After repeated
failures in the oil business, George W. Bush:
redoubled
his efforts and eventually succeeded by pleasing consumers
with his business production.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and maneuvered the taxpayers into funding
his investment in the Texas Rangers while he and his partners
collected the profits.
When informed
that a second commercial jet had struck the World Trade Center
Towers and that America is "under attack," George W. Bush:
excused
himself and headed to Air Force One to take command of the
nation’s defenses.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and continued reading the goat book with
the first graders.
After
the 9/11 attacks during which commercial jets were used as weapons,
George W. Bush:
called
his chief security advisors on the carpet, firing the head
of the CIA and the NSA.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by having Condi Rice falsely tell the
world that no one ever imagined that commercial jets could
be used as weapons.
To win
the hearts and minds of the Iraqis, George W. Bush:
emphatically
disputed the previous administration’s acceptance of the death
of 500,000 Iraqi children as being caused by U.S. led sanctions
during the 1990s.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and let the statement stand.
After
600 American soldiers had been killed in the hunt for Iraqi weapons
of mass destruction, George W. Bush:
held
a memorial ceremony to honor their lives.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by filming a mock hunt of WMD in the
oval office to entertain the attendees at the annual dinner
of the Radio and Television News Correspondents Association.
When it
became clear that U.S. troops in Iraq did not have the armored
vehicles necessary for their protection, George W. Bush:
accepted
blame for the poor planning and immediately arranged for increased
shipment of armor for the troops.
did
a "What Me Worry?" excusing the oversight.
When the
troops in Iraq found they were not provided with body armor, George
W. Bush:
immediately
called on Congress to shift funding from pork barrel spending
to secure the needed body armor.
did
a "What Me Worry?" leaving the troops to buy their own body
armor.
When the
insurgents in Iraq continued guerilla attacks on U.S. troops after
the May 1, 2003 Mission Accomplished celebration, George W. Bush:
decided
to bring the troops back home to the U.S.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by uttering the challenge, "bring it
on."
Once it
became clear that not only was the invasion of Iraq not a cakewalk,
the troops weren’t greeted with flowers, finding weapons of mass
destruction wasn’t a slam dunk, and the insurgency strong and
persistent, George W. Bush:
admitted
to his mistakes and replaced the principals in charge.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and awarded medals to Paul Bremer, Tommy
Franks, and George Tenet.
After
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29th, George
W. Bush’s response on Tuesday, August 30th was to:
immediately
launch into a disaster relief readiness mode by meeting with
the relevant officials in his administration.
do
a "What Me Worry?" by going to Utah to talk to a veteran’s
group to try to counter the negative publicity from Cindy
Sheehan.
When asked
about the lack of timely response to the Hurricane Katrina, George
W. Bush:
fired
the head of Homeland Security for his failures.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by falsely claiming that no one knew
the levees could fail.
After
firing aid Lawrence Lindsey in 2002 for forecasting that the Iraq
war would eventually cost the U.S. as much as $200 billion, George
W. Bush:
made
a public apology to Lindsey in his 2006 State of the Union
speech because the costs had risen to over $320 billion.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and forged ahead asking the Congress
for another $50 billion without acknowledging any of his
errors.
When the
number of terrorist attacks in 2003 more than tripled from 2002,
George W. Bush:
acknowledged
the problem and admitted it was time to rethink his War on
Terror.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and directed the State Department to
drop the figures from its annual Congressionally-mandated
report.
With the
fact that unintended consequences plaque even the best planned
nation-building and war-making, George W. Bush:
moved
cautiously in invading a country with an alien culture.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and turned former U.S. ally and enemy
of Iran, Iraq, into a burgeoning clone of Shiite-led Iran.
Given
that Middle Easterners take an exceptionally long view of history,
George W. Bush:
studiously
avoided linking the U.S. invasion of Iraq to the Crusades.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and referred to the War on Terror as
a "crusade."
After
campaigning as a fiscal conservative, George W. Bush:
submitted
budgets to Congress limiting spending and vetoed any excess
spending implemented by Congress.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by becoming not only the biggest spending
president since LBJ, but also the first president since
1881 to never exercise his veto power.
To limit
the spread of nuclear weapons into terrorists’ hands, George W.
Bush:
took
a leadership role in the world to secure old Soviet nuclear
weapons.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and ignored the hundreds of Soviet weapons
though securing them would have cost less than two week’s
expense in the Iraq war.
After
pledging that Osama Bin Laden would be hunted down and brought
in "dead or alive," George W. Bush:
has
maintained a more-than-4-years focus on doing just that.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and later stated, "I truly am not that
concerned about him."
After
the American people were repeatedly told that Iraqi oil revenues
would shoulder the costs of rebuilding Iraq, George W. Bush:
went
to the American people and apologized for the faulty estimates.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and pressed on with billions more in
spending for the rebuilding efforts.
Given
the extraordinary efforts she engaged in to meet with him, George
W. Bush:
expressed
regret that he could not meet with Gold Star mother Cindy
Sheehan due to scheduling problems.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and stated that while on vacation it was
more important to "go on with my life" than to meet with the
dead soldier’s mother.
The answer
in each case is the "What Me Worry?" response.
After repeated
failures in the oil business, George W. Bush:
redoubled
his efforts and eventually succeeded by pleasing consumers
with his business production.
To win
the hearts and minds of the Iraqis, George W. Bush:
emphatically
disputed the previous administration’s acceptance of the death
of 500,000 Iraqi children as being caused by U.S. led sanctions
during the 1990s.
After
600 American soldiers had been killed in the hunt for Iraqi weapons
of mass destruction, George W. Bush:
held
a memorial ceremony to honor their lives.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by filming
a mock hunt of WMD in the oval office to entertain the
attendees at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television
News Correspondents Association.
When it
became clear that U.S. troops in Iraq did not have the armored
vehicles necessary for their protection, George W. Bush:
accepted
blame for the poor planning and immediately arranged for increased
shipment of armor for the troops.
When the
insurgents in Iraq continued guerilla attacks on U.S. troops after
the May 1, 2003 Mission Accomplished celebration, George W. Bush:
decided
to bring the troops back home to the U.S.
did
a "What Me Worry?" by uttering the challenge, "bring
it on."
Once it
became clear that not only was the invasion of Iraq not a cakewalk,
the troops weren’t greeted with flowers, finding weapons of mass
destruction wasn’t a slam dunk, and the insurgency strong and
persistent, George W. Bush:
admitted
to his mistakes and replaced the principals in charge.
did
a "What Me Worry?" and awarded
medals to Paul Bremer, Tommy Franks, and George Tenet.
After
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29th, George
W. Bush’s response on Tuesday, August 30th was to:
immediately
launch into a disaster relief readiness mode by meeting with
the relevant officials in his administration.
