President Dunderhead #2

Excerpted from today's White House press conference:

Q: Thank you, Mr. President.

It was reported earlier this week that in a meeting with conservative journalists, you said you'd seen changes in the culture you referred to as a third awakening. I wonder if you could tell us about what you meant by that, what led you to that conclusion, and do you see any contradictory evidence in the culture.

BUSH: No, I said — thanks — I was just speculating that the culture might be changing. And I was talking about when you're involved with making decisions of historic nature you won't be around to see the effects of your decisions. And I said that, you know, when I work the rope lines, a lot of people come and say, Mr. President, I'm praying for you. A lot.

As a matter of fact, it seems like a lot more now than when I was working rope lines in 1994.

And I asked them to — I was asking their opinion about whether or not there was a, you know, a third awakening, I called it.

Come on now! Let's say this very slowly – Georgie you live in a bubble. Your audiences are hand picked acolytes and Kool-Aid drinkers. You don't meet a cross section of average Americans.

And then there was this:

.....In other words, usher in a responsibility era.

And I reminded people that responsibility means, if you're a father, to love your child, or if you're corporate America, be honest with the taxpayers; if you're a citizen of this country, love your neighbor.

And so I was wondering out loud with him.

It seems like to me that something is happening in the religious life of America. But I'm not a very good focus group either. I'm encapsulated here. I'm able to see a lot of people. And, from my perspective, people are coming to say, I'm praying for you.

And it's an uplifting part of being the president. It inspires me. And I'm grateful that a fellow citizen would say a prayer for me and Laura.

Ahh – the responsibility era. I guess in Chimpie's warped view he is the leading examplar of responsibility. He must be quite proud of these “responsible” acts - Lying to start the Iraq War, killing the sons and daughters of America for oil, condoning torture, screwing Americans seniors, spying on Americans... His list of “responsibility” keeps getting more and more impressive.

I've had enough of his simple minded, hypocritical sanctimony – how about you?
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