Confession time: Have you ever said anything nice about Bush?

[quaoar]

I must confess that shortly after he was appointed in 2000, he praised the Americorps program and pledged to increase it. At the time I said he deserved praise for that. (hangs head in shame)

But then he tried to cut funding for Americorps like the smirking hyena he is.

[Catshrink]

1. Nope.

What would that be?

[Acryliccalico]

2. NEVER!!!!!

[proud patriot]

3. not that I can recall

no

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. No,

and I'm not about to start now. Even after 9/11, when everybody was praising his leadership :puke: I thought he was a dick.

[marlakay]

5. Never I thought he was a dumb fu** from 2000 on

although back in 1999 I didn't know how bad he was, just wanted Gore to win because he was great on the environment and democrat.

[Patsy Stone]

6. No

but I did give him the benefit of the doubt for about 10 minutes before we went into Afghanistan. Big Mistake.

[Botany]

7. No!

Why?

[Cha]

8. Nope and I never will..you can take that

to the bank!

[catgirl]

9. I've never said one nice thing about Bush

or about his dad, mom, daughters or wife.

[quaoar]

12. What about his dog?

[Todd B]

10. I did, I think, heh.

I said it would be nice if he were prosecuted for war crimes to the full extent of the law, does that count? :)

Seriously though, what has he actually done that would WARRANT the necessity to say something nice about him? Nothing!

[purduejake]

11. Yes, but I claim temporary insanity immediately after 9/11.

Then I realized within a few days that we'd become a war-mongering country. Hey, I wasn't politically active or aware then, but I sure learned a lesson about apathy.

[catgirl]

19. 9-11 was a photo-op for him

looking stupid in his hard hat. Funny how catastophies benefit him. He's despicable.

[rwenos]

13. Never Even Thought One

He's a lyin' cheatin' ex-drunk rich kid asshole, wisecracking, dyslexic, superficial, stupid, illiterate, AWOL, a candy ass little shit from a dogsh*t family, who belongs in jail . . . .

You get the idea.

[FM Arouet666]

14. I once remarked that...

I saw his face in one of my bowel movements. What a sad day, to insult my fecal stream in such a way.:evilgrin:

[Zensea]

15. I've said he is ignorant by design

or something similar. I use those words now because that's what John Dean says about him and I think it's a good way to put it. That is, he didn't start out stupid.
That's about as close as I've gotten to saying something nice about him.

[thoughtanarchist]

16. almost... but not really

during debates * spoke of increasing funds for pell grants and stafford loans, something that might have actually helped slow the nation's death spiral...

I knew he was LYING
and I was right.


Let's spend more on global ethnic cleansing then? yes? OK.

:freak:

[Vadem]

17. Never! He doesn't deserve it!!!!!! ........n/t

[saracat]

18. Once for about five minutes in 1999 I thought he might not be as bad as

his Dad, whom I loathed. I was right. He is much worse! Other than that I thought he was better looking when he was younger and didn't resemble a chimp! This is all I remember that I have ever said that was remotely nice!

[Pam-Moby]

20. Nope......not in this life..n/t

[LittleClarkie]

21. Right after 9/11

When he showed up in a mosque with his shoes off, because it's holy ground and that's what you do, and said that we had to respect our Arab-American citizens, I said I thought that was a good thing.

As Kerry said in the debate, right after 9/11 he handled himself decently in public. Didn't last though. And I was only half aware at the time, so I didn't know what else was going on.

[Old Mouse]

22. never

[ogradda]

23. well let me think...

like i need to think about that! hell no!}(

[Timebound]

24. Temporary insanity after 9-11....

I thought maybe he'd be a good president after all....Haha was I wrong...

[The Doctor.]

25. I'll admit....

I said, "His speech-reading ability is improving."

It is the thing he must work the hardest on.

He doesn't otherwise need to do much thinking.

:dunce:

(edited for 'is' and appropriate emoticon)

[Hobarticus]

26. That deer-in-the-headlights look on 9/11...

Before 9/11, I figured he'd just be another useless Republican in the White House, lining his contributors' pockets.

That morning, though, I actually felt sorry for him. He suddenly realized that he really HAD to be POTUS, and I think he knew he was in way over his head.

But did I admire him,or say anythign good about him? No. Empathize with him? Yes.

Natch, since then, I've had nothing good to say about the man.

[RafterMan]

89. That was my experience exactly

except, as an independent, I said "useless politician" rather than "useless Republican".

The nicest thing I said was, "Awww, he can't be *that* bad..." shortly after he took office.

Boy was I wrong.

[punpirate]

27. I believe in telling the truth...

... why should I start lying now? :P

[eaprez]

28. He's the best dope I've ever seen

[bobweaver]

29. The first and only time I ever saw him in person....

... was at the Del Mar Fair in Del Mar, California, in June 1999 just as he was starting to run for Prez. He made an informal appearance there and was just working the crowd, no speeches or anything. I remember seeing him from a short distance away and someone said it's George Bush's son and he's going to run for President next year. The nice thing I thought about him was that he seemed to have well-developed "one-to-one" people skills, as far relating directly to the people he was shaking hands with, very much in the manner of a church pastor or good used car salesman. That was the only "nice" thing have ever thought about him. I had no idea he was gov. of Texas at that time. I also remember thinking at that time, "he's running on his father's name, but his father lost to Clinton, so how would that help him?" Then I forgot all about him until the following year when he actually won in the primaries.

[SnoopDog]

30. I only say that he is a f*cking idiot and the worst president ever

That is being nice....

[WI_DEM]

31. I can honestly say No.

[For PaisAn]

32. No

Can't say something nice about him and be truthful at the same time.

[Jackie97]

33. Actually, yes...

but sometimes I do it out of wanting to cling to hope.

I like certain parts of "his" "No Child Left Behind" act. I like the part that demand that all teachers be qualified. It was getting to the point that they were willing to hire anybody. At the same time, there's shit about that act I don't like at all. You can't just blame Bush for this one though or give him sole credit. The credit/blame goes to both him and Ted Kennedy.

I have occasionally defended his wanting to allow more immigrants to come through. It just doesn't seem very liberal like not to defend it. What should I say? "Bush needs to build a wall and keep those immigrants out!" My argument in favor of it to right wingers is that if immigrants felt more free to register with the government, then we can keep better watch on who everybody who enters the country is; making us safer.

I have been saying for a long time that our intelligence systems needed to come together so we could better protect the country. So, once Bush pushed hesitant and immigrant paronoid Republicans into passing the intel bill, what was I supposed to do? Was I suddenly supposed to be against the intel bill because I didn't like Bush?

There might be other things, but that's enough.

No, I'm not a conservative. On the contrary, Bush can kiss my anti-war, pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-gun control, agnostic butt. It's not good to be so anti-Bush that one denies when he might have done something right or not so bad though because it makes us look mindless. It especially will make us look mindless if people find that we have no problem with Dems doing the same thing that Bush does.

[two gun sid]

34. Nope

I used to think I would never hate anyone like I hated Nixon. I was wrong.

[Pithy Cherub]

35. No.

I did say something nice about Barney's escape attempts!

[Bouncy Ball]

36. I have not ever said a kind word about the "man"

and he has been around for me since 94 (governor). And I never will.

[LSdemocrat]

37. Does "He doesn't know any better" count?

[shanti]

38. never have and never will

he repulsed me from the moment i saw his smirking face and heard the idiocy. no redeeming qualities whatsoever. i don't suffer fools gladly.

[Stinky The Clown]

39. YES I DID .... I SAID SOMETHING NICE .... IN FACT I'VE SAID IT OFTEN

I often call him an asshole. Knowing what he really is, that's high praise.

When I'm not in a nice mood I call him a spoiled, self-absorbed, narcissistic, Oedipal, self-loathing, bed wetting, religious cultist, hate mongering, uncaring, unfeeling, incompassionate, divisive, fuck wad, cheating, amoral, blasphemous, insensitive, nut job, dick head, shit face, dry drunk, small minded, vindictive, teat sucking, pissant, incurious, small minded man-child.

I could go on, but its late and I need to go to bed.

[Left coast liberal]

40. Yes. He seems to have a nice dog. nt

[Undercover Owl]

41. his wife seems pleasant. n/t

[Lerkfish]

74. For a stepford wife, weed dealing murderer..sure.

I'm sure her fiance thought she seemed pleasant as her car tires impacted his spleen, just before he died.

[LibDemAlways]

42. Probably the nicest thing

I've ever said about the chimp is that he's a worthless piece of shit.

[Lisabtrucking]

43. There is nothing nice to say about him. Never, Never, Never.

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[burn the bush]

44. at the 9/11 thing. I'm sorry. I didn't know then what I know now.

I already hated shrub but it was for his cockiness. I didn't know that he was actually dangerous. I'm sorry. I feel so so shameful.

[PlanetBev]

46. I am proud of my consistancy

I hated him then
I hate him now
I will hate him forever

I have not one kind thing to say about him. He is a spoiled rotten empty headed moron, devoid of any original thinking.

[NVMojo]

45. he seems to be concerned for Barney's well being.

yeah, right!

[The Traveler]

47. Sure.

On those rare occasions when he hasn't made a total horse's ass of himself and by extension this country, I've given him props.

I don't hate the man. Hate implies fear. What I feel rather is more akin to contempt moderated by pity. I always feel sorry for the village idiot.

But even the village idiot gets something right every once in a while, and I have to give him is due when that happens.

[Kahuna]

84. Yes. Hate does imply fear. Tell me. What will it take for you

to fear him???? :crazy;

[The Traveler]

115. Actual hatred doesn't come easily to me

That is, I have been told by qualified mental health personnel, a compensation for my violent tendencies. :evilgrin:

All kidding aside, I don't fear Bush. I oppose him. I do so for the sheer pleasure of standing on the side of the good guys. You see, there is good and there is evil and it doesn't take an ethical genius to figure out where Bush, and his PNAC and evangelistic cronies have taken their stand.

No. I won't fear him. I won't grant him that much power over me.

But I ain't ever gonna surrender to him and the bastards propping him up, either.

[Skittles]

48. NO

AND I HAVE HAD TO PUT UP WITH THAT STUPID, EVIL BASTARD FOR TEN F***ING YEARS NOW

[Gemini Cat]

49. I say nice things about him daily.

I say it's nice he lives far away from me and wouldn't it be nicer if he lived even further away, like hell or some such place.

I say it's nice when he goes back to his pig pen back in Crawford, Crawdaddy, Crawshit or whatever the hell it is called. I think it would be nice if he stayed there.

I say it's nice the way he can read a nice book about nice goats to nice school children, when the country was under attack.

Later on when victims of 09.11 wanted an investigation regarding what happened that day, he nicely bulked. Then he agreed. Nicely of course and during a closed, but nice hearing, together with his nice best buddy Dick Cheney.

It's nice the way he holds that dog of his and only drops the poor little dog on occasion. It's nice he only casually abuses the dog.

It's nice he admitted a dictatorship would be easier, as long as he is the head dick in dictator. That was sooooo nice of him to clear up any confusion I may have had, that this was a democracy.

It was nice when he said "bring it on" and they did.

It was nice of him to give up after dinner treats, because of the Iraqi war. I am sure everybody appreciated his nice sacrifice. Next week he's promised to generously donate his used tissue collection for the tsunami victims. Isn't that nice of him?

It's nice he wants to privatize social-security. I'm sure it will be nice for me. Especially when I will get ripped off. It's nice that my parents are dead, they won't have to put up with that shit.

It is nice that I now can proudly say that eventually I'll own my health care. I won't have any, but I'll own it.

Life under a nice bush is nice.

Yeah, Right.

[Annus Horribilis]

50. Yes, After 9/11

I thought he did a good job of uniting the country.

[Kahuna]

86. How did "he" unite the country?

Please tell me. Don't you think that the attack itself united the country? What did he do that was so special? I really don't get it when people say that. :shrug:

[chicagojoe]

51. NOPE !!! The nicest thing I could say someday will be---

"Boy, they did a good job. It looks like he's just sleeping".

[TXDemGal]

52. Not that I can recall.

Even before Bush and his puppet masters were selected in 2000, I knew this administration would be a smoke 'n mirrors kind of pResidency. They say one thing and do another. They rely on being able to fool enough of the people all of the time. In short, I have never said anything nice about these thugs. Keep in mind I'm in Texas, so I had the shining example of the *Bush governorship by which to judge.

Unless you count saying that it would be nice if we could see them all hanging from street lamps by their heels as "anything nice." :evilgrin:

[radfringe]

53. umm.. I did say he exceeded my expectations...

he f**ked up worse than I ever expected... :evilgrin:

[magellan]

54. Yes

He has repulsed me since he first came on the scene, but I thought his off the cuff (bullhorn) remarks at Ground Zero right after 9/11 were inspired.

Then he started dividing this country in earnest and I went back to detesting him with every fiber of my being.

[njdemocrat106]

55. Forgive me DUers, for I have sinned

Of course, I voted for Gore in 2000 (my first presidential vote), and was extremely disappointed that Bush became President (Gore definitely won Florida, no doubt about it). Up until September 11, I still didn't care for Bush, but I didn't really hold anything against him. I admit that after the terrorist attacks on that awful day, I thought he did a great job, and that he would go after the evil people that did this to us. It was only after I began hearing talks about invading Iraq that my opinion of him slowly started to change, and I realized that this war is not for the reasons Bush is claiming it to be for. Of course, it was around that time I discovered DU, and I started reading between the lines. I knew then for a fact that the war was for Bush and Cheney's own profit. DU has really been an eye-opener for me, moving me from being a moderate to a genuine liberal, though it took more than a year for me to be brave enough to begin posting on the boards (I am quite shy in real life).

[Piperay]

56. yes

after 911 I looked to him to give us all courage, I feel so ashamed and dirty now. :cry:

[Radical Activist]

57. I admit nothing. This press conference is over!

[liberal N proud]

58. NO!

Not EVER!

[morgan2]

59. I said/say that he isn't as stupid as he pretends to be.

[Dangerman]

60. NOT A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL!

Except maybe...

"Your wife got some really neat breast implants!"
(referring to Laura)

[mogster]

61. In 2001 my Bush-o-meter was at defcon 3 only

But that's as positive as it gets.

As, for now - well, he's like Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot combined, with his flock of hyenas closing in for the kill. *shudder*

[PaulaFarrell]

62. I said he did a good job on the WWII memorial

and then my mom told he had nothing to do with it, so I got to take it back. Whew.

[mtnsnake]

63. There is nothing anyone can say or do

to make me EVER say a nice syllable about that corrupt fuck.

[malaise]

64. Only if

Impeach him sounds nice.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

65. Yes.

"That's news to me. Need any wood?" was the funniest line of the 2004 election campaign. If the post under contention had been for a standup comedian, and not for the most powerful man in the world, Bush would have won my vote hands down (if I were an American, that is).

His malapropisms are masterly, too, and I'm pretty sure that at least some of them are deliberate.

[kamqute]

66. I remember every time

-I defended his shift from a paltry 35 million to a measly 350 million for tsunami relief against allegations it was done in shame, saying that is how most foreign aid is solicited.

-I didn't say it, but I for a moment considered he might excercise restraint if the time came to appoint a new World Bank head.

-I thought it was good of him to lend his voice to a PSA on Sirius.

-I admonished a friend to give credit where credit is due regarding speeches.

-I thought 'You call it sushi; I call it bait' was clever, and said so twice.

[napi21]

67. I have constantly asked myself if there is something good there.

I think I've fairly tried to step back and make a fair judgement. I simply haven't found anything about the man I like.

I don't trust anything he says.
He says he wants bipartisanship, but eliminates Dems from any discussions.
He's arrogant.
He claims sto be a Christian, but does everything contrary to Christian beliefs.

Sorry. I really have tried, but the shrub failed to meet ANY standards.

[Stuckinthebush]

68. Yes - He's the best asshole I know

How's that?

[tanyev]

69. I have said that he has

a genuine talent for bringing out the worst in people.

[GOPBasher]

70. A little after 9/11.

I still hated his politics, but I thought, for a bit there, that he was actually a decent fellow, at least personally.

[robbedvoter]

71. 100% pure loathing ever since I heard of the "Jesus Day" in Texas

his "accomplishment" as a governor. Anyone who did the least amount on reading on this guy shouldn't be surprised by ANYTHING coming outta him. It was all clear from day one. (Paging Ralph Nader)

[FreeStateDemocrat]

72. Easily spotted him as a solid 24-caret phony from the git-go.

I want to borrow the rose-colored glasses of anyone who couldn’t spot this fraud humanoid immediately the first time they had any exposure to his totally lame act. Classic case of: "he is lying whenever his lips are moving."

[Lerkfish]

73. nope, I've mistrusted him from before he was selected...

because I mistrusted ALL republicans since Reagan.
I had the scales fall from my eyes and I see the underlying evil they all exhibit in their policies. Since then, I expect the worst from them, and I am never disappointed.

[Neecy]

75. just once

Usually when I see his chimp mug on television I lunge for the remote, but I watched the unveiling of the Clinton portraits (wanted to check out the artwork).

When he spoke, I thought, "Wow, he's acting like a normal, non-psychotic human being." He didn't smirk, make crude wisecracks, or thrust his head toward the audience like a turkey pecking at feed corn. For the first (and probably only) time in his administration he acted in a gracious manner.

Of course, he's a mass murderer and a sick fuck, so those few minutes didn't wipe out the evil that he's caused in the world. Sad to say that his normal behavior is so appalling that acting for a few minutes as any real sentient person would is noteworthy.

[LiberalCat]

76. Never.

I easily recognized him as a phony, a liar, a bully, and an abuser. He has no empathy for anyone. Cruelty is the only way he knows. And sadly, it was obvious that he would, like his poppy, start a fake war.

[txaslftist]

77. He hasn't killed as many innocents as Hitler...yet.

[noonwitch]

78. Getting Clinton to help raise money for Tsunami victims is a good plan

Get his dad to shake down corporate america for donations, get Clinton to shake down Hollywood, who had a good year in 2004 due to raising movie ticket prices.

[heidiho]

79. Never have and never will

In my mind, he can never or will never do anything that is not self-serving.

Worst president ever. A Phoney and a hypocrite and an idiot.

[Tom Rinaldo]

80. I conceded in a talk with a friend that he isn't an overt racist

That's about it. His policies disproportionately hurt minorities along with the rest of the poor, but Bush seems to have no personal discomfort being in a multi racial group of his peers.

[JerseygirlCT]

81. When there's something good to say, I'll say it

so far, he never fails to disappoint.

[cmf]

82. Not that I can recall.n/t

[Kahuna]

83. Hell no!! I knew he was a treachourous weasel the moment I laid

eyes on him. That man gave me the willies.

[SammyWinstonJack]

85. NEVER!!!!!!!

There is absolutely nothing nice too be say about that POS unless one is given to lying.

[rodeodance]

87. hard to follow the Chrisitan upbringing of 'if you can't say something

good about the person, then don't say anything" mantra on this one!!
I actully do not recall saying anything good!!

[newportdadde]

88. ...

I'll just repeat what I said to my Republican voting friends about Bush. "The only good thing about Bush win is its easier to make money on Oil and Gold stocks."

[drscm]

90. After 2000, I thought he would be stupidly entertaining. It didn't take

long before I discovered that he was stupid, mean and viscous.

[quiet.american]

91. If I ever did, I mis-spoke n/t

[izzybeans]

92. Everytime I started to...

he turned out to be dishonest. I always think surely there is something I won't be let down by. But I'm always wrong. It's a never ending cycle.

[infusionman]

93. Nope

[yardwork]

94. Um, I gave him the benefit of the doubt for being in recovery

during his 2000 campaign. I certainly didn't support his campaign or encourage anyone to vote for him or ever think he would be a good president, but I did take him at his word that he was no longer drinking.

I believe that to be a lie now. I don't think he's ever been in recovery. Just another lie.

[truebrit71]

95. Never.

.

[marcologico]

96. In the first debate I gave him credit for having the best haircut.

[qanda]

97. Can't say that I ever have

And I am one who used to believe that there was some good in everyone.

[krrywon]

98. never!!!

[katinmn]

99. I thought he was great in F 9-11

:)

[mvd]

100. Nope

For a week or two after 9/11, I cut down on the bashing, but I never said anything nice.

[driver8]

102. Never!! Never, never, never, never!!

I have always thought he was an idiot and I will always believe that. Even when he was grand standing in NYC after 9/11 and all of his bullshit about "smokin' out" the terrorists...supposedly the world loved him. I hated him.

[rednitej]

103. I once praised his "brush clearing ability."

Just kidding, of course.

[bunkerbuster1]

104. I confess. I said nice things about him while courting a likely Bush voter

online. I was trying to sell Kerry to the Bush voter, and I said that Bush wasn't the environmental disaster some made him out to be.

And I... this isn't easy to say... I actually mentioned the off-road diesel regs.

Hey, I thought the ends justified the means. Mea culpa.

Beyond that, I do admire the man's distance running ability, and I did feel a little sorry for him when his knee blew out.

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[lakelly]

106. Are you joking?

Does making it through 1 day without calling him a f**cking moron count?:eyes: :eyes:

[Ronnie]

107. Uh....

No. The first time I saw him on my 27-inch TV, I looked deeply into his eyes and saw a lying piece of crap.

[Justpat]

108. No. I'm an honest person and I couldn't bring myself

to lie about the bastard.

[mattclearing]

109. I've said he's smarter than he lets on.

Which I believe is true. I don't think that's a positive, though.

[Forkboy]

110. I figured he'd make music angry again

and he has.So there's that :)

[mattclearing]

111. No. Their music has sucked from day one.

And most of the songs on their first album have ripped off riffs.

Come Down from this Cloud song is You Give Love a Bad Name.

Glycerine is With or Without You or Canon in D (Everyone has copied this)

Everything Zen is Rockin in the Free World.

Bush blows.

[jswordy]

112. YES, I did say something nice about DUHbya when...

...I found myself in agreement with ONE THING from his disasterous last 4 years. That was when he said it is a good thing for Americans to exercise because it staves off disease. I still agree with him on that one point.

Other than that, it's goose eggs fer the ijit.

[unpossibles]

113. Have I ever said anything nice about Bush?

yes, although I like it shaved too; not really my decision.... :evilgrin:


oh... you mean.... that guy.... Well, I have hated and distrusted his whole family since the "Reagan" Bush the Elder administration. They got off the hook with Iran-Contra and are continuing to snowball us into hell. Not that I am a pessimist. he is everything I stand against - ignorant, greedy, self-serving, and rude.

[DemGirl7]

114. I have once...

when I was reading a TIME once, and they had some pictures of Bush when he was younger, I said that he was "good looking as a young man", stupid hormones...

[Dave Reynolds]

116. Sorry to admit this.

I did once mention that he was the biggest fool I have ever seen.

That's about as nice as I could think of.....

[Zinfandel]

117. Not a fucking chance!

Anyone who's astute, did their homework about this lying, greedy, elitist, killing devil Bush, when the republican fascist were molding this asshole for national dictator while he was Governor of Texas should fucking know better. That's who this pig Bush is, and has always been and always will be.

Bush, the silver-spoon fed, "C" average student (at best) AWOL, drunk, coke-head, arrestee, who's failed at EVERY business he's ever been involved in, propped up by his corporate friends, is one disgusting excuse for a human being.

[earthtime]

118. not a f***ing chance in a time machine

i was bitching about him before he ran for governor of Texas because of the bushky's family history, and i live in Michigan.
And i'm still bitching!

[TrustingDog]

119. Waaaay back in the day...

before I knew what kind of shitpile predator physcopath murdering asshole he was... I did kinda like his Rooster Strut.

I am SO ashamed now for thinking that...

[norml]

120. I've said that he doesn't matter. Does that count?

When great anger has been expressed for him by people in my presence, I've said to blame the machine, for which Bush is a figurehead, not to blame him. I've said to blame Karl Rove, and others similar to Rove. I've said to blame the right wing media machine, and it's media whores. I've said to blame the evil movement that calls itself conservative, and that Georgie Dubya, by himself, doesn't really matter.