The Hunt For A Contrite President

[Cowperson]

An interesting viewpoint from Dick Meyer, ececutive director at CBS.com and a veteran reporter and producer on the Washington scene.

The quest to have President Bush admit a mistake is a rash that won't go away.

"One of the biggest criticisms of you," he asked the president, "is, that whether it's WMD in Iraq, postwar planning in Iraq, or even the question of whether this administration did enough to ward off 9/11, you never admit a mistake. Is that a fair criticism?"

With that, an obsessive – or maybe compulsive – quest for presidential contrition was born, or at least became overt. The itch became a rash. It happened almost instantly.

Should Americans care if GW Bush admits to a mistake or not? And is he simply an ordinary man in that regard? Or is it his record and not the depth of his contriteness that should be weighed in an election?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/18/...ain650029.shtml

Cowperson

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Hell YES people should worry about a guy doesn't admit a mistake, especially when he is the leader of the country... and has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world at his disposal. How can you honestly trust a guy to make good decisions when he doesn't think any of his decisions have been wrong? Good lord, I'm pretty sure we all make mistakes every single day and are willing to admit them. What makes Dumbya so special? Did God tell him he never made a mistake?

[Flame On]

Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald@Oct 20 2004, 06:11 PM
Hell YES people should worry about a guy doesn't admit a mistake, especially when he is the leader of the country... and has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world at his disposal. How can you honestly trust a guy to make good decisions when he doesn't think any of his decisions have been wrong? Good lord, I'm pretty sure we all make mistakes every single day and are willing to admit them. What makes Dumbya so special? Did God tell him he never made a mistake?

I think it's a distraction to ask him to admit if he makes mistakes, in a human way. I think it's best, and important to acknowledge specific mistakes if made. That's what I prefer. I don't need to hear him say "we're all human". I know that.
If he could even say we/I made a mistake with the WMD without saying the democrats got the same intelligence. Who cares, you were in the driving seat, your the "trusted" leader.
Unfortunately he's convinced a lot of people that he's done well and that where he hasn't he has to stay the course.
Yes. If we/he knows of a mistake specifically, he should admit/appologies for that.

[HOZ]

Hey Lanny....I thought he lied?