"Laura an' I are HONORED to help commission an AWESOME ship an' honor an AWESOME man..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

MSNBC Video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28591981#28591981



US President George W. Bush (R) walks with his mother Barbara Bush as they arrive for the commissioning ceremony on the deck of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, January 10, 2009.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)

[dkofos]

1. My gods that woman (??) makes me cringe every time I see her.

[Cleita]

9. I guess Laura is no longer doing the ceremonial stuff and mommy in law

has to fill in?

[Faygo Kid]

18. Ma Barker .

George H.W. wasn't around. He was just oblivious. It was Ma Barker who raised those twisted boys. Sick.

[Diane R]

2. A photo of sheer evil.

[DaLittle Kitty]

11. I Met A Gentleman Who Was Crew On The Sub That Retrieved GHWBush When He Was Shot Down; He Told Me..

That George H. W. Bush was Spat upon, had coffee thrown on him and was totally disrespected by the crew of the submarine because in their opinion he abandoned his radio operator who sat behind Bush in his TBM Avenger that was shot down. In their opinion, Bush should have made certain that his crew-mate could get out too. In the opinion of the submarine crew according to the gentleman who told me this story, George H.W. Bush ABANDONED HIS CREW-MATE in his rush to "save his own sorry ass!"

GUARANTEED TRUE ACCOUNT I am sure... I just ran into this gentleman outside of a shopping center in Zephyr Hills, Florida a couple of years ago. Never a mention of the guy Bush left to die in his airplane. That's politics I guess, kind of like fishing, " The true story is always a little different from the hype and in this case history is re-written to fool the public into believing something that is the polar opposite of the truth!

Now we are naming an aircraft carrier after this scoundrel? :puke:

[bulloney]

13. I've heard that story, too. But that damned librul media refuses to bring that story to light.

You know darned well that if a similar incident happened with Jimmy Carter or some other Democrat running for President who served in the military, that story would have been out in spades, much like the stories on Obama's "associations" with people from his past.

[DaLittle Kitty]

15. And... Lest We Neglect To Mention Young George W.'s "Champagne Squadron" Days!

What a Fuck up! Of course the whole world is aware of what a failure he is now, everyone but GW himself!

[sailor65]

21. Funny thing about "Guaranteed True Accounts"

they almost never are......

[DaLittle Kitty]

29. Klown!!! DIRTBAG BUSH DEFENDER...The U.S. Navy VETERAN Had NO REASON TO MAKE IT UP

The account is as true as America's Economic situation... is GRAVE! Tell me that you want more tax cuts and an end to the "Death Tax" cause I'm sure that's wherre YOU are coming from...

[Occam Bandage]

30. You're a joke. nt

[DaLittle Kitty]

34. Sorry Truth IS ALWAYS Painful for those whose "Beliefs" Are Threatened Thusly!

:nuke:

[cherokeeprogressive]

32. This Naval Veteran wants to know how a Submariner knows the circumstances.

Was the sub equipped with that newfangled periscope/telescope thingy?

I think the story is bullshit. No one on the sub could have known the circumstances under which the plane went down. Not possible, no way, no how. UNLESS the sub was running on the surface with everyone on deck witnessing the event. Submarines don't have windows, or portholes. Two of the three souls on board the aircraft perished. How does one "abandon" a crewmember when bailing out of a crippled airplane? Who would know the exact circumstances other than the aircraft's crewmembers?

Get a clue. This is almost on par with the "wet start" on board the USS Forrestal that everyone who hated John McCain wanted to believe in.

Added: I'm not a bush defender, so going there will only make you look more stupid than your subject line.

[DaLittle Kitty]

33. Naval Vet:TBM Avenger IS A TWO Seater... Shows How Much You Know! The Whole Crew...

Was On GHWB's Ass according to the 80 something gentleman Veteran Submariner crew-member of the sub that picked Bush up! The gentleman had absolutely NO reason to concoct the story as the original reason I started talking to him was completely unrelated. What 80 year-olds do you know that you know walk around making up personal historical anecdotes and telling them to strangers at every opportunity? Case Closed Bush Defender... A sthat would be the ONLY reason that anyone on THIS board would step up to defend the former CIA Director! :nuke:

[undeterred]

3. Is that how they talk in high school these days?

[Golden Raisin]

28. If for nothing else

I am already grateful that Obama can speak like an intelligent adult, in cohesive, grammatically correct sentences and with a descriptive vocabulary that goes beyond "awesome". Obama can consort and interact with Heads of State and other dignitaries without embarrassing and disgracing every citizen of the U.S.A. Eight LONG years of this faux, aw-shucks-I'm-gist-a-regular-guy-who-ain't-so-good-at-fancy-speakin' (HATE those dropped "G's"), phony Texas good ol' boy (born in upper-crust, patrician Connecticut society) coupled with his tortured syntax, painfully awkward delivery and mangled words ("misunderestimated") have been more than enough. Good riddance.

[Sultana]

4. Oh, God

Make them fucking go away.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. I don't know how they sleep at night

one day they will be punished for their crimes

[VP505]

16. They sleep quite well, I am sure.

They just don't see the world and reality the way most people do.

[panader0]

6. Someday, when all of the bush family crimes have been exposed

they'll have to change the name of the carrier.

[Greyhound]

7. A multi-billion $ monument to waste, fraud, and incompetence is apropos, don't you think?

Makes a nice fat target too.

[4 t 4]

10. Oh please, leave her "Beautiful Mind" alone

after all so many of us people were underprivileged as it was this is working quite well for us.

[Cleita]

8. Did they get into the champagne before the bottle was broken?n/t

[liberalmuse]

12. What a family.

They are our own Borgias (with the exception of Lucretia who was actually a saint).

[Faygo Kid]

19. Recommend.

I know you can't K&R a response, but this was a good one. Thanks.

[Sebass1271]

24. Any book you can recommend for me to read about the

Borgias?

[liberal N proud]

14. Why is the Quaker Oats man there?

[Sebass1271]

17. Question: Who decided to name this ship made from our

taxed dollars with GHWBush? I don't understand? Why not Jimmy Carter or William J. Clinton? HOw come MOST of things are being named after Republicans ONLY?

Who makes these decisions?

[Occam Bandage]

25. Jimmy Carter has a Seawolf-class nuclear submarine named after him.

Which makes sense, since he was a submarine officer. GHWB's carrier makes sense, since he was a naval aviator. And those are, to the best of my knowledge, the only two ships named after living persons in the United States Navy.

[spartan61]

27. Good questions!!!

Wasn't the aircraft carrier that was commissioned before this one named for St Ronnie Raygun?

[Occam Bandage]

31. Yup. As a nice little thank you gift for his 600-Ship Navy program.

You scratch the MIC's back, and the MIC scratches yours.

[pnorman]

20. I DESPISE all five of them (including Jeb & Neal)

I've also heard that story several times before. But I decline to "run" with it, lacking sound corroborative evidence. It's too close to that Swift-Boat journalism that we've all have come to mistrust and despise.

pnorman
On edit: I had mistakenly posted this in response to the OP. But it was intended as a reply to Post #11.

[democrank]

22. YAY!!!! The aristocratic Bush family!

Bar and her 2 1/2 presidents...each one an American hero. USA! USA! USA!

[Occam Bandage]

23. Nimitz-class carriers are indeed awesome in all senses of the word.

Doesn't change the fact that Bush is a moron and his daddy is a putz, though.

[rvablue]

26. When wilL it STOP....*takes deep breath and chants to oneself*....

nine days...
nine days...
nine days...
nine days...
nine days...
nine days...

Oh please, Lord, speed up time...only nine more days.

Because frankly, I can't take much more of these people.