Mr. Bush, you keep using that word “trust”. . .

I think it does not mean what you think it means.

From Bush’s State of the Union address:

“we must trust in the ability of free people to make wise decisions. . . . To build a prosperous future, we must trust people. . . . we must trust Americans with the responsibility of homeownership. . . . we must trust patients and doctors to make medical decisions. . . . we must trust students to learn . . . . we must trust American workers . . . . we must trust in the creative genius of American researchers. . . . we must trust in the skill of our scientists. . . . we must trust in the innovative spirit of medical researchers and empower them to discover new treatments . . . .we must trust in the good heart of the American people. . . . Our foreign policy is based on a clear premise: We trust that people, when given the chance, will choose a future of freedom . . . . so long as we continue to trust the people, our nation will prosper, our liberty will be secure

Extraordinary that a beady-eyed little bastard who trusts no one would use “trust” as the cornerstone of his final State of the Union address.

He “trusts” the American people so little, that in this very same speech he insists we must continue to spy on Americans and grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies who assisted his administration in illegally doing so, or face annihilation:

. . . if you do not act by Friday, our ability to track terrorist threats would be weakened and our citizens will be in greater danger. The Congress must ensure the flow of vital intelligence is not disrupted. The Congress must pass liability protection for companies believed to have assisted in the efforts to defend America.

He trusts doctors and patients so little, that he insists government should have the final say on medical decisions like abortion.

He trusts scientists so little, that his political operatives watered down warnings about global warning, and pays mere lip service to the goal of reducing greenhouse gases.

And he trusts the judgment of the American people, the vast majority who wish to see us end our disastrous intervention in Iraq, so little that he insists we have to continue to stay in Iraq long past the 8-year debacle of his Presidency.

I’ve never seen a speech so laden with hypocrisy, fatuousness, and out and out disregard for the will of a people he insists that we must “trust.”