Posted on 09/16/2009 9:30:43 AM PDT by RobinMasters
At least that's how the 43rd president is quoted in a new book by one of his speechwriters, as reported by Byron York.
Bush was preparing to give a speech to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. The conference is the event of the year for conservative activists; Republican politicians are required to appear and offer their praise of the conservative movement.
[Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor author Matt] Latimer got the assignment to write Bush's speech. Draft in hand, he and a few other writers met with the president in the Oval Office. Bush was decidedly unenthusiastic.
"What is this movement you keep talking about in the speech?" the president asked Latimer.
Latimer explained that he meant the conservative movement -- the movement that gave rise to groups like CPAC.
Bush seemed perplexed. Latimer elaborated a bit more. Then Bush leaned forward, with a point to make.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Ping.
Sorry. No sale.
BS, pure and simple...
Bush is not an idiot. He knows that “whupping” Gary Bauer was not a great accomplishment. I very much doubt that this conversation took place.
Bush is a politician, just like Obama. “Movements” be they conservative or leftist are just a means to an end: more power.
This “speech writer” has already been revealed for what he is.
If so... Bush forgets who elected his “ass” to two terms.
AS says this but then repeats it.
I am irritated by third level speech writers getting so must attention.
But given the guy's decidedly moderate tone in office and his dad's political antipathy towards Reagan its not hard to believe.
Wouldn't make him a bad guy, just not conservative.
Bush’s governance ALONE cemented the FACT he is no conservative.
The complete disgreard Bush showed to conservatives, in well everything (except invading Iraq) demonstrates that he believed this.
I have no doubt he thought very little of conservatives
BS! Not buying this for a second.
I don’t need some book to tell me Bush was no conservative. His actions speak for themselves.
This will get him on MSNBC.
I agree. Eight years of W bashing was plenty. I’m trying to stop myself.
It seems nobody from the Bush admin knows who Latimer is.
(On bogus NewsMax Article): First on the Ticker: Bush, Palin aide disputes book claims.
Recher said. "Nobody knows who he is. When people heard he was writing a book the most common reaction has been, 'Who?'"
Bwahaha
If it’s true, and I doubt it is, I’d respect Bush even more for saying it. We shouldn’t be creating “movements” that are just about cementing power for our side. Leaders should be using political capital to get government out of the people’s lives and take government’s powers away. The democrats are the party that’s only interested in cementing their power. Let’s beat them by being for the people.
“Leaders should be using political capital to get government out of the people’s lives and take government’s powers away”
Which is the exact opposite of what GWB did.
He used conservative rhetoric and then completely did the opposite
I don’t need some book to tell me Bush was no conservative. His actions speak for themselves.
President Bush was the right man for the right time .... I will never deny that. Our nations security is in debt for his steadfastness.
However, I agree 100% with you. and .. I would never vote for him again. Compassionate conservatism and the entire bush family ... we saw Herbert Walker in action as well ... don’t want any part of it.
He furthered entitlements, affirmative action, Mohammedan immigration into the U.S, and the nanny state across the board.
After tremendously successful military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq he gave the Army the impossible task of building Western styled governments in both countries. We should have written their constitutions and installed strongmen and gotten out with the threat of going back in to break up stuff again if/when the terrorist-supporting Mohammedans take over.
We knew from the start Bush was not a movement conservative. He never defend conservatives principles to the extend Reagan did. Reagan was a movement leader
A politician is exposed as being....A Politician first and not really that concerned about ideology after it has served to get him elected.
Shocking!
My reaction to this is Meh or maybe Feh.
I’m not buying this. The writer has Bush saying a lot of crap that I just don’t believe he’s going to say. It reminds me of that movie hit piece CBS wanted to air about President Reagan.
Maybe so but I sure would like to have him back for another term.
Maybe at one time he did, maybe he didn’t.
But he sure was thinking it.
Have some forgotten his arrogance about Harriet Miers or the Shamnesty initiative?
Latimer loves Obama....as he said in the WP recently:
“Obama is smarter than this. On the campaign trail, his speeches, in clear, coherent English...... Even some of us in the Bush White House studied Obama’s speeches and marveled at their grace.”
I agree. While Bush was not to good on some domestic policies; I don’t think he would say these things. Maybe this author should be investigated as to where his roots are.
Not too good on some domestic policy initiatives?
The ONLY things he got right were Judge Roberts and tax cuts
That is IT
Everything else, domestically, was a complete liberal wet dream disaster
What we have here ... is Republicans that apparently are only slightly less socialist that the liberals, and progressives, are.
It is almost impossible to tell the difference with the rino’s, or the weak, old, gray haired men that have little chance of impassioning voters .
..Yes, I am cynical.. Sorry.
That is why voters were so happy, and hopeful when Sarah Palin stepped on stage. She is our best hope. IF ... we can coalesce behind her.
God help us on our day, in Jesus name, Amen.
There are three kinds of lies:
Lies
Damn lies
Tell all books (Statistics).
http://www.podiumpundits.com/2009/09/16/the-speechwriter-as-gossipmonger/
.....one of the most warmed-over clichés about the Bush Administration: “[Chris Michel] was usually chipper, though at the moment his face was so pale he must have been the whitest man in the Bush White House. And that was no small accomplishment.”
Yowza! Republicans are white and out of touch. That’s fresh.
But wait, there’s more in that vein. Describing a previous job on Capitol Hill, Latimer writes: “I was assigned to coach Republican senators on how to reach out to the media and entertainment world. (You try explaining The View to a group of 65-year-old white Republican men.)”
Hah – ‘cause they’re white and men and old – they probably smell like Ben-Gay. And they’re clueless. White men are incapable of understanding four women who sit around a table and talk to each other on TV.
How could a hipster like Latimer possibly have muddled through?
Hey! Buddy! Obama's speeches are written by -- get this! -- a professional speech writer!
Indeed.
From what I have read this guy was/is upset that Republicans are too white, too hetro, don’t watch the “View”...his parents are staunch liberals.
Sounds like another “Republican” trying to “grow the party” by kissing MSM arse, and becomming more like Dims.
Is he gay? Or in love with Megan McCain? lol!
Lets see...
Bush was pro-illegal alien...and valued the rights of illegal aliens over the rights of American citizens....and tried to give them amnesty...including illegal alien gang members (as in the Amnesty Bill)
Bush refused to seal the Mexican border after 9/11 (but blocked the Canadian)...and Bush kept telling us “Islam is a religion of peace” after the 9/11 attacks (even FDR did not call “Nazi’s are a party of peace” during WW II)
Bush was pro-Communist China....and cowered to them when they hijacked one of our US military planes early in his first administration....Bush was also so Free Trade with Communist China that he allowed the trade deficit to grow to trillions during his admin.
Buxsh allowed two Border Patrol agents to sit in jail...based on the word of an illegal alien drug dealer. They were given commuted sentences, and not pardoned. Bush valued the rights of drug-lord run Mexico over that of the USA
Hmm...I think this speechwriter is right. Bush was no conservative
In 20 years the left will be propping Bush up for all of the liberal things he did as a contrast to contemporary right wingers.
The left praised Reagan as a contrast to GWB 20 years later.
That's a funny turn of phrase, given our nation's current economic situation and Bush's involvement in it.
Regardless, Bush did little besides creating another huge bureaucracy to meddle in our lives.
This new drumbeat that he's no conservative is right out of the DNC. That makes you either a shill or a retard.
I see one posting of this garbage wasn’t enough.
Your post says it all. Thanks.
It is never enough for the self-righteous on here.
And it damaged the GOP markedly with consequences yet to be determined today such as Romney versus Palin...same groups pitted once again and throw a Huckster in the mix.
Overall I give Bush a C+ as a right winger and yes he was far better than a Democrat but sometimes his political correctness tone and using that against his base was just poor instinct and maybe naive.
He will probably be remembered more like Truman than Grant...two Presidents very unpopular when they left but both later redeemed but the former as a POTUS and the latter as a General.
I supported Bush very heavily time wise and money wise and there are threads here with my mug marching on his behalf but he really really vexed me over Miers and Immigration more than anything.
dead horse now though.,..we have a genuine foe to deal with now...the anti-Christ for all intensive purposes
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