Bush's statement to the press this morning from the Rose Garden conjured the image of the bad sheriff who allows a corrupt band of outlaws to run wild over the poor country folk in a saucy 1950's western.
It's a bucolic scene with birds chirping in the background. He speaks slowly, with a measured tone, but sounds defiant because he's talking to the press. For many people, this marks Bush as a 'straight shooter.' For me, it marks an incredible lack of eloquence.
When he says that Tenet did 'a superb job,' I think to myself, didn't he say that Rumsfeld did 'a superb job' too? To quote the immortal words of Inigo Montoya,
"You keep using that word. I do not think you know what it means."
Maybe this applies to Bush as well. Yeah, he's doing a superb job. But, then again, who's writing the performance reviews?
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