more from meet the press with the prez….
russert: the bush-cheney first three years, the unemployment rate has gone up 33 percent, there has been a loss of 2.2 million jobs. we’ve gone from a $281 billion surplus to a $521 billion deficit.
russert: the general accounting office, which are the nation’s auditors russert: have done a study of our finances. bush: um,hmm. russert: and this is what your legacy will be to the next generation. it says that our “”current fiscal policy is unsustainable.”” they did a computer simulation that shows that balancing the budget in 2040 could require either cutting total federal spending in half or doubling federal taxes. bush: um,hmm. russert: how, why, as a fiscal conservative as you like to call yourself, would you allow a $500 billion deficit and this kind of deficit disaster? moby: well, mr. russert, allow me to say that you are my hero and i’m thrilled that someone is asking these questions of our president. bush: you know, we want to harm america. “”you know, we want to harm america.””
i have to say that in reading the transcript of your interview with our president i experienced great satisfaction that someone is finally asking these questions and i also experienced a sense of pity for president bush, as he is so obviously out of his league and so obviously unfit both intellectually and ideologically to run our country. but perhaps president bush put it best when he said…
-george bush, meet the press, feb. 8, 2004.