Maybe Bush should have listened even more to Rove

The new book "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush," by journalist Robert Draper, has a lot of juicy anecdotes about dissent in the White House, the Washington Post reported. For example, Draper claims that Karl Rove told Bush not to pick Dick Cheney as a running mate, calling the choice "worse than a safe pick — it was needy." And Rove reportedly expressed concern about selecting Harriet Miers for the U.S. Supreme Court but was "shouted down."
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

14 Comments

  1. Ed Friedemann
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 1:03 pm | Permalink

    Bush and those around him see only bits and pieces of the big picture of world relations.

    And without an overall understanding are in danger of making some very serious mistakes, mistakes which will hurt the United States for a long time.

  2. XXX
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

    Dear George:

    Please attack Iran.Hugs and Kisses,KKKarl

  3. Rage
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 1:52 pm | Permalink

    Needy? Uh, well, duh, Karl! Do really think you could keep that empty suit all to yourself?

  4. Eagle Reader
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 2:10 pm | Permalink

    The press is doing whatever it can to keep you from making any protest against the Mexican trucks allowed coming into the U.S. after this Labor Day without any border and travel restrictions.U.S. citizens need to organize a protest now, go to the Teamsters Union websitehttp://www.teamsterstakeaction.org/campaign/no_to_unsafe_trucks

    Send a letter to your representatives by using the Teamsters Union; just fill out the column on the right.Let your voice be heard.

  5. thinkfirst
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 2:19 pm | Permalink

    Hey, remember it was Georgie’s daddy that picked Cheney.

  6. leftcoaster
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 3:14 pm | Permalink

    Hey, he knew Cheney was smart enough not to invade Iraq. it was Cheney who predicted the result would be chaos.

    Too bad he didn’t tell us that in 2002.

  7. Tom Paine
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY Cheney should have listenedto himself.

  8. Ben
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 3:44 pm | Permalink

    Maybe Cheney forgot … you know, Alzheimers and all that.

  9. leave
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 8:01 pm | Permalink

    Dear George

    Please resign

  10. Ed Friedemann
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    Bush and Rove never cared how many people knew that they were dishonest, only being caught while being so.

    They seemed comfortable with their substandard behaviour.

    The founding fathers would have been amazed that the American People would allow such trash to occupy their government.

    The arguments which shaped our Constitution are so far afield in every aspect from the Neocons and Zionists, the ilk of Bush and Rove, as though it couldn’t be happening.

    And it shouldn’t be happening.

    In Texas we say that some people would rather climb a tree to tell a lie rather than stand on the ground and tell the truth.

    That seems to have become the underpinnings of US Foreign Policy.

    Inline with being dishonest.

  11. The Phantom
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 8:50 pm | Permalink

    Bush should have listened to Powell, before powell sold out.

  12. 0773H
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 9:54 pm | Permalink

    I see Loser Kerry has already started attacking the Surge Policy. He failed beat the President in a fair election, yet he thinks he can pass judgment on weather the surge policy has been effective. Wrong loser to say the Surge policy failed.

  13. maidmarion
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 11:12 pm | Permalink

    Has the surge succeeded? And if you think so, then where is our victory in the Iraq War?

    I’m waiting to see if our soldiers get to to come home in one piece and then we’ll talk about the surge working.

    By the way, how is the Iraqi government doing on their vacation? Isn’t it nice of us to be sacrificing our soldiers while they get to leave the country for their 2-month holiday????

  14. Ed Friedemann
    Posted September 4, 2007 at 11:39 pm | Permalink

    BTW: The so-called “surge” is nothing other than a euphemism for murdering Iraqis faster using more US troops, more Helicopter Gunships and lots of 500lb to 3000lb bombs.

    The MSM won’t report the actual number of slaughtered Iraqis, which is well passed a million by now.

    Bushco needs to stand trail for all their war-crimes.

    “The surge” I wonder who thought that one up?