I didn't see it, I didn't listen, but my pal Ann did and here's what she wrote.
YES, HE REALLY SAID THAT. TODAY.
G.W. Bush gave a press conference today and (at minute 40:55) he said this: "...Let's put it this way.... Money... Trumps... (um)... Peace... sometimes... heh."
What do you think? Is this is even more jaw-droppingly egregious than I'm worried that daddy watches too much news? I'd make a poll but then I'd have to gather more recent Bushisms and life is depressing enough just now, thank you.
Naturally, Ann (who's an artist and an American) knows a good message to disseminate when she sees it.
I don't know if this sort of thing is allowed, but she immediately cranked up a shop to make sure all of America gets the valentine and she gets a share of the presidential idiocy market.
So here's the rest of Ann's message:
Now you can sport this presidential Valentine on a t-shirt, a mug, a hoodie, and more! http://www.cafepress.com/...
This shamelessly promotional, liberal email brought to you with the genuine hope that you're having a great Valentine's Day!
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Let me know if I have to delete the pimpage, in the meantime I need an oversized bumpersticker and she doesn't have one. Can anyone show me where I can get something about, ohhhh, 3X1 ?
edited to add this little bit from justalittlebitcrazy, someone else who listened (this'll teach me to glom onto fun stuff without context):
BUSH: It's an interesting question. One of the problems, not specifically on this issue, just in general, that - let's put it this way: Money trumps peace, sometimes.
In other words, commercial interests are very powerful interests throughout the world. And part of the issue in convincing people to put sanctions on a specific country is to convince them that it's in the world's interest that they forego their own financial interest.
Kate sez--this does bring up the question: who has convinced Bush to forego his own financial interest? And can that friend or advisor please report the conversation to the public? Leak a tape or a memo maybe? It would make me take down this diary, pronto. And write a letter of apology to Bush for ever thinking that he valued money over peace. No, really.