GWB face of a madman --Lauer goes after GWB over secret prisons & Torture

[pbartch]

I got this from the [e-mail] group.
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The face of a madman

September 12, 2006 6:31 AM | Rant
<http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/the_rant/> | 59 Comments .

By DOUG THOMPSON

One needed only to look into the angry, out-of-control face of George W.
Bush during an interview broadcast on NBC Monday to realize the
President of the United States is a madman.

Bush lost his cool with, of all people, Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show.
If Bush can't handle himself with a pabulum producing journalistic
wannabe like Lauer, how in the hell can we expect him to protect this
nation in times of crisis?

Veins bulged in Bush's face. Anger flashed through eyes that darted from
side to side. This was not a man in control.

You normally find full transcripts of Bush's interviews on the White
House web site but the transcript of this one, taped Friday, is
conveniently missing. I'm sure someone in the West Wing sent down the
order: "Don't put anything about the Lauer interview on the web site.
Jesus Christ! The President comes off like a crazy man!"

Maybe Bush comes off like a "crazy man" because that's exactly what he
is.

Here ia a partial transcript courtesy of the Crooks and Liars
<http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/11/matt-lauer-goes-after-bush-over-secret-prisons-and-torture/#more-10197>

[Vincardog]

1. He does not come off as; he is BAT SHIT CRAZY

[pbartch]

3. Bush admits to torture??

Matt Lauer: And yet you admitted that there were these CIA secret facilities. OK?

President Bush: So what? Why is that not within the law?


Matt Lauer: The head of Amnesty International says secret sites are against international law.

President Bush: Well, we just disagree with him. Plus, my job is to protect you. And most American people, if I said that we had who we think is the mastermind of the 9/11, they would say, “Why don’t you see if you can’t get information without torturing him,” which is what we did.

Matt Lauer: I don’t want to let this “within the law issue” slip though. I mean, if, in fact, there was water boarding used with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and for the viewers, that’s basically when you strap someone to a board and you make them feel as if they’re going to drown by putting them underwater, if that was legal and within the law, why couldn’t you do it at Guantanamo? Why did you have to go to a secret location around the world?

President Bush: I’m not going to talk about techniques. And, I’m not going explain to the enemy what we’re doing. All I’m telling you is that you’ve asked me whether or not we’re doing things to protect the American people, and I want the American people to know we are doing so.

[Felinity]

2. Link to video

I had to scroll down to the second "launch" site to get it to play

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5866571/

[butterfly77]

4. Are we suppose to understand that terrorists are...

murderers and killers like him, just because he gets angry. He acts as though he is talking to children, and he really believes that he is the almighty protector. I haven't seen him on the streets of baghdad yet...

[paparush]

5. Bush admits he/we cannot 'win' the war on terror...

Um...doesn't that negate/undermine/reduce his entire presidency since 9/11 to nothing more than a bunch of lies that got a lot of people killed and made a few people very rich?

[windbreeze]

6. I hate to tell him this.....but...

He couldn't protect the people of NOLA before/during/after Katrina....so what makes him think we expect him to protect us from anything???
I sure as hell don't...I prepare myself...and have things done that I need to do to protect myself/my family...and know that we can't count on HIM especially for any kind of protection from anything...
Not only that...it is NOT his job to protect us...damn it...it's his job to support/protect the CONSTITUTION...and he bloody well hasn't done that...
Looks like he was catapulting the propaganda to me...he's got himself convinced that he is the almighty protector and the great decider....his reality is NOT the same as mine...
windbreeze