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Bush Lashes Back at Kennedyâs Criticism
President Bush on Sunday described as "uncivil" Sen. Edward Kennedyâs critical remarks of the administrationâs policies in Iraq. Kennedy said last week the case for going to war against Iraq was a fraud "made up in Texas" to give Republicans a political boost. The longtime senator also alleged that the money for the war is being used to bribe foreign leaders to send troops.Instead of being used to bribe union leaders and leftist twits at home! In an exclusive Oval Office interview with Fox Newsâ Brit Hume, Bush said that while he respected Kennedy, the senator "should not have said we were trying to bribe foreign nations." "I donât mind people trying to pick apart my policies, and thatâs fine and thatâs fair game," Bush said in the interview that will air Monday night. "But, you know, I donât think weâre serving our nation well by allowing the discourse to become so uncivil that people say - use words that they shouldnât be using." Kennedyâs comments, part of the drumbeat of criticism Bush has received lately from Democrats, were described as a "new low" by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Kennedy dismissed DeLayâs comments, saying that once again GOP leaders are avoiding questions about Bushâs policies "by attacking the patriotism of those who question them." He didnât question your patriotism, only your ethnics and decency. Kennedy, D- As I recall, JFK also did some horse-trading in his day. "It didnât have to be this way," he said. "We wouldnât have to be providing these billions of dollars to these countries to ... coerce them or bribe them to send their troops in, if weâd done it the right way, if weâd gone to the United Nations, if we had built an international constituency." If you would have pulled yer head out of the bottle for a while, Teddie, youâd have seen that Bush did go to the UN and did try to build an international consensus. Remember why it failed? We do. Posted by: Steve White 2003-09-22 |
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