Via Crooks & Liars:
Reporter: What do you say to the critics who believe that you are ignoring the advice of retired generals and military commanders who say there needs to be a change?
Bush: I say I listen to all voices but mine’s the final decision and Don Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. He’s not only transforming the military, he’s fighting a war on terror – He’s helping us fight a war on terror. I have strong confidence in Don Rumsfeld. I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation but I’m the decider and I decide what is best and what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of defense.
In Bush’s world, responsibility for being “the decider” ends when the decision goes wrong and it’s time to lay blame — same as it ever was in every aristocracy in world history.
YES ! NOW he is the DECIDER! BUT WHAT A FUCKING DECIDER! A BASTARD THAT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO GET IN OUT OF THE RAIN! BUT SMART ENOUGH TO ROUGE AND STEAL AND GIVE TO THE WEALTHY! if you call this a decider then HE IS! BUT WHAT A SHITTER
Decisions are easy, but it’s judgment that presidents need. Decisions without judgment are stupid. The decider is a stupid man who makes stupid decisions. But, of course, he was put into and supported in office by equally stupid people. You get what you pay for.