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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:13 AM
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It's shocking to realize, yet again, that Bush really is a dumb sonofabitch
The worst moment of his presidency was when some second-rate rap dude called him a racist, and the thing that he misses most is BEING PAMPERED?

All the terrible things that the presidents of my lifetime have been through: the Cold War, the oil embargo, the hostage crisis, the Ethiopian famine, the Challenger disaster, Lockerbie, all the crap in the Middle East, Tianenman Square, the scary dissolution of the Soviet Union, the first Gulf War, AIDS, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Reagan being SHOT, the Oklahoma City bombing, Somalia, the war in Yugoslavia, the bombing of the USS Cole, the Rwandan genocide, the first WTC bombing, and the Columbine massacre, not to mention earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, riots...

I'm sure that if you asked Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, and Clinton what they missed most about being president, TO A MAN it would be some variation on the intellectual challenge and excitement of meeting with both foreign and American leaders and being able to shape policy for children yet unborn here and around the globe. You know, MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

It really drives home not only how stupid Bush is, but what a goddamn NARCISSIST he is.

3,000 people were KILLED on September 11th, but that wasn't about him.

2,000 people were KILLED in Hurricane Katrina, but that wasn't about him.

Being called a racist was a PERSONAL INSULT. PERSONAL INSULTS are intolerable to the narcissist.


Shaping the realities of children yet unborn isn't about him. Being a part of the end of the Cold War or the beginning of peace between Israel and Palestine isn't about him.

Getting a nice dinner on the White House china, that's what it's about. I'm sure the sheets are very comfortable, and the chairs are plush. THAT's what it's all about.

What a useless, useless man.


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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:26 AM
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1. and even in their worst time, the Bushes had a "fabulous" year.
And they can even laugh about the night of September 11, 2001.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:27 AM
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10. "That's right -- we got a laugh out of it." (Peggy Noonan's interview)
President Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, "You'll be sleeping downstairs. Washington's still a dangerous place." And I said no, I can't sleep down there, the bed didn't look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. Like the way things are. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we're going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, "We're under attack. We need you downstairs," and so there we go. I'm in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I'm barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I'm holding Laura --

Mrs. Bush: I don't have my contacts in, and I'm in my fuzzy house slippers --

President Bush: And this guy's out of breath, and we're heading straight down to the basement because there's an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it's a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back upstairs and go to bed.

Mrs. Bush: And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.

Noonan: So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.

President Bush: That's right -- we got a laugh out of it.

http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/george-w-bush-and-laura-bush/?page=6
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:25 AM
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15. The first time I laughed after 9/11 was when Guiliani said we could on SNL
Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 09:35 AM by lunatica
This is not about Guiliani. This is about how profoundly our grief was that we had to have someone actually say it was OK to laugh again, and George and Bush get to laugh within 24 hours of the worst attack on US soil in history.

I remember the skit. When Guiliani said that it seemed they and the audience actually held their breath in anticipation of it being a major bomb, then the audience (both in the studio and across the country) burst into explosive laughter. It was definitely a moment that could have been in the category of 'too soon'.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:43 AM
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2. people actually VOTED for that sociopathic, narcissistic piece of SHIT
some voted for him TWICE - that will forever boggle my mind
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muffin1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:40 AM
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11. My father voted for him twice...
:puke:

Toward the end of his second term, Dad said that he was 'becoming disappointed' and certainly, if given the chance, would never give him a third term. But who the fuck did he vote for in 2008? That's right...McCain/Palin. He even 'likes' Bush and Palin on his FB page. I don't get it. Dad is a retired postal worker who is barely scraping by. Yet he cares more about false patriotism, abortion, and teh gays not getting married than anything else. :crazy:
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:30 AM
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16. Lots of older people are in denial because it too heartbreaking to face the truth
So they cling to their patriotism. Look at this this way. As hard as it is for people your age and younger to face the facts of what has happened to our country, it's damn near impossible for those who grew up during it's best years when opportunity was available to the largest middle class the world has known.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:40 PM
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24. People voted for that piece of shit twice, but the truth is that piece of shit STOLE both elections.
Not much consolation, I know. :argh:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:16 PM
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27. I know the elections were stolen
but, plenty of people voted for a sociopathic, narcissistic guy who is dumber than a box of rocks. TWICE. Now THAT is scary.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 01:15 PM
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31. I don't think * is dumb. I think he is a cunning sociopath. And yes, the people who voted from him
Edited on Mon Nov-15-10 01:17 PM by earth mom
are stupid, but what can we expect from a country that has been brainwashed by Faux news and the rest of the corrupt media?

Those people are stupid enough to vote for Palin too. Yikes! :yoiks:
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:21 PM
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28. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 03:02 AM
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3. He isn't stupid.
He is lazy, pig-ignorant and proud of it, which is worse because it's a choice. He is also a sociopath.
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XOKCowboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 03:19 AM
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4. He's pretty stupid also.
Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 03:28 AM by XOKCowboy
He's the kind of guy who, if he hadn't been born rich, would be lucky today to be working minimum wage. He'd be trailer trash. He'd damn sure have used a lot of the "entitlements" that he worked so hard to deny to decent hard working people.

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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 03:31 AM
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5. That isn't stupidity--it's brain damage from all the booze and coke
He got decent grades in college, and was astonishingly coherent in his debates with Ann Richards. Compared with his Kerry debates, there was massive deterioration.
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lysosome Donating Member (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 04:05 AM
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6. Agreed. There's before and after video out there.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:46 PM
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25. That dude was a SQUATTER in the White House. I'd say he was rather cunning actually. nt
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:14 AM
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7. Bushit is a pampered narcissist
It's always about him. Fuck that war criminal.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:36 AM
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8. Dumb, but understood power. He has set all policies for this century.
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tulsakatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:42 AM
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9. it's funny.......
...you would think a former president would have thicker skin than that! I mean, all of the things people called him during those 8 yrs (fascist, torturer, commander in thief), that's the one he remembers?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:32 AM
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17. He thought being called fascist, torturer, Commander in Thief were praise
Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 09:32 AM by lunatica
Because they showed he had the power. He liked that.
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tulsakatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 10:59 AM
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18. you're probably right......
...I hadn't thought about it that way.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:47 AM
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12. K&R...nt
Sid
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:17 AM
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13. 4,000 Americans were KILLED in the needless war he started
but that wasn't about him


Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were KILLED in the needless war he started but that wasn't about him
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 01:26 PM
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21. Good call
:(
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:20 AM
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14. Bill Clinton's answer to that question was that he missed the WORK
Clinton had to be dragged to his vacations kicking and screaming all the way because he loved the work so much.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:59 AM
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19. I am severely hearing impaired, so I read lips rather well. After
Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 12:00 PM by tblue37
Obama's inauguration, when the Obamas were bidding the Bushes farewell, as he hugged Michelle, Bush said, "You're going to have the time of your lives, I promise!"

When I read that on his lips, I wasn't surprised at all. To him it was just so much fun to get to play CiC and be the center of attention, while barking orders left and right. None of the responsibilities involved weighed on him at all.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 12:40 PM
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20. yeah I wonder if Obama has the same fetish for his name on his clothing
Bush had so many pieces of clothing with his name and title on them. Creepy.
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:35 PM
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22. His whole outlook is that of a spoiled child.
The lack of maturity was obvious from the start, and age has not in any way given him a broader perspective.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:38 PM
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23. What do you expect from a cunning sociopath like *?
Maybe the book will wake some of the rethugs/teabaggers up, but probably not as they are birds of a feather. :puke:
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 02:48 PM
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26. Not shocking to me; I've always known he was a dumb sonofabitch.
Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 02:49 PM by Individualist
Nothing that sociopath says could surprise me.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:22 PM
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29. of course he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth
spoiled pos, trying to get people to buy his book, what a sick ass man! so be a criminal and write a book such bs.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 11:36 PM
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30. bush* was born with a little sliver spoon in his nose
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 01:19 PM
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32. You hit it on the head
Edited on Mon Nov-15-10 01:19 PM by madokie
worthless piece of shit mo fo sorry asss bastid.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is the deal with the bastart

splchk
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