Me? Politics?

[jmfargo]

I was reading an article on Yahoo! News about President Bush today and there was a paragraph that really made me wonder about his reasoning skills. No, I'm not calling him dumb or making fun of him, I just really want to know how his logic circuits are wired.

Here is the paragraph with his direct quote:

Bush rejected criticism from Democrats that his administration had not paid enough attention to the brewing North Korean nuclear crisis. "The North Korean situation was serious for years," he said in a veiled swipe at former
President Clinton.

So there's what he said, and here's what I'm wondering:

What the hell does that have to do with the fact that there's no one paying attention to it now?! President Bush, just because someone else didn't do their job, that is not a good enough reason for you not to do yours!

I just don't understand politics and politicians sometimes, which is why I want to be President. I think I'd be pretty easy to understand. I try not to talk out of the side of my mouth like so many politicians seem to do, I am willing to take action when I think it's necessary and also willing to talk when I have to do that. Most importantly, I can take suggestions, handle criticism, and know that when something I mess something up, it's okay to fess up to it and try to fix it - I'm only human.

Comments

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

There are a few things that I try not to bring up when talking about Presidents Clinton and Bush. With President Clinton I personally don't care about the sex scandal, and with President Bush I don't care that he can't speak very well. Personally I think both points are relatively unimportant. (I'll grant that lying under oath was important though, but at the same time I'm thinking that President Bush knew more about there not being WMDs in Iraq than he lets on.)

That said.

I'm okay with the fact that President Bush is blaming it on Clinton, believe it or not. Fine, it's Clinton's fault. I just wish that he could also say "And here is what I plan to do about it."

President Bush has his pick of the finest minds in America, surely someone can come up with something that might work to help ease tensions that doesn't include "Shock and Awe?"

Oh, and the UN being impotent? I think that's the US's fault, honestly.

UN: United States, do NOT attack Iraq.

USA: We're gonna!

UN: No! Bad! Don't!

USA: Whee! Boom! Crash! Look at them fly through the air! Haha Saddam!

UN: Well, what the hell can we do about a world superpower defying us?

Everyone else with nukes: Doors open boys!


Or something like that.

I don't do political humor for a reason. ;)

[kmg-365.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the UN being impotent? I think that's the US's fault, honestly.


No, that is the UN's fault.

UN: "You wave your private parts in our general direction? Well...umm...here's some sanctions!"

BADDIES: "Okay, I'll take your sanctions, raise you an Oil for Food scandal. And here's my private parts again."

UN: "Well...um...stop that."

BADDIES: "Why?"

UN: "Ummm...because?"

[enchanted-eve.livejournal.com]

It’s funny, but I do care about the way Bush talks. It bothers me that I think our president sounds like an idiot when he speaks, that he mumbles, that he can’t speak in complete sentences and that he repeats ‘party line’ quotes even when they don’t answer the question. I am also bothered by Clintons scandal but as I recall it, when he asked the definition of ‘sexual relations’, he was told intercourse. He then said “I did not have ‘sexual relations’ (ie: Intercourse) with that woman”. While I think getting nookie/bj’s/whatever from a ‘willing’ intern was wrong, it was blown completely out of proportion. I also remember Clinton working to curb ‘Al Quida terrorists’ and being accused of trying to distract from the oh so important sex scandal.

While I do think that the stage for things can be set by previous presidents, I think the current president needs to take responsibility for what happens on his watch. With Clinton, we had the feeling (true or not) of safety and prosperity. With Bush, I see nothing but turmoil, fear, war and economic issues. Maybe it was the attitude of the president and not reality. I see lots of fear mongering in our current administration. It seems directed at forcing this country to act out of our fear and not act out of logic. We are not on a holy crusade (or we’d need to get rid of the whole ‘religious freedom’ thing…) and we need to stop acting like we are.