Comments on: Bush: ‘I’m the Commander Guy’

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:14:59 +0000

My point is that the full quote of the President, from the question first asked to the "commander guy" end, is much more considered, reasoned, and "nuanced" (per Jawhn F. Carry).

You mean in the news they look for sound bites? That's crazy. I'm sure they only do that to bush (hence your "MSM butchers it for maxBDS effect" statement). It's not like everybody knows that they aren't quoting the entire interview in a paper but selected excerpts.

By: legion

legion — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:46:14 +0000

Bush could quote 10 pages of verse from the Iliad from memory, but if he dances around in a circle and says "doodle-doodle-dee wubba-wubba-wubba" afterwards, he still looks like a fruit loop.

By: stevesh

stevesh — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:39:35 +0000

Tlaloc,

My point is that the full quote of the President, from the question first asked to the "commander guy" end, is much more considered, reasoned, and "nuanced" (per Jawhn F. Carry).

However, if one willfully chooses to judge from what Stolberg gate-keeps or is capable only of digesting one paragraph or less, yeah, "commander guy" sounds goofy.

Click the Media Blog link in my comment (warning: it's 14 whole paragraphs). Or ("The Horror!") go here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070502-2.html

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:56:11 +0000

MSM butchers it for maxBDS effect, natch.

Hrrrm, let's see.

From your source:

The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear — I'm the commander guy.

From the MSM butchery:

“The question is, ‘Who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders?,’’ Mr. Bush said. “As you know, my position is clear – I’m the commander guy.”

Wow, what a butchery! The MSM account adds quote marks and a "Mr. Bush said." Oh and they cleaned up the grammar. I see why the right has been claiming a left bias in the news now. This is just totally unacceptable!

Are you guys just phoning in your act or what?

By: stevesh

stevesh — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:44:32 +0000

Full quote here:

http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTAwNzNhNjBhODQ3ZDU3N2E4NGNiMWI4N2Q2MDllMTg=

MSM butchers it for maxBDS effect, natch.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:43:06 +0000

I'll admit this issue makes some Lefties dislike Bush personally. It's embarrassing to have him as our President. Who talks like that? Is he 14 years old?

By: legion

legion — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:55:18 +0000

As I mention in another thread, this just shows one of Bush's biggest character flaws - he really believes that simply having a title magically grants him the wisdom & skill to perform the job better than anyone else...

By: Boyd

Boyd — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:24:39 +0000

When I heard this yesterday, I had the same reaction I had this morning when reading it here. I read it as the President saying, "you can believe that Congress should make that decision (making you a Congress guy) or you can believe the commanders should make that decision (making you a commander guy)."

And while I went from a definite article to an indefinite one, I believe the President is a bit more cavalier about these things than I am.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:08:29 +0000

Whatever cheers him up.

By: DaveD

DaveD — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:16:50 +0000

Yep, he is the "commander guy". And he is welcome to say it any way he pleases to make Congress understand why in his position he felt compelled to veto the Iraq appropriations bill.