And he looked so sharp in ermine too*
by digby
I know #Bush, like his unassuming, blunt honesty, self-deprecating humor. Will history back him on Iraq? No. His vision of freedom? Perhaps.
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) April 25, 2013
Yeah, he’s a heckuva nice guy and his “vision of freedom” is inspiring:
In the book, State of War, New York Times reporter James Risen wrote that days after Zubaydah was captured, CIA Director George Tenet went to the White House to provide Bush with a daily intelligence briefing as well as details of “the Zubaydah case.”
“Bush asked Tenet what information the CIA was getting out of Zubaydah,” Risen wrote. “Tenet responded that they weren’t getting anything yet, because Abu Zubdaydah had been so badly wounded that he was heavily medicated. He was too groggy from painkillers to talk coherently. Bush turned to Tenet and asked: ‘Who authorized putting him on pain medication?'”
The most common excuse his apologists make for such a sickening sadistic comment is that he was joking. Which they incomprehensibly believe excuses it.