Many Iraqis Relieved at Bush's Remarks

AP ^ | Wed, Apr 14, 2004 | BASSEM MROUE

[little jeremiah]

They despise him because he is a sincere man who believes in God and isn't a lying, duplicitous, POS like Clinton. People who hate moral absolutes naturally hate Bush and like Clinton.

Anyone who hates Bush like that has something really wrong with their brain/mind/heart.

I'm not in total agreement with everything he does or says (for instance a lot of his domestic spending and agenda) but I like and respect him, and can't even imagine what would be going on if Algore (shudder) had been elected.

[Dolphy]

Instead they will go down in history asking this president "what mistakes did you make?" and "are you going to apologize?"

You are exactly right.

[foreshadowed at waco]

I actually stopped watching him on television because I kept fantasizing about a bullet taking him out on live TV. I simply turned the channel any time that he was on to avoid feeling like a nutjob.

[CasearianDaoist]

I think the press and the rest of the world demands a sort of hunched, defensive posture from any (conservative) public figure now. The problem is that Cheney doesn't give it to them, and they have no idea how to handle this

Well that is part of it but my hunch is that is a small part. The "Cheney voodoo.," as it were, is made of stronger stuff. Disappointment is scarcely the motivation - white knuckeld fear subdues the rascals. Maybe they know he not only inhabits but has mastered that "real world" that they are alway grousing about but that their hand can never quite reach, or perhaps they fear that he might just get out of them just what they are really about, right out of their own mouth and right there on the air and in prime time and,well, just everything. Maybe they are scared to death that he might humiliated them, make fun of them and mock them right to their faces and they will not even know it even as it is happening.

Maybe the experience is just to rich for them. straightforward yet subtle, logical but earthy, sober but witty and with even hints of the wistful - his command of the facts, thought, his mind and language overwhelms them. He all too well knows our measure but is still fond of us. It is like listening to Mozart.

And it would not do to say that he "speaks in paragraphs" - he "speaks in essays." They, of course, speak in sound bites and think not at all.

A mighty mojo indeed.

Hehehe...it is just too funny. I try never to miss it. It always just makes my week. I cannot wait for the VP debates

[syriacus]

I thought that Dubya's most interesting line was when he said. "Heck, I wouldn't like to be occupied."

George sure understands what it is like to be human.

A lot of us don't want to undergo treatments that will save our lives in the long run.

[MattinNJ]

I came from a working class background in the rural Midwest. In manner and in character - if not in accomplishment and talent - there were many people just like Bush where I grew up.

I have the misfortune to be stuck in Jersey (career). My wife and I love reality shows. I remember a few years ago, we were watching the Survivor episodes that took place in the Outback. My wife loved Colby who is a proud Texan. Not just because he was a "hottie", but because he spurned Jerri's advances even though he was single and literally on a deserted island. Several weeks later he had the option to remove his friend from the game and guarantee himself a million dollars because the other contestant was despised. He stuck to his word which meant more to him than a million dollars.

Now we are watching the Apprentice and my wife was rooting for the Montana bred and Boise resident Troy because of his rural character.

We have a 2 1/2 year old son and she wants to move to the Midwest somewhere so that our son can be raised in that type of environment. I agree and maybe we can do it someday.