"I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice,

[Old and In the Way]

I'd rather go to war."

-- George W. Bush, Houston Chronicle, January 2002

I can't wait for Kerry to ask:

(1) Which war?
(2) Do you really think raising kids is tougher than risking your life or limb? Isn't that an insult to every American combat vet?



Thanks to Javajive for posting this quote yesterday.

[glarius]

1. Say, you don't suppose he went to war so he wouldn't have to think about

his wayward twins, do you?....hmmmmm

[raifield]

2. Which war?

"Any war! We've got the troops to handle it!"
-- George W. Bush, My Imagination, Right Now

Some would argue raising kids is war. :D

Seems to me more of Bush's do as I say, not as I do. He'd rather go to war (since he wouldn't be fighting in it) than raise children (which he'd probably pay someone to do anyway).

How despicable.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. yeah as bad as spoilt junkies are

war is worse!!!!!!!!!!

[proud patriot]

4. bush arrogant son of an idiot arristocrat

spoiled little frat boy .

[lastknowngood]

5. Kerry is too big a wimp to

say anything like that. He will be respectful of the "popular wartime president" like he has been for the last 3 years.

[Old and In the Way]

10. He'll let others attack Bush on the AWOL/deserter issue, but

this is a great statement to attack Bush on....this isn't something he said 30 years ago, this was said in 2002. Is he so deluded, he believe's this?

This is on the record and it's going to be fun to see Bush stumble through his response to this.

[adriennel]

6. I hate this quote!

Mr "compassionate conservative" thinks it is easier to go to war and sacrifice other people's children than nuture and parent his own offspring???

Mr AWOL of course would never go to war HIMSELF. So I'm betting Laura handled most of the child-rearing, as a "Perfect Wife" would. This man is CLUELESS on all fronts.

excuse me I have to :puke: now

[Malva Zebrina]

23. I suspect that Laura had a great deal of help

with Nannies and others who minded the kids for her.

I do not, by any stretch of the imagination think that Laura struggled through endless sleepless nights breast feeding her two little babes.

I think this family, being wealthy, and being used to hiring others to do the hard work, did not struggle at all raising their twins.

They had it better than a whole lot people.

[Wwagsthedog]

7. Have you noticed that we don't hear much about the twins lately?

Chelsea Clinton was in the news a lot more than the bushies. What gives?

[1gobluedem]

14. Because they're 21 now

There was a question in Parade Magazine (Walter Scott's Personality Parade)a week or so ago that asked why we aren't hearing about the Bush twins' underage drinking escapades anymore and the answer was "Because they're 21 and legal now."

Presumably the escapades still exist but they're legal now...

I am helping to raise 6 year old twins (bf has shared custody) and would far rather do that than go to war. And it's much more rewarding.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. If * thinks he has it bad,

he should try raising triplets!

[JohnKleeb]

20. or sextuplets or whatever

:evilgrin: I have to wonder what war he is talking about. Oh wait he was in the war of his own cokehead mind. The National Guard is war, well if you excuse me I am gonna get a 10 dollar hair cut and call it fancy.

[Maine-i-acs]

9. Ask the guys and gals in Iraq right now -

"If you had a choice, would you rather go to war or stay at home raising your children?"

You'd get a different answer.

Because B*sh never actually went to war, he let others do it. So he has no perspective there, nor credibility.

[Mari333]

11. SOB doesnt have to send his twins to war

but he sure as hell doesnt give a shit about sending my kids, the snot nosed asshole.
www.mfso.org
www.bringthemhomenow.com

[veganwitch]

12. and im really sure HE raised them

by himself. laura was out cruisin' every night.

[Hamlette]

13. this is the kind of "lie" they crucified Gore for saying

(the union song). Bush will be able to say he was joking and that will be the end of it.

We live in interesting time. Damn it.

[snippy]

26. Very true. The RNC machine would have saturated the media

with this quote. I sometimes despair that the democratic party appears to have no staff and no strategy for defeating republicans.

[Toots]

15. Didn't he say he learned something from Vietnam also?

I seem to remember a quote from him saying he had learned something (I don't know what that could have been) from Vietnam. As if he had stepped foot there at some time in his life.

[1gobluedem]

16. He did

He learned that he didn't want to be there so he had poppy buy his way into the Texas National Guard. And repaid him by deserting.

[CatWoman]

18. "I learned some good lessons from Vietnam" March, 2002

http://www.hereinreality.com/commander.html

[0007]

19. Good find CatWomen

.....the war was ruff for junior... cough cough, now junior is gonna straighten out the jocks and their evil drug use. Steroids

[JohnKleeb]

21. I remember that

[Fleshdancer]

17. I highly doubt Bush raised his twins. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

22. How do you think his twins feel about that?

What a flaming a**hole he is - I just can't say it enough. No wonder his kids hate him.

And which war is this?? The war on drugs? The war on Terra? He has no clue what it's like to be up against it. What an insult to everyone who has ever served. :grr:

[eissa]

24. Have you seen those girls?!

I bet sending soldiers to die would be easier than dealing with those 2!

[Lisa]

25. what an adoring family man he is, to be sure.

He's always taking mean-spirited little swipes at his wife and kids. He accuses Laura of demanding that they cut their summer holiday short to go back to DC. He tells the press that he's named the swimming pool "the whining pool" because his daughters made him install it or they wouldn't visit him. (He's used it more than they have.)

Whether Laura and the twins are harpies or not is beside the point. A loving father and husband would never complain (let alone to reporters!) about his family, regardless.

I'm starting to think that he's using them as an excuse for his own shortcomings. They probably have had to put up with this for decades, and are understandably upset.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

27. He was part of the "war on drugs".

So technically, he has been to war.
And you know what he means when he says "I'd rather go to war". Why bother raising kids when you can snort coke instead?

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