"My fellow Americans, with the rest of you I have watched the events of the past week astounded by what has transpired in our financial markets. In the face of the challenges that confront us in rescuing our financial system, we must adjust our policies and the assumptions that underlie them. My administration has stood against tax increases, but now in the wake of this catastrophe we accept it is necessary to find new revenues, not least because if we merely add the cost of this bailout to our already burgeoning budget deficit we will further burden international markets, weaken our economy, and prolong the pain. Therefore, I not only am willing to sign, but actively support, legislation to be passed by Congress that would raise taxes to pay against the cost of the bailout. Moreover, I recognize that fairness dictates these higher taxes should be paid by the people best able to pay them."
If Bush can't say these words, the Democrats shouldn't pass the bailout.