Posted on 12/02/2002 10:11:52 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:59:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
John DiIulio, the former director of the White House faith-based initiative office, yesterday apologized for saying that President Bush's domestic priorities are determined exclusively by political considerations.
Using words uttered hours earlier by White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, who called Mr. DiIulio's remarks in the January edition of Esquire magazine "baseless and groundless," the first high-ranking Bush official to leave the administration asked for forgiveness and vowed never to speak or write again about his short White House stint.
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Does "groundless" mean lies?
FYI: One in the same!
Don't you just love this sneaky little item from this so-called journalist? The media just hates it that this administration is tight-lipped because their underlying assumption is that they have something to hide. Of course, what they assume is being hidden is the 'truth' that W is a 'stupid drunken frat boy' who is incapable of running an administration. In this case, they thought they had the insider who would confirm their worldview.
As for DiJulio calling others in the WH incompetent or inept....well, let's just say he might have been projecting! No one in this administration came to the Whitehouse with less experience in the world of politics than DiJulio. This interview with this reporter is a good example of just how politically naive he really is.
An 'act of civic education', my butt.....more like a lesson in the fact that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
C ould someone explain why the Dems hoard this stuff and lock it in huge warehouses when they say that they care so much about the little guy? Did you hear how much milk we have stored? So much that Bush reduced the price support 10 cents. We have so much corn that we are having trouble giving it away.
Excuse me, but this is a good thing. His base likes it!! Thanks for the reassurance!
What you've got is everything, and I mean everything, being run by the political arm.
Better to use polls before making decisions? Like what color Clinton should tint his hair? Like in a Socialist country? This is not the USSA, dear.
Democrats are not deep thinkers.
Moses broke open the food saved for the Gods and fed it to the starving Jewish slaves. The Kings of Egypt also kepted the food from the starving. Egypt eventually fell and the hungry were eventually freed. Since that day, they've prospered.
In my view, President Bush is a highly admirable person of enormous personal decency. He is a godly man and a moral leader. He is much, much smarter than some people-including some of his own supporters and advisers-seem to suppose. He inspires personal trust, loyalty, and confidence in those around him. In many ways, he is all heart. Clinton talked "I feel your pain." But as Bush showed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, he truly does feel deeply for others and loves this country with a passion.
The little things speak legions. Notice how he decided to let the detainees come home from China and did not jump all over them for media purposes. I could cite a dozen such examples of his dignity and personal goodness. Or I recall how, in Philly, following a 3-hour block party on July 4, 2001, following hours among the children, youth, and families of prisoners, we were running late for the next event. He stopped, however, to take a picture with a couple of men who were cooking ribs all day. "C'mon," he said, "those guys have been doing hard work all day there." It's my favorite-and in some ways, my most telling-picture of who he is as a man and a leader who pays attention to the little things that convey respect and decency toward others.
In my view, President Bush is a highly admirable person of enormous personal decency. He is a godly man and a moral leader. He is much, much smarter than some people-including some of his own supporters and advisers-seem to suppose. He inspires personal trust, loyalty, and confidence in those around him. In many ways, he is all heart. Clinton talked "I feel your pain." But as Bush showed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, he truly does feel deeply for others and loves this country with a passion.
The little things speak legions. Notice how he decided to let the detainees come home from China and did not jump all over them for media purposes. I could cite a dozen such examples of his dignity and personal goodness. Or I recall how, in Philly, following a 3-hour block party on July 4, 2001, following hours among the children, youth, and families of prisoners, we were running late for the next event. He stopped, however, to take a picture with a couple of men who were cooking ribs all day. "C'mon," he said, "those guys have been doing hard work all day there." It's my favorite-and in some ways, my most telling-picture of who he is as a man and a leader who pays attention to the little things that convey respect and decency toward others.
In my view, President Bush is a highly admirable person of enormous personal decency. He is a godly man and a moral leader. He is much, much smarter than some people-including some of his own supporters and advisers-seem to suppose. He inspires personal trust, loyalty, and confidence in those around him. In many ways, he is all heart. Clinton talked "I feel your pain." But as Bush showed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, he truly does feel deeply for others and loves this country with a passion.
The little things speak legions. Notice how he decided to let the detainees come home from China and did not jump all over them for media purposes. I could cite a dozen such examples of his dignity and personal goodness. Or I recall how, in Philly, following a 3-hour block party on July 4, 2001, following hours among the children, youth, and families of prisoners, we were running late for the next event. He stopped, however, to take a picture with a couple of men who were cooking ribs all day. "C'mon," he said, "those guys have been doing hard work all day there." It's my favorite-and in some ways, my most telling-picture of who he is as a man and a leader who pays attention to the little things that convey respect and decency toward others.
Democrats hate it when that happens.LOL
All that fun Bush-bashing for nothing! And where are the folks who were revelling in this non-story at now?
What did Bush know, and when did he know it?
Obviously, this guy was paid off with a promise of shares in Iraqii oil if he would rescind his comments. It's a trap!
Mr. DiIulio also was quoted as saying that what White House domestic policy adviser Margaret LaMontagne "knows about domestic policy could fit in a thimble."I AM LOVING THIS! There ain't a person in American who believes that if Mr. DiIulio said it, he wouldn't remember saying it. That's just not the kind of thing you forget.
"I did not write, and I do not recall making, the statement quoted regarding Ms. LaMontagne," Mr. DiIulio said in his statement. "I humbly and sincerely apologize to her just the same."
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