Less taste than a frozen pizza
Via Reason I am reminded that last night the President mocked me on television. Me, and millions like me, who have been kind of disturbed over his inability to provide a straight answer about pre-libervasion intelligence about WMD's in Iraq, or what has since happened to them. I caught it on the tube while flipping around looking for "South Park," and stuck around long enough to be told that my grave misgivings about our intelligence capabilities and the probity of our national leaders are a punchline to a weak-ass joke. So screw him.
Speaking at the "Radio and Television Correspondents' Association" dinner on Tuesday, Bush did his usual schticky slideshow of Funny Fotos, including this laffer
[Monitor shows a photo of] Bush looking under furniture in a fruitless, frustrating search. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," he said.
Whoo, ha! Sticking it to those pansyass critics who were all like, "Ooh, where's the weapons, Mr. President?" "Ooh, Mr. Bush... where'd the weapons go?" "Ooh, we like Communism and smelling our own butts, Mr. President. And we're probably gay! And where did the weapons go?" And then Bush was all like, "Hey, man. It's cool. Look! Tax cuts!"
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Not to go overboard defending
Not to go overboard defending Bush, the general reaction seems to be that he was poking fun at himself:
" Bush put on a slide show, calling it the "White House Election-Year Album" at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association 60th annual dinner, showing himself and his staff in some decidedly unflattering poses.
There was Bush looking under furniture in a fruitless, frustrating search. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," he said. "
Rumsfeld, Rice and Powell have all publicly stated their surprise that no WMDs were found. Our intelligence estimates were incorrect. That is a straight, if unsatisfying, answer. Hopefully, the 9/11 commission will lead to an overhaul of our intelligence services - and especially to a vast increase in our humint capabilities. We have for too long depended almost solely on signals and technical intelligence.
I'd like to agree with you
I'd like to agree with you that self-mockery was the only thing at play here. That's certainly the tone of this dinner thing every year.
But EVEN IF that's the case-- is it really so damn funny for the President to make light of fucking up a war?
Perhaps it is in questionable
Perhaps it is in questionable taste, but he didn't fuck up the war, only one aspect of the justification for it. In every other respect, it was and is still a good idea.