Bush "Freedom Speech"

[Eagler]

if skerry had won and had said the same thing, the left would be falling all over themselves saying what a historic speech it was...

it was a great speech, delivery was a bit rough (norm) but the content can not be disputed

[TheDudeDVant]

Originally posted by Raider179
Bush used liberty or Freedom every 30 seconds for the entire 22 minute speech. That was no shock to me he loves to talk about how historic this era is and all that. Sometimes I think he is more concerned about how the history books are gonna reflect on him than anything else.  The only surprise I saw was that he didn't mention 9/11 or maybe he did and I missed it. That was truly unBush like. I like freedom and liberty too but I am beginning to think that countries that dont have it and after seeing how we handled Iraq dont want us to liberate them. Anything gets annoying when its crammed down your throat over and over. He didnt even bring up domestic issues. I think he is a very poor speaker. He laughs and smirks when he talks about Iraq. I dont find the situation over ther funny at all but bush grins a lot when he gets started on his freedom rants. That freedom came at a huge price and I think he is disrespectful to be smiling and laughing when discussing Iraq. He should be somber and serious and it makes me think he just doesnt grasp the seriousness of the situation.

Freedom = 27            
Liberty = 15

So freedom won the night by a small margin..
LoL  Yup.. bout every 30secs..

[Gixer]

Originally posted by Eagler
if skerry had won and had said the same thing, the left would be falling all over themselves saying what a historic speech it was...

it was a great speech, delivery was a bit rough (norm) but the content can not be disputed

Actually the content can be disputed  quite easily.

For instance he said "From now on, he said, his administration will not "ignore" or "excuse" oppression in any country"

So does that include US allies that fail to measure up to his freedom standards like - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which get lousy ratings on human rights from the US  State Department but are counted as allies in the war on terrorism.
 
What about Russia? Putin has been busy dismantling anything resembling a democratic institution in Russia and reasserting authoritarian rule. Then there's China, whose growing economic power and influence with North Korea make it easy for Bush to "excuse" Beijing's  human rights record.

Personally I thought it was a very poor speech poorly delivered as always. No wonder the guy had a heart attack.




...-Gixer

[TheDudeDVant]

Who had a heart attack?

[Gixer]

Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
Who had a heart attack?

The guy who had to re-write the speech about 25 times. Probably had another when he watched Bush deliver it.



...-Gixer