Gephardt Says Bush 'Worries Me'

[Terri]

Gephardt Says Bush 'Worries Me'

Dan Balz
Washington Post
January 1, 2004

Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) said yesterday that President Bush lacks an understanding of the complexities of national security policy and has displayed a cowboy mentality toward the rest of the world that threatens to leave the country less secure against terrorist and other threats.

Gephardt, who supported the resolution authorizing Bush to go to war against Iraq, passionately defended that vote, which has drawn criticism from Democratic activists in his bid for the party's nomination, by describing how much the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed his views about preventing terrorism.

But while acknowledging he has embraced some of the broad goals of Bush's policy since then, Gephardt said that, based on his meetings with Bush, he does not trust the president to conduct foreign policy. "He's not dumb," he said, "but he is not informed and he's not experienced and he hasn't surrounded himself with the right people to give him the information and the experience that he doesn't have. And he worries me."

More (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/wp-dyn/articles/A46323-2003Dec31.html)

[rfurtkamp]

With the economy a non-issue and Iraq looking up, I guess it's come down to 'worrying' about Bush - the only core issue that the Democrats have left.

[Commodore Barrett]

In re Gephardt's whining that GW is a "cowboy" in not getting "the right people" to advise him: let him whine. And give him some Wisconsin Cheese with his Napa Valley Whine.


Gep is making fun of Colin Powell: I have some phraseology therefor, but it is not proper for our Forum. Suffice it to say that he is going to depart at the end of the Congress. "Good riddance." http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

"He who dwells in Heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision!" http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[USMC vet]

And the dims use the word "cowboy" as if it were derogatory:

Gene Autry's Cowboy Code
1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.
2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
3. He must always tell the truth.
4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.
5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
6. He must help people in distress.
7. He must be a good worker.
8. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.
9. He must respect women, parents, and his nations laws.
10. The Cowboy is a patriot.
© 1994 Gene Autry Survivors Trust
From Delta Airlines Sky magazine, August 1998.

Semper Fi

[markinthedark]

And that my friends, is precisely what worries the little dick.

[AngelsRWorldChamps]

Quote[/b] (Terri @ Dec. 31, 2003 -- 11:10 pm)]Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) said yesterday that President Bush lacks an understanding of the complexities of national security policy and has displayed a cowboy mentality toward the rest of the world that threatens to leave the country less secure against terrorist and other threats.
His Point being.

[midnight patriots]

Bush worries me too................. ............. but for different reasons. http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif