George W. Bush Interview: Insulting, Ugly And Pathetic

[FourScore]

George W. Bush Interview: Insulting, Ugly And Pathetic.
by Verbalpaintball
Tue Nov 09, 2010 at 03:06:56 AM PST

I don't know WHAT I was expecting, but it wasn't what I saw. I thought, maybe a smidgen of humility. Some minor regrets. A view of the world and his Presidency with a little depth and some thoughtfulness.

No. Got none of that. And while I certainly never cared for the man while he was President, my opinion of him after this interview has actually dived lower. He showed his true self last night.

And, ladies and gentlemen, it's all solidly true.

George W. Bush is an arrogant, nasty, callous, self-righteous little prick.

I know, for some, that's nothing new, but, understanding human nature, there's always the acknowledgment that people are more complex than they lead us to believe - that the cardboard cut-out version we see can't really be all there is in the pure light of day. That, somehow, without the trappings of the Presidency, a true human being would appear, one with traits we can identify with.

Instead, I challenge anyone to find a positive word to say about this horrible human being after that insulting, ugly interview he gave last night. In a word, this man is an abomination. An abomination that feels his opinion is divine.

Take, for example, his assessment of the lowest moment in office (Guardian):

Yet in his opinion, the worst moment of his presidency, according to Bush, and his suddenly hyperactive body language testified to the truth of his belief in this statement, was not any losses of life in Iraq, Afghanistan, New York or New Orleans – it was being criticised by Kanye West on TV who claimed that the president's slow reaction to the victims of Katrina proved he "doesn't care about black people":

"I didn't appreciate it then, and I don't appreciate it now," he said stoutly, as though the consistency of his reaction somehow gave it more credibility, drumming his fingers manically.

"I wonder if some people are going to read this and they might give you some heat for it," said Lauer.

"Don't care," barked Bush, like a spoilt toddler.

"You're not saying the worst moment of your presidency was watching the misery in Louisiana, you're saying it's because somebody insulted you because of it," continued Lauer.

Bush made an irritated exhalation: "I also make it clear that the misery in Louisiana affected me deeply as well."

But not as much as a diss by Kanye, mind.

In the small minded, egotistical world of George W. Bush, being told he was a racist was the pinnacle of infuriation. You could see it in his response. There was no perspective on WHY the claim was made, a more sympathetic, Presidential response about how his policies might have fostered that outlook and, sure, West was a little over-dramatic. But his angry retort was simply to call West a "racist" as well. Nice. Very Presidential.

And, furthermore, his BIGGEST concern during Katrina was not the lives that could be lost, the chaos that would ensue or the quickness of the national guard's response. It was usurping a democratic governor's authority in a primarily black city. Yes. The RIGHT RESPONSE to that disaster was not more important than HIS OWN PERSONAL POLITICS. Never has been for this man.

Waterboarding:

"Let's talk about waterboarding!" said Bush, with an eager, come-and-get-me arm gesture.

"Why is waterboarding legal?" asked Lauer.

"Because the lawyer said it's legal," Bush retorted.

"Would it be OK for a foreign country to waterboard an American?"

"All I ask is that people read the book," he replied, suggesting that maybe some kind of secret get out clause is hidden within its pages...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/11/9/918894/-George-W.-Bush-Interview:-Insulting,-Ugly-And-Pathetic.

[shraby]

1. That book is something I would never ever want to read.

Can't stand a self serving version of his presidency which was a disaster from the get-go.

[HopeHoops]

3. Wait for it to come out in the dollar store and buy a bunch to use for starting the fire pit.

That's all it is good for. You wouldn't expect any actual truth or information in it would you? We didn't get any of that the entire time the shrub was in office.

[niyad]

2. you should have read molly ivins' books on that drunken little cretin. then, none of what you saw

last night would have surprised you in the least.

[Missy Vixen]

36. I read Molly Ivins' "Shrub" before the election

I BEGGED others to read it, even going so far as to buy and hand out several copies.

It makes me sick to my stomach that Molly Ivins showed the impending train wreck to those who would only read her work, and people really didn't connect the dots before it was too late.

Thinking of the victims of New York, New Orleans, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as those who were asked to die (or sustain permanent injury,) for a lie.

[Ikonoklast]

4. The racism charge stung the most because it's true.

The language used behind closed doors by the Ruling Class to describe the rest of us is the most base, foul, and dismissive.


I'm sure W and Poppy had more than one conversation about that ****** in the White House.

These people actually think they are better than you, because their money told them so.




Backwoods cracker peckersniffs with a bankroll is what they are.

[PerpetuallyDazed]

8. That's funny because I kind've suspected the opposite...

He got all offended because out of every other indictment thrown his way, the racism charge was one he could feel righteous defending! (i.e., he knows the other accusations--War in Iraq, Katrina response, holds some grain of truth even in his narcissistic mind). I agree with you and certainly think that he's a "classist" and probably doesn't realize how that could be intertwined with racism.

[bdamomma]

5. such BS bringing that man into the spotlight again he is no hero.

damn he ruined the country, he should be in jail.

[deutsey]

7. I saw that CBS morning "news" was going to have a segment on him this morning

along with his parents from their compound in Kennebunkport.

:puke:

[bdamomma]

10. oh crap, putting criminals up on the pedestal the media is not well either.

who's next to be seen??? Cheney we haven't seen him in awhile. jerk.

[olegramps]

19. Barbra the Beast and his Chicken Shit father were his dysfunctional role models.

What can you expect? His father's account of why he bailed out of the plane and left two crew members helpless has been soundly exposed as nothing more than the lies of a coward. On many occasions he expressed his distraught over their deaths solely because he knows in his heart that abandoned them. It was only his ties to some of the most powerful people in the military, including
Simpson, that prevented him from a Court Martial inquiry. They had built him up as a the youngest pilot in the service of his country. The fact of the matter is he should never been allowed to enter the pilot program. Strings were pulled to get him into the program. The same thing was accorded his son to avoid the draft. History does repeat itself. What can be said of a mother that has a miscarriage and puts the fetus in a jar and shows it to her son who she then tells has him drive her to the hospital. No wonder he is so damn fucked up. Dating from Prescott they were a cancer rotting eating at the very heart of the Republic.

[deutsey]

6. May that bitter little man continue to fade away into irrelevancy

Unfortunately, his legacy will remain with for quite a while. :evilfrown:

[Overseas]

9. Did they ask-- When you read the August 2001 briefing with the headline

Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S -- President's Daily Brief, Aug. 6, 2001

what did you do?

Or perhaps the better question would be-- Did you read the August 6, 2001 briefing?

[AlabamaLibrul]

11. Not to mention drunk. Motherfucker was SMASHED! Slurring all over the place. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

18. Like he just got out of a swimming pool filled with Jim Beam!

Teetotaler, my ASS. I know drunks. That bastard was CROCKED!

[worriedshrimp]

12. remembering the REMF...

http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=638790878#!/note.php?note_id=165471960142639

[ixion]

13. The lot of the BFEE are worthless excuses for humanoids

I wouldn't even go so far as to use the word 'being', in their case.

[Johonny]

14. George Bush doesn't care about people

he only cares about himself. Always was that way, will never change. Fuck him.

[NV Whino]

15. Recc'd for...

arrogant, nasty, callous, self-righteous little prick.

Spot on.

[gratuitous]

33. On behalf of arrogant, nasty, callous, self-righteous little pricks everywhere

We object to being lumped in with George W. Bush. Misunderstood are we.

[formercia]

16. Junior is trying to spin his legacy, at the expense of everyone else

he's not doing a very good job except to throw other players under the Bus.

[ixion]

17. that's how he served out his pResidency

so it's not surprising.

[Supersedeas]

20. Would it be okay if another country's John Yoo said it was legal?

[Uncle Joe]

21. That was the only time that I've heard the corporate media

address the inauguration protests and Bush riding to power in a limousine omelet.

Thanks for the thread, FourScore.

[kath]

23. Uncle Joe, what was said about the inauguration protests? Did Lauer bring it up?

I don't see anything in the OP above or in the DailyKos post.
Thanks.

[Uncle Joe]

24. Yes, paraphrasing; I believe Lauer said there were protests, profanity and people throwing eggs,

he didn't actually show the eggs hitting the limo, as they did in the movie Fahrenheit 9/11.

If I remember correctly Bush used a propaganda word to diminish the importance of those people's enmity toward him, he called them "activists."

They were just "activists" or something to that effect.

[kath]

26. Wow, I'm surprised. It's seemed like it was definitely VERBOTEN for anyone in the corporate

media to mention the egg-throwing and huge number of protesters.

Not one bit surprised that Chimpyshit called them "fringe" or "activists" or whatever.

[Uncle Joe]

29. I believe the "Verboten" imperative was diminished because.

Bush wasn't in power anymore and I believe he mentions this episode in his book; which Lauer was using for the interview.

It wasn't as if Lauer got in to depth as to the reasons or motivations for the peoples' anger and frustration, he just let Bush dismiss it as being the work of "activists."

For the record, I don't have anything against activists or the word activist but to many Americans it doesn't ring with the same familiarity as the word "people."

One might ask why are the people angry, but the word activists seems to give its' own simplistic answer; it's because they're activists.

Watch for the corporate media to demonize the word "activist" in the near future.

[political_Dem]

22. Money does not buy class. In this case, it created a person with Anti-Social Personality Disorder.

I couldn't stand to watch him during his presidency. I sure as heck wouldn't sit through his interviews now. A person has to earn a medal of honor to do such a thing.

[Crankie Avalon]

25. The sociopath must always and forever hate and blame his victims...

...no "flip flopping" on that.

[opihimoimoi]

27. There goes that Fool again...trying to chisel his epitaph on Mt Rush More

Canardly hold the hammer right...its slow going...poor funding for the air compressors and chisel bits....his crew of old white men is non

union and unbalanced....

always falling off them high scaffolds...some fatally

[Meatball]

28. GWB is completely detached from reality..

he is a crazy person.

[WinkyDink]

30. Psychopath.

[Hydra]

31. I still can't believe President Obama is covering for him and his bunch

So many chances to put these people away...gone.

[Raine]

32. He came off as even dumber than I could've

ever imagined. :silly: :puke:

[onethatcares]

34. I heard some piece of crap on NPR today , I think it was his voice

and almost puked.

I don't like him, don't care if he dies tonite while eating pretzels, or drinking vodka martinis.

I can't look at his face with out wanting to throw something, anything at it.

It's going to be hard to even pick his book up and move it to childs' fiction when I see it. But I will.

[SidDithers]

35. K&R...nt

Sid

[jimlup]

37. Sorry, I'm sick

:puke: ... not at the thread: that damn traitor and massive war criminal should be facing the guillotine and not writing a book, it makes me lose it. :puke:

[tavalon]

38. Ever the silverspoon sociopath and I see the early onset dementia

isn't doing great things for an already petty, small minded, childish brat. It never does, unfortunately. The sad thing is that he is likely to exit this world as oblivious to the worldwide damage he did as he was when he was happily doing it.

[Waiting For Everyman]

39. He figures Nixon got whitewashed, as did Reagan, and he will too.

Unfortunately, he's probably right. Again, the paid-for RW think tanks will churn out some "academic" drivel (no doubt Wendy Gramm's on top of that assignment), and the propaganda machine will chop it into soundbite-truisms to create another myth-in-our-time.

In 10 years or so, once a new generation who doesn't remember it comes of age, it's all good and the same scams are like they never happened before.

Heck, this elections shows that we can't even remember back 2 years.