Okay, now I feel ill.
Bush on Sheehan: “I’ve got a life to live”
George W. Bush has only one sort of plausible explanation for not meeting with Cindy Sheehan: He’s the president of the United States, and he’s too busy solving the world’s problems to have face-to-face meetings with every American who asks, no matter who she is or how much she has suffered as a result of his war of choice in Iraq.
It’s not much of an explanation, but it’s what he’s got — at least until the president of the United States somehow finds time for a bicycle ride, some fishing, a nap and a Little League baseball game on a single day at his Crawford, Texas, ranch. When that’s what his schedule looks like, the president of the United States needs a new explanation. And as Bush set off on a two-hour bike ride with reporters and aides Saturday, he had one.
The president told Cox News that he’s aware that Sheehan is waiting to talk with him just outside his ranch. “But whether it be here or in Washington or anywhere else,” he said, “there’s somebody who has got something to say to the president, that’s part of the job. And I think it’s important for me to be thoughtful and sensitive to those who have got something to say.
“But I think it’s also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life … I think the people want the president to be in a position to make good, crisp decisions and to stay healthy. And part of my being is to be outside exercising. So I’m mindful of what goes on around me. On the other hand, I’m also mindful that I’ve got a life to live and will do so.”
Casey Sheehan might have enjoyed a bicycle ride Saturday, too.
What a fucking schmuck.
“I’ve got a life to live” he bleats!
One Life to Live is probably my favorite number from Lady in the Dark.
But Bush is no Gertrude lawrence and Karl Rove ain’t Kurt Weill.
Sheehan’s problem is that she doesn’t have a large check to donate to the Republican Party. If she were a Ranger or Pioneer, she wouldn’t have to wait more than a few seconds for “access.”
You gotta give Bush credit. He’s no slacker when it comes to providing the best possible return on his donors’ investments. His dedication to them is total and tireless; even in the face of almost complete opposition he’ll push his privatized Social Security plan because he promised the investment bankers a guaranteed stream of fees for managing the private accounts.
“No Donor Left Behind” is Bush’s motto. But if you’re not a donor, you don’t exist. That’s what “democracy” means in 21st century America (which may be why people in Iraq and other places aren’t eager for Bush’s gift of “democracy”).
Did Bush REALLY say that? Apart from now threatening Iran and obviously hellbent on adding another quagmire to the one in Iraq?
I feel ill, too!
I guess meeting one-on-one with the mother of a fallen war soldier is too much to ask for the President of the United States.
Especially when she’s made it clear she disagrees with his policy.
Ugh.
He is such a prick.
I think public sentiment is finally turning against that moron.
I think public sentiment is finally turning against that moron.
I think so too, but the press is going to continue using her as a rallying point against the President until the public is thoroughly sick of her.
Wait, you didn’t mean Cindy, did you? =)