Posted on 12/01/2008 11:12:35 AM PST by WilliamReading
WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush expressed remorse that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.
"I'm sorry it's happening, of course," Bush said in a wide-ranging interview with ABC's "World News," which was airing Monday. "Obviously I don't like the idea of people losing jobs, or being worried about their 401(k)s. On the other hand, the American people got to know that we will safeguard the system. I mean, we're in. And if we need to be in more, we will."
The U.S. economy fell into a recession in December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research reported on Monday. Many economists believe the current downturn will last until the middle of 2009 and will be the most severe slump since the 1981-82 recession.
On the war in Iraq, Bush said the biggest regret of his presidency was the "intelligence failure" regarding the extent of the Saddam Hussein threat to the United States. With the support of Congress, Bush ordered the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003—a decision largely justified on grounds—later proved false—that Saddam was building weapons of mass destruction.
"A lot of people put their reputations on the line and said the weapons of mass destruction is a reason to remove Saddam Hussein," he said. "That's not a do-over, but I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess."
Asked if he would have ordered the U.S.-led invasion if intelligence reports had accurately indicated that Saddam did not have the weapons, Bush replied: "You know, that's an interesting question.
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He’s having a Brenda Lee moment.
What the leftists will hear: “I’m sorry about the war. I’m sorry about the invasion. I’m sorry about the economy. I pretty much screwed up everything, didn’t I?”
A possible title for his million-dollar autobiography?
A badly misleading headline.
I wonder how much the whole Bush family is suffering?
Sorry? Is he kidding? Never in Pelosi and Obama’s dreams would a clueless republicans like him come along and hand the whole coutry and economy to them.
And I thought being President means never having to say you’re sorry.
I’m sorry, too.
Not as sorry as we are, Mr. President.
You mean he's whispering Sweet Nothins?
At some point , we just have to admit that George W. Bush was not up to the job. He didn’t have the gray matter necessary.
And still, the boy won’t name names, won’t point fingers at the CRA, at the compassionate conservatism and its bullying of banks that got us here!
Here’s what I want to hear:
“I’m sorry we spent like drunken sailors (even though we had GOP control for 6 out of 8 years) and pushed high risk loans to people who couldn’t afford to pay them.”
“I’m sorry that we overreacted to Enron by signing Sarbanes oxley, which prevented new startups and shipped the financial industry over to London.”
“I’m sorry we didn’t properly secure the border and that we tried to give amnesty to all the illegals.”
“I’m sorry that I called Islam a religion of peace and called for a Palestinian state. I’m sorry that I pressured Israel to give up gaza and called for elections which resulted in a victory for Hamas.”
“I’m sorry, too.”
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Sorry don’t cover it. My wife observed he’s back to hitting the bottle the last 4 years..let’s hope he was drunk when he named Paulson, did not pardon the border agents, and
opened the biggest raid on the treasury in our history.
Who's sorry now, who's sorry now
Whose heart is achin' for breakin' each vow
Who's sad and blue, who's cryin' too
Just like I cried over you
Right to the end just like a friend
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way, now you must pay
I'm glad that you're sorry now
Right to the end just like a friend
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way, now you must pay
I'm glad that you're sorry now
You're a real class act: ad hominem attacks while replying to yourself.
I've had my differences with President Bush, but he was the right person to vote for, considering his opponents.
Don't try and tell me that algore or Jean Francois Kerry have the necessary gray matter.
Nice try. Bush is a Harvard MBA. Jimmy Carter was an Annapolis Grad.
You’re falling for the usual liberal canard that intelligence equates to competent leadership.
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