Oops, He did it Again.

President Bush stumbles on his own words once again. This time is...

During an interview today on ABC'’s This Week, President Bush tried to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last three years. George Stephanopoulos asked about James Baker'’s plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is “between ’"stay the course"’ and "‘cut and run."”

Bush responded, ‘"We'’ve never been stay the course, George!"
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/22/bush-stay-the-course/

Bush is wrong:

BUSH: We will stay the course. [8/30/06]

BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]

BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We'’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]

BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We'’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]

BUSH: And that'’s why we'’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that'’s why when we say something in Iraq, we'’re going to do it. [4/16/04]

BUSH: And so we'’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]

Full transcript:

STEPHANOPOULOS: James Baker says that heÂ’s looking for something between '“cut and run'” and '“stay the course.'”

BUSH: Well, hey, listen, we'’ve never been '“stay the course,'” George. We have been we will complete the mission, we will do our job, and help achieve the goal, but we'’re constantly adjusting to tactics. Constantly.

I ponder why the heck Republicans even let Bush out of the White House, specifically on television. At this point, if the Republicans want to survive this election year, they need to shove Bush in one of those spider holes and jump on te John McCain Band Wagon.