The irony is I don't think these people are intentionally playing dumb.......I think they genuinely are very satisfied with what they have accomplished.......after all, its their agenda.....and that's why 25-30% of the American population.....their constituency.......people like jlallan, Ten, Top Cat, shortie etc still support them.
I think the real question is why do 30% of the population think that starting wars, making the rich richer, promoting Christian values in the public arena, running up deficits, alienating much of the world, encouraging corruption, etc is a good thing? Why is such a large part of the population entrenched in values that the rest consider to be negative? I wish I had the answer or even understood how such a significant dichotomy could develop in one country's population.
Self-reflection and admitting mistakes aren't strengths of Bush administration officials. In April 2004, Bush famously froze when asked to name the biggest mistake of his presidency. "I wish you would have given me this written question ahead of time, so I could plan for it," he told the reporter. "Maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one."
Others in his administration haven't fared any better in answering the same question. In Nov 2006, Alberto Gonzales said that he couldn't think of a single mistake he'd made while serving Bush during the last six years. "I think that you and I would -- I'd have to spend some time thinking about that," he said. In March, when asked about the administration's biggest mistake in Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice replied, "I don't know. When we look back over time we will know the answer to that question." |
