It is fortunate that we have a commander-in-chief who so sensitive to the needs of our military families. And it is true that it would have looked bad to be seen on the golf course.
But the question is: why stop there? It looks bad to make stupid jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It looks bad to take August off. It looks bad to not know what you’re talking about during a press conference. It looks bad to cut taxes for the rich while sending (certainly poorer) troops off to war. And so on.
Bush made the comment about giving up golf in an interview with Politico and Yahoo News. I’ve tried to avoid posting about him because what’s the point? But the man is still in charge and still has the potential to do more damage, so I thought it might be nice to know where his head is at these days.
At any rate, I read the transcript. Nothing really worth reading. He was disappointed by the flawed Iraqi intelligence. He thinks Congress is stalled (which it is). I’ll leave you with Bush’s own words:
“Popularity is fleeting, Michael. Principles are forever.”
Don’t we know it.
