Bush "believes he can say anything he wants, no matter how false or deceptive"

i can't believe the level of arrogance and denial exhibited by this man who has the nerve to call himself a leader...

Bush framed his Sept. 19 speech in the context of the U.N.’s 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “The words of the Universal Declaration are as true today as they were when they were written,” Bush declared.

But it’s hard to believe that Bush had the faintest idea what principles he was embracing – or perhaps he has grown so self-confident in never being challenged on his hypocrisies that he believes he can say anything he wants, no matter how false or deceptive.

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Though Bush is arguably in violation of many if not all the ... human rights tenets, he unblushingly cites the Universal Declaration as the foundation for his international policies, from the invasion of Iraq to his handling of the “war on terror.”

Even as Bush criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court for stopping his planned kangaroo courts for terror suspects and as he battles members of Congress over his desire for harsh interrogation of detainees, he invokes principles that bar exactly what he seeks to do.

what can you conclude about someone like bush...? is he constitutionally incapable of experiencing congitive dissonance...? does he not grasp that most of the rest of the world simply shakes their heads at how this bizarre man can occupy the highest office of the world's sole superpower...?

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