Hardball - Bush Slammed Over Gibson Interview

Chris Matthews: Joan I'm not sure what the message there is. Is the President saying in retrospect that he would not have invaded and occupied Iraq as a matter of geopolitical policy had there been no weapons of mass destruction? Is he saying that that was the single definitive reason why we went into that country and occupied it? Is that what he's saying?

Joan Walsh: Yes. It seems like it. Charlie Gibson did follow up with that question Chris and he wouldn't quite answer it. But I just have to say that is the most astonishing, buck passing, self pitying answer I could have imagined. He acts as though the Intelligence agencies where some wholly owned subsidiary of some other administration, rather than his, his responsibility. He acts like people outside the administration agreed when he was responsible for pushing that faulty intelligence, for stove piping it and ignoring everything. That any kind of doubt, any kind of dissent and really cooking the books in terms of the case for WMD. I mean it's really scandalous how he's distancing himself.

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[Tevster]

Bush is the worst president in history. That jackass treated the presidency like it was some college keg party.

[PoliceOfficerr]

Impeach that little assehole? Fk that, kill the mfkr. He is a war criminal, he should be put to death for what he did.When he turns over power to Obama I hope they go after the little fk and hang his sorry ass.

[skydome29]

@alove118 and why's that?

[skydome29]

@scfloyd1 Three words: industrial military complex

[scfloyd1]

Bush continues to say that others knew Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. Here is the problem with that Bush. Why is it that all these countries knew this and if it was such a big threat, why was America the front runner in forcing war?

[scfloyd1]

@alove118 Bush did nothing but kill well over 4,000 great american servicemembers and thousands of innocent Iraqi's on intelligence he didn't have but deeply wanted. He has no legacy and is by far the worst president this country has ever had. I can't think of a more severe sin than lying to the American people, including those in uniform, and asking those very servicemembers to do a job based on a lie.

[alove118]

people who put there lines on the reputations........who is that idiot anyways. Long Live George Bush. I would take 1000000 of the bushes over a stupid Kennedy any day.

[marcostar57]

This man should be jailed for mass-MURDER... and regulated in the bottom of the barrel forever by historians as our WORST president ever..

[loveisall1000]

this shit bush,along side blaire are both WAR CRIMINALS..................

kev UK

[MediaWatchDawg]

I wish we had seen more of this type of examination during Bush's first term, instead of the gutless "lovefest" that the majority of the national media disbursed.

[Grinmann]

Holder's confirmation ought to lead to palpable chimp-sweat. At least the jail stripes will offset those a-little-too-close-together eyes. (BTW: what's with that? Lady Macbeth's - that is, Barbara Bush's - diary might just reveal some drunken liason with a Bonobo).