Bush / Cheney then and now...
By Byron LaMasters
Bush in 2000:
President Bush had made his vow to "change the tone in Washington" a central part of his 2000 campaign, calling bipartisan cooperation "the challenge of our moment."
"Our nation must rise above a house divided," he said in his victory speech in December 2000. "I know America wants reconciliation and unity. I know Americans want progress. And we will seize this moment and deliver."
Cheney in 2004:
Vice President Cheney on Friday vigorously defended his vulgarity directed at a prominent Democratic senator earlier this week in the Senate chamber.
Cheney said he "probably" used an obscenity in an argument Tuesday on the Senate floor with Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and added that he had no regrets. "I expressed myself rather forcefully, felt better after I had done it," Cheney told Neil Cavuto of Fox News. The vice president said those who heard the putdown agreed with him. "I think that a lot of my colleagues felt that what I had said badly needed to be said, that it was long overdue."
The forceful defense by Cheney came as much of Washington was discussing his outburst on the Senate floor in which a chance encounter with Leahy during a photo session in the usually decorous Senate chamber ended in colorful profanity. The obscenity was published in yesterday's editions of The Washington Post.
So much for changing the tone...
Posted by Byron LaMasters at June 26, 2004 06:20 PM
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And, of course, being a member of the Bush administration means never having to say you are sorry. In fact, Cheney says he felt good after saying "go fuck yourself", (once he recalled whether he had actually said it). Two observations: is Mr. Cheney's short-term memory really this poor? If so, maybe Bush needs to heed Nancy Reagan's call for more stem cell research to cure Alzheimers. Second, "go fuck yourself" is exactly what the Bush adminstration has been telling congressional Democrats and most of the American people since the day they were installed in office by the Supreme Court.
