, has been and will always be: himself."
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.
He started with the premise that Bush supporters, when first learning there were secret tapes of Bush conversations, feared what would be on them.
I can honestly say I never did. Learning what they contained only showed my lack of concern was well placed. The only umbrage I took was Wead's deceit, which he proceeded to compound by issuing his various lies about why he taped and what the plans for their use was.
I think that theory is stupid and offensive.
Bush is not going to let his spokesman say the conversations were thought to be in confidence if they were in fact taped with his knowledge.
This theory has been crafted by the left to explain why Bush is the same in private as he is in public. They do not like how well the tapes reflect on him and so started spinning an alternate scenario much akin to the CBS attack.
Bush, instead of being the victim of treachery (in this case a "friend" secretly taping him, in CBS the presentation of fake documents) is re-cast as the architect of pulling one over on the hapless media.
The media then becomes the victim of the machiavellian Bush administration.
What a crock.
" Just imagine the incrimination that would come from nine hours of off-the-cuff, "private" recordings between Clinton and a trusted friend. "
Jesse Jackson was Clinton's spiritual advisor after Monica.
Imagine if Jesse had secretly taped Clinton.
And offered them to the NYT- I bet their existence would never have seen the light of day.
Which would probably be a good thing, as even a triple XXX rating would't have been a sufficient warning.
Bill Kristol was mocking the lefties.
He was being dry as dust. I saw it, too.
Thanks for the ping!
"No preparation, no politicking, no putting the best foot forward; if you want real, this is it."
That's why these tapes are a non-scandal.
The fact that the NYTimes had to pose the question is the best proof that there is nothing they could use to hurt Bush in any of the tapes.
I guess it it time to back to the TANG issue!! LOL!!
"I don't know who the Freeper is who is quoted."
Actually, he was quoting me and last time I checked I was still a "she." Perhaps he felt the name "Virginia Queen" implied I was another type of queen.
I've always figured this whole bogus tape thing was done in an effort to resurrect the ghost of Watergate (Hillary!s glory days)
Remember right after the election, the mass media talking heads were telling us over and over that Bush might not be so popular in his second term, hands tied, yada yada, reminding us that Watergate hit Nixon and Monicagate hit Clinton in their second terms
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