Bush: ‘I Have Not Read One Book About Me,’ Says There’s Nothing He Could Learn From Them
Bush: ‘I Have Not Read One Book About Me,’ Says There’s Nothing He Could Learn From Them
On ABC’s This Week, President Bush said, “I have not read one book about me. … You know, I just — I feel uncomfortable reading about myself.” Bush said it is “weird to be reading books about yourself when you’re still trying to be the President,” and said that authors who comment on his administration before he’s out of office are “myopic.”
Stephanopoulos asked, “You don’t think there’s anything you could learn from these books in real-time?” Bush said: “No.”
Watch it:
Full transcript:
STEPHANOPOULOS: You said in your press conference last week, you joked about the books being written about your administration. Have you read any of them?
BUSH: No.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why not?
BUSH: You know, I don’t know. I haven’t read the bad ones. I haven’t read the good ones. I guess it makes me — It’s kinda weird to be reading books about yourself when you’re still trying to be the President. I really haven’t.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How do you explain, though, how Bob Woodward, who has written three books –
BUSH: I didn’t read the book.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I know. But he’s written three books about your presidency –
BUSH: I didn’t read any of them.
STEPHANOPOULOS: None of them?
BUSH: George, I have not read one book about me. I read a lot of books this year. But not one about myself. You know, I just — I feel uncomfortable reading about myself. It’s — it’s hard for you to relate, I think. But my — I’m still in the midst of my presidency. And people are writing books about my presidency. It is so myopic in many ways. The true history of my presidency won’t be reflected until way after I’m gone.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You don’t think there’s anything you could learn from these books in real-time?
BUSH: No.
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How can you call something “myopic” that you HAVEN’T READ?
The arrogance and ignorance are astounding… The man is a sociopath.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:15 amyawn.
so bush is an unreflective dolt.
anything we didn’t already know?
next.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:16 amThe true history of my presidency won’t be reflected until way after I’m gone.
I really like the sound of that - him being gone that is…
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:16 amThis quote from former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder speaks volumes: ““Anyone who tries to legitimize political decisions that way (in dialogue with God) simply cannot allow these decisions to be changed through criticism or an exchange of ideas. Because if you do, you then breach the mission from God.â€
Staying the course means continuing to be right with God - anything else and Bush has betrayed his Heavenly Father. Nuff said.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:17 amI would beg to differ with the gentleman. He has read only one book in his life and it is surely about him: “My Pet Goat.”
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:17 amyea… “myopic”… that’s a big word for him…
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:18 amand of course, he refers to others…
it’s always opposite day for this bozo…
and, actually, i feel “uncomfortable” reading about him also…
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:19 am.
Hell no, I rule from my gut. As long as I am the dictator, I don’t need to read about myself. That’s why I’m the decider.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:19 amHilarious Clyde!
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:21 amIf bush were to find a book about him it would be 325 blank pages.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:25 amWhose idea was it to use the words ‘Bush’ and ‘learn’ in the same sentence?
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 amMore squirmy wormy spineless bush speak, I wonder what keeps this jellyfish from sliding out of the chair unto the floor.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:30 amLet’s have fun with quotes out of context:
BUSH: George, I have not read one book… I feel uncomfortable…about myself….it’s hard…I think. But…I’m still…myopic in many ways.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You don’t think there’s anything you could learn…?
BUSH: No.
Now I can enjoy the interview.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:34 amEven he never recall his own words. “Mission ascompleted”, “Tet Offense” and “Stay the course”
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:36 amAnother quote out of context, Wayne:
“…when you’re still trying to be the President. I really haven’t.”
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:40 amWayne - that’s priceless!
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:43 ama liar and a idiot. I hope all the “values voters” back in 2004 were watching this.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:46 amYou could just dropped the words “about me” or “about myself” and the sentence would make just as much sense.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:49 amAmerica’s Least Wanted
Read “Dumbass”
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:50 amfor a Canadian perspective.
#15 There you go, Zooey! Now, doesn’t that make reading the interview that much more fun? It’s like getting a jump on the next slew of political attack ads, the way they like to quote people out of context. Who has time to find out that it was wrong?
Some day I expect to see a politician run an ad that says something like, “My opponent supports breast cancer as evidenced by these things I doodled in my office this afternoon.” It wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:53 amCome on you guys for the decency of it all, really this is like making fun of a mentaly handicapped person. BUT, “Nothing is as mysterious as a fact clearly stated” Lissette Model. What’s for lunch?
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 amWow, he really looks old nowadays. Pale, white-haired…senile sorta.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:55 amGEORGIE MAKES SUCH GOOD CASE FOR ERELIGIOSITY …. ARE ALL RELIGIONS LED BY LIARS …..
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:55 amW should read “Destined for Destiny: The Unaurthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush”, ‘ghost’ written by Scott Dikkers and Peter Hilleren.
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:58 amThanks, Wayne. *blush*
Another thing that bothers me: Presumably Stephanopoulos knows what questions he’s going to ask. Why is it he has no research in front of him to back up a follow up question?
Do they all buy into BO’s ridiculous assertion that one does not get confrontational with the president?
Need I say Clinton…?
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 pmIn 24, Unaurthorized sb Unauthorized
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:02 pmSo,
This now gives us reason for why he never reads newspapers (all the stories are about him) and why he does not listen to anyone in face to face talk, (they are trying to tell him what to do or how to see things) he truly is a island of mental solitude, floating in an ocean of nihilism.
Good luck with that you traitor.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:03 pm#25 - Oops, wrong thread.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:04 pmI have read 3 Shakespeare’s, a Camus and have just re-read My Pet Get to get me back into good spirits by thinking about 9/11 and all of the great stuff that happened when all those Americans died on my watch while I flew around the country like the Shah of Iran looking for a hospital to get cancer treatment.
-Chimpotle’
No George, the history of your presidency is abundantly clear right now and it is an abject failure. Your dad knows it and so do 70% of the US population.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:05 pmI was watching a program on the History Channel yesterday concerning Hermann Goering during the Nuremburg Trials.
Goering was adamant that in fifty years, his name, and the names of the other leaders of the Third Reich would be celebrated. He gave his autograph to his prison guards, saying, paraphrased “This will be very valuable in fifty years”.
Don’t all megalomaniacs think that history will look kindly upon their “heroic” efforts?
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 pmGod I’m sick of this little shit’s face. He sickens me to my core.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:09 pmHe says he doesn’t read to encourage his “followers” not to read either. He thinks he’s making stupidiy sexy………….not. He doesn’t want reading to be fashionable because he and his thugs can control the masses better if they buy into the “coolness” of it. The coolness of giving the finger to those annoying Dems and people that can out think them.. It’s pretty crafty…what they’ve done. They’ve sold a great portion of the American people an identity/or character. And that character doesn’t waste his/her time on that egg head stuff called thinking. Pretty sneaky.
#25 Do they all buy into BO’s ridiculous assertion that one does not get confrontational with the president?
Only the cowards like Bill-O (aka “Lying Man”). Apparently he never read a little thing called “The First Amendment” which guarantees citizens the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. As long as you don’t get physical, you have every constitutional right in the country (sadly, not yet the world) to get verbally “confrontational” with any politician, especially the highest one in the land, if they are going to lie to you or try to make you believe something that is not true.
And I don’t know why Little Georgie didn’t have better notes handy. Maybe, just to try to give him some benefit of the doubt, he figured that Bush had made that statement so many times that he just couldn’t believe that Bush would deny saying it altogether, so he didn’t prepare a montage. I would love to see someone ask Bush to look at a clip of something he said, and just instead show him Jon Stewart doing his Bush laugh during the “Ten F&*%ing Years” review of their stuff on presidents. It was hilarious! One Jon Stewart “Bush laugh” after another. (heh-heh-heh.)
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:11 pmmore of the same from Uncurious George.
this isn’t a surprise, isn’t particularly interesting either. in the large scheme of things I’d have to say if people were writing books about me and I was focused on a huge set of problems and responsibilties I probably wouldn’t want to read those book either (at that time). (I would, however, seek advice far and wide if things weren’t going well — but that’s not the same as delving into 300 pages of one person’s perspective.)
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:12 pmShould have asked him about his active state of alcoholism.
Something is obviously wrong with him. Looks really confused….and sociopathic.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:18 pmGood morning Zooey,
My internet connection is super slow, and mail related crap just sits there. Great way to start my day.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:18 pm#25 Zooey, I found where you meant to go and re-posted there. Apologies everyone.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:19 pmFor the benefit of others of his party, Shrub should just keep himself out of the media as much as possible, since every time he opens his mouth, he sticks both feet in it.
However, this is good news for democrats…we love seeing shrub do this to himself and his administration…again…and again…and again….
As a parent to two teenagers, they are well aware of the phrase, “Shut up, because you’re just digging your hole deeper.” I think it’s hilarious that shrub, even at his age, hasn’t grasped this concept yet.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:21 pmBush hasn’t finished the book My Pet Goat yet so what do you expect from him. Maybe Connie can finish reading it to him and then pick another book.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:21 pmAt lease the world knows he’s stupid even if Americans want to stick their heads in the sand. Just give Bush his drugs and alcohol and leave him alone get the answers from someone else because in reality Bush isn’t running the country.
My internet connection is super slow, and mail related crap just sits there. Great way to start my day.
Comment by ForTruth
Shit! *stomps foot in frustration*
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:31 pmHis wife has to feel like an abject failure. Here she is running all over the country trying to get people to read, while occupying the WH with a total dolt who will not/cannot read. He could not even read “My Pet Goat” to kids. Watch Moore’s seven minute clip in the classroom on 9/11. It is the kids who are reading the story to Bush. Congrats to the Repugnants and the Neocons. You foisted a this guy on the rest of America. Both he and you are going to be noted in history for being total lacking in the ability to use the intelligence you were given. What failures you are!
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:33 pmI wouldn’t read about myself if I was him also.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:43 pmThe unexamined life is not worth living.
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:46 pm–Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
Most intelligent people would read it in order to garner valuable insight as to how one is “perceived” by those whom he represents, n’est pas?
There’s only one reason he hasn’t read them…..he doesn’t care what the people who pay his paycheck think. That’s clear.
Or…..he’s dyslexic or My Pet Goat was the peak of his reading comprehension??
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:51 pmBush can only read children’s books like “My Pet Goat” that have more pictures than words > lol. Dubya is a mental retard for sure!
October 22nd, 2006 at 12:58 pmOr…..he’s dyslexic or My Pet Goat was the peak of his reading comprehension??
Comment by unitynow — October 22, 2006 @ 12:51 pm
Probably both…
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:09 pm#44
Hey, George Bush is an insult to people who are mentally retarded. Dubya makes Special Ed look like Albert Einstein!
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:12 pmIt is so much fun to watch the Titanic sink that it takes our focus off the awesome responsibility of actually doing better. Let’s see if Democrats survive the culture of corruption of corporate donors and powerful lobbyists. Let’s see if they actually put into place laws that limit their own power. This is the test of greatness. This is the opportunity.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:12 pmWhat’s with the “still trying to be president”. He either is a president or he is not a president. If Bush is “still trying” after 6 years, no wonder he created such a fiasco in the US and the world. It’s like he is still using his training wheels on his bicycle.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:22 pmThank you, George, for verifying your ineducability.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 pmBush will forever be known as the “Great Destroyer”.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 pmOf course he doesn’t feel comfortable reading books about himself (although I’m told he had “State of Denial” paraphrased for him just because the book had so infuriated Cheney). Books sometimes put forward “uncomfortable” truths about their subjects . . . and it’s very clear that GeeDubs isn’t on speaking terms with the truth these days. Furthermore, I don’t think he’s going to be very comfortable with what history will have to say about him, either. He’ll spend the rest of his life trying to defend and justify his actions once they’ve been proven to have been wholly mistaken.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:25 pm.
Any skeptic can respond.
Let’s say that a career intelligence operative came to your house and sat you down and told you the truth.
Let’s say they told you that just for starters, there is no “Osama Bin Laden.”
Would you accept it? Then what? You’d be forced to think about ALL of the ramifications of that reality in the context of EVERY other piece of information that ties to that name.
Now who is your enemy? Who else knows this truth and what actions are they taking?
The media knows.
The politicians know.
Now what?
Swallow hard and listen.
Let’s say the next thing you were told is that it was going to be virtually impossible for the stock market to fall under Greenspan’s gamesmanship - thanks to the Treasury in the market whenever they need to be using their PPT operations to prevent declines.
Let’s say you were informed that “Nothing Is At It Apppears - LITERALLY NOTHING!”
Let’s say you were further told that the chaos in Iraq was actually by design, and that winning was never the goal.
Now let’s say you were informed that Dov Zakheim stole $7 trillion from the Defense Department and sent it to Israel.
Confusing, isn’t it?
But it is the truth.
Let’s say you were told to “go on about your business - just live your lives, go to your jobs, send your kids to college, watch your TV and take your vacations - and let us worry about the ugly stuff.”
How arrogant, right? Sounds true though, doesn’t it?
How would you feel?
What would you do with this information?
Would you still be trying to silence those who actually have this knowledge?
Just think about it.
Make sure that the uncomfortable feeling generated by these sad realities is not being misguided into hateful or hurtful energies on these threads, when your mind might be better utilized to bring about positive change to reveal the truth and put a stop to it.
The foregoing is the truth.
What are you going to do?
.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:25 pm“Stephanopoulos asked, “You don’t think there’s anything you could learn from these books in real-time?†Bush said: “No.—
I agree with Bush on this one. There’s nothing he could learn from any of these books. Or any book. Or any person.
The man is immune to facts regardless of their source, and it is something he is proud of.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:27 pmFurthermore, I don’t think he’s going to be very comfortable with what history will have to say about him, either. He’ll spend the rest of his life trying to defend and justify his actions once they’ve been proven to have been wholly mistaken.
Comment by MadisonMel
I seem to remember reading that when he was once asked how he thought history would judge him, he supposedly answered, “What difference does it make? We’ll all be dead then.” So I don’t think he cares about what happens after he leaves office. I’m not entirely convinced he cares about what happens while he’s in office, either!
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:31 pmWhen you do a web search for “worst president in history,” one of the sites that comes up is “whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html.”
Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding and James Buchanan moved up a notch.
Hey, at least he’s a president of historic significance. Benjamin Harrison would gladly trade places.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:40 pm# 48: Yes! Give the chimp a chance to speak and he opens the door to show you how he really thinks: he is “trying,” indeed.
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:48 pmClyde…”Best Comment in the Worldddddddddd”…lol. My pet goat has all thoes big words in it, but after reading it 7 times, bush got it…
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:53 pmi hear that bush never finished “my pet goat”, he got stuck on some of the words.
October 22nd, 2006 at 2:57 pm“Fascist american war criminal president” will be his title in history,hopefully executed in public.
October 22nd, 2006 at 3:06 pmSomething tells me a lot of comments are being censored. I used the “F” word in mine and it got swept into the ashbin of the blogosphere.
Well, Bush deserves the “F” word.
October 22nd, 2006 at 3:13 pmWhoops, there it is (#56). I take it back.
October 22nd, 2006 at 3:14 pmJust tape a “Brushcutting For Dummies” jacket over one of the Bush books; at least you know he will crack the book open.
October 22nd, 2006 at 3:15 pmWhat’s with the “still trying to be presidentâ€. He either is a president or he is not a president. If Bush is “still trying†after 6 years, no wonder he created such a fiasco in the US and the world. It’s like he is still using his training wheels on his bicycle.
Comment by CoffinsDrapedWithFlags — October 22, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
Or…he sees himself as a dictator who is trying to pass himself off as a president.
October 22nd, 2006 at 3:55 pmIf they would add pretty pictures in the books he would probably look at them.
October 22nd, 2006 at 4:57 pmCrayola is his favorite publisher.
October 22nd, 2006 at 5:21 pmtrying to be president…
I hope he isn’t trying too hard, cuz this president thing isn’t working so well for him.
October 22nd, 2006 at 5:55 pmBush doesn’t want to read about himself because he doesn’t want to know about himself… he doesn’t want to know that he destroys everything he touches and that history will remember him as the president that trashed the Constitution of the US.
October 22nd, 2006 at 6:56 pmI dont think Bush does much learning.
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:04 pmHis capacity is really limited!
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:31 pmMaybe it’s because your such a sicko and such a nut, and such a screw up, like the majority of the conservative idiot/bigot-group, that people are actually righting books because of it.
Guess that never crossed your mind, did it Mr. President? I’m sure being a Psychopath, not much crosses your mind and you avoid reality as much as you can.
October 22nd, 2006 at 8:51 pmI’m petualnt and I’m having a frenzy. I’m having a petulant frenzy.
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:15 pmUSA,
I’m thinking self-awareness is not a strong point for GWB.
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:45 pmhahahaha
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:47 pmSo many parallels between Bush and LBJ, but the difference is that LBJ at least was a worker and a driver to get legislation passed that would benefit all Americans. Bush’s legacy is to cut taxes, and pass a medicare bill that nobody can comprehend, and panders to gigantic pharmacutical companies. Then, cut and privatize SS. What a great legacy.
“Ppffffffffftt, please.”
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 pm[…] On ABC’s This Week, President Bush said, “I have not read one book about me. … You know, I just — I feel uncomfortable reading about myself.†[…]
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:32 amThere is one book he should read , about his ancestors who changed this world for ever. the book can be found on http://www.athairsiochain@bigblog.com.au , its called the Mangotree Revisited, this is one manuscript he needs to read,
October 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 amI think Bush is a fool and a dangerous man, but just to make a dissenting view -
He’s basically right. He is trying to be the best president he can be. I think right now that’s a pretty shitty president, but he’s trying to the best he can. His goals and views and crazy, but he is trying to meet them. So why would he be helped by reading stuff about himself? If its bad and true, he already knows it. If it’s bad a not true, then it doesn’t help him to read it. If its some stuff saying that he’s misinformed or has stupid logic, it doesn’t really help him to read that anyway, as he still has to continue to be the president.
As dumb as he usually is, I found his response to Steph. to be one of the more eloquent and intelligent moments of his presidency.
Nick Fogelson
October 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 amHonolulu, HI
I love how he and cronies have adopted this stance of how the true value of all this won’t be properly evaluated for years from now. It’s similar to the Schroeder observation. By this line of thinking, the astounding slide in the polls don’t matter… the disasters don’t matter… because, presumably, we’re not visionary enough to ‘get’ how great Bush’s era has been in the present.
Sure, there are lots of great actors who never see their own movies or read their own reviews. I doubt most musicians spent a lot of time listening, during leisure, to their own albums.
But for God’s sake, it doesn’t take future vision to predict that this is one of the darkest periods in recent history. Nor to see that the fissures in the American empire have opened wide under this president. A little self-reflection for this man and his shadow handlers is long overdue. And reading the books that have done the analysis into his mistakes he doesn’t seem willing to do for himself would be only a small beginning.
P.S. If, by his logic that it’s ‘myopic’ to read the books, why then would this — or any politician — spend so much time studying the polls and playing shamelessly to their constiuencies?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:49 amBy the way, “myopia” is defined:
myopia |mīˈÅpÄ“É™| noun nearsightedness. • lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight
Bush accusing anybody, let alone some of the heavyweights who have written about his presidency, of lacking imagination, insight, or foresight is irony to a mind-boggling degree.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:53 amBush said it is “weird to be reading books about yourself when you’re still trying to be the President,â€
Well, instead of TRYING TO BE president, perhaps you SHOULD BE president…Nah, too much of a stretch here.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:09 amDoes Dumbya even know how to spell “myopic” let alone define it?
I wish that someone in Bush’s entourage would tell him to stop trying to pass as some kind of intellectual, because no one outside his rabid, mouthbreathing base believes it.
Just sit down, shut up and try to stay out of trouble for the next couple of years, eh?
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:15 amI suppose he wouldn’t be interested in reading Burns either.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:26 am“Ode to a Louse” would seem to be a perfect place to
start for Dubya. To see himself as others see him may have
spared the world some major blunders, perhaps?
Reading is HAARRDD.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:26 amit just makes me sick to see that. In a sane world, he would be in a straightjacket, but instead, he’s still “tryin’ ta be president”.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:34 amHistory will look back and everybody will learn to discripe the Dick n Bush in one word. WTF?
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:10 am“Still trying to be President”???
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:11 amWTF? He has never tried to be president! He’s a damn fraud, and a lousy one at that.
[…] On Friday, I posted that what the Republicans meant to say was “Stay the corset”, not stay the course. Little did I know that Bush Rove, et co., would continue with that approach over the weekend. There was Bush telling George Stephanopoulos that “We have never been stay the course.” This morning, Dan Bartlett said the same thing. […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:19 amIt’s perfectly obvious to anyone with a discerning eye why Dubya hasn’t read any books written about himself. Over the past five-odd years, Dubya has demonstrated time and time again that he has little or no tolerance for criticism or disagreement — indeed, the only perspective he seems to have any value or respect for is his own. Mature and intelligent adults in contrast understand that disagreement and even criticism are an inevitable fact of life, especially in a free society — they know that they are not perfect, that the world does not revolve around them, that they are subjective when it comes to evaluating their own behavior and may have blind spots, that other people are neither subject to their control nor obligated to agree with and approve of them, and that criticism can sometimes be used as a tool for personal development and growth. To all appearances, Dubya understands none of these things (or at least not consciously) — so is it any wonder that he avoids reading books about himself, when even the most flattering book might possibly include a perspective which might present a challenge to the image which Dubya has of himself and attempts to project to the world? I think that the reason why he believes history will vindicate him is because the alternative is simply too horrible for him to contemplate — the possibility that history will confirm the truth of each and every single one of the criticisms that have been leveled against him.
Actually, I’m of the opinion that what comes across as arrogance on Dubya’s part is a reflection of a deep-rooted insecurity of which he is largely unconscious. If you observe people who are arrogant, people who are constantly bragging about themselves and who refuse to acknowledge their faults and failures, it becomes fairly obvious that they wouldn’t feel the need to try quite so hard to convince other people of their superiority if they genuinely felt it and believed it themselves. This may seem to contradict my previous argument, but I think it rather solidifies it. If (as I suspect) Dubya is repressing most of his insecurities instead of confronting them and is determined to view himself and have others view him as virtually without flaw, then it stands to reason that he’d avoid reading books about himself and be inclined to attack anyone who dredges up the feelings of ineptitude and insecurity that he’s trying so hard to repress.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:11 amOf course Bush hasn’t read any books about him; Monkey Oil Jr. never learned to read!
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:01 pmWow this comment posting is so one sided its not even funny. I dont think its a bad thing that bush has not read any of these books because he has other things to worry about. You all say wow hes dumb for not reading them but you would be the same people to pull him down if he did read them. What would you have him do if he did read these books? Bring him to the light so he could see how dumb hes been (acording to you people). Would reading a pro Bush book do that to you? I doubt it so why do you think it would make a impact with him in any other manner. It doesnt seem to matter with people like you, you always find fault with everything if Bush said i like blue more than red you would all get upset about it. You have all become so anti Bush that even if he did right you would still see wrong if he said look right you would look left. Anyway i thought i would be the odd man out so if you dont like me thats fine and if you think im stupid thats fine too people like you always call everyone stupid that dont believe what you believe.
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:07 pmIt doesnt seem to matter with people like you, you always find fault with everything if Bush said i like blue more than red you would all get upset about it. — Nick
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Mr. Pot, may I have the pleasure of introducing you to Mr. Kettle? What difference is there between knee-jerk condemnation of Dubya and knee-jerk defense of him? Not much, in my estimation. Let me ask you a question: is there anything at all that this man could possibly do which would simply give you second thoughts — never mind doubt him, question him, or criticize him? If you can’t answer that question in the affirmative — and what’s more, think of a specific example of something that would turn you off — then you’re no different and no better than someone who condemns him wholesale regardless of what he does. I’ve asked this same question of members of my family who support him — and amazingly, even though they say that Dubya could conceivably do something that could make them turn away from him, they nevertheless become quite dismayingly tongue-tied when I ask them to come up with a specific example.
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:42 pmUnfortuneatly he was correct in his use of Myopic. Which means “short: lacking foresight or scope; ” He was referring to the fact that people are writing books about his presidency, which he has not yet completed.
October 23rd, 2006 at 1:12 pmpeople like you always call everyone stupid that dont believe what you believe.
Comment by Nick
Not quite, Nick. We don’t call people stupid just because they don’t agree with us. We call people stupid who refuse to see the truth. And many of these Bush supporters refuse to see the truth about him. These are the ones we think of as “stupid”.
But thanks for playing our game and do come back and visit again.
October 23rd, 2006 at 3:13 pm#4 …being right with God
You’ll love Barak Osama Bin Laden Obama! The white knight of the Dem party? He quotes god, read his worship pieces this week. How about taking the Senate with Ford, Jr.? LA Times says he quotes scripture more than other politicians cite government reports.
I love seeing you libs get all worked up over W. As long as you waste your time there, we are going to keep both houses… ha ha ha ha ha ha.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmI love seeing you libs get all worked up over W. As long as you waste your time there, we are going to keep both houses… ha ha ha ha ha ha.
There are plenty of us that are awake you idiot. ha ha ha ha ha ha what a fool you are. Once again - No substance, just a vacuum like Bush’s brain.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:46 pmAs long as you waste your time there, we are going to keep both houses… ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Comment by Bill+in+LA — October 23, 2006 @ 5:30 pm
A pox on both your houses! Perhaps you don’t realize that the mid-term elections are ALL about W? We VOTE (in case you thought that all we do is talk.) The only way Republicans are going to keep both houses is by CHEATING.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 pmBush, Cheney, Rove, and Rumsfeld should be sharing the same cell block with Skilling!
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:28 pmWar in Iraq made these men multi-millionaires!
It’s true; Bush doesn’t like black people - that’s why we aren’t in Sudan/Darfur!
He is a true piece of shit!
Why hasn’t Bush read any books about himself? Maybe because he hasn’t moved on to reading full sentences yet: http://www.weeklyradioaddress.com/WRA20060826.htm.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:05 pmWhy hasn’t Bush read any books about himself? Maybe because he hasn’t moved on to reading full sentences yet: http://http://www.weeklyradioaddress.com/WRA20060826.htm
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:09 pmI allready know thi guy is full of shit why lose effort on it I am replying because i am linked to this page and i want to loose my greeve on this Hungary shit Why not let take place democracy it is inevitable People have learned to speak and it will not stop (sorry for my bad english) THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS UNIVERSAL AND NOONE WILL STOP THAT
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:56 pmNow i read some of this comments i realise i am on the wrong forum but i agree with the most of what i read. BUSH YOU WON’T KEEP UP!! Try to speak the truth for one time instead of walking on the leach of “big money” and speaking their words
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:05 pmI agree with Bush
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:14 pmI have not read any book about him and i do not wish to do so
Anything he says is BUSHSHIT and i will not listen to anything he (or his commanders behind the screens) have to say
I agree with Bush
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:18 pmI have not read a single one of the books about him because anything he says is BUSHSHIT and i do not want to listen to anything of this
He is not a president but a puppet
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:21 pm“W” has two IQs .
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:45 pmListen to him when he speaks overseas.
Didn’t Bush and his minions advise everyone to read Woodward’s other two books on Bush to get a sense of his leadership style? Remember, the ones that suggested he was a visionary and strong leader?
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:56 pm[…] It seems that Dubya hasn’t read a single book written about him and says that he wouldn’t learn anything even if he did. More importantly, Dubya used the word ‘myopic’ when describing the books written about him. I thought that should have been a news story in itself. […]
October 25th, 2006 at 11:16 am[…] Related links:Read about Bush’s interview hereBonus link: Bush on Google […]
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