VIDEO: Bush I Calls Leakers “Most Insidious of Traitors”
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By on Jul 28th, 2005 at 11:33 am
VIDEO: Bush I Calls Leakers “Most Insidious of Traitors”
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: “I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.” [Speech at CIA, 4/26/99]
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So when is he gonna bring Jr into the woodshed for his paddleing?
July 28th, 2005 at 11:38 amThe video clipped the next thing he said, “…but it’s okay if you’re a Republican.”
July 28th, 2005 at 11:39 amHis Momma always liked Jeb best and his Daddy didn’t like DUHbya(Hence the name) at all.
July 28th, 2005 at 12:05 pmI swear, they’re like a modern day House of Atreus…
July 28th, 2005 at 12:20 pmAnd like he has no idea what his son and his old cronies from his administration have been up to since before day 1., and therefore he is innocent…Right! Watch out for those flying pigs!
July 28th, 2005 at 12:24 pm[…] See video at the Think Progress Blog […]
July 28th, 2005 at 12:35 pmI’ve read in a couple of different places (can’t remember where) that when Rove worked for Daddy Bush, he was fired by George H.W. Bush during his campaign/adminstration, for leaking information to Novak. Has anyone else seen this?
July 28th, 2005 at 12:36 pmPoppy’s son has already said what he thinks about Rove and the PlameGate scandal.
From October 7, 2003:
“I don’t know if we’re going to find out the senior administration official. Now, this is a large administration, and there’s a lot of senior officials.”
From July 13, 2005:
“I also will not prejudge the investigation based on media reports. We’re in the midst of an ongoing investigation and I will be more than happy to comment further once the investigation is completed.”
July 28th, 2005 at 12:40 pmI wasn’t crazy about Bush pere, but he’s a saint compared to his son.
July 28th, 2005 at 12:52 pmRove was fired from the G.H.W. Bush campaign for leaking detrimental information about Robert Mosbacher to Novak. Rove viewed Mosbacher–a powerful politician and long-time personal friend of the candidate’s–as a rival for G.H.W.B.’s attention and tried to eliminate him by revealing to Novak the goings on in a high-level confidential campaign meeting. Not a good move. On the other hand, Junior picked Rove up from the garbage heap onto which Senior had so blithely tossed him, and the rest is, goddess help us, our living history.
July 28th, 2005 at 1:01 pmDaddy Bush knew Turdblossom was worthless when he fired him back in ‘92 for — of all things — leaking.
July 28th, 2005 at 1:02 pmSaw this on Democracy Now . Amy Goodman was talking to Phillip Agee( Former CIA whistleblower) about why the Intelligence Identities Protection Act was put in place. The above B1 comment was meant for Agee and his fellow reporters who outed CIA agents who were up to highly illegal activities.
July 28th, 2005 at 1:17 pmAnd here’s what he said in a handwritten note to Joseph Wilson on January 30, 1991 (in the midst of Desert Storm, the first Persian Gulf War): “Dear Joe — Both Barbara and I appreciated your note of Jan. 25. Even more we appreciate your service to your country and your courageous leadership when you were in Baghdad. Good Luck. Many Thanks. George Bush”
July 28th, 2005 at 1:25 pmSecretary of State James Baker wrote this to Wilson on a photo of the two of them seated on a couch in the Oval Office briefing the President and his top advisors on January 14, 1991, 48 hours after Wilson had lowered the flag at the American embassy in Baghdad, and 36 hours before American bombs began Desert Storm: “To Joe Wilson, with deep appreciation for your outstanding service to the nation — and with warmest personal regards. Jim Baker”
And President George H.W. Bush wrote this to Wilson on a photo of the two of them walking and talking on the White House grounds that day: “To Joe Wilson - with respect and best wishes. George Bush”
I suspect he likes and respects Joseph Wilson a helluva lot more than he does Karl Rove.
I hope I never see the day when I am ashamed of my children.
July 28th, 2005 at 1:34 pmDaddy’s been bailing his ass out of trouble since DUHbya first peed his pants. But I,m afraid, Daddy, your bucket finally got a hole in it. Bye, Bye DUHbya!
July 28th, 2005 at 1:46 pmWould like to see someone go back and interview Poppa Bush this time around and see how he feels about the outing of Plame, Rove presently, the CIA, and his son and all of Poppa’s old cronies.
July 28th, 2005 at 2:01 pmNo wonder Pappy got left at home when Junior needed a parent to chaperone him on the latest Social Security Snake Oil tour.
July 28th, 2005 at 2:10 pmBuckfush, your site http://www.boycott-republicans.com is not resolving correctly. Errors and 404’s..
July 28th, 2005 at 2:18 pmGHB still feels guilty for driving Barbara to drink while she was pregnant with Shrub. That affair of his left a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome baby that borders on retarded - and he feels the guilt for that happening. Too bad the whole country has to to pay the price for his youthful indiscretions…
July 28th, 2005 at 2:28 pmHey, no problems, we’re all Texans now.
July 28th, 2005 at 2:53 pmbuckfish-
if you just did a href= to your website it would suffice. That you are copy and pasting that whole thing into every thread is not only a little annoying but also kinda dumb. If you want to turn people off, keep doing that. & I mean the people that support what you are trying to say. Please, for everyone here, stop cutting & pasting that thing everywhere.
July 28th, 2005 at 4:11 pmSo Poppy has a sense of ethics after all?
Wonder why he failed to teach these values to his brat kid?
. . .
July 28th, 2005 at 6:02 pmSorry sports fans, the last 11 years in Texas, the last 5 in the US and the world and for the next 3, we are all taking it in the shorts from Dubya’s inadequacies in front of his father.
July 28th, 2005 at 6:45 pmHe’s killed more people, ‘won’ more presidential elections, given away more money to the rich, run up a bigger deficit, created more narcotics-producing farms (see Afghanistan - Poppy only financed the Contras using LA crack dealers).
The only thing left to do: pardon more crooks than Poppy did for Iran-Contra.
July 28th, 2005 at 6:48 pmWhat I want to know is the names of the 16 democrats who voted for CAFTA so I can get in touch with them by e-mail and let them know no financial help is coming their way in the next election.
July 28th, 2005 at 8:33 pmso turdblossom is a turd blossom.and his master is just a turd. duh
July 28th, 2005 at 10:22 pmPoppy wrote a note to Wilson and expressed his sympathy over the outing of Valerie! At least somebody in the fam knows what’s right!
July 29th, 2005 at 4:38 amPaul,they are listed on Franken’s site. Said the same ones voted for the bankruptcy bill and “Class Action Fairness Bill.” How much good are these guys doing us???
July 29th, 2005 at 12:08 pmTerry, His appearance is more saintlike, but that’s because he’s so much smarter.
August 1st, 2005 at 8:40 pmHe’s the one who was behind the assasination of JFK: http://madcowpolitics.com/jfk2bb.wmv
That put him in the driverseat of the US.
“The most insidious of traitors”-couldn’t have said it any better myself.The most apt description of the bush family and it’s legions of miscreant minions as stated by it’s own patriarch.
August 16th, 2005 at 11:30 amHaving just checked out Han’s web link http://madcowpolitics.com/jfk2bb.wmv left me speachless.The Hoover memo “JFK assasination” is quite possibly the modern day equivalent of the holy grail
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November 5th, 2005 at 3:21 pmAccording to allot of people I’ve talked to: Bush is simply insane! ….He endangers all living things and obviously has a death wish …at least a meeting with Jesus…Hears voices??? Why try and impeach him? He belongs in a very secure mental institution! Don’t we have a Surgeon General-or- someone/anyone who can lock up this fool? Maybe the a rally of the Psychiatrists of the US or American Psychiatric Association -or- I surely cannot be the only one to recognize this (him) for what he is…a pathologic liar, fraud, delusional, menace to society, delusions of grandeur, etc….
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