Name a good thing Bush has done for the country

[thefloyd]

Is there one god damn thing Bush has done which will benefit the country?
I cannot think of anything. Not one thing

[no name no slogan]

1. He has singlehandedly united the Left

something that could never be done by a wishy-washy corporatist Democrat, no matter how hard he tried.

[marmar]

6. True....

and spurred a great deal of activism.

[derby378]

44. But not enough to get a Dem elected as POTUS

So, IMHO, he failed even there.

[LuCifer]

58. AHEM!

Diebold and ES&S, anybody???

[derby378]

61. I know, I know...

...but not all of the blame can be laid on electronic voting machines. The system is only as corrupt as We, the People allow it to be.

[LuCifer]

62. that is true...

...and that's why we MUST keep the HEAT on ALL DEMS to get with it and DO SOMETHING about these rigged voting machines!!!!

Lu

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. Well, honey -

We've just met because of him ...............

:loveya:

[SammyBlue]

46. Let's see:

United the world behi. . .no.

Elevated our trust among other nat. . .no.

Captured Osama Bin La. . .no.

Brought Freedom and Democray to Ir. . .no.

United, not divided, the count. . .no.

Provided money for his refor. . .no.

Won an election legiti. . .HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Resign. . .no!

Impeached? No.

Being honest with America about the reasons for the Ira. . .no, he lied.

I'm really straining here. Hold it. . .I have one!!!

I know, he hasn't porked a semi heavy-set intern. He's a success!

:puke:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

50. There are some of us

who believe that porking might have improved Ratface's disposition.

He gets so tired of Dick Cheney spitting on his back every night.

Well, who wouldn't?

[Aristus]

59. He's in more dire need of a blowjob than any other white man

in existence.

:puffpiece:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

64. Ya think?

I always got the impression that anything having to do with sex would scare the living daylights out of the friggin' dweeb.

You just know he's never had one, don't you?

[MarvinBarns]

3. took a vacation

[phatkatt]

4. Shown to those who can see the true nature of the right.

[blm]

5. As of now, no Bush will ever be allowed near the oval office ever again.

.

[Burma Jones]

7. Signed the Do Not Call legislation

That's it. I would gladly answer telemarketing calls the remainder of my life if we could just turn back the clock and make this jerk disappear......

[cynatnite]

13. It doesn't work. I still get the damn calls n/t

[Burma Jones]

18. Damn,

we still get calls too, from our credit card companies mostly, offering "insurance" and other such crap. We also get calls from non-profits all the time, it's the price you pay for charity:dilemma:


What has worked is having caller ID.......

So, Fuck it, Bush has indeed been a complete and utterly miserable failure.

[Mutley]

31. I still get calls too, but not nearly as many.

And often I threaten to report them to the DNL site and I never hear from them again.

[blm]

32. I LOVE the calls. I use the opportunity for the ultimate Bush smackdown.

I say....my husband and I will not make any financial moves until Bush is out of office. We don't trust anything about this economy.

[FreedomAngel82]

55. Yep

We get them too. A while back my local news did a story on this and said they sell your information so it doesn't work.

[begin_within]

8. Finally and definitively disproven the entire conservative ideology.

[zippy890]

9. great for political cartoonists n/t

[rkc3]

19. And pundits.

[physioex]

10. He Owned the Texas Rangers....

And that provided entertainment for people...

[Marnieworld]

11. eventually someday he'll die

but I guess you mean before then. He has provided laughter with his Bushisms. I still try to put "Food on my family" because of him.

[Tace]

12. Um...

You got me.

[0007]

14. Snorted up half the cocaine supply so your sons & daughters

could be dope free.

[sweetheart]

15. Which country?

Bush has been an ideal agent of saudi arabia, they couldn't
be happier. Perhaps the problem is that he's not an american
citizen.

[Rockholm]

38. I will second that! Very good point.

[cynatnite]

16. He gave voice to the following people:

Cindy Sheehan
Michael Moore
Jon Stewart
Mr. Conyers

It's also because of him we will see the fabulous protest this weekend.

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. China? Saudi Arabia? Which country do you mean?

[noahmijo]

20. I've never laughed this hard when it came to the subject of politics

but the laughter dies very fast....

[FreedomAngel82]

57. If it wasn't real and so scary

I'd laugh. Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[thefloyd]

21. I guess another positive

the press corps is returning

[tgnyc]

22. Rewrote the English language

[Verve]

23. His impersonator on Jay Leno has stayed employed and is quite funny!

This was the single good thing about Bush being re-elected.

[Lisa]

29. actually, he may have revived the art of celebrity impersonations

Even people who don't look remotely like * can do a decent ad-lib of him. All you have to do is get a mean squint going, blurt out something totally absurd, and then get all flustered and angry and storm out of the room when people tell you your accent doesn't sound authentic (neither is his!).

If you don't believe me, invite your friends over for a couple of drinks, and then propose a "George W. Bush-off". Even Republicans can have fun ridiculing him. Two of his best-known TV impersonators, the guy on Leno's show (Steve Bridges) and his predecessor Brent Mendenhall, are GOP supportes.

Bridges spent tens of thousands of dollars perfecting the makeup and wardrobe, and he's more than recouped his investment so far.

http://www.ppi.cc/ppi_players/kevin_haney2.htm

[Verve]

39. Interesting sight! I don't know how he can be a GOP supporter with all

the jokes about Bush's incompetence? I wonder if he is for monetary purposes only?

[Lisa]

42. He's actually met Bush

He wasn't in makeup at the time (which makes Bush's "are you me?" question a bit more reasonable!) And the dreaded "Ma Bush" (Bar herself) has reportedly signed off on the show ... she thought it was funny ... and we know how defensive she can get! Either she was mad at Georgie that day, or the performance was so inoffensive that even she couldn't pick on it. A lot of the promoters Bridges uses advertise as "clean acts" -- no cussing, no innuendo, etc. -- I've heard that he's also a youth pastor at some evangelical church. I don't know if he uses the Bush makeup and act when he's preaching.

http://www.stevebridges.com/

He makes more than $15k per appearance. Sure, he has to bring his makeup guy along, and pay a scriptwriter, and getting ready takes several hours -- but that's pretty good money, compared to most other impersonators. He even does custom videos starting at $5k -- his agency even built a replica White House Press Room set (in Illinois ... I guess he comes out from California once a month to do scheduled shoots in it).

Poppy made a point of being nice to Dana Carvey (who impersonated him on Saturday Night Live) -- possibly to appear to be "a good sport" and defuse the criticism. (Will Ferrell, who did a devastating rendition of Dubya on the same show, supposedly refused a meeting for that reason. He didn't want to give the impression that he was being leaned on.)

This kind of relates to your question, about how Bridges could be a Bush supporter when he's making jokes about his lack of intelligence, laziness, etc. -- in a way, this is actually safer for Bush than if someone questioned his integrity, honest, and sanity. They've managed to make it part of his "just a regular guy" image. To the right-wingers, stupidity (and arrogance) aren't seen as much of a problem. They'd go after a smart, qualified person who committed adultery, but not someone who was accused of being poorly-informed, inattentive, or just plain dumb (as long as he acted like their version of "a moral person".


p.s. check out the contract rider at the Bridges site. He uses planted audience members, just like the real guy!

"G. Four or five "shills" (members of the audience willing to ask Artist a question during his performance)"

http://www.stevebridges.com/downloads/Rider.pdf

[Verve]

53. Makes Sense! Thanks for the info! n/t

[Mabus]

24. He choked on a pretzel

it was the first dint in his 9/11 armour. It allowed people to laugh at him for the first time after 9/11. Before that it was almost taboo to make fun of him or ask questions.

[leftofthedial]

25. there is not one

[nevergiveup]

26. He cleared brush a couple of times

[Uncle Joe]

49. I have to agree.

People may not realize it but Texas was in serious danger of being overgrown by killer brush. This is not your ordinary brush, these monsters would slowly grow up to your bedrooms windows, and when you were sleeping they would literally suck your brain dry of any intelligent thoughts leaving the equivalent of cabbage between your ears.

Bush being a man of courage and action would not be intimidated by this killer brush. He knew he could never let up in spite of the overwhelming odds, he had succumbed to his fears once before when he abandoned Alabama to the Viet Cong Hordes and he would not let it happen again. Yes, there were distractions like those pesky Presidential Daily Briefings about terrorism and stuff but he would not be deterred. Damn it the brush needed to be killed! and he was just the man to do it. To this day all brush in Texas, especially the Crawford area now quiver in fear whenever Bush walks by. It is like the neocons say, Bush Good! Brush Bad!

[mvd]

27. Tried that before

I give up. Nothing! Even the Democrats haven't been united enough in opposition so far.

[buddysmellgood]

28. He's made us appreciate our freedoms, the feeling of honor, dignity and

justice...by taking it all away.
I guess that's not really a good thing...nevermind.

[txaslftist]

30. Oh, I know...wait... Unnnnh... well... Dang. You got me.

[Flying Dream Blues]

33. Well, there's the aqueducts...and the libraries...oh, nevermind, that was

the Romans! LOL
Seriously, I ask people that all the time. There is NOTHING!!!

[JHB]

34. He burned.

Oops! sorry, wrong bush.

[GOPAgainstGW]

35. Personally helped to balance the Cocaine trade $$$ deficit with Columbia

[Squatch]

36. Well...some people say he saved the rainforests

stopped global warming, saved billions of dollars, rescued some beached whales, helped an old lady cross the street, and led his people out of Egypt.

Those same people have been known to eat their own shit.

[progressoid]

37. I asked the same thing to some RW family members...

All they could come up with was "tax cuts". Ha. So after a mildly heated discussion about how little good that did any of us, I asked for another.

Silence.

Then it was time for dinner, so we never got anything other than the failed tax cuts.

[rniel]

41. Oh god

I'll give you $200 at the end of the year, but then I'll raise your heating bill, double the gas prices, double your healthcare costs and cut all your benefits as well as outsource your job to India. As well as make you less safe from terrorists and natural disasters. And at the end of the year I get to kick you in the balls one last time.

Does that sound like a good plan?

This is not to you of course, but to those tax cut morans.

[progressoid]

56. That's more or less what I said.

The big comeback was, "well, it stimulated the economy."

AAAARRRRRGH. :crazy:

[Oeditpus Rex]

40. Well... he hasn't blown it up yet

But my umbrella's ready just in case.

[one_true_leroy]

43. one honestly good thing...

the free nation-wide online credit report check. that's all i could think of.

[WI_DEM]

45. I honestly can't think of one constructive thing he has done

[0rganism]

47. Appointed women and minorities to cabinet-level positions

Never mind that many of his appointees are just as cold-hearted, petty and ruthless as the white men who usually staff these jobs, or that they are used shamelessly for photo-ops and pandering for the republican party. It helps Americans to see a black woman as Secretary of State, even if she's doing a piss-poor job.

[MODemocrat]

48. I'm really trying to think of something

But there's simply nothing he's done so far to help this country. He has made a mess of everyhing he touches so far.

[Sparkman]

51. LOW INFLATION...but stock market and economy in the dumpster - stumps me!

add on edit:
Unless you count fuel, military budget and deficits and medicine, and education expenses...all at obscene inflationary prices!
If your a corporate executive that evaded the justice department, maybe YOUR ahead of the game thanks to *? just a guess.

[Zynx]

52. He showed us all proper golf form.

[FreedomAngel82]

54. He turned me into a democrat!

[Demonaut]

60. Democratic Underground.......outrage needs an outlet..and VetWife.lol

[Tower]

63. His *one* positive contribution:

Friends and family used to say I was exaggerating when I said that we live in a corporatocracy. They'd laugh when I said corporate media outlets do not report news but instead function as the PR wings of their respective conglomerates. They'd chuckle when I said the real division in this country is between wealth and poverty, not left and right- or when I said that we're living in a sort of under-the-radar empire, that serves the interests of Corporate America and ignores everyone else.

They don't laugh anymore.

That's the one good thing Bush has done for this country. He's pulled the cover off the machine.