"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
"WASHINGTON (July 30) - President Bush took personal responsibility for
the
first time Wednesday for using discredited intelligence in his State of
the
Union address, (etc)"

Well, knock my butt down with a feather. Didn't think he had it in him.
First "presidential" thing he's done in all this time. Doesn't excuse the
original misdeed or the six months spent covering it up, but he fessed up
a lot
faster than either Clinton and Nixon did in similar circumstances. Even if
he
was ordered to do this, it took some leadership and courage to follow
through.
I'm pleasantly surprised.............(although my overall opinion remains
substantially unchanged)

Too much applause wouldn't be appropriate, so George, I give you one clap.
(Not be confused with *the* clap, or course). :-)


A Karl Rove move no doubt. One wonders why these guys don't just step up to
the plate and say "the buck stops here." Nixon's another story since what
he did was instruct his people to commit a crime. Ooooo, that gets one to
thinking...