Andy Card claims Obama 'Has Pounded His Chest a Little Too Much', forgets W's enhanced flight suit

[wndycty]

Andy Card claims Obama 'Has Pounded His Chest a Little Too Much', forgets Bush's enhanced flight suit

In an interview with Der Spiegel former Chief of Staff for former President George W. Bush, Andy Card, shows just out of touch members of the Bush administration are when he states the following about Obama:

"I think he has pounded his chest a little too much. He can take pride in it, but he does not need to show it so much."

And after the interviewer pointed out that Obama has refrained from acting too triumphant Card replies:

"I thought his statement was subdued, but I think his schedule is not subdued. Personally, I think it is premature to go to Ground Zero, in New York. I think my role model in this would be George H. W. Bush, when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. It was a day to celebrate, but we did not dance on the Wall."

Rather than going on with a long explanation calling bullshit on Card's assessment I will just let two pictures taken at public events do the talking. The first one is of George W. Bush following the end of major combat operations in Iraq and the second is of Obama after Osama bin Laden was killed.

President George W. Bush, May 1, 2003


President Barack Obama May 5, 2011


Looking at these two pictures I'm not sure how Card's assessment of Obama's handling of the aftermath of the bin Laden raid can be taken seriously. President Obama has been measured and respectful in response to this historic event and to imply otherwise is just bitterness on the part of Bush administration officials.

http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2011/05/andy-card-claims-obama-has-pounded-his.html

[DefenseLawyer]

1. They just have no shame. None. n/t

[emulatorloo]

2. He's not necessarily "out of touch". Remember, first and foremost, Card is a propagandist

I doubt he believes one word of what he is saying.

But he's gotta catapult the propaganda, as his boss used to say.

[forty6]

5. "catapult the propaganda" I actually remember Bush saying that!

Sometimes he actually let the truth slip out like that.

What a dunce he is/was!

[fishwax]

33. indeed n/t

[grasswire]

3. you GOTTA be kidding me

Another LIAR. So many lies in his statement.

[Mz Pip]

4. Go suck on a lemon

What a bunch of ungracious assholes. They never cease to amaze me at how low they will go to sriticize the PResident.

If it were Bush, Card would be planning a victory parade complete with confetti down 5th Avenue.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Andy Card, who said you don't introduce new "products" in August

When he was getting ready to lie about WMD, instead of focusing on Afghanistan/Bin Laden.

What these failures really hate more than anything is being reminded how utterly inferior they are.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Andy Card, and the GOP, need to go pound sand a little more.

[opihimoimoi]

8. Who is this knuckle head named Card??? he is the enemy of Democracy

[EC]

9. Or compare *'s fist pumps as they

bombed Iraq during the "Shock and Awe" campaigne, to Obama's administration sitting in shock and awe at what they were seeing in real time of this attack.


And how did they react to the death of Saddam's sons and the catching of Saddam...I seem to remember days of back-patting.

[Scottybeamer70]

22. uh.........except

they weren't seeing it in "real time".

[EC]

31. What's your point?

The main point of the remark was the behavior, not how they were viewing the happening.

The news said they were watching in real time from the helmet cameras.

[Moral_Imagination]

35. uh yes they were .....

[treestar]

10. Hypocrites to the bone

Every criticism they make - you can be sure they've done it or worse. Republicans suck.

[eShirl]

11. petulance born of jealousy and shame.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Here's the real reason for Card's pique:

That, and serial projection.

[Diamonique]

14. And let's keep this in mind:

When Bush did his "mission accomplished" thing, he hadn't accomplished a damn thing! I never could figure out what they were supposed to be celebrating.

Obama, on the other hand...

[LiberalFighter]

13. How much higher is GW's pant legs compared to the other two guys?

[greymattermom]

15. enhanced flight suit

= pounding a different part of his anatomy

[NICO9000]

16. And we need his opinion why?

What a tool.

[NOLALady]

17. We just cannot have the prez acting

all uppity and stuff.

[lunatica]

18. The Bush Administration are seeing their dreams of glory vanishing before their eyes

Fuck you Andy Card. No one gives a shit what you think. You're meaningless.

[CakeGrrl]

19. What terribly selective memories these tools have. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

20. Andrew Card probably doesn't like African Americans either?

sour grapes

[JoePhilly]

21. Andy should go away before some one drops an aircraft carrier on his head.

[liberalla]

23. G.W. loves to dress-up. If this had been his victory,

he'd have been dressed up like a SEAL down at Ft. Campbell.

They would've had a PARADE, with banners and balloons, etc. It would've been like he personally won the Super Bowl or Stanley Cup or something! They are such liars with minuscule memories.

[underpants]

24. "The Price of Loyalty" page 26-27 ------"Go get me Andy Card" Bush said...

....

Bush looked impatiently at Car, hard-eyed, "You're the chief of staff. You think you're up to getting us some cheeseburgers?"

Card was basically a butler for them and apparently was very good at it. Rove was the defacto Chief of Staff.

[peacefreak]

25. Sour grapes

make really bad whine.

[BernieSandersIsGod]

26. I remember this guy criticizing Obama for not wearing a jacket in the oval. Then this was posted

I can't stand Card.

[Keith Bee]

27. This Card is a Joker

:rofl:

[Arkana]

28. It's like they've all blocked the flightsuit moment from their memories.

Idiots.

Their guy took an unearned victory lap. Obama fucking got bin Laden and he decided NOT to take one.

[wndycty]

29. Kick

:kick:

[marlakay]

30. They twist everything

no matter what Obama does, even if he gave money to every republican and let the dems live in the streets they would hate him. Even if he gave extra money to christian schools and got rid permanently of all unions they would still hate him, crap i think even if he became a republican they would still hate him!!!

[fishwax]

32. what a jackass

:eyes:

[Raine]

34. Actually he hasn't rubbed their noses in it enough

Hypocrite Assholes! :mad:

[wndycty]

36. Monday morning kick

:kick:

[PatSeg]

37. My god, why don't these people just

shut up and go away? With time we often start to forget how truly awful they were, but then they keep coming back like the "living dead" to remind us.

[Kber]

38. As opposed to Bush who took his victory laps in the middle of the race?

sheesh