Where on earth is GW Bush?

[nolabear]

It’s Texas. His home. Not a word. Not a single word.

Where are all the Bushes? Where’s Jeb? What on earth are they thinking?

[Funtatlaguy]

1. They have given up

[JI7]

2. im being serious here but i think he has brain damage

and he is somewhat mentally like a child .

from his days of heavy drinking.

[nolabear]

7. I've kind of wondered about that. Pure speculation

but he has seemed off the last couple of years.

[struggle4progress]

25. and from snorting coke and whatever else he did

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. His daughter just had a baby a couple days ago .

I think he came out with a ststement.

[GoCubsGo]

35. Yep.

The "Today Show" showed a photo of him and Laura with Jenna and her son yesterday. He looked pretty normal to me.

[malaise]

4. or his brother Jeb

ReTHUGs suck

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Do I care?

Not really.

Out of sight, out of mind. I'm fine with that.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

6. he's filling his,

coffers!

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Painting his toes in the tub

[delisen]

9. G W Bush worked to get Kavanaugh on SC.

The Bush faction of the Republican Party has worked with Trump getting what they want.

Jeb"s son recently made a statement denouncing white terrorism.

The Bush faction of the Republican Party will make its move when they see an opening.

[BigMin28]

12. Always the opportunists

nt

[NYC Liberal]

26. He also made a lynching joke when he unveiled MLK Jr's portrait at the WH

Said “I can’t wait to hang it...” with a pause and a smirk.

[Talitha]

36. Seriously?!?!?

OMG... what a racist slob.

[cwydro]

40. Link?

[NYC Liberal]

44. Here:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?168299-1/president-george-w-bush-remarks-martin-luther-king-jr-2002

And a transcript:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0201/21/se.02.html

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: We want to take our viewers to the White House, where in introducing the president, Coretta Scott King and others have unveiled a portrait of the late Dr. King on this, the day that America remembers the great civil rights leader, who was gunned down in 1968. There you see President Bush. He's just been introduced by Coretta Scott King.

(JOINED IN PROGRESS)

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mrs. King, thanks for this beautiful portrait. I can't wait to hang it.

(LAUGHTER)

Note the laughter. There wasn’t anything about that comment that should have elicited laughter...unless it was intended as a joke.

[Polybius]

51. I'm not sure Shrub said it on purpose

He's so dumb he might not even realize what he said. Mrs. King mentioned hanging it up right before he spoke, so maybe the word stuck in his mind? The laughter could be taken as they laughed because the President implied that he was putting the picture up himself.

[Ahpook]

53. Yes

Always thought he was just dumbfounded. Over grown frat boy He was selected over Gore, we all know that. That terminal stupid look on his face explains quite a bit about W.

Another asshole that should have never been is his position. We have one hell of sick country to deal with

[not_the_one]

38. they are grooming George P...

the pretty one.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Isn't it an unwritten rule that former Presidents are not supposed

to opine on the performance of the current president? Obama's statement danced around that by using words that pretty much only apply to Trump so everyone knew who he was referring to, but he didn't mention Trump by name.

[nolabear]

11. Not that. Just, idk, thoughts and prayers. Something!

[DeminPennswoods]

14. Have any former Presidents, besides Obama's statement,

said anything? I haven't honestly been paying attention.

[Rebl2]

19. Carter has been quite too

[HipChick]

15. unwritten rule's are out the windows, when a country is at stake..

[Zambero]

13. His most profound words

since Trump took office was during the inauguration ceremony itself. Bush was heard to mutter "That was some weird shit!" following Trump's "American carnage" speech. Since he could not possibly top that astute observation, he had been mostly silent since that point. Just as well.

[SCantiGOP]

16. 50 years from now, that should be a Chapter title

American History - 21st Century
Chapter 6: 2016-2020 That Was Some Weird Shit

[DeminPennswoods]

17. That made me

[JudyM]

41. Lol, that'd be the perfect chapter heading.

Here’s hoping the forces of good win out in the end. And that this isn’t instead the start of the new normal.

[Zambero]

60. Who would have thunk it?

GWB being prophetic?

[ZZenith]

18. Still in the shower trying to wash all the blood off his hands.

A Sisyphean task if there ever was one.

[Hekate]

20. Very interesting question. Had not thought of it till you asked.

[Norbert]

21. Maybe Jeb is mulling over running as a 3rd party prez candidate.

That would be the one thing he would be useful for is to fuck up the monster's reelection bid.

[llmart]

22. I don't really care.

Do U?

He had his own fair share of screwing up our country's image around the world and not keeping American citizens safe (Katrina and 9/11 ring a bell?), so let him stay under the radar.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. The guy who got rid of the AWB? I don't know. Probably somewhere high

out of his mind. Fuck him too.

[spanone]

24. THEY. ARE. REPUBLICANS....THEY. THINK. THEY'RE. WINNING.

FUCK 'EM ALL.

otherwise they would be speaking out.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. I've been wondering that, too. He's a Texan. He's a former Governor, FFS.

He could have done the thoughts-and-prayers thing without even mentioning Trump (whom he doesn't like anyhow).

[jpak]

28. Putin has him by the short hairs

Yup

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. Why would Putin bother with him? He's retired from politics, has no future career,

and little or no influence in the GOP any more. What possible use would Putin have for him?

[Joe941]

29. Do you really want them around?

I guess we can trash him either way lol

But seriously I'm glad he is in the shadows. It's better for everyone.

[nolabear]

31. No, it just occurred to me how curious it is. I wonder if now Poppy's gone

and Bar, of course, they can be as uninterested in everything as they were already.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. I don't miss him, just think it's a bit odd that a former governor of Texas

hasn't commented on a mass shooting in his state (the fact that he was once also a president shouldn't make any difference), even if it's just some trite thoughts-and-prayers remark.

[nolabear]

42. Yes, that was what my original question came from.

They were always so big on Texas.

[betsuni]

32. He usually spends the whole month of August on vacation.

[Beringia]

34. That was good

[Skittles]

37. who fucking cares

fuck that warmongering piece of trash

[nolabear]

39. You okay?

I don’t mean that critically at ALL, and I totally respect the sentiment. But I hope all this isn’t getting inside you too much. I like you!

[Skittles]

45. oh I have ALWAYS despised Dubya

I cannot fucking stand him and I get particularly nauseated when some DUers say that Trump is making Dubya seem better - um, NO, people are still dying EVERY DAY because of that warmongering asshole.

[nolabear]

46. Totally with you there. He caused untold deaths.

No, I’d never excuse his warmongering just because I despise 45.

Glad all’s cool.

[Skittles]

47. aw we're always good, nolabear

[Ilsa]

43. He should invite Obama to meet him in Texas

for an apolitical comfort tour. The contrast between them and EQ45 (Emotional Quotient) will speak volumes politically.

[GulfCoast66]

48. Thanking god he is no longer considered the worst president in the past 100 years?

[lame54]

49. Don't encourage them

[BlueIdaho]

50. Probably having a few drinks

and doing a few lines...

[democratisphere]

52. The Bushes are hiding in the Bush Bunker until drumpf et al

is removed from office. When drumpf is gone, I expect Jeb and/or George P. to resurface and give politics and the WH another go.

[nolabear]

54. That's an interesting thought. Their day is done tho, thank heaven.

I’m a Biden supporter but am completely willing to bring in the newer generation once they’ve gotten more time in the traces.

[Wawannabe]

55. A very good question! nt

[edbermac]

56. Trump is the only guy who makes me miss GWB.

[NCLefty]

57. Trumpublicans don't seem to care for the Bushes, or any other old-school Republicans.

So who would care? Who would listen?

[moondust]

58. Being held with Cheney at the Hague?

[Bayard]

59. He hates tRump

And loves Michelle Obama. Saw him coming in at his father's funeral. He greeted the Clintons, and Obamas (gave Michelle candy), and totally ignored the tRumps.

I think I read something about him voting for Clinton last time. Lord no, I'm not defending him. I've also read he spends a lot of time painting these days (art, not walls).

[RobinA]

61. He'll Be Back

when he has something intelligent to say...