Bush's Temper!

Off Topic Politics and World Issues
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As a friend of mine referred to him, the “child emperor” just couldn’t take a little heat. Read this funny little article about our spoiled brat president getting mad and storming out of a press conference because he didn’t get his way. Very unbecoming of a president of a great nation like ours.

Angry Bush Walks Out on Media, Refuses to Answer Questions About Relationship With Ken Lay
By Staff and Wire Reports
Jul 9, 2004, 05:44

A clearly-rattled President George W. Bush walked out of a media briefing Thursday, refusing to answer questions about his close relationship with indicted Enron executive Kenneth Lay, a campaign benefactor Bush nicknamed “Kenny Boy” when the two were up-and-comers in Texas.

The President, visibly upset, stomped off the stage when reporters pressed him about his relationship with Lay and left White House press secretary Scott McClellan to deal with the questions.

It has been “quite some time” since Bush and Lay talked with each other, McClellan said Thursday, brushing off questions about whether the two were friends.

“He was a supporter in the past and he’s someone that I would also point out has certainly supported Democrats and Republicans in the past,” McClellan said.

Lay clearly favored the GOP. He and his wife, Linda, donated $882,580 to federal candidates from 1989-2001, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. All but $86,470 went to Republicans.

McClellan declined to discuss the federal indictment charging Lay with a wide-ranging scheme to deceive the public, company shareholders and government regulators about the energy company that he founded and led to industry prominence before its collapse.

Instead, McClellan answered questions about Lay by talking about Bush’s desire to curb corporate fraud.

“This president has worked to go after those wrongdoers and directed his administration to pursue those who are dishonest in the boardroom,” McClellan said.

“The president has made it very clear that we will not tolerate dishonesty in the boardroom. This administration worked to uncover abuses and scandals in the corporate arena. And certainly the president’s concern is with those workers and other people who have been harmed by corporate wrongdoing,” McClellan said.

Democrat John Kerry’s campaign had a different view, accusing the administration of dragging its feet on Enron. “It was three years too late,” Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said of the Lay indictment.

Lay’s relationship with the Bush family dates from at least 1990 when he was co-chairman of former President Bush’s economic summit for industrialized nations, which was held in Houston. Lay also was co-chairman of the host committee for the Republican National Convention when it was held in Houston in 1992.

The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington-based nonprofit group, said the Lays had given $139,500 to George W. Bush’s political campaigns over the years.

Those donations were part of $602,000 that Enron employees gave to Bush’s various campaigns, making Enron the leading political patron for Bush at the time of the company’s bankruptcy in 2001.

In addition to Lay’s political campaign donations, he and his wife contributed $100,000 to Bush’s 2001 inauguration. Lay also was a fund-raiser for Bush, bringing in at least $100,000 for the president’s 2002 campaign. That put Lay in “Pioneer” status as one of the president’s top money-raisers.

? Copyright 2004 Capitol Hill Blue

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Ken Lay gave so much campaign money to Bush, he was elevated to the status of Power Ranger.

LOL!

Now if only Dick Cheney would release the notes from his energy policy meetings, to show that ENRON has been helping to write Bush’s energy policy.

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He was just mad cause he’d already had his press people let everyone know that him and ol’ Kennyboy weren’t ever really that close an all. Hell, he hardly even knew him. He never asked ol’ Kennyboy to kick in all them hunnerds of thousands, he just did.

So don’t blame him for getting mad when those dang meanies in the press kept askin’ questions.

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Was that like Bill Clinton emotionally refused to answer questions as to why he pardoned a big campaign contributor days before he left office?

Maybe it’s like the time that Clinton pounded his fist on the podium screaming “no no no no no” when the republican congress would not give him his way.

Or…is it like the time when he dfiantly pointed his finger in our faces and stated: “I did not have sex with that woman.”

Those were emotional moments for ole’ President Clinton, but I bet they didn’t bother you huh? Partisan perhaps? whaha.

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Well Bush had to know a question might come up about it. Usually these people will try to prepare a statement or talking point they can pull up.

When you just walk away without responding, it’s bound to raise some eyebrows. It looks like he blew his cool.

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ZEB still hasn’t gotten the memo: BILL CLINTON IS NO LONGER THE PRESIDENT OF THE US. It has been a dimwit by the name of George W. Bush for the past 4 years and it has become undeniable – except to his most loyal fellow dimwits – that he has many, many crooked special interest corporate buds that he owes much to.

How did Clinton’s BJ affect his policy making, aside from having to focus on it less by having to defend himself from impeachment for sexual exploits. How, ZEB, did Clinton’s BJ - or his lie - affect your life or the life of any American other than those in his family?

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RSU,

I was merely comparing temperment.

As far as how his actions effected others negatively, they did. He gave the wrong message to millions of kids across the nation.

I know things like that don’t bother you yet, but I have young children and am always looking for good examples to raise them. Again, maybe someday you will agree with me.

Your charges of Bush have many “crooked” buds are unsubstantiated. Calling the President of United States dimwitted is one thing. Attacking those who support him by calling them dimwits is beneath you RSU.

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Bush walked out on the media?

It’s nothing. A tempest in a teapot.

Maybe Bush was raging mad and walked away lest he say something unprintable. Bush probably has very unkind things to say about Ken Lay these days and Bush is not given to doublespeak. The media would have had a field day if Bush had spouted off.

It’s high time, and I say this in the most bipartisan fashion, that someone just turned their back on the media. Given their exceptionally poor state of affairs (and I am talking quality, not necessarily political bias), they need a few important people to opt for more important things to do than face a bunch of yipping reporters.

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[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
Bush walked out on the media?

It’s nothing. A tempest in a teapot.

Maybe Bush was raging mad and walked away lest he say something unprintable. Bush probably has very unkind things to say about Ken Lay these days and Bush is not given to doublespeak. The media would have had a field day if Bush had spouted off.

It’s high time, and I say this in the most bipartisan fashion, that someone just turned their back on the media. Given their exceptionally poor state of affairs (and I am talking quality, not necessarily political bias), they need a few important people to opt for more important things to do than face a bunch of yipping reporters.

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…if Bush spouted off? Why would that have been the case? Most politicians have prepared, politically correct responses to situations such as this, and Bush could/should have used the opportunity of being questioned on the topic to distance himself from Lay and other cronies.

…A bunch of yipping reporters? C’mon – the “hopefully free” press is our key, our ticket. It is perhaps the most important thing – and you’d like for more high profile figures to just turn their backs on them in the face of tough questioning? I guess you approve of the Bush Admin. tactics of answering only previewed questions and hand picking which topics will be touched upon (remember that? the effort to limit the times Bush made a fool of himself in front of the media?). The media should be able to ask whatever they want – provided its reasonable and relevant – and the figure should be subject to answering everything.

Reminds me of Bush on Meet the Press:
“Will you testify before the 9/11 commission?”
“Testify? Now, I don’t know about testify…I’d be happy to sit down and talk with them.” LOL…gotta love it, what a schmuck!

Your children actually watched and understood the news at that time? Understood it so well that it affected them? Affected them negatively? Bill Clinton’s debacle actually compromised your children’s morals? I’m sorry, Clinton’s deplorable personal actions are such a simple target, but they’re irrelevant. What he did didn’t matter. The charges and accusations against Bush have real and serious consequences (some might say nearly 1000 soldier’s lives lost and the compromising of our national rep.)

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This entire administration is unbecoming of this great nation. It’s embarrasing. How about the President of the Senate (Mr. Dick himself) telling a senator to F#$% off on the senate floor?! Between Dick and his boss, the Village Idiot, the White House has become a complete embarrassment. Ra ra Mr. President…

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RSU,

I agree that whenever a President sends troops into harms way that it is a very important step. I am not down playing that one bit. While I happen to agree with President Bush, it is nonetheless a bold action.

We have lost about 1000 troops (over 250 by accidents). Some such as yourself would say that the price is to high. Others, such as myself think that it is a small price to pay to fight terrorism. This can be debated, and has been over and over again on this very forum. You and others raise some legitimate points, which I respect. Either way it is within Presidential powers to ask congress to wage war, and to enter a “conflict” such as Bosnia (as Bill Clinton did) without even going to congress. Nothing new here.

What you fail to realize regarding President Clintons sexual escapades is that they also had a lasting effect on some. While my young children may not have been interested in the news headlines regarding Clinton having oral sex with an intern, (we turned the TV off) they nonetheless heard about it at school as, if you recall, it was the talk of the day.

Have you ever been asked what “oral sex” is by your young daughter or son? No, I guess not. When a Presidents illicit actions are all over the news daily it’s not something that can be avoided (I was wishing that I could trust me on this one).

In other circles there were older kids justifying having oral sex because the President said “it’s not actually having sex.” How many were exposed to disease? How many started having sex at an age when they should have other interests? In short it was a mess! Brought to you by the leader of the free world.

As a parent the entire episode was disturbing. And it seemed to go on and on and on (brought to you by a media that always goes to far). In short, what he did, did matter!

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I’m waiting for someone to ask Kerry on national TV to show us the scar from that last purple heart. Yeh, get the camera to zoom in on it (if there’s any scar left at all). The men I know with purple hearts have chunks out of their bodies or limbs missing.

Or, Show a close up of the cover of “The New Soldier”.

He might handle it all pretty calmly though, as he’s pretty calculating.

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oh I know I am opening up a can of worms here. But I don’t care. Right Side Up: you keep saying that Clinton is no longer in office… Well that is true. But WE are still dealing with all of his wrongdoings. Especially when it comes on the FBI and CIA, and our nation’s defense. What he considered to be more important than other issues. If you would of forgotten every President, carries the coat tails of another. And there is so many things that were going on, and not have been brought out. So we are still feeling the effects of President Clinton’s adminstration in more ways than one…
For example:
President CLinton was more concerned about the following issues the domestic agenda.: Hillary’s health care reform, the economy, taxes, NAFTA, and the Budget. Foreign policy was not even considered. And regards to the CIA and FBI, and defense, if you look at read into it. What he did was always slash and cut those parts of the budgets so
more emphasis can be raisedon his domestic agenda.

Take Clinton’s first CIA director for 2 yrs. James Woolsey. He only met with Clinton twice. Woolsey said, "I never felt like a confidant of Bill CLinton’s… And if you don’t believe me about this relationship just go in and investiagte it…

OK…Next comes John Deutch the next CIA director.And he wanted to bring the CIA into a political “corrective mold.”
Evevyone was now given sensitive training and AIDS testing. Quotas were placed on agents, so a wider diversity of American people were in the CIA.
Give you a example of this: Robert Baer an dissident CIA agent of 20 yrs was assigned to organize opposition to Saddam Hussien, quit because he said, "when your own outfit is trying to put you in jail, it is time to go. "
SO with all the dissidents gone, your intelligence communtiy is now at risk…
For example Nora Slatkin, Deutch’s executive director, chose a station chief for Beiijing who was unable to speak or understand Chinese! And it even struck at the Nastional Security Agency as well, they had only one single Pashto speaker who intercepted messages and trasncripts coming form Pakistan. According to a former CIA operative, "Tenet’s breifer, a desk analyst who did not speak Arabic, became chief of station in Saudi Arabia. He called himself George Tenets’
ambassador to Saudi Arabia. They weren’t recruiting informants because it was too risky…

In 1995, According to one Sr. Defense Dept Source. “From the mid 1990’s the CLinton admin. capped the decimation of US intelligence with a human rights scrub that prevented the CIA from recruiting assets with a tainted past.
This further insult to an already crippled intelligence-gathering system came on top of priority the Clinton Admin. to intelligence at the end of the COld War for collection on economic rather than national security threats.” There was a saying at Langley in the 90’s. “Big operations, big problems, little operations, little problems; no problems no operations; no problems.”

So this cleasing memo by Deutch and Slatkin now stated, that Langley is to be clean of any human-right violations. Thus, anyone who was a terrorist, criminal, or others who could provide any intelligence information could not… Again this isi the inteligence comm President Bush Inherited.

Now we come to Tenet…And he carired on the same exact things of Deutch. And wanted to expand the politcal correctness even more. He started to hold regualrly sensitive training courses. And again…Tenet up till last week was the CIA director…

And this is the mess the CIA (and didn’t even go into the FBI). Bush was handed. And again Clinton not realizing what was happening felt the domestic agenda was more important than intelligence. And it was great what he did for this nation’s ecenomy. But as Woolsely has stated,“The country wanted a beach party after the Berlin Wall fell, and so did Clinton. President Clinton would have had to move decisively away from the beach party mentality to build up defense and the intelligence community.” It never happened…

Joe