Bush to Obama: your friends will betray you

[kpete]

Source: AFP

Bush to Obama: your friends will betray you


WASHINGTON (AFP) — President George W. Bush warned his successor Barack Obama of the perks and dangers of being the most powerful man in the world, saying he will have ups and downs and that some of his best friends will betray him.

"And there will be disappointments, I promise you. He will be disappointed," Bush told reporters Monday at the last press conference of his eight-year mandate ending January 20.

"Sometimes the biggest disappointments will come from your so-called friends," Bush said about what Obama might expect when he takes over the Oval Office.

"On the other hand, the job is so exciting and so profound that the disappointments will be clearly, you know, a minor irritant," he added.

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[MadMaddie]

1. Well sure they will when they realize you will throw them under the

bus to save your own skin!! :grr: :banghead:

[liberalmuse]

2. Piss off, Bush.

Someone is projecting again.

[heliarc]

3. Bush is such an idiot.

He thinks all those people who propped him up were really his friends to begin with. Something tells me that Obama knows who his friends and his enemies are... I'm not so sure Bush was as clear on that on day one.

[thunder rising]

5. Thank you. Bush's last day in the lime light is Jan 20 (unless he's indicted, then..)

[Independent_Liberal]

17. "unless he's indicted, then.."

You mean unless he was forcibly removed through impeachment before then?

[CoffeeCat]

4. I wonder what friends betrayed Chimpy?

Was it his zookeeper?

The guy who recalibrated his Rose Garden tire swing every day?

The Fed Ex guy who furnished him with fresh bananas?

Hmmmm. What a mystery.

(I'm sorry. All I can do is joke about the guy now. I've got
Bush fatigue).

[Doctor_J]

19. Probably talking about Richard Clarke and Snotty McClellan

who went off the reservation

[whistle]

6. The Shrub* betrayed the American people

[Old and In the Way]

7. Obama is not Bush.

Of course, I don't expect Bush to understand the differences 44 has that 43 is deficient on.

Oh, and Bush never had a "eight-year mandate". I have no idea who could ever come to that conclusion.

[Faygo Kid]

8. Still bitter about that Scott McClellan thing, eh George?

Why don't you go directly to hell, and not pass GO?

[EraOfResponsibility]

9. He's looking forward to reality smacking Obama down

But Bush is not Obama, and even though Bush has a point about disappointments, I believe Obama has the strength of character to face them, unlike Bush.

[notadmblnd]

10. I wonder how his so called friends like him calling them "so called friends"?

[MichiganVote]

11. Bush has friends? Wow.

[orleans]

12. sounds like something bush is trying to quote from the bible. gack. n/t

[sofa king]

13. DSM IV 301.81 (5)

"(5) has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations"

http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/narcissisticpd.htm

But I'm not a psychologist, so don't ask me.

[young_at_heart]

14. He is clearly delusional----where does that fit?

Watching his press conference, I found myself squirming at his strange answers. I think he's living in an alternate universe.

[Moonwalk]

24. You think he's living in an alternate universe? Heh, he's been living....

in an alternate universe for eight years. Remember "Mission Accomplished"? That was the alternate universe where we won a war started by Iraq (in that universe they were the evil bullies behind 9/11), and won it instantly--leaving Iraq a democratic nation and George a hero to the world. :eyes: I think every second of this man's life is lived in an alternate universe--hence his continual disappointment when the universe he's in doesn't seem to match up with the universe he lives in.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

30. Guess he can't stand trial then.

[sofa king]

31. According to my reading...

The delusion he normally lives under is the false impression of competence. When reality intrudes far enough to threaten that delusion, the Narcissistic Personality falls into deep depression and agonizing self-examination, and may experience total breakdown. My suspicion is that Bush has experienced several of these episodes as President, which is why he spent so much time down on his fake ranch. I suspect that in the future we will learn that he kept a crack team of ass-kissers around, not unlike a certain other bunker-dwelling dictator, the comparison to whom means this argument is automatically lost.

The beauty of it is that the NPD patient can only be "cured" by raising his self-esteem to the point where he begins to believe his own bullshit again. Then he will invariably leave treatment and prepare to do it all over again the next time someone reminds him that he is the worst President in our nation's history.

So when you see him, be sure to tell him he sucks. It's the only way he's gonna pay for his crimes.

[Baby Snooks]

15. I think he's losing it...

I really think he's losing it. I hope we survive the final days of his presidency.

[shanti]

16. speaking for yourself, eh chimpy?

:eyes:

[Quiz Master]

18. Well to be fair to Bush's "friends"

He does present an awfully tempting target.

[bluesmail]

20. gawd I'm glad I don't understand him.

[MNBrewer]

21. Sometimes the biggest disappointments will come from your so-called friends

ain't THAT the truth?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. Bush to Obama: Each scoop of sand = 1 portion of strawberries. Now, how many did you have?

[BeatleBoot]

23. I actually agree with Bush on this one.

Now Bush may be just saying that his friends made him look bad. Which I don't agree with. He was inept and the blame rests with him.

But I agree that Obama cannot please everyone or even every faction. He will have to throw certain interest groups/individuals aside in order to lead.

It is the nature of being a leader.

I have seen it happen at the local and state level and you do not have to look very far at the national level - both parties.

[kitty1]

25. Wake up Shrub; Barney probably betrayed you; You're done n/t

[time_has_come]

26. Glad he had such an "exciting" time, the negative little peetard.

What a friggin joke for him to be talking like this. For him to say your friends will betray you and you will be disappointed, it sort of makes it even more clear why the man was such a failure. And not that he's failed so miserably, his only hope is that the next president will fail as well, just so he can feel better.

[Lasher]

27. Clearly a Nixon moment.

Pick out all the worst characteristics of all the worst presidents and there you have it: Bush 43.

[relayerbob]

28. What, does he read DU now?

[riderinthestorm]

29. Cognitive dissidence 101. "Betrayed" in Bushworld means anyone who doesn't agree 100% with him.

It's wild that Bush believes this... if a person is truly your "friend", something like a "betrayal" needs some pretty close scrutiny. Did they simply disagree with a policy? Did they articulate hateful rhetoric? Were they simply chafing at working conditions?

I'd be very interested in how bushworld defines who "betrayed" him. I'm sure it includes insiders like McLellan etc. but they just left his service and told their versions of the inside. Telling truths is now betrayal for this guy? EEK!

[truthisfreedom]

32. Somebody should explain to bush that the Democratic Party isn't a mafia.

Unlike the cold-blooded mafia he and cheney have been operating at the WH.

[all.of.me]

33. Exciting and profound?! Oh, please. nt