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highplainsdem

(62,174 posts) Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:26 PM Apr 2018

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Meacham just said the Bushes "put service to others above the settling of scores."

Hmmm.... Wonder who that remark was aimed at?

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Meacham just said the Bushes "put service to others above the settling of scores." (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 2018 OP

Beautiful. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1

Makes your wonder what the Dolt's service would be like C_U_L8R Apr 2018 #2

Well, there is this: ret5hd Apr 2018 #3

Right! The lies people tell at funerals!!! Sophia4 Apr 2018 #7

My first thought ... GeorgeGist Apr 2018 #12

Exactly Takket Apr 2018 #13

As his father famously said ... GeorgeGist Apr 2018 #15

He had several zingers in a row. Well crafted speech :) eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Apr 2018 #4

he's the perfect choice to speak, I've gotta say. I'm actually enjoying listening to him, despite hlthe2b Apr 2018 #5

Wait just a minute. Barbara Bush... EarnestPutz Apr 2018 #6

Babs Bush was mean, spiteful vindictive person. roamer65 Apr 2018 #8

That's definitely not true oberliner Apr 2018 #9

Wasn't the Iraq war a score be settled? lame54 Apr 2018 #10

The son did that. I'm not sure with the father's blessing, though. n/t pnwmom Apr 2018 #19

Yeah. The dead soldiers and civilians in Iraq were serviced Lint Head Apr 2018 #11

John McCain might have something to say about that. bullwinkle428 Apr 2018 #14

Note to MEACHAM: Yeah-right. The B.F.E.E. hide the hand that throws the brick. Out of the loop. UTUSN Apr 2018 #16

Service to others... like Halliburton, Blackwater, Exxon, Lockheed Martin, Cal Carpenter Apr 2018 #17

My sentiments exactly. yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2018 #18

Why did Meacham call Barbara Bush the "First Lady of the Greatest Generation"? deurbano Apr 2018 #20

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)

1. Beautiful.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:27 PM

Apr 2018

C_U_L8R

(49,389 posts)

2. Makes your wonder what the Dolt's service would be like

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:28 PM

Apr 2018

Over-gilt with paid trolls stuffing the pews.... or just better left forgotten.

ret5hd

(22,502 posts)

3. Well, there is this:

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:29 PM

Apr 2018

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)

7. Right! The lies people tell at funerals!!!

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:35 PM

Apr 2018

Amazing.

GeorgeGist

(25,570 posts)

12. My first thought ...

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 01:22 PM

Apr 2018

not Trump.

Takket

(23,715 posts)

13. Exactly

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 01:23 PM

Apr 2018

GeorgeGist

(25,570 posts)

15. As his father famously said ...

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 01:28 PM

Apr 2018

, “I will never apologize for the United States—I don’t care what the facts are.”

The time the United States blew up a passenger plane—and tried to cover it up http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2014/07/the_vincennes_downing_of_iran_air_flight_655_the_united_states_tried_to.html

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,316 posts)

4. He had several zingers in a row. Well crafted speech :) eom

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:29 PM

Apr 2018

hlthe2b

(113,985 posts)

5. he's the perfect choice to speak, I've gotta say. I'm actually enjoying listening to him, despite

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:29 PM

Apr 2018

mixed feelings about BB and all the Bushes. Seems, compared to Trumpster, one has to look at them a bit differently, while not devoid of animosity.

EarnestPutz

(2,843 posts)

6. Wait just a minute. Barbara Bush...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:33 PM

Apr 2018

...had a well deserved reputation as someone you didn't cross.
Claiming that she was always protective of her family ignores
the reality that she would attack their critics.

roamer65

(37,957 posts)

8. Babs Bush was mean, spiteful vindictive person.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:39 PM

Apr 2018

That’s a fact.

Spanky is far worse, though.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

9. That's definitely not true

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:40 PM

Apr 2018

lame54

(39,772 posts)

10. Wasn't the Iraq war a score be settled?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:54 PM

Apr 2018

pnwmom

(110,261 posts)

19. The son did that. I'm not sure with the father's blessing, though. n/t

Reply to lame54 (Reply #10)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 03:07 PM

Apr 2018

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

11. Yeah. The dead soldiers and civilians in Iraq were serviced

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 12:59 PM

Apr 2018

real good.

bullwinkle428

(20,662 posts)

14. John McCain might have something to say about that.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 01:23 PM

Apr 2018

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

16. Note to MEACHAM: Yeah-right. The B.F.E.E. hide the hand that throws the brick. Out of the loop.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 01:58 PM

Apr 2018

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)

17. Service to others... like Halliburton, Blackwater, Exxon, Lockheed Martin,

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 02:55 PM

Apr 2018

General Dynamics, yeah they were all well-served by the fucking Bushes.

Barbara Fucking Bush who says that Hurricane Katrina worked out really well for all those people made homeless and living in the Superdome.

Nasty conservative historian Meacham is still nasty, even if he's trying to dig at Trump. Fuck them all. Relative evil is still evil.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,947 posts)

18. My sentiments exactly.

Reply to Cal Carpenter (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 03:02 PM

Apr 2018

deurbano

(2,986 posts)

20. Why did Meacham call Barbara Bush the "First Lady of the Greatest Generation"?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 07:42 PM

Apr 2018

Did he mean she was the LAST "First Lady of the Greatest Generation"? Seems like there were a few other candidates for that title before she became First Lady. (Of course, that "Greatest Generation" thing is over-the-top to begin with...)

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