It was only a few weeks ago that Ron Suskind revealed in his book, "The One Percent Doctrine," just how cavalierly President Bush responded to being briefed on the al Qaeda threat, just a month before the attack.'All right. You've covered your ass, now.'-- Is that typical Bush fratboy flippancy?! Perhaps he punctuated the remark with a chuckle and some of his famously expressive flatulence. What an incredible and dangerous jerk is our President.
From Barton Gellman 's review in The Washington Post: "The book's opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush's Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president's attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled 'Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.' Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: 'All right. You've covered your ass, now.'"
I would remind those of you say "No one could have imagined..." that many had imagined. And I think no previous President would have responded so. Bush Sr., Clinton, Reagan, Ford, Carter, Nixon... can you imagine even Nixon taking his responsibility to safeguard our nation so lightly. The Shrub didn't think it would come to anything. He didn't have the imagination, the curiosity, the wisdom, to take it seriously. Can you in your wildest "I Hate Democrats" moment imagine Al Gore treating that report so flippantly?
Check it out.
Thanks to The Grey Matter for the tip.
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