Famous presidential speeches.

[Al_The_Man]

Is G.W.B. stretching history a bit or just have bad writers?

Quote WRT the Mumbai incident:
"they can count on the people of world's oldest democracy to stand by their side," Bush said at the White House.
Al.

[Geof]

If you split hairs a bit it is more or less correct. It is sort of true that Great Britain has a 'democratic' government earlier than 1776 and of course the ancient Greeks are viewed as having a democratic government but in both these cases participation was restricted to land owners or some other distinctive class. The US was more inclusive provided you were not female or black.

[Al_The_Man]

Originally Posted by Geof The US was more inclusive provided you were not female or black.

And how long ago was that?
Al.

[One of Many]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Man Is G.W.B. stretching history a bit or just have bad writers?

He wasn't the first to claim this.

Clinton used it in his first inaugural address. Colin Powell used it too.

Not that I am defending the statement, but I sense this tied into a speech the leader of India gave back in 2005.

Manmohan Singh, in an address to a joint meeting of Congress, spoke broadly of how the world's oldest and largest democracies, once estranged by Cold War politics, were "natural partners."

And here in febuary of 2008;

"The world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy are natural partners, sharing important interests and fundamental democratic values," Obama said in a yet to be published article in the ethnic India Abroad newspaper, excerpts of which were given in a write-up on Friday.

Uh, but it is a bit hyper critical......So, Go ahead, kick a lame duck! This has been a real attention getter since back in 2005 and still gets repeated and derided opportunistically as if another Bushism, but everyone else gets a pass. LOL!

DC

[SCRAPWOTSCRAP]

GW and company been making it up as they go along, hopin nobody will notice for quite awhile now. Woooohoooo 51 days until "Regime Change" !

[cyclestart]

At least America still has some semblance of democracy.

For those who don't follow Canuck politics (ie: most sane people), our so-called leaders have been behaving very, very, badly this past week. Coal for all of them this Christmas !!