Bush dreamed about blowing up Bill Clinton's presidential library

[Quixote1818]

At Bill library, Bush sounds sub-versive



By Lloyd Grove

President Bush once daydreamed about blasting Bill Clinton's presidential library to smithereens, according to a new book.

In "How Bush Rules: Chronicles of a Radical Regime," former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal recounts a November 2004 visit by Bush and his political guru Karl Rove to the William J. Clinton Library in Little Rock, Ark., on the banks of the Arkansas River.


"Bush appeared distracted and glanced repeatedly at his watch," Blumenthal writes about a presidential tour during the library's dedication. "When he stopped to gaze at the river, where Secret Service agents were stationed in boats, the guide said: 'Usually, you might see some bass fishermen out there.' Bush replied: 'A submarine could take this place out.'"


The author muses: "Was the President warning of an Al Qaeda submarine, sneaking undetected up the Mississippi, through the locks and dams of the Arkansas River, surfacing under the bridge to the 21st century to dispatch the Clinton Library? Is that where Osama Bin Laden is hiding? Or was this a wishful paranoid fantasy of ubiquitous terrorism destroying Clinton's legacy with one blow?"


More at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/449260p-378181c.html

[AspenRose]

1. If this is true (and that's a big IF), I'm not surprised

Big Dog and Poppy are pretty good friends, now. Probably upset Big Dog took his place with Poppy.

[pnwmom]

11. I don't think it's a "big if" -- it was reported widely at the time.

Also, there was a wonderful shot of Bush trying to shove his body into the door ahead of Clinton -- to precede him into the opening of Clinton's own library -- which of course went entirely against protocol. But it shows where Bush's mind was.

Just the idea of Clinton interferes with Bush's idea of himself as King of the Universe. Easier to imagine him . . . gone.

[ixion]

2. "I will export Death and Destruction to the four corners of the Earth"

-- George W. Bush


I think that says it all.

[AndyA]

3. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are daydreaming of the time when

Bush and Cheney are impeached, and taken out of office. Oh, happy days!

[gatorboy]

4. Time to pull out the Bush squeezing between Clinton and the door photo

If there's one shot that shows what a complete snot Dubya is, it's that one.


Anyone have it?

[pnwmom]

15. here 'tis

thanks to google

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/19/111619/71

the look on bush's face says it all . . . what a guy!

[gatorboy]

16. Heh!!! I'm reminded of Steve Martin everytime I see it.

"Well, EXCUUUUUSE ME!"

[grasswire]

5. the musings of a narcissistic nut

I believe it. He's that crazy.

[pnwmom]

13. Speaking of narcissism - remember this priceless photo?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/19/111619/71

[hughee99]

6. Sorry...

but to me anyway, asking "Could a submarine take out this place?" is a big step away from dreaming about blowing up the place. This article is all about publicity for Blumenthal's book.

[Quixote1818]

7. It sounds like a classic freudian slip to me

I don't doubt it crossed his mind at all. Why else would it even come into his mind?

[hughee99]

10. It sound to me like he was being a wise ass

to the people that were supposed to be protecting him. A "you missed a spot" kind of thing.

[Quixote1818]

12. I think he would have said "a submarine could take ME out" if that

is what he was thinking. You could be right but the fact that he said "this place" and didn't refer to himself, seems to suggest his sub-conscious had violent thoughts toward Bill Clinton's legacy and less concern for himself.

[Captain Hilts]

21. The submarine USS Razorback is visible from there.

Or so I've been told by sub veterans. They're having their national convention there this week.

[Captain Hilts]

8. Well, Daddy likes Bill better. nt

[Captain Hilts]

9. Duplicate. nt

[BrotherBuzz]

14. He was twisted that day because 'me first' jerks don't like being usurped

He's a photo of them leaving the library that day, and, well, the body language is screaming at me. It needs a photo caption.

[Quixote1818]

17. Caption: "But I want an Oompa Loompa NOW papa!!!!"

"I want my own presidential library, and it's going to be bigger and better than this one!"

[BrotherBuzz]

18. ROFL

:thumbsup:

[gatorboy]

20. Well, it seemed funny at the time!

[Xenotime]

19. This is evidence of the evil that runs in his veins.