Wednesday, September 05, 2007

We do tears, too

From The Associated Press:

WASHINGTON --Under that famously self-confident exterior is a president who weeps - a lot.

President Bush told the author of a new book on his presidency that "I try not to wear my worries on my sleeve" or show anything less than steadfastness in public, especially in a time of war.

"I fully understand that the enemy watches me, the Iraqis are watching me, the troops watch me, and the people watch me," he said. Yet, he said, "I do tears."

"I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president. I'll shed some tomorrow."

Bush granted journalist Robert Draper several extended interviews in late 2006 and early 2007, as well as unusual access to his aides, for the book "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush," which went on sale Tuesday.
I'LL BET THE LOVED ONES of the 3,752 American soldiers killed in the crier-in-chief's dirty little war have cried a lot more tears than the self-absorbed instigator of their Iraq agony.

Maybe he can think about that -- maybe even shed a few more crocodile tears -- when he's out there "replenishing the ol' coffers" after Jan. 20, 2009. I'm sure there'll be at least a few remaining "true believers" who'll throw good money after bad to hear how one of the worst presidents in history royally screwed up America . . . or, perhaps by then, what's left of it.

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