Taking Pride In Weakness

Okay, I can’t find a transcript, but this morning’s press Q&A with Bush and the Iraqi Prime Minister contained this hilarious boast :

BUSH : …not only did we hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people, but we did it two days early.

It looks like Mr. Bush forgot that the reason the handover was moved up was because they weren’t able to provide the security necessary for the big ceremony – cum -campaign commercial that they had planned. In order to avoid getting bombed, the handover was conducted secretly. Is that really something he wants to brag about?

UPDATE : Okay, I found a transcript and it looks like my memory is really bad :

BUSH : The first step was achieved on June 28th, not only on time, but ahead of schedule, when the coalition transferred full sovereignty to a government of Iraqi citizens.

…but I was right about Bush’s bragging. So there.


posted by greg on September 23, 2004 @ 10:48 am

3 comments

  1. Transcripts never lie, Greg. Good post, though. I’d like to see him bragging about giving sovereignty back to the United States — two whole months early! — but I’m sure I’ll be disappointed.

    Comment by Joe — September 23, 2004 @ 7:31 pm

  2. I remember Chalabi saying (paraphrase) “Oh, it’s only happening in June so that Bush can spend a couple of hours here to get footage for his re-election campaign ads”. And that trial balloon of a photo op with the Iraqi football (ie soccer) team at the Olympics suffered the same fate.

    Comment by Jim — September 23, 2004 @ 10:29 pm

  3. Gotta love the fact that this guy can brag about the timing of some meaningless point of order.
    Q: What’s better than on time and under budget?
    A: Two days early and completely FUBAR.

    Comment by Kirby — September 27, 2004 @ 4:21 am

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