Posted on 07/06/2006 8:33:28 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Bush: I'd rather be right than popular
President, wife sit down for wide-ranging birthday interview
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush isn't troubled by some of the weakest approval ratings of his presidency, he said Thursday in a wide-ranging birthday interview with CNN's "Larry King Live."
"When history looks back, I'd rather be judged as solving problems and being correct, rather than being popular," Bush said.
"The president that chases the opinion poll is the president that will have failed policy," Bush said in an exclusive joint interview along with his wife, Laura, at the White House.
Some members of Congress are nervous about the effect Bush's political problems might have on their own fortunes in this fall's midterm elections.
But Bush predicted that Republicans would keep their majorities in the House and Senate, "Because we're right on winning this war on terror, and we've got a good economic record," he said. "People are working under the leadership of the Bush administration and the Congress."
When it comes to the most controversial single decision of his presidency -- invading Iraq -- the president told King he would make the same choice again, even knowing that Saddam Hussein's regime did not have weapons of mass destruction.
"We removed a tyrant," Bush said. "He was an enemy of the United States who harbored terrorists and who had the capacity, at the very minimum, to make weapons of mass destruction. And he was a true threat."
The president also said he believes recent missile tests by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could present an opening to rally international pressure on the Pyongyang regime.
"I think he wants us to either fear him or pay attention to him. And I view it as an opportunity ...
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
Outstanding!
President George W Bush: THE LEADER. I am very proud of our President. God bless him.
When this season's fickle storms of public opinion have faded into memory, and after the prevailing foul spirit has been defeated, you will be remembered among the greatest, President Bush of the great -- you and your cabinet.
...good man. Go, Mr. President, and take care of business in Iran!
Well GW you are right on many things, but your shamnesty bill needs to go.
/choppy grammar
This is the kind of thinking that I want in a President.
bttt
Excellent.
What it's like to be a pityfull dim DEM!~}
Actual Healine:
In Conn., Lieberman Defends Seat, War Stance
AMEN!
How wonderful is it to have someone who thinks and acts like President Bush, rather than someone who won't decide what to have for breakfast before a poll is taken (8 years of THAT was quite enough).
God bless this president!
Another reason is because I will be one of those writing it.
Clinton wanted to be popular and governed accordingly. He left a mess in North Korea and other places. George Bush is a great President.
There are times when this President brings a tear to my eyes.
Sounds like he came across very well here.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.