I understand that when you've been talking for a long time, you may start saying some odd things, but I thought this quote from President Bush that came towards the end of his press conference this week was particularly strange:
Now, the interesting debate is whether or not a nation, you know, like Iraq can self-govern, whether or not these people even care about liberty.
As you've heard me say before, I believe -- strongly believe that freedom is a universal value, that freedom isn't just, you know, for Americans or Methodists, that freedom is universal in its application.
"American's and Methodists." How do you come up with that pairing?
Has the liberty of Methodists been threatened in some way of which I'm unaware? Do we need to kill a few thousand of them so that they can share in the kind of freedom currently being enjoyed by the people of Iraq?
Just wondering...
Just goes to show what happens when Bush speaks without Cheney's vetting it.
Posted by: Lee | July 14, 2007 at 08:19 AM
Oh that made me laugh. Someone said recently that Bush is one of the best comedians ever and I agree. He should quit his day job. =)
Posted by: Catherine | July 20, 2007 at 01:19 AM
Catherine, It really was weird when he said it and everyone acted as if it were just a normal statement to make. I was dying for someone from the press corps to ask a follow up: "Sir, when you say 'Freedom is for the Methodists,' is that to say that Episcopalians deserve subjugation? Just wondering?"
Posted by: Scott Sherman | July 20, 2007 at 06:24 AM
His point was clear to me...that freedom isn't limited to specific sub-genres of society.
Posted by: Dan | July 23, 2007 at 01:02 PM
Let's face it...the man's an idiot. What's really surprising (and sad) is that he was elected in 2004 (notice I didn't say reelected). What were the American people thinking?
Posted by: Mary M. Garavaglia | July 29, 2007 at 02:32 PM