Someone’s not impressed with the preznit:
Tennessee Senator Bob Corker raised some eyebrows at a luncheon at the Chattanoogan hotel Tuesday with remarks about President Bush.
Speaking to a crowd of about 500 supporters, led by Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey, Corker spoke about a range of issues, including energy, healthcare, and his experiences during his first year as a Senator.But his remarks about his experiences with the White House during meetings on the war in Iraq left some in the crowd befuddled.
“I was in the White House a number of times to talk about the issue, and I may rankle some in the room saying this, but I was very underwhelmed with what discussions took place at the White House,” Corker said.
A few minutes later during a question and answer session a man in the audience asked him to clarify his statement…
…In response, Corker said, “Let me say this. George Bush is a very compassionate person. He’s a very good person. And a lot of people don’t see that in him, and there’s many people in this room who might disagree with that…. I just felt a little bit underwhelmed by our discussions, the complexity of them, the depth of them. And yet in spite of that, I do believe that the most recent course of action we’ve pursued is a good one. I feel like what we’ve lack in our country is a coherent effort that really links together the Treasury Department, all the various departments of our government in a way that really focuses not just on the hard military side of things, but also the soft effort that it takes to build good will among people. I really think much of that has righted itself, I’m just telling you that at that moment in time I felt very underwhelmed, and I’m just being honest. I’ve said that to them, and to him, and to others. I kind of in a way wish I hadn’t said it today.” The last comment was greeted with laughter in the crowd.
When Bob Corker thinks you’re a dimwit, well…you’re probably a dimwit.
On another topic, if you don’t mind visiting the Playboy website, Jefferson Morley has a great piece there on the latest evidence in the JFK assassination.
