Does anyone remember in The Sound of Music when the children play terrible tricks on Maria and treat her badly? What does she do.....at dinner that night she tells her father how "wonderful the children have been and how welcome they have made her feel"! It makes them realize just how awful they were and they all start crying and leave the table sobbing!! To me, that's just what Bush does.
I think Bush does that to people that have stabbed him in the back....saying publicly how great they have been and praying that they will change.