George W. Bush: Coward

During his speech last night, George W. Bush looked like a scared little boy, didn't he?

When I was a boy, if there was a scuff-up on the playground, our teachers tried to impart the lesson that it took the "bigger person" to admit he was wrong.

It was a lesson reinforced in Sunday school. We were taught to admit and to ask forgiveness for our transgressions. Without that first step, there could be no healing.

It was lesson reinforced on television. Ward Cleaver, on Leave it to Beaver, was a father who was the first to admit he had made a mistake. True, 1950s televised patriarchy had its authoritarian dimensions, but it also broadcast occasional moments of moral decency.

Somehow young George Bush missed all of those standard schoolboy lessons. That character flaw has followed him well into adulthood. He made a catastrophic error in invading Iraq, and then a whole series of errors thereafter, and now he is simply not man enough to swallow his pride and admit his failures.

Last night his entire speech was about saving face--his own. He has no plan for Iraq. He has no exit strategy for the United States. When Condoleezza Rice intones that it will take ten years or so to stabilize Iraq, she is admitting: they have no clue whatsoever what comes next. They have no theory of human behavior that can project ten years henceforth. They have no military strategy. They have no idea how this on-the-ground drama will unfold. All they know is that the next president will have to clean up this mess and take responsibility for it. Bush doesn't care. He'll be making money. He'll be giving speeches blaming his successor for not staying the course.

In the meantime, more young men and women will die. It's utterly despicable. George W. Bush should have worked out this character flaw of his long ago--on the playground, in Sunday school, or by watching Leave it to Beaver--but now as a nation we're forced to expend sixteen more months worth of blood and tears to prop up his petty ego.

In my day, we were taught that we'd burn in hell for such sins.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Comments

[cw9580]

We all know that the rules have never applied to GWB because he is the personification of the privileged elite in America and has always been bailed out by Dad and his friends for his numerous blunders. That's what makes his regular guy from West Texas act so offensive. But most annoying is his belief that because he's a born again reformed drunk he has been chosen by God - and by God we have to go along with whatever goes on in his demented mind. How can this man practice religion without introspection? Well I guess as long Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson skip the introspection part, so can W.

CW

[Not Blind]

"...and He shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands."
Isaiah 25:11
Bush was always a coward. Let's not forget he was AWOL in the Texas Air National Guard. Then, we also have the other Chicken Hawks:
Tom DeLay, Trent Lott, Newt Gingrich, John Ashcroft, Elliot Abrams, John Bolton, Andrew Card, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Pearle and last but not least Dick Cheney. The only member of Bush's cabinet who opposed the Iraqi war was Colin Powell, who served honorably, but then misrepresented facts and evidence to the U.N. and was ultimately dismissed when he regretted his actions. He's the only one with courage to admit making a mistake. As for the rest, they should have served this country, but chose to serve themselves and their corporate allies. Not one of them would allow their children to serve in Iraq, but expect others to "share the sacrifice" of this failed foreign policy.
"Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.:
Isaiah 56:11

[Dansden]

At least BUSHY will NOT be spending our nation's money after his SUPREME COURT APPOINTED PRESIDENCY- ONLY his PETROLEUM CLUB REPUGNICAN BUDDIES WILL HAVE HIM SPEAK AT THEIR LIL WHITE FASCIST CLUBS.

And they'll be drinking because not one of them really listens to him because they know the lies he will tell- they instructed him to tell them! Poor Lil Georgie, he was born with a 'silver foot up his Arse!"

[Pat15]

Moveon.org was right about Petraus. He followed the orders & his testimony reflected what Dumbya wanted. We are winning & making progress etc what a smoke job? If we are making so much progress.. how come sectarian violence continues, soilders keep dying every day, Iraqi civilans are fleeing and 80% dont have water, electricity...same BS from this Petraus. He has been there for 3 years and should have the guts to tell the truth that we are neck deep in trouble over there.
Let us see now we made so much progress what happen in the next 6 months ...Just like the previous BS..few more months, next year ..Boosh ahs proved to be a good liar (u have to hand it to him) & he managed to bamboozle the clueless citizens again...
Lord hep us ...

[AZM]

It's sad that KGB (Killer George Bush) has just about zero intellectual curiosity. Without it, he could never recognize that he just might be in error. We end up with a president whose motto seems to be "Don't confuse me with the facts."

[Artos]

"The Price of Freedom is eternal Vigilance"
Unfortunatly too many Americans think that that means looking for problems to harm America from outside. We've come to believe that America is too pure of heart for things such as Fascism too occur here. We are finding too our regret that it isn't impossible. Americans assume that Bush is just a fool acting out of sincerity in his actions so far. That his sense of deep "Christian" values are what give impetus to his actions. I would say that we are all wrong, 100% wrong. Bush doesn't act out of any sense of "High Ideals" Christian or otherwise. He is the front man for the Wealthy elitests and those of the Corporations who are bent on subjecting all Americans, I repeat All Americans whether they are Republicans or Democrats to their Fascist concept of governance. A country of the Wealthy, for the Wealthy and by the Wealthy. None of the things done so far have been done by accident or by chance. All of it has been orchestrated to a purpose and final result. Make no mistake Bush is not the doltish incompetent he seems. We would do well to be not only vigilant but more open minded as well because not all is as it seems. If we accept it as such we do so at our peril.

[julianne]

Sure, he's a coward and he doesn't care. He is sociopathically arrogant. It was the one-party-syndicate's push to power in the Middle East and the oil and the privatization and domination of the U.S. by corporate power. Look at their private armies and all the freaks that surround them. Exxon Mobil funds the American Enterprise Institute, the hotbed of the PNAC-Neocons. You don't think that David Rockefeller knew what they were up to? Cheney and Rove wanted a one party dictatorship promulgated by a war and a war president. Right now, Cheney is unilaterraly finishing the plan to bomb Iran, a man whose actions are approved by only 18% of the people whose Constitution states that only Congress can declare war. They have no long term population, energy, transportation, or conservation plan. They are arrogant, feral and cynical fascists. Neoconservatism is American Corporate Fascism.

[Taan]

For those who may have missed a previous post, I recommend you log onto: Katherine van Wormer website and view her article: Addiction, Brain Damage and the President. "Dry Drunk" Syndrome and George W. Bush. This will go far in explaining the psychological implosion occupying the White House.

[wayoutleft]

sorry democrats. george bush is not a coward. george bush is not afraid to act on his beliefs.
for cowardice you have to look to those who say they oppose his policies while providing funds for them. the disconcerting characteristic of their cowardice is that the chief cowards are running for office saying to as many people as they can that they refuse to stop this war because of their fear. the greater your fear of cutting off the means for this, the greater your acclaim among other cowards.
right now, since there is no option to imperialism, i'm very comfortable with a president this honest. unlike you, i understand that the next president will start a draft and a general world war.

[dora rice]

The problem with G.Bush is, he has no clue. Never did. Neither did the 49% if voters, who for one reason or another, put him in office. He is, in my opinion , the frontman and patsy, for the originators of the Contract Of America. They all have dissapeared or are now ghosts behind the scene. This, in my opinion ,dumb moron is the only one still standing and left holding the bag.

[realpolitic]

If Bush thinks the legacy of our fighting in Vietnam is that we left too early why didn't he go when he had the chance. Instead of letting his father's friends get him a comfy spot in the National Guard, he could have enlisted and volunteered for the front lines. And when we did leave he could have stayed behind and invaded North Vietnam by himself.

George Bush has many character flaws- too many to name. But, I guess, we as a country, have more because we elected him - twice, in fact.

Condoleezza Rice is a strange case. She often analogizes from our situation in Iraq to our rebuilding of Germany and Japan after WW11. That war ended with a formal surrender ceremony and there was no further fighting. Both countries had histories of democracy and most importantly, the populations of those countries were very homogenous. There was no sectarian violence after the war ended.

[NAU2010]

Liar liar pants on fire.

[cuddletuffy]

"Last night his entire speech was about saving face--his own. He has no plan for Iraq. He has no exit strategy for the United States. When Condoleezza Rice intones that it will take ten years or so to stabilize Iraq, she is admitting: they have no clue whatsoever what comes next. They have no theory of human behavior that can project ten years henceforth. They have no military strategy."

WRONG! They never planned to leave. The imperial president and the imperial congress believe in the underlying premise of this venture: stabilize the petro-dollar and control the oil in the mid-east at any cost. well, at any cost other to anyone other than themselves.

you can't be so naive as to think that they have no plan. the embassy and the, "enduring", bases are proof enough, if not just a bit of common sense.

[texastornado]

Brer Rabbit
That scared look on Bush's face is the classic Brer Rabbit look. LIke Brer Rabbit Bush is stuck to the Iraq tar baby (oil) and now he is stuck and doesn't know what to do next.

[texastornado]

SHOUT OUT TO RWILLIAMS 1961
Hey man, Im with you. I'm all ears. Just tell me when,where and how do we start?

[rwilliams1961]

For all my big talk, I"m still trying to piece this together myself. But this is my answer:

Decide what"s important to you. Choose one issue. Research the hell out of it. Be exhaustive so you know your topic inside out. What would the results of possible solutions be on consumers and business (especially businesses in your state) that are directly related to your issue? How does your idea play into your state"s and American law? Recent court decisions? Treat it like the research papers you had to write in college. Be unmercifully self-critical. Form your solution.

Then, it"s straight-forward doggedness, starting small and moving forward slowly and deliberately, focusing on your state first, not taking no for an answer. Begin with your circle of friends. Ask them to sign-on. Place a newspaper ad announcing a meeting on the issue. Talk to city councilmen who may share your perspective; to related state regulatory commissions; to state congressmen/senators; to U.S. congressmen/senators. Send out press releases after each meeting that explains your cause, your solution, your meeting with the lawmaker, and invite others to join with you.

Create a professional looking website that explains your cause/organization. Use websites of large non-profits to get an idea of what it should look like, what info it should contain, how that info should be presented. Update it weekly with the latest data (good and bad) that surround your issue. (There is an open source " free " software called Joomla that lets you easily build complete websites. There are also stock photo websites that sell professional photos for under $75 each.)

Over the past 30 years, there are a lot of examples of nobodies who changed the law. Thoughtful doggedness can change the world. Be smart. Don"t take no for an answer.