And, yes, I DO take it personally: Bush: "...they could try to stop me from doing it, but, uh, I've made my decision and we're going forward."

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Bush: "...they could try to stop me from doing it, but, uh, I've made my decision and we're going forward."

dontcha just love a strong, decisive leader...?

In an interview set to air on this Sunday's 60 Minutes, President George W. Bush vows to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq "no matter what" the Democratic-controlled Congress tries to do.

"Do you believe as Commander in Chief you have the authority to put the troops in there no matter what the Congress wants to do," 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley asks Bush in the short clip uploaded to the CBS News web site Friday night.

"I think I've got, in this situation, I do, yeah," Bush said.

"Now I fully understand they will," Bush continued, "they could try to stop me from doing it, but, uh, I've made my decision and we're going forward."

particularly one who won't hesitate to tell one and all to go f*** themselves, that he's going to do what he goddam well pleases, and the devil take the hindmost...

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