Monday, May 08, 2006
Bush: the real purpose of his Stanford visit (+ other appearances)
NYT:
Of course Bush has to improve his image first! He wants to close Guantanamo. Despite the complete inability of Bush to structure a sentence, I agree with this quote (CBSNews):
Mr. Bush spent most of his time, guests said, grilling the center's director, John Raisian, about the pros and cons of having an organization like Hoover within the confines of an institution like Stanford....via Political Wire
...[The directors and fellows of Hoover] also urged him to make a decision soon and get moving on fund-raising. The library is expected to cost more than $200 million (Mr. Clinton's cost $165 million, the most expensive to date), and presidents have had a far easier time raising money while still in the White House.
Of course Bush has to improve his image first! He wants to close Guantanamo. Despite the complete inability of Bush to structure a sentence, I agree with this quote (CBSNews):
Mr. Bush said in the interview with ARD [German television] on Thursday that either way the court rules [to allow detainees to go before a military tribunal or civilian court], "they will get a trial which they, themselves, were unwilling to give to the people that they're willing to kill."Such a necessary reminder of the random, ruthless targetting of the innocent would ring truer if the moral superiority of America's ideals translated to just behavior in all parts of the world at all times.
