Bush’s ‘Buddies’ Miss Out On E-Mails From Their ‘Pal’ George Because He Fears ‘Record Requests’
Bush’s ‘Buddies’ Miss Out On E-Mails From Their ‘Pal’ George Because He Fears ‘Record Requests’
Yesterday during an interview with Politico’s Mike Allen, President Bush said that the one thing he looks forward to after leaving the White House is getting back to the old days of e-mailing his “buddies” and his “pals”:
ALLEN: Mr. President, the one thing we don’t see in here is a computer, and we know that you went cold turkey off email for security reasons. What are you looking forward to when you finally get your computer back?
BUSH: Emailing to my buddies. I can remember as governor I stayed in touch with all kinds of people around the country, firing off emails at all times of the day to stay in touch with my pals. [...] I want to stay in touch with them and there’s no better way to communicate with them than through email.
While Allen noted that Bush “went cold turkey off email for security reasons,” don’t be fooled. Bush isn’t trying to protect himself from hackers or terrorists. As Bush noted in an October 2006 interview with CNBC, he is afraid of “record requests,” or “in other words,” as Bush often says, he doesn’t want anyone trying to find out what he’s up to:
BUSH: I tend not to email or — not only tend not to email, I don’t email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. [...] So, in other words, I’m very cautious about emailing.
Indeed, the entire Bush administration has been “cautious about emailing.” As a result, the National Security Archive and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington are suing the administration for allegedly violating the Presidential Records Act for failing to archive official e-mails. In fact, the administration just revealed that it failed to archive e-mails sent during the launch of the Iraq war.
It’s too bad all of Bush’s unethical and perhaps illegal activity have prevented his “buddies” from hearing from him over the last seven years.
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You gotta wonder about the integrity of someone who doesn't put things in writing because he's afraid of what might come out.
Oh, hell, who am I kidding? You don't have to wonder about Bush's integrity. He doesn't have any.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pmBesides all that, he doesn't even have any pals or buddies....
May 14th, 2008 at 6:50 pm. . . and we know that you went cold turkey off email
And we know that GDumbya didn't go cold turkey off Wild Turkey. That's obvious every time he opens his yap.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pmBush’s ‘Buddies’ Miss Out On E-Mails From Their ‘Pal’ George Because He Fears ‘Record Requests’
Since when did Barney learn how to read ?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:52 pmDon't worry, Arlen Specter is too tied up worrying about Spygate to look for your missing emails.
May 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pm"So, in other words, I’m very cautious about emailing." Now this the joke of the day from the Google-in-chief.
This is the same idiot that said that he only used The Google for looking at maps of his ranch. You can be found out, dude.
Lastly, this is the same idiot whose trip to Florida plans in the White staff schedule landed in a pile of trash. Check out the 2006 article from WUSA9.com:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=49159
May 14th, 2008 at 7:00 pmCorrection: White House staff schedule.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pmAnd when historians begin writing the Bush story, large gaps will appear, making his presidential biography one of actions taken, seemingly without logical rationale, or deliberational context. The guy's such an incompetent, he's even going to screw up the writing of his own story.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pmCaption Contest:
Hmmm, I wunder what time Idolz is on?
May 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pmBush: "And it's that judgment about what would put somebody's life at risk, and what doesn't, is where there's tension. And to answer your question, I believe in open government. I've always believed in open government. Rich is right. You know, I don't email, however. And there's a reason. I don't want you reading my personal stuff. There has got to be a certain sense of privacy. You know, you're entitled to how I make decisions. And you're entitled to ask questions, which I answer. I don't think you're entitled to be able to read my mail between my daughters and me."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050414-4.html
Oh, the irony...
May 14th, 2008 at 7:04 pmSo, in other words, I’m very cautious about emailing.
"Invading other countries, not so much."
May 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pmBUSH: Emailing to my buddies. I can remember as governor I stayed in touch with all kinds of people around the country, firing off emails at all times of the day to stay in touch with my pals. […] I want to stay in touch with them and there’s no better way to communicate with them than through email.
This nitwit never heard of the telephone ?
May 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pmBUSH: I tend not to email or — not only tend not to email, I don’t email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president.
Yeah
Can anyone imagine having to present proof over a dubious claim , eh Chimpy ?
May 14th, 2008 at 7:10 pmMr. bush you could leave today and begin e-mailing tomorrow.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:16 pmThis is exactly the kind of BS that has to be debunked. Look, it is his official e-mail that has to be archived. Nobody gives a sh*t about his peronal business. When I was a corporate attorney I had to provide legal advice, prepare litigation and also provide business advice on certain business issues. Now, my correspondence in my role as counsel was covered by the attorney-client or work product exceptions to discovery. My business communications were clearly discoverable. We simply marked privileged documents as such and business documents as such. The system was simple enduring for more than 10 years that I was with the company and withstanding in camera inspection, regulatory review and all other challenges. You always know a bogus claim when you hear of really stupid and extreme reactions.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:22 pmThis is exactly the kind of BS that has to be debunked. Look, it is his official e-mail that has to be archived. Nobody gives a sh*t about his peronal business. When I was a corporate attorney I had to provide legal advice, prepare litigation and also provide business advice on certain business issues. Now, my correspondence in my role as counsel was covered by the attorney-client or work product exceptions to discovery. My business communications were clearly discoverable. We simply marked privileged documents as such and business documents as such. The system was simple enduring for more than 10 years that I was with the company and withstanding in camera inspection, regulatory review and all other challenges. You always know a bogus claim when you hear of really stupid and extreme reactions.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:22 pmaWol's buddies around the country are mostly in the loop already. that's why they call it the FOG of war...
May 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pmI wonder who turns on the computer and gets it to Outlook for him?
May 14th, 2008 at 7:26 pmJMOHR: well-debunked. Thanks for that perspective.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:28 pmSo it's OK to illegally spy on innocent Americans, but Americans have no right to know what their government is doing.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:36 pmThat's about the size of it.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:37 pm>Oh, the irony…
Right..what was that right wing talking point.. we dont care about your aunt matilda's saying to your sewing club buddies?
May 14th, 2008 at 7:45 pmThat's the first thing he can think of upon leaving the toughest job of the world? (I know, he's made the job seem dangerously easy.)
May 14th, 2008 at 7:46 pmIf people saw this administrations emails, the entire group of them would be in prison, then it would be off to the Hague Trials, then...boom, snap, the gallows.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:51 pmBush has done these beguile, bluff, cozen, delude, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, misinform, mislead, snow, string along, camouflage, disguise, mask; conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occult, shroud, veil his actions.
However, the truth will surface and America will disclose his
May 14th, 2008 at 7:55 pmimmortal, omnipotent, omniscient; animal, beastly, bestial, brute; inhuman, robotic person that he may be!
The lowliest federal worker would be fired for not following procedures. Why have we allowed Bush et al to go on without accountability? I don't think our Constitution created a divine being. All are subject to laws, rules and procedures.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:59 pmJMOHR Says:
This is exactly the kind of BS that has to be debunked. Look, it is his official e-mail that has to be archived. Nobody gives a sh*t about his peronal business.
Maybe, maybe not. What kind of personal email do you think Dubya has? "Hey, Biff, guess what? I got to blow a whole country up today! Maybe you were pledge captain, but I am the Deciderer! I decided to do it, and then we just made the rest of that sh!t up."
May 14th, 2008 at 8:05 pmBUSH: I tend not to email or — not only tend not to email, I don’t email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. […] So, in other words, I’m very cautious about emailing.
"Executive privilege" ends there does it , Herr Chimperor ?
May 14th, 2008 at 8:06 pmIf he had nothing to hide, obviously he would have nothing to worry about. Sounds like a tacit admission of guilt to me. If only he were a true Christian, he wouldn't have these concerns.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pmBush is covering his ass.
In 1999, when Bush was Governor of Texas, the Governor's office (under the thumb of former FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh, who was Bush's Chief of Staff at the time) instituted a "destroy all emails" procedure after seven days.
Every week, the emails were purged. The procedure continued into the administration of Texas Governor Rick Perry, until it was challenged by someone in Wisconsin.
You see, the procedure was against the law.
It is not a "coincedence" that Bush "doesn't email." Nor is it any sort of surprise that the White House "lost" email. Or used illegal RNC servers instead of government systems.
It was deliberate.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pmEven that idiot Reagan kept a diary. What will go in this imbeciles library, Cheney's truckloads of shredded documents?
May 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pmBUSH: I tend not to email or — not only tend not to email, I don’t email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. […] So, in other words, I’m very cautious about emailing.
If Bush's conscious was clear he wouldn't have anything to be "cautious" about.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
May 14th, 2008 at 11:21 pmThis pathologically lying monkey never e-mailed anyone as governor. That was 1999. Just like he never used "the internets" for "the google" either.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:02 amUnbelievable . . . no one could make this shit up!!!!
This is the BEST Republican we had???
Send him back to Crawlfoot and let him ride his bike and play all day in the internets tubes . . .
May 15th, 2008 at 1:21 amIn seven years, is the ONLY time I've seen a picture of Bush in front of a computer. Difficult stuff, you know, so much learning to do to use one correctly... Anyhow, the picture reminds me of the movie "Zoolander" when the characters of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson try to use a Mac...
May 15th, 2008 at 6:54 amIf anyone has ever wondered why he gets called the chimp, just have a look at that picture.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:25 am