by David Safier
According to an AP article, Bush was "reflective" during a speech at Texas A&M. Listen to what passes for reflection in this deeply shallow and uncaring man.
According to the article, Bush told graduates that "popularity is capricious and what matters is whether they think they’ve done what is right."
Not whether it's right, but whether they think it's right.
In his words:
"If you go home at night, look in the mirror and be satisfied that you have done what is right, you will pass the only test that matters."
Since he's speaking in an academic setting and talking about tests, let's put his statement to the idiocy test. Let's say I take a final in a course I'm woefully unprepared for. Add to that, my roommates have been feeding me the wrong answers, telling me I'm up to the task and assuring me, "When it comes to choosing the right answers, you're the decider."
So I take the test with a song on my lips and confidence in my heart. I get every answer wrong. Then I go home, look in the mirror and say to myself, "I'm satisfied that the answers I have given are right."
According to the man who has led us into the Iraq War and the current economic debacle, he has passed the only test that matters.
Idiot!
Now, to show that he's an asshole as well as an idiot:
Bush had the nerve to say that every day of his presidency has been "joyous." Joyous! September 11? The reports of mounting death tolls in Iraq? . . . I could go on, but why bother? Any man who has presided over the past eight years and says he hasn't spent some days and weeks in the deepest anguish and heartache is either a liar or a man without any sense of empathy.
And speaking of lack of empathy, here's Bush's attempt at humor.
"To those of you with jobs lined up, congratulations. To those of you not exactly sure what comes next, I know how you feel," he said.
He thinks it's funny to compare these young people starting out their adult lives without job prospects, thanks in good part to his administration's anti-regulatory dogma, to a rich man who is leaving the presidency and has to worry about such questions as,"Should I play golf this morning?" and "Maybe I'll have someone drive me down to the ranch so I can clear a little brush."
Worst. President. Ever.
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