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Fool me twice, can't get fooled again? Merci Beau-coup
Author: Raine    Date: 02/19/2015 13:57:59

He's his own man, he says.
"I recognize that as a result, my views will often be held up in comparison to theirs’— sometimes in contrast to theirs’," he will add, according to prepared remarks provided by his aides in advance. "I love my father and my brother. I admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make. But I am my own man — and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences. Each president learns from those who came before — their principles … their adjustments. One thing we know is this: Every president inherits a changing world … and changing circumstances."
That's exactly what it looks like….

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/imgs/2015/150218-what-could-possibly-go-wrong.jpg
Source.
Many of them are from past Republican administrations, including those of his father and brother as well as that of Ronald Reagan.

The list includes people representing a wide spectrum of ideological views in the Republican Party, from the pragmatic to the hawkish. It includes James Baker, known for his pragmatism in key roles during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidencies, and former World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, a hawk as deputy defense secretary who was an architect of George W. Bush's Iraq policy.

Among others are two former secretaries of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff, former national security adviser Stephen Hadley and a deputy national security adviser, Meghan O'Sullivan, as well as two former CIA directors, Porter Goss and Michael Hayden.


He actually is his own man, and was his own man as one of the 25 original signatories for the Project for the New American Century. While all of PNAC's records have been scrubbed, the internet lives on. Even though PNAC no longer exists, it is important to recall that the ideology still continues.
And nine days after that attack, PNAC sent a letter to Bush II saying that “even if evidence does not link Iraq directly to the attack, any strategy aiming at the eradication of terrorism and its sponsors must include a determined effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. Failure to undertake such an effort will constitute an early and perhaps decisive surrender in the war on international terrorism.”

But only two (two!) of the 25 original signers of PNAC’s statement of principles are on Bush’s advisers list: former undersecretary of state Paula Dobriansky and our old pal, former deputy secretary of defense and then president of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz.

Oh. Wait! There was another PNAC original who might count: John Ellis “Jeb” Bush.
Everything old is old again.

But it's all ok…. They have a family saying in the Bush Family….
In 1986, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush offered an unsatisfying, passive-voice explanation for the Iran-Contra scandal in which the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran in order to finance an illegal war on Nicaragua.
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  • “Clearly, mistakes were made,” Bush said.


  • In 2004, then-President George W. Bush offered an eerily similar unsatisfying, passive-voice explanation for the Abu Ghraib scandal, in which U.S. officials tortured detainees at an Iraqi prison:
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  • “It’s also important for the people of Iraq to know that in a democracy, everything is not perfect, that mistakes are made,” Bush said.


  • In 2015, former Gov. Jeb Bush offered a practically identical, unsatisfying, passive-voice explanation for his brother’s catastrophic war in Iraq, launched under false pretenses, and bungled every step of the way.
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  • “Let’s go to Iraq,” Bush said during the Q&A at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. “There were mistakes made in Iraq, for sure.”


  • One family, multiple scandals, one phrase.


    "But I am my own man — and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences." This might be the biggest lie he has yet to tell, or he is really telling you who he is. It's disturbing no matter which it is. Just keep this in mind….
    Bush’s clunky, rushed delivery paled in comparison to the hazy facts in the speech and vague answers he gave during a Q&A session following his remarks.

    Speaking of the extremist group based in Nigeria that has killed thousands of civilians, Bush referred to Boko Haram as “Beau-coup Haram.” Bush also referred to Iraq when he meant to refer to Iran.

    Further, Bush misrepresented the strength of ISIS, saying it has some 200,000 men, which is far greater than the U.S. intelligence community’s estimates. Last week National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen pegged the fighting strength of ISIS at between 20,000 and 31,500. (snip)

    Bush did coin a new term—“liberty diplomacy”—and spoke of the need for the United States to be engaged around the world. He also endorsed the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of Americans, which began under his brother following 9/11, as “hugely important.”


    I have not recovered from Bush Fatigue.


    and
    Raine
     

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    Comment by wickedpam on 02/19/2015 14:05:55
    Morning


    Me too. They make my head hurt.

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 14:17:02
    Bonus click for the blog.

    Imagine for a moment if he was a woman.
    Speaking of the extremist group based in Nigeria that has killed thousands of civilians, Bush referred to Boko Haram as “Beau-coup Haram.” Bush also referred to Iraq when he meant to refer to Iran.

    Further, Bush misrepresented the strength of ISIS, saying it has some 200,000 men, which is far greater than the U.S. intelligence community’s estimates. Last week National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen pegged the fighting strength of ISIS at between 20,000 and 31,500.


    Comment by Mondobubba on 02/19/2015 14:21:32
    I came across this gem in one of the pro-science groups belong to on Facebook:

    https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10990686_10153128384524614_7747904355730581935_n.jpg?oh=0824c22f700cadaaf1192bbc1349c365&oe=5587347D&__gda__=1431859714_0d95b4c7924dea26481e073f987580b7


    Um because dipshit I don't like my milk with a side of bovine tuberculosis? Jesus fuck how stupid can you be?

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 14:23:49
    I changed the title of the blog and added another link! Fool me twice, can't get fooled again? Merci Beau-coup


    Comment by TriSec on 02/19/2015 14:27:12
    TriSec is off to embrace the snow. We're headed here today.




    Comment by wickedpam on 02/19/2015 14:39:54
    Attention!

    30 Days until the Vernal Equinox!!!!



    Comment by trojanrabbit on 02/19/2015 15:00:06
    Hey, when Granpappy Bush thinks nothing of working with Hitler, nothing else the Bush Crime Family does surprises me.

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 15:09:13
    Quote by wickedpam:
    Attention!

    30 Days until the Vernal Equinox!!!!


    Cannot come soon enough!!!

    Comment by Scoopster on 02/19/2015 15:13:15
    Mornin' all!

    The pulmonary purge continues and my voice is still shot, but I feel MUCH better today!

    Comment by BobR on 02/19/2015 15:14:10
    Quote by Scoopster:
    Mornin' all!

    The pulmonary purge continues and my voice is still shot, but I feel MUCH better today!

    excellent!

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 15:30:29
    Comment by BobR on 02/19/2015 15:43:41

    He's a partisan hack, desperately trying to remain relevant. He's not succeeding

    Comment by BobR on 02/19/2015 16:01:06
    Voodoo economics? How about voodoo accounting?

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 16:02:40
    Quote by BobR:

    He's a partisan hack, desperately trying to remain relevant. He's not succeeding

    Personally I am going with racist POS given a platform from a racist POS network.

    Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/19/2015 16:03:15
    Good morning, bloggers!!!

    I am home today as my school closed. Chicago broke a weather record overnight by dipping down to -8 and wind chills ranged from 20 to 30 below. We now have a windchill around -20.

    Comment by BobR on 02/19/2015 16:04:04
    Quote by Will in Chicago:
    Good morning, bloggers!!!

    I am home today as my school closed. Chicago broke a weather record overnight by dipping down to -8 and wind chills ranged from 20 to 30 below. We now have a windchill around -20.

    that will give you snot-cicles

    Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/19/2015 16:08:20
    I dread the thought of another Bush in the White House.

    Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/19/2015 16:08:45
    Quote by BobR:
    Quote by Will in Chicago:
    Good morning, bloggers!!!

    I am home today as my school closed. Chicago broke a weather record overnight by dipping down to -8 and wind chills ranged from 20 to 30 below. We now have a windchill around -20.

    that will give you snot-cicles


    I am only planning to go out this afternoon to run the trash out.


    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 16:10:31
    Jen Kirkman is adorbs!


    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 16:12:29
    http://upload.democraticunderground.com/imgs/2015/150219-holy-schnikes-jeb-w-bush-gives-foreign-policy-speech.jpg


    Front page at DU.

    Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/19/2015 16:22:00
    Would you believe that my brother called and wants me to run an errand for him?


    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 16:23:08
    Quote by Will in Chicago:
    Would you believe that my brother called and wants me to run an errand for him?
    Yuck!


    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 16:41:50
    I should add this as an update to the blog.

    Jeb Bush: 'Never disagreed' with brother

    Comment by BobR on 02/19/2015 17:11:10
    Quote by Raine:
    I should add this as an update to the blog.

    Jeb Bush: 'Never disagreed' with brother

    This link is Panetta

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 17:15:15
    Quote by BobR:
    Quote by Raine:
    I should add this as an update to the blog.

    Jeb Bush: 'Never disagreed' with brother

    This link is Panetta

    It's a stupid auto play. I got the link from Kenny pick's FB page.

    TRy this.

    Comment by Scoopster on 02/19/2015 17:18:52
    Comment by BobR on 02/19/2015 17:19:14
    Comment by Scoopster on 02/19/2015 18:36:32
    One of my 'net friends (who is gay btw) down in the Charlotte NC area just mentioned Joe Biden is in town today.

    I casually tell him 'hey you should totally go get some sugar from Joe!'

    Comment by livingonli on 02/19/2015 18:41:34
    I am sick of the never ending sub-freezing temperatures around here. I am off today but I have to go out and do some grocery shopping or I would just stay inside and do nothing.

    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 19:38:11
    Quote by livingonli:
    I am sick of the never ending sub-freezing temperatures around here. I am off today but I have to go out and do some grocery shopping or I would just stay inside and do nothing.

    You and me both, Liv.

    I am OVER THE COLD.

    Comment by wickedpam on 02/19/2015 20:23:06
    Quote by Raine:
    Quote by livingonli:
    I am sick of the never ending sub-freezing temperatures around here. I am off today but I have to go out and do some grocery shopping or I would just stay inside and do nothing.

    You and me both, Liv.

    I am OVER THE COLD.


    Me Too!

    Comment by Mondobubba on 02/19/2015 20:24:29
    Quote by Raine:
    Quote by livingonli:
    I am sick of the never ending sub-freezing temperatures around here. I am off today but I have to go out and do some grocery shopping or I would just stay inside and do nothing.

    You and me both, Liv.

    I am OVER THE COLD.


    Speaking of the cold, Harlan, KY issues arrest warrant for Disney princess

    They just need to let it go... :ducks bricks:

    Comment by Will in Chicago on 02/19/2015 20:30:28
    I had to run get a prescription for my sister-in-law, drop it off at the pharmacy, get tire in her van's car and gas for it. I just finished lunch

    I am tired of the cold and the snow. I know that Boston has it worse, but I am tired of wind chills of 20 below.


    Comment by Raine on 02/19/2015 21:29:45
    Quote by Mondobubba:
    Quote by Raine:
    Quote by livingonli:
    I am sick of the never ending sub-freezing temperatures around here. I am off today but I have to go out and do some grocery shopping or I would just stay inside and do nothing.

    You and me both, Liv.

    I am OVER THE COLD.


    Speaking of the cold, Harlan, KY issues arrest warrant for Disney princess

    They just need to let it go... :ducks bricks:
    Elsa will kick their asses and anna will save the day.