Press Conference by the President
BushHumor on September 21st, 2007
September 20, 2007
Press Conference by the President
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
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“If I had to ask everybody in my government to respond to columns and news stories, that’s all I’d be doing, is talking to people in my government.”
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“I remind people that, like when I’m with Condi I say, she’s the Ph.D. and I’m the C-student, and just look at who’s the President and who’s the advisor.” (Laughter.)
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“Obviously, to the extent that innocent life was lost [in the Blackwater incident], you know, I’m saddened. Our objective is to protect innocent life. And we’ve got a lot of brave souls in the theater working hard to protect innocent life. And evidently some innocent lives were lost.”
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“I thought the [MoveOn General ‘Betrayus’] ad was disgusting. I felt like the ad was an attack not only on General Petraeus, but on the U.S. military. And I was disappointed that not more leaders in the Democrat Party spoke out strongly against that kind of ad. And that leads me to come to this conclusion: that most Democrats are afraid of irritating a left-wing group like MoveOn.org — or more afraid of irritating them than they are of irritating the United States military. That was a sorry deal. It’s one thing to attack me; it’s another thing to attack somebody like General Petraeus.”
