Lincoln summed up what it was that made the United States not an alliance of separate states but a single nation of "United" states. Our nation was, he said at Gettysburg, 'conceived in liberty', an abstract, philosophical idea that had been given practical meaning in the US Constitution. We were, Lincoln said, 'dedicated' to a 'proposition'. 'Proposition' is a precise term found in philosophy and logic. Meaningful propositions are provable. They are 'meaningful' to the extent they are provable. Bush has no patience with any of that. He does not 'do nuance'. Our founders did 'nuance' and within it is found the source of American liberty: the Constitution. "The Constitution," Bush said, "is just a goddamned piece of paper!"
Thus --Americans are united not by ethnicity or other characteristics of 'nationality' but by abstract, philosophical principles. The US is a product of deliberate and considered 'choices' of an existentialist nature. Bush's failed presidency is already measured by the degree to which his administration exploited our patriotism while subverting the very source of it --those abstract ideas referred to by Lincoln: our very conception in 'liberty', our 'dedication' to the principle that all men are created equal, the 'nuance' wherein is found our nationhood. The United States, though it is still a young nation, is already brought to the brink of its dissolution because one man, though he has derived power from the apparatus of state and nation, has failed to grasp the source of it or its significance. The political philosopher David Miller defined a nation is a group of people sharing a sense of common membership, believing that others, likewise, share the sense of membership and belonging. A nation, he wrote, is capable of acting as a 'group' the members of which share a common history, a 'shared public culture'. It is absurd to consider a regime wherein the 'defense' of this 'shared public culture' is, in fact, the destroyer of it. But --this is what Bush has done.
It is the measure of Bush's failure that the destruction of that 'shared public culture' so succinctly summarized by Lincoln, articulated significantly by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and, later, by James Madison in the Constitution, have fallen victim --not to terrorists --but to Bush's presumed defense of it.It was Bush --not terrorists --who dismantled our Constitution with the pronouncement that 'The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper'. It was Bush --not terrorists --who declared an end of habeas corpus, due process of law, the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizure, the rights of free speech, assembly and petition. It was Bush --not terrorists --who must surely 'just hate freedom'. It was Bush --not terrorists --who robbed us what it was that made us a nation!
David Miller stressed the importance of 'trust'. A history of the 20th Century is replete with stories of nations whose regimes were distrusted by citizens. The obvious examples are the communist regimes of the Soviet Union, China under Mao. But there are as many on the right wing --Hitler, Mussolini, Pinochet! If my rights so ardently defended by Jefferson, so articulately described by Madison, are imperiously abrogated, what difference does it make to me whether the assault is from the left or from the right?
The US government while never perfect seemed secure in a system of checks of balances. It was Bush --not terrorists --who deliberately upset the balance. A purely partisan 5-4 Bush v Gore was the harbinger of things to come. Bush v Gore, it is said correctly, made no law. It's effect was to stop a recount that had it been completed would have elected another man to the Oval Office. The US government has been illegitimate since that date. No one can tell if the US will ever find its way back. The Presidential primaries were uninspiring. The previews of the upcoming Obama v McCain race give me little hope. No one is talking about the only issue that without it nothing else matters: the nature and legitimacy of the government in Washington.Published Articles
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part I, Police States Begin With False Flag Attacks
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part II, Police States Begin With False Flag Attacks
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part III, In Fascist Dictatorships Telling the truth becomes a crime
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part IV, the state forces an 'existential' choice
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part V, Public Opinion Becomes Irrelevant
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VI, The government places itself above the law
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VII, The Government Denies 'Due Process of Law'
- Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State Part VIII: Atrocities are justified with lies, myths or propaganda
27 comments:
What now.
The world has a dangerous terrorist group running the White House.
Who's responsibility to hung them in public?
Love the line "It is absurd to consider a regime wherein the 'defense' of this 'shared public culture' is, in fact, the destroyer of it."
It is scary; and I wonder whoever becomes the next president how much of Bush's shadow will linger on......makes me think about this great fiction I came by called America 2014, fiction picturing a totalitarian U.S. in 2014, with no end to War on Terror a 4th term President George Blush rules, with America renamed "God's United States"; ring a bell to 1984; if interested go check it out at http://www.america2014.com
Thanks for the reflection.
B. Han
I'm seriously outdated on the US since I'm not an american living there, and still shocked me the presidential definition about the constitution and the stop to the habeas corpus, it talks about his disrespect for everything else. Very scary; very dictatorial.
One thing that happened to us in Argentina after the military regime (different than G.W. Bush methods; was brutal and killed 30000) was that we had to recover from their methods. We're not fully recover yet after 25 years: the police, the military, and other state institutions are still poisoned with inhuman structured thinking. So may be the US should have to recover from something lighter but similar to that after Bush.
It doesn't changes your point, but in the list of regimes never forget Videla, even more bloody than Pinochet, and the hellish Stalin.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Never have I seen a post and a quote that so cried out for one another.
;-)
How gratifying it is, indeed, to read all these wonderful and thoughtful comments.
I would like also to welcome 'runnerfrog' who brings to our humble forum a valuable South American perspective. I daresay, runnerfrog, few US 'Americans' are well-versed on the regime of Videla. To say that such regimes are a human tragedy seems banal. I am often appalled at the inadequacy of words.
b han sez...
I wonder whoever becomes the next president how much of Bush's shadow will linger on..
I have been thinking about that of late. Indeed --when Bush is ousted, tried, or executed, the people of the US must work assiduously to make sure that future leaders do not build upon his horrific legacy.
SadButTrue said...
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Thanks, sad! It is the piece de resistance!
The sooner we Get Dictator Bush and his Regime out of Washington, the better off we will be!
JT
www.FireMe.To/udi
Mr. Anonymous, Actions speak louder than words. If some one is acting like a Nazi but is calling himself a republican doesn't matter.
Don't forget that someone's grandfather was a Nazi. Look it up.
Keep ignoring important commentary about the state of the country by stopping to read just because someone is legitimately criticizing the goons that you voted for.
Get out the troll spray Len! You'll need to use a strong disinfectant afterwards as well.
Anonymous @ 3:37 reveals himself to be one of the worst of that ilk - a Jonah Goldbergian. Goldberg, who spread the idiotic idea that Fascism is a liberal ideology is so stupid as to make Doug Feith look like a genius. You gotta wonder what barrel they scrape the bottom of to come up with such cretins.
Excellent post again, Len! You continue to cut to the chase so much more effectively than virtually any other blogger out there. While I read several others (Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, Ice Station Tango,etc.), you consistently hit it out of the park. Well done!
The Conservative Deflator
This is my new favorite blog!
Oh yeah, Bush's dad supposedly said the 'g-d piece of paper', not GWB.
He probably did! But that doesn't mean Bush didn't also say it which he did in the presence of about five witnesses. Moreover, no one has ever accused the Junior weed of originality.
I met and interviewed the SENIOR on many occassions from Midland, TX to Houston. He never failed NOT to impress one. He was bland, dull, and without any wit or personality whatsoever.
On another topic --my humble thanks to Deflator and anonymous. I will try hard not to dissapoint.
SadButTrue said...
Get out the troll spray Len! You'll need to use a strong disinfectant afterwards as well.
Anonymous @ 3:37 reveals himself to be one of the worst of that ilk - a Jonah Goldbergian. Goldberg, who spread the idiotic idea that Fascism is a liberal ideology is so stupid as to make Doug Feith look like a genius.
My new policy is that I reserve the right to DELETE anonymous comments. But will only delete the OBVIOUS script pushing trolls who --in this case --simply missed the whole fuckin' point!
THIS WAS ALL PLANED, THE WARS TO STEAL OR TREASURE,OPEN BODERS TO DESTROY THE WORKING WAGE, NAFTA, AND FREE TRADE TO DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND THE PRICE OF OIL IS THE TWISTING OF THE KNIFE TO MAKE AMERICA DIE IN PAIN.IN ORDER FOR THE GLOBALIST TO GET TOTAL CONTROL OF THE WORLD THE UNITED STATES, NEEDS TO NEUTRALIZED, AND OUR CONSTITUTION DELETED. TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION, IN AND AROUND 2010. THEIR PLAN IS ALMOST COMPLETE, AND WITH THE NEXT GLOBAL ELITE PAWN AS PRESIDENT DO DEAL.
Anonymous said...
THIS WAS ALL PLANED, THE WARS TO STEAL OR TREASURE,OPEN BODERS TO DESTROY THE WORKING WAGE, NAFTA, AND FREE TRADE TO DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND THE PRICE OF OIL IS THE TWISTING OF THE KNIFE TO MAKE AMERICA DIE IN PAIN.IN ORDER FOR THE GLOBALIST TO GET TOTAL CONTROL OF THE WORLD THE UNITED STATES,
That's all true! The war on the middle class, however, pre-dates NAFTA. Spend some time at the Bureau of Labor Stats, the Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis! Everything you've said can be proven with the government's OWN stats! Now --that's what I call a silver bullet.
Len;
You opened a wound with this post. Lincoln was little better than George Bush. The Bush regime has worked very hard to destroy ‘posse comitus’, while Lincoln completely dis-regarded that concept and attacked South Carolina for laying siege to Ft. Sumter, starting the Civil War. A war that was as brutal as this world has ever seen. (ie. Sherman’s march to the sea was a war against civilians with his scorched earth policy, the treatment of prisoners of war in Chicago, etc., etc.)
State’s rights was central to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights was passed later and ratified by the States.
Lincoln was much better than Georgie boy in that Lincoln had a soul.
….. We are met on a great battle field of war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those that gave their lives that this nation might live. It is all together fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate – we cannot consecrate – we cannot hollow – this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or subtract. ………..
It took days to count the dead at Gettysburg, yet boy george cannot even recognize the dead and maimed coming from Iraq and Afghanistan.
tiago said...
You opened a wound with this post. Lincoln was little better than George Bush.
I cannot defend Lincoln with regard to posse comitus but in every other respect, there are few valid analogies to be made and Bush far surpasses in evil every other President in US history --even other GOPPs like Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Warren Harding, or even the Democratic nut jobs like Andrew Jackson.
I believe that Lincoln should have bid the southern states fare-the-well --but, alas, that's all water under the bridge.
Lincoln himself wrote the Gettysburg address --the vocabulary of which is far above Bush's fourth grade mentality. I am quite sure that Bush doesn't understand the meaning of the following words: "proposition" (certainly not as Lincoln used it), "consecrate", "hallow". "Hallow" must be especially difficult for someone like Bush who because he is stupid and disrespectful of anything beyond the ability of his moron level mentality to grasp. 'Hallow' means to 'make holy', 'to respect greatly' --words that are foreign to someone like Bush who said that the problem with the French was that they didn't have a word for 'entrepreneur'. Bush must surely think they have no words for 'coup d'etat' or 'haute couture' or 'cuisine'.
Bush --a 'man' of no empathy, compassion or humanity. A man whose soul, as you point out, is dead.
State’s rights was central to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights was passed later and ratified by the States.
The Bill of Rights were a sop to many delegates who feared a powerful, central government. After all, they had just won a war against a monarchy. Even Madison opposed a Bill of Rights, but when persuaded, insisted upon drafting it himself to ensure that it would be done correctly.
Already --the schism between northern 'commercial interests' and the slave-based economy of the south left its stamp upon the national psyche. Hamilton would have preferred a monarchy that would have looked after the interests of 'his' class. He was not really of patrician origins --one of two illegitimate sons born in the West Indies. As late as 1772, Hamilton still sided with the British. He had been an 'aide-de-camp' for George Washington and married into money. It is the ghost of Hamilton that still looks after wealth and privilege in the US.
I have never been persuaded, however, that the rights of the individual are anymore secure against the incursions of states like Texas (for example) than against the Federal Government. In theory, they should be. But, in fact, I fear, individuals often fare worse against 'states' than against the Federal Gov in DC.
Until Bush, that is!
Now ---all bets are off and it is by no means certain that freedom will be restored when and IF Bush should ever leave office. The so-called 'debate' being played out in press seems to be all beside the point! Tweedle dum and tweedle dee or worse -- tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber!
However much sadness or outrage I felt while reading your article was overcome by Inspiration regarding your reflective Truth. No doubt, this regime has been illegitimate since even before the 5-4 vote (Diebold, caging lists, purges, etc.). Further, while the destruction that followed (a hidden coup) has been a triumph for those who sought and implemented/assisted a "New Pearl Harbor," their victories will not stand forever. In time, more Truth will be revealed. In time, they will come to Justice. Looking forward to the latter and former is a trial of patience and perseverance. Yet, of the outcome, we can have assurance of the fulfillment - all along the way.
Bush War Crimes: Torture and (Eventual) Justice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpkooeyunk
Replace "Bush" with "FDR" and see if you still feel the same way. While the decade, the politician and the party affiliation has changed, sadly, nothing else has.
I would love to know who isn't afforded habeas corpus? As far as I can tell everyone is still given that right, except for people we find on the battlefield. Who don't get habeas corpus because the Army isn't the police force and the taliban doesn't do any of the things necessary to qualify for Geneva conventions or habeas corpus. While the Bush administration has done some things to diminish our rights, you completely over blow the scenario.
The congress has done much, much, much more to hurt our country than anything George Bush has ever done! They authorized the war in Iraq, they stood by as Abu Graib happened, they battled over the semantics of "Genocide" in darfur, they are giving leniency to the telecom industry, they are standing by while the TSA installs new security measures that basically allows them to see you completely NAKED, the congress fails to anything about rising prices and the falling dollar, they fiddle while Rome is burning. And your worried about George Bush not giving enemy combatants habeas corpus? Cry me a freaking river why don't you? Ill be sure to grab my violin and play a sweet sad love song.. No wonder our country is going into the gutter, our descent into a failure as a country began wayyyyy before the current president was even born but you can't even see that can you?
You use Abraham Lincoln as some sort of perfect example when if Lincoln were alive today he would make George Bush seem pretty tame. The civil war was completely illegal as the poeple are expressly given the right to succeed when and if they see fit and Lincoln even knew that slavery was a dying industry in our nation. Furthermore, Lincoln imprisoned thousands of journalists who were considered "dissident" and executed many war deserters. Before the civil war Lincolns idea of solving the slavery problem was to send all the slaves back to Africa, a resounding resemblance to modern day republicans who want to throw all the illegals out of America...
I like your article but your hate is directed at the wrong person, the bottom line is that WE THE PEOPLE have an obligation to ourselves and our future to stop electing the same idiots in congress, because if congress had a spine they could stop, and reverse, our current trend to totalitarianism.. WE have no one to blame but OURSELVES. So go ahead and cast your ballots this fall for the same people you always do, it is like we as a nation are to stupid to figure out something so simple..
Agreed totally, great post. Everyday I wake, I just see this country sinking further and further into a dictatorship. The government can't even be trusted anymore, it seems most of the democrats are working with Bush (MOSTLY PELOSI!) and trying to cover up whatever this administration has done. We really need a new million man march done in DC for these "representatives" to finally listen to us.
In response to rnail:
"They authorized the war in Iraq"
Based upon LIES given them by Bush.
"They stood by as Abu Graib happened"
Torture that was authorized BY BUSH!
They battled over the semantics of "Genocide" in darfur"
They labeled it as "genocide".
http://www.darfurscores.org/
"They are giving leniency to the telecom industry"
This I do not agree with and was upset people supported this bill.
"They are standing by while the TSA installs new security measures that basically allows them to see you completely NAKED"
This is true and it's wrong but as a matter of national security I understand it. I however, have no problem with anyone seeing me naked.
"The congress fails to anything about rising prices and the falling dollar, they fiddle while Rome is burning."
Their are MANY factors contributing to this that are beyond congress' control.
I may disagree on some points but I agree with you that WE (the people of this country) have done this to ourselves by being complacent and electing these politicians to represent us, it is only thru the power of the vote that we can begin to make change. However, it seems to me you think Bush is an angel when he is, in fact, the worst man to ever hold that office. He basically gives this country the middle finger and does whatever he wants...He said the constitution is "a god damned piece of paper". I have no respect or sympathy for a man (a president no less!!) who would piss on 1 of the 2 most important documents in this country's history....And congress has a hard time doing anything because although the majority of congress is democratic (it wasn't when Bush first took office), it is a republican president in office who will not approve of anything unless it coincides with his views.
How do you expect to make progress when the man on top is going to stop you at every turn?
WindHarps said...
...while the destruction that followed (a hidden coup) has been a triumph for those who sought and implemented/assisted a "New Pearl Harbor," their victories will not stand forever. In time, more Truth will be revealed. In time, they will come to Justice.
I agree ---but to bring that about, 'we' must organize now. A good role model might be Simon Weisenthal, the famous Nazi hunter. I would hope that George Soros (or someone of deep pockets) might be interested in helping to fund and organize a crack team of SMART, TOUGH-NOSED LAWYERS, canny detectives and statesmen like Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Dennis Kucinich. Last I heard, Bush, wife and spawn, will try to hide out in Paraquay. I don't know if I would want to stake my life upon the loyalty of whomever is in power in Paraquay. When Bush leaves office --he will have very few places to run or hide. Keep the heat on war criminals. Track them to the ends of the earth.
B said...
Agreed totally, great post. Everyday I wake, I just see this country sinking further and further into a dictatorship.
Indeed, Bush said that 'there is a such thing as too much freedom' and, on another occassion, 'The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper!' Bush has been allowed to get away with rewriting laws sent to him by Congress. If that's not a dictatorship, I don't know what is. He has assumed all the powers, the founders had intended be shared among three branches. If Bush is judge and jury, executive and 'lawgiver', we live in a tyranny--pure and simple.
"They authorized the war in Iraq"
Based upon LIES given them by Bush.
That the war against Iraq was a CRIMINAL FRAUD, it is under US codes, Title 18, Section 2441 a WAR CRIME for which the penalty is death. Any Federal Judge may, upon his/her own motion, convene a Grand Jury to consider any issue for which the judge may believe that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. There is much more than mere PROBABLE CAUSE to indict Bush for crimes (cited above), there is, in fact, a prima facie case against him. I believe a first year law student could make the capital crimes case against Bush NOW. But I would prefer a hard nose, no nonsense prosecutor like Vince Bugliosi get the job.
I favor charging Bush in Federal Court with CAPITAL CRIMES. And I will continue to work assiduously to see that justice is done.
Another problem we have is the widespread ignorance throughout American culture. It is impossible, for example, to have a meaningful discussion of habeas corpus when a HUGE percentage of the population doesn't understand it and almost as many have never heard of it!
I was lucky to have had some tough profs and, at about the same time, some even tougher mentors. One of them was the legendary criminal defense attorney and liberal activist --Warren Burnett, Burnett was often called the 'heir apparent to Clarence Darrow. Burnett did not suffer fools gladly. When he caught me making some less than informed comments with regard to the First Amendment, I was SCHOOLED!!! I never forgot it. Lately, I find people making less than informed comments about 'habeas corpus'. It is tragic that Americans may never have known the real value of what has been STOLEN from them.
Len, I noticed one of your -- as usual utterly terrific -- articles over at Conspiracy Planet and I came across this:
On March 13th 2008, there was a secret closed door meeting of The United States House Of Representatives in Washington. In the history of The United States, this is only the fourth time a secret meeting was held by the house.
I missed any public reporting on this remarkable event. Here is what was allegedly revealed to the Reps:
* The imminent collapse of the U.S. Economy to occur sometime in late 2008
* The imminent collapse of the U.S. Government finances sometime in mid 2009
* The possibility of Civil War inside the United States as a result of the collapse
* The advance round-ups of 'insurgent U.S. Citizens' likely to move against the government
* The detention of those rounded up at The REX 84 Camps constructed throughout the United States
* The possibility of public retaliation against members of Congress for the collapses
* The location of safe facilities for members of Congress and their families to reside during massive civil unrest
* The necessary and unavoidable merger of The U.S. with Canada and Mexico establishing The North American Union
* The issuance of a new currency called the AMERO for all three nations as an economic solution.
It wouldn't surprise me, especially given the economic shenangins of the stick market. (Al Martin at CP has been noting for some time that top Bush insiders are committed to shorting the market -- which makes the Bush spruiking of Freddie Mack and Fannie May positively disingenuous. They're pursuing their classic "pump and dump" strategy). We know the Bushistas are installing an oligopoly where a tiny elite owns and runs everything (think a US Philipines or Indonesia). A collapsed economy is their unequivocal goal.
Any views on this secret House of Reps session?
... btw, Glenn Greenwald has a great piece on Al Marri and the decline of habeas corpus.
damien said...
The imminent collapse of the U.S. Economy to occur sometime in late 2008
I scanned that list yesterday with intentions to do a more careful read. Indeed, if this gang had not proven themselves to be utterly lawless, evil and beyond redemption, I might not have given it much thought. What people must realize is that this 'cabal' thinks itself above morality and, more important, beyond ANY RESTRAINT of any kind. We already know about the fortunes that were made by short sellers on 911. Evil --without a shred of decency or empathy --these people will implement their ill-gotten powers to enslave the rest of humanity.
"Bush who said that the problem with the French was that they didn't have a word for 'entrepreneur'."
He didnt:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.asp
My source for the 'entrepreneur'quote is ThinkExist.com among many others.
I believe it's true because that's the way his mind works --spoonerisms, redundancies, absurd and fallacious leaps of logic, not knowing the meanings of obvious words, and, often, just lying his ass off as he did on a network interview in which when he was asked about reports that he had read Caums' 'The Stranger' report that he had read 'The Stranger' and "Three Shakespeares". Just plain stupid!
Bush defenders have often tried to re-write his history. I've heard him say equally stupid things on live TV. Wish I had written them all down.
Here are just a few of thousands:
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." -at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
The allegation that Bush said it is credible because it is consistent with the way his scrambled, coke addled brain works.
Here is on YouTube: "Fool me...uh...you can't get fooled again"
There's more stupidity from a moron who presumes to be "President":
”Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?”
“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.”
“I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.”
“Most imports are from outside of the country”
“You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.”
"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." -Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001
"I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." --Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001
"I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." --as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War
"Fuck Saddam. We're taking him out." --to three U.S. senators in March 2002, one year before the Iraq invasion, as quoted by Time magazine
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." --Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000 (Listen to audio clip)
"Do you have blacks, too?" --to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001
"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." --as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002
"I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." --on "Good Morning America," Sept. 1, 2005, six days after repeated warnings from experts about the scope of damage expected from Hurricane Katrina
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000
His comment: "The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper!" was likewise contested at one point but I believe it because 1) it was reported by a seasoned reporter; 2) several witnesses reported it and verified its accuracy; 3) it is consistent with his numerous other statements with regard to the powers of the Presidency, the 'privileges' of the executive branch, and countless other statements.
Bush has probably puked up more imbecilic nonsense than any other 'President' in American history: The 50 Dumbest Things President Bush Said in His First Term
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