That's an understatement.
Obama calls '08 presidential bid a 'possibility'
Obama said he thought that 'certainty' has precluded Bush from 'looking at issues based on facts as opposed to based on ideology.
'And I, you know, I quote in the book one of my favorite stories from the Senate when Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York is in an argument with a colleague on the floor, and the colleague's probably not doing too well in that argument, Pat Moynihan was a pretty smart guy, and at some point, the other senator gets frustrated and says, 'Well, you know what, Pat? You're just entitled to your own opinion and I'm entitled to mine.'
'And, Moynihan frostily, I - I'm sure, says, 'You are entitled to your opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts.'
'And I think this administration has, has not always understood that distinction. And that's part of the reason why we've had problems in Iraq and that's part of the reason why we've had problems with our, with our budget. There's been an unwillingness to look squarely at the facts in making decisions.'
Obama said he thought that 'certainty' has precluded Bush from 'looking at issues based on facts as opposed to based on ideology.
'And I, you know, I quote in the book one of my favorite stories from the Senate when Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York is in an argument with a colleague on the floor, and the colleague's probably not doing too well in that argument, Pat Moynihan was a pretty smart guy, and at some point, the other senator gets frustrated and says, 'Well, you know what, Pat? You're just entitled to your own opinion and I'm entitled to mine.'
'And, Moynihan frostily, I - I'm sure, says, 'You are entitled to your opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts.'
'And I think this administration has, has not always understood that distinction. And that's part of the reason why we've had problems in Iraq and that's part of the reason why we've had problems with our, with our budget. There's been an unwillingness to look squarely at the facts in making decisions.'
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