Can you imagine that? I was stunned speechless, and lemme tell ya, that is no mean feat. But being from Missouri, specifically from Jackson County, home of Harry S Truman, I took this as a personal affront.
Bush began his talk by comparing himself to President Harry S Truman, who launched the Truman Doctrine to fight communism, got bogged down in the Korean War and left office unpopular.Tell me true - how close do you think he is to muttering to the portraits? For the love of all that is sacred (the Constitution, the Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus, Posse Comitatus, the Insurrection Acts) I beg the Democratic leadership to rethink their "no impeachment" declaration.
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Durbin said he challenged Bush's analogy, reminding him that Truman had the NATO alliance behind him and negotiated with his enemies at the United Nations. Durbin said that's what the Iraq Study Group is recommending that Bush do now — work more with allies and negotiate with adversaries on Iraq.
Bush, Durbin said, "reacted very strongly. He got very animated in his response" and emphasized that he is "the commander in chief."
President Pelosi has a nice ring to it, I think.