VIDEO- Bush- Don't Worry... Trust *MY* Government

[liveoaktx]

Ass. It is not YOUR government, you are NOT King, you are an incompetent imbecile

[fooj]

1. OUR GOVERNMENT!

God, I hate that man.

[unblock]

2. since when do republicans trust government?

that's just about the most unpatriotic thing he's ever said, nevermind the "my" government "slip".

also, it's not a slip, he's said it before, more than once. he means it. he thinks he's the imperial president.

[MrBenchley]

3. Bwana Dick Cheney shot trust to smithereens

[burythehatchet]

4. He's right

it is his government. Something so criminal and dysfunctional is certainly noy MY government.

[Double T]

5. bush said a mouthful. This pompous ass believes he is a real dictator...

and can do whatever he damn well pleases with 'our' government. I wouldn't trust this guy to carry out the garbage.

[El Supremo]

6. "This deal wouldn't go forward if we were concerned about the security...

for the United States of America."

What an odd choice of words.

I suppose he meant, 'If we had detected a security problem, this deal wouldn't go forward.'

[Nothing Without Hope]

7. Thanks for this - will be added to ports deal thread compilation

This is such a telling quote:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=502341
thread title (2-22-06 GD): VIDEO- Bush- Don't Worry... Trust *MY* Government
Liveoaktx/Can-o-Fun video with Bush’s telling reference to “MY government.” Transcript of this important exchange at the Can-o-Fun page with the VIDEO:
Question: “Sir, do you wish you had known earlier about the Dubai Ports deal and were you surprised by the controversy over it?”
THE PRESIDENT: “The more people learn about the transaction that has been scrutinized and approved by my government, the more they'll be comforted that our ports will be secure. Port security in the United States will be run by Customs -- U.S. Customs -- and the United States Coast Guard. The management of some ports, which, heretofore, has been managed by a foreign company will be managed by another company from a foreign land. And so people don't need to worry about security. This deal wouldn't go forward if we were concerned about the security for the United States of America.”

Customs and the Coast Guard running port security? They are underfunded and overwhelmed. 5% or less of shipping containers are inspected. NOBODY really runs port security because there ISN'T port security.

THREAD COMPILATIONS on the PORT SALE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=358&topic_id=3199&mesg_id=3199
thread title (2-21-06 Research Forum): UAE/Dubai - US port operations sale - THREAD COMPILATION
http://tinyurl.com/md99b

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x485968
thread title (2-21-06 GD): Dubai/UAE US port operations sale ***THREAD COMPILATION*** Please add!
http://tinyurl.com/ocup5

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. Excellent piece on this is a subject of another DU thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x501711
thread title (2-23-06 GD): Marty Kaplan: "It's not a Freudian slip; it's an Orwellian siren, an {an anti-democratic red alert.}
Huffington Post piece points out Bush’s very revealing reference to “my government.” Excerpt: “Here's how W is defending the Dubai decision: ‘The more people learn about the transaction that has been scrutinized and approved by my government, the more they'll be comforted...’ … I don't think that's just a garden variety Bushism, a trivial malapropism. I think it goes right to his understanding of who he is, and who we are. It's not a Freudian slip; it's an Orwellian siren, an anti-democratic red alert.”

[Swamp Rat]

9. SOB!

It's OUR government! :mad: