silent_jonny:
WOW . . . THANK YOU for posting so many amazing photos from Australia!
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The following are some quotes from DEAD CERTAIN that touched my heart and I KNOW will touch yours as well:
“These days, Bush began each morning with a Presidential Daily Briefing. The first item was always Iraq, and the report listed the day’s damage: this many killed and wounded, that many targets bombed. It had become Bush’s habit to take out his pen and circle the number of casualties. Then to close his eyes for a moment. And then to turn the page.”
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“When you’re responsible for putting a kid in harm’s way, you better understand that if that kid thinks you’re making a decision based on polls — or something other than what you think is right, or wrong, based upon principles — then you’re letting that kid down. And you’re creating conditions for doubt. And you can’t give a kid a gun and have him doubt whether or not the president thinks it’s right, and have him doubt whether or not he’s gonna be supportive in all ways.”
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“I fully understand that the enemy watches me, the Iraqis are watching me, the troops watch me, and the people watch me.
The other thing is that you can’t fake it. You have to believe it. And I believe it. I believe we’ll succeed.”
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[2000 campaign]
“They (the politicos) felt a strange tingle in the presence of George W. They loved the guy. Loved the realness: pounding back the Cheetos, . . . gossiping about the sexual exploits of the traveling press. He was unfailingly kind to the B-teamers. Hated to keep anyone waiting — always on time. . . . Stepping into his hotel room in the morning, they’d find him reading his Bible over breakfast. He revered his wife, was noticeably less jagged when Laura was traveling with him. And it was kind of sweet, his unabashed longing to be back home in Texas. . . “
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MORE QUOTES FROM DEAD CERTAIN:
THE MSM . . .
“Press conferences? For whose benefit were they, in the end? Or, as Bush said to an aide, “Why should I put on makeup just so David Gregory [of NBC] can show the American people how smart he is?” (He took acrid delight in watching the TV correspondents spray their hair and apply their powder as if prepping for the prom.)”
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“. . . such obstinancy would scarcely endear the Bush White House to the Fourth Estate. The president’s calculation was that the press’s affections could never be counted on anyway . . . [relative to the NY Times] . . . he saw little percentage after the campaign in granting that bastion of eastern liberalism any interviews. And so he did not. . . . Would that rile the Times’ editorial board? Bush didn’t lose sleep over it. As he told a friendly journalist, “I don’t spend a lot of time seeking out shallow opinions.”
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“We’re going to get clobbered in the editorials,” someone sighed.
“Don’t read the editorials,” Bush snapped. “They’re never going to like what we do. Just try to figure out what the right answer is.”
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I LOVE THIS MAN! [And that’s what you’re going to get from this book. Supporters will read this book and determine (beyond the occasional snark and leftist analysis) that it verifies everything we LOVE about this President . . . Detracters (particularly those suffering from BDS) will read the exact same passages and determine that it verifies everything that they HATE about the President. After all, the reasons the left/radical right despise George W Bush are the very same reasons we LOVE the man!! So this book will actually appeal to BOTH audiences — what a deal for the author!]
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I encourage you to visit this sight and ADD a TAG that reads “great man” or “great president” or “best president ever” . . . The BDS sufferers are all over this page — we need to get busy and add some perspective!!
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Certain-Presidency-George-Bush/dp/0743277287/ref=pd_ts_b_3/103-9115649-7950262?ie=UTF8&s=books
Thanks Dr.D.
I'll hit that link and give my opinion of this Texas Cowboy. ;o) Thanks.
Just need to ask you a question about polling. They are doing all these polls for the election cycle, are they still doing a lot of polling on President Bush or is that slowing down? I see one every once in a while but it seems like there aren’t as many as there once were.
My copy is on its way to me from Amazon. I can’t wait to read it!
Hi, Deb :) Thanks for posting those excerpts!