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And, yes, I DO take it personally: If I see another story about Bush's gut feelings, I'm gonna puke
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

If I see another story about Bush's gut feelings, I'm gonna puke

note to george: take your gut feelings and stick 'em where the sun don't shine...
Bush's Gut Feeling On Maliki Is Positive

President Bush flew to Baghdad last week to size up Iraq's new leader. "I have come not only to thank you," he told American troops gathered in the Green Zone on Tuesday, "but to look Prime Minister Maliki in the eyes -- to determine whether or not he is as dedicated to a free Iraq as you are."

The presidential determination? "I believe he is," Bush said.

The snap assessment recalled Bush's famous assertion that he had sensed Vladimir Putin's soul and showed how Bush often appears more comfortable with his gut-level assessment of foreign leaders than the one he gets from briefing papers prepared by his intelligence agencies.

and we all know how it turned out with putin...

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