Bush Legacy Project Faces Resistance

[babylonsister]

:nopity:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_12/016204.php

BUSH LEGACY PROJECT FACES RESISTANCE.... A few years ago, Chris Matthews said, on the air, that "everybody sort of likes the president, except for the real whack-jobs, maybe on the left." Three years later, it appears that liberal whack-jobs have somehow brainwashed the vast majority of the electorate.

A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans feel President Bush's departure from office is coming not a moment too soon.

Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday said they're glad Bush is going; 23 percent indicated they'll miss him. <...>

CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider added, "As President Bush prepares to leave office, the American public has a parting thought: Good riddance. At least that's the way three-quarters feel."

That "Bush Legacy Project," which has been working lately on improving the president's public standing, doesn't seem to be connecting.

Now, everyone obviously knows that Bush is extremely unpopular, and has been for quite some time, but it's helpful to pause once in a while to appreciate just how despised this president is. We're witnessing something truly historical here.

Consider, for example, the question of post-presidential contributions. Eight years ago, 55% of Americans wanted to see Bill Clinton remain active in public life. For Bush, the number is 33%. The country, in other words, not only wants Bush to go away, but we don't want to see him popping up from time to time, either.

Eric Kleefeld went through some of the internals and found widespread distaste for Bush on every level. Americans don't like him, don't trust him, don't think he cares about them, and don't admire him. The public doesn't think Bush united the country, doesn't think he brought about the change we needed, and believes he failed to manage the government effectively.

The scope of the public's disdain for Bush is almost impressive.

—Steve Benen

[pretzel4gore]

1. i'll always wonder: did tweety really believe that?

or was it just him buttering his bread as the other media hirelings were doing for such windfall gains?

[tblue37]

19. Tweety is subject to man crushes. Right now he actually has a man crush on Obama.

He used to have one on Dim Son. He seems to have finally gotten over that, but, yeah, I think he really beleived that crap when he spewed it.

[leftchick]

2. gee ya think?

Shoe-thrower inspires Bush-bashing Web game




DUBAI (Reuters) – A shoe-throwing incident at an Iraqi news conference with George W. Bush has inspired an Internet game where the player hurls footwear at a moving target of the U.S. president.

The game, which has been circulated by email, gives players 30 seconds to try to hit Bush with a brown shoe as many times as possible, with the score appearing in the top left hand corner of the screen.

Players are greeted with the command: "OBJECTIVE: Hit President Bush in the face with your shoes! Do it!"

On-target shots are met with a message of congratulations: "Shoes have successfully hit President Bush in his face. Well done!"

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki can be seen peeping over a lectern next to Bush in the mock-up of the now-infamous joint news briefing Sunday when an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the president who ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Television reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi became an instant sensation in the Arab world, where throwing shoes at someone is considered to be the ultimate insult.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081217/od_nm/us_bush_game_odd/print

[Submariner]

3. Stole two elections, lost two wars, tanked the economy, and outed

a covert CIA agent damaging the Iran WMD investigation. Go home and die Dubya. Some don't care about you anymore, I never cared. I hated your AWOL guts way before it became fashionable.

[jtrockville]

7. Don't forget TORTURE - his most egregious act.

[vanboggie]

20. And wiped out a major American city n/t

[JackRiddler]

4. Sigh. So how did McCain get 23 percent times two?

[csziggy]

5. That is Bush's legacy - and his attempts to re-write history and justify his traitorous actions

Are just going to piss more people off. If I could talk to bush, I'd say, "Hell of a job, Shrubby!"

[Poiuyt]

6. Don't let up! Bush's followers will be working hard to rewrite history

That's what the $500 million library is all about, It's going to be a think tank whose sole purpose is to write books and articles favorable to Bush.

[valerief]

8. the only people that count to him are the uber rich and they love him. nt

[burythehatchet]

9. This legacy project is the longest parade of an emperor with no clothes EVER.

[babylonsister]

12. Speaking of, Rove has an article today

assuring us all that idiot son is an avid reader. :eyes:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123025595706634689.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[bleever]

16. Anything but PDB's.

Happy Holidays, sis! Here's to surviving the last eight years.

:toast:

[babylonsister]

17. That's right, PDB's. Makes me wonder how much Condi reads, too.

Hey, bleever, backatya, and this poor excuse for a man can't leave soon enough for me. It's been a long 8 years.

Here's to the future. It's going to get better. :fistbump:

[Lil Missy]

21. Oh, blow me! He has not read 10 books in his entire lifetime!

[FloridaJudy]

10. Narcissistic Lout

Hey, George: did it ever occur to you that maybe if you'd asked yourself "Will this help the average citizen of this country, and of the world" before you did some fucking lame-assed thing to make yourself look good and make money for your cronies, you wouldn't have to worry about your fucking "legacy"?

This man obviously doesn't give a shit what he's done to this country and to the world: he only cares about looking good in the history books.

I cannot begin to tell you how much I despise this miserable waste of a human incarnation.

[opihimoimoi]

11. 4 for Flame....we need one more for the FLAME AWARD....THE POS AWARD

[gratuitous]

13. Damn you, Reality!

Look what has been done to the Bush Legacy Project!

[n2doc]

14. Obama approval = 81%, Bush disapproval = 75%

Sounds pretty united to me!

[sutz12]

15. Too many people saw the Mythbusters episode where they tried to polish turds...

Didn't work then, won't work with Bush.

:shrug:

[TexasObserver]

18. Proving that Tweety is an idiot, and has said Everything at least once.