Thread: Bush Regrets....

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said he regrets the display of the ``Mission Accomplished'' sign as backdrop for a speech he gave about a month after the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

``To some, it said, well, `Bush thinks the war in Iraq is over,' when I didn't think that,'' he said in a CNN interview today. ``It conveyed the wrong message.''

The sign was hung on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, when Bush landed on the carrier wearing a flight suit to declare that major combat operations in Iraq were over. That speech has since served as a rallying point for critics of Bush's policies in Iraq.

Bush also cited other regrets in the CNN interview, which was conducted aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York after a Veterans Day ceremony.

``I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said,'' Bush said. He cited comments he made after the Sept. 11 attacks, when he said of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: ``I want justice. There's an old poster out West that said, 'Wanted, dead or alive.'''

He also said he regretted telling Iraqi insurgents in 2003: ``There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on.''

`Be Careful'

In the interview yesterday, he said, ``My wife reminded me that, `hey, as president of the United States, be careful what you say.'''

Bush, 62, also described his Nov. 10 meeting at the White House with his successor, President-elect Barack Obama, and said he asked former President Bill Clinton for advice on handling the transition.

``It was interesting to watch him go upstairs,'' Bush said of Obama's visit. ``He wanted to see where his little girls were going to sleep. Clearly, this guy is going to bring a sense of family to the White House, and I hope Laura and I did the same thing. But I believe he will, and I know his girls are on his mind and he wants to make sure that first and foremost, he is a good dad.''

Bush said he would return to Texas when he hands over the presidency Jan. 20 and may write a book.

``I want people to know what it was like to make some of the decisions I had to make,'' he said. ``I've had one of those presidencies where I've had to make some tough calls, and I want people to know the truth about what it was like sitting in the Oval Office.''

To contact the reporter on this story: Holly Rosenkrantz in Washington at hrosenkrantz@bloomberg.net
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That's the only regret? I could list at least a dozen he should regret.

Bush said he would return to Texas when he hands over the presidency Jan. 20 and may write a book.

There won't be any big words in that book.

LOL razor... if there are, we will have no doubt he used a ghost writer.

``I've had one of those presidencies where I've had to make some tough calls, and I want people to know the truth about what it was like sitting in the Oval Office.''

Cheney and the rest of the gang made most of the calls. They told the speechwriters what to write and Bush went out and read it.

There won't be any big words in that book.

That's OK....they have so many dumbed down as it is, they wouldn't be able to grasp it if it was anything beyond 3 syllable words. And the 3 syllable ones would be for the college educated ones and considered advanced studies.

Originally Posted by razor

Bush said he would return to Texas when he hands over the presidency Jan. 20 and may write a book.

There won't be any big words in that book.

It will be a plagiarized version of "My Pet Goat"

Originally Posted by razor

Bush said he would return to Texas when he hands over the presidency Jan. 20 and may write a book.

Keep your A$$ outta Texas. WE do not want you here.
WE dont want to have to deal with demonstrations all the time.

Geez, if I was George Bush Junior, I'd regret I was ever born. 80% of the country feels that way.

Originally Posted by vortex

``I've had one of those presidencies where I've had to make some tough calls, and I want people to know the truth about what it was like sitting in the Oval Office.''

Cheney and the rest of the gang made most of the calls. They told the speechwriters what to write and Bush went out and read it.

You got that right!