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Title: Things going 'great,' says Bush
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www.nydailynews.com
URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_ ... ngs_going_great_says_bush.html
Published: Jan 21, 2008
Author: Tom DeFrank
Post Date: 2008-01-21 00:11:44 by Ferret Mike
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Views: 2887
Comments: 17
WASHINGTON - His approval ratings are dreadful, his moral authority suspect. Many Republicans fear President Bush backlash guarantees catastrophic election defeats this fall, including losing the White House. One of Bush's stoutest loyalists even admits: "As a practical matter, he has now become irrelevant to the national conversation." George W. Bush cheerfully begs to differ. A year before he leaves town after two turbulent terms for a new home in Dallas and his beloved Crawford ranch, Bush is unusually ebullient these days. "We've come through some pretty rough times, but things are goin' great now," he told an old friend recently. Like his father, Bush has always embraced the half-full view of life and politics. But longtime Bush-watchers report that even by that genetically rosy standard - critics might suggest Pollyannaish - his cheerfulness of late is remarkable. "You'd think he'd just be happy to be getting the hell out of a place he can't stand," a close pal told the Daily News. "But he's really up. I'm amazed how up." Bush's inner tranquility mainly derives from a profound sense of vindication regarding the Iraq war. The success of the troop surge he launched a year ago has given him the last laugh over the skeptics, Bush believes. "He thinks we're not just winning in Iraq," says someone who speaks with Bush often, "he thinks we're routing them. He believes we're doing 10 times better than everybody else perceives." Another Bush confidant echoes the cheerfulness, but adds Bush and Vice President Cheney remain "worried about the Army's ability to sustain the surge and very concerned with how ineffective [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri] Maliki is because they know we're stuck with him." Bush has also been buoyed by the thaw in Franco-American relations created by new French President Nicolas Sarkozy, an instant good friend, and continuing strong ties with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Recent meetings with both leaders proved even more successful than Bush expected, particularly on counterterrorism and Afghanistan, he has told friends. On Capitol Hill, he's mostly reduced to playing defense. He retains enough Republican support, however, to block attempts to cut war spending. Beyond thwarting the Democrats, his final-year agenda will focus on his longshot attempt to broker a Mideast peace deal and an economic stimulus package to keep the economy from sliding into recession before the elections. He'll also press for more authority to spy on terrorists. Despite his optimism, Bush isn't oblivious to the reality of his weakened presidency. He privately concedes the country doesn't pay much attention to what he says any longer. Watching the jockeying to succeed him from the sidelines, Bush recently joked he hopes the GOP race drags on a while and keeps the spotlight off him. "If it goes on longer, maybe I won't catch as many arrows," he told a visitor. Still, Bush approaches retirement far more serene about his legacy than most of the country and many in his party. "We'll see what history says," he told an interviewer last week, confident he already knows the answer. tdefrank@nydailynews.com
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Where does one start?? Out political system is totally fractured. Even the red necks that come in our store consider Bush to be a Ass. And that takes a lot.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Bush has no soul left.
As stale as the Hitler jokes are, I'm really thinking that Bush is in a Bunker somewhere Pushing around unit markers for non existent armies on a huge map while aides feed him only what he wants to hear.
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me.
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me. One could hope.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" I read this article feeling like I had gone through the looking glass with Alice of Wonderland. I would so like to see this guy wake up and smell the coffee, even if it takes someone to physically grind his nose in it to make him get to that point of awareness.
Good quote.
Hi Diana, good to see you, hope you are staying warm up there.
They mean "tranquilizers".
Mark If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July speakers - normally good Americans who fail to comprehend what is required to keep our country strong and free - Americans who have been lulled into a false security (April 1968).---Ezra Taft Benson, US Secretary of Agriculture 1953-1961 under Eisenhower
Easy to rationalize once you've sold your soul.
The Ron Paul r3VOLution hasn't even begun to fight.
US Warplanes Bomb Baghdad: January 10, 2007
He'll never get it that his spendthrift policies both at home and abroad caused the depression which is only beginning. The Bush Crime Family has so many offshore accounts with so many billions, if not trillions of dollars, secreted away that the new Greater Depression will not bother them. The Chimp's father rode to private school in New England in a chauffeur-driven limo during the first GD. It also looks as if the family may succeed in placing honorary member Hillary in office as successor, especially given her mastery of the electronic voting system in New Hampshire. It doesn't get any better than that.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
The new meds have kicked in.
Join the Ron Paul Revolution
"We've come through some pretty rough times, but things are goin' great now," he told an old friend recently. "You'd think he'd just be happy to be getting the hell out of a place he can't stand," a close pal told the Daily News. "But he's really up. I'm amazed how up." He believes we're doing 10 times better than everybody else perceives." Maye he's so upbeat because he's accomplished whatever his REAL goals in the Middle East were.
The Middle East is certainly prepared for the Unified Global Governance more now than it was before 911.
Am trying, we had a week of around -25. I can take the cold but that is too cold.
It's been really cold here in Indianapolis too. Not that cold, but temps around zero every night. We've had cold snaps where it was -20 at night, warming up to -9 by mid-afternoon, but those only happen about every 5 - 6 years. Looking back over the last 20 years, I think ice storms have caused more damage around here than any other natural disaster or weather anomaly.
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
"He thinks we're not just winning in Iraq," says someone who speaks with Bush often, "he thinks we're routing them. He believes we're doing 10 times better than everybody else perceives."
#2. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
#3. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
"He thinks we're not just winning in Iraq," says someone who speaks with Bush often, "he thinks we're routing them. He believes we're doing 10 times better than everybody else perceives."
#4. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#3)
s stale as the Hitler jokes are, I'm really thinking that Bush is in a Bunker somewhere Pushing around unit markers for non existent armies on a huge map while aides feed him only what he wants to hear.
#5. To: tom007 (#4)
#6. To: tom007 (#4)
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me.
#7. To: Diana (#6)
#8. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
....Bush's inner tranquility.....
#9. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Bush's inner tranquility mainly derives from a profound sense of vindication regarding the Iraq war. The success of the troop surge he launched a year ago has given him the last laugh over the skeptics, Bush believes.
#10. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
#11. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
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#12. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
"You'd think he'd just be happy to be getting the hell out of a place he can't stand," a close pal told the Daily News. "But he's really up. I'm amazed how up."
Freedom*Peace*Prosperity
#13. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Bush's inner tranquility mainly derives from
#14. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
A year before he leaves town after two turbulent terms for a new home in Dallas and his beloved Crawford ranch, Bush is unusually ebullient these days.
#15. To: Hayek Fan (#14)
#16. To: Ferret Mike (#7)
hope you are staying warm up there.
#17. To: Diana, robin (#16)
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