George W. Bush should be sending Cards of Thanks to Donald Trump.

[OAITW r.2.0]

The former war criminal can paint easy, knowing the American people can no longer be focused on his war crimes.

[Easterncedar]

1. Truth

But we were never going to hold him accountable

[proud patriot]

2. Word

[Poiuyt]

3. James Buchanan is also thankful

He's no longer the worst president in American history.

[ShazzieB]

13. So is Andrew Johnson.

If Buchanan was the worst (pre Trump), A. Johnson was the second worst. He really screwed up Reconstruction. Stinking Confederate sympathizer.

[Permanut]

4. Amen.

[pat_k]

5. This American person will never forget

The impeachment of G.W. Bush might have served as a moral reckoning and a recommitment to fundamental values grounded in basic human rights and dignity. In the wake of Nixon's impeachment we saw substantial reforms and renewed commitment to ethics. Had the impeachment of G.W. and Cheney for war crimes taken place -- whatever the outcome -- I think it would have left in it's wake a reaffirmation of the rights and values so many have fought and died for. And, had there been such a national reaffirmation, it could have provided a protective shield against Trump and his base impulses and wanton disregard for our constitution and basic human rights.

We can never know the road not taken, but perhaps somewhere in the multiverse there is even an America that did not go down the war crimes path in the first place because it's Congress rightly judged and threw out the electors appointed pursuant to the incomplete, and therefore unlawful Florida election on 01/06/2001.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. The lesson we never learn - hold criminals accountable.

Otherwise, we pay the price for generations to come.

[pat_k]

7. Hear, Hear!

Bypassing the sometimes messy work of holding perpetrators accountable in a race to "put it behind us and make sure it doesn't happen again" has always mystified me. How can you make sure it doesn't happen again if the perpetrators aren't held accountable? Reforms aimed at preventing future perpetrators are all well and good, but you've got to deal with the current perpetrators too.

There is a reason the same names keep showing up from scandal to scandal over the decades.

[Ligyron]

10. Had it been Democrats doing the crimes...

You can be sure they would have been held accountable and referred to constantly as examples of Democratic corruption going forward.

[calimary]

14. EXACTLY!!!

“How can you make sure it doesn't happen again if the perpetrators aren't held accountable?”

That’s THE Question of This Whole Era.

[myohmy2]

8. I'm surprised...

...he hasn't openly sicced old man cheney on trump's ass...

...trump has hosed on just about everything bush and cheney represented...

...which doesn't sound bad until you consider replacing bush/cheney shit with even more stinky trump shit...

...what good has come from the republican party...?

...

[rubbersole]

12. The Bush bros, Jeb! and Shrub, are still busy climbing...

...daddy's Carlisle Group mountain of inherited money. And Darth Cheney has Haliburton gains he and his second heart could never spend. Above it all and layin' low while livin' large. And remember - t*u*p isn't the snake, he's the rattle.

[GoreWon2000]

18. The orange turd should be thanking the crooked Bush brothers for...

creating the Presidential election theft roadmap in Florida 2000 that he's now using. No doubt the crooked Bush brothers are laughing all the way to the bank. They destroy our country with their anti democracy Florida 2000 election stealing scheme.

[OAITW r.2.0]

22. That's where Republican election crimes were first OK'd by the Republican SCOTUS majority.

Looking at you Maureen Day-O'Connor.

[GoreWon2000]

25. Exactly!

I worry they'll do it again in 2024.

[rubbersole]

23. Folks are still blaming Nader...

...which pleases Jeb! to no end. And yes, they are still laughing all the way to the bank.

[GoreWon2000]

24. Nader made it possible with his big lies for...

bushthief to get close enough in Florida to have his little brother steal the election for him along with help from the Rehnquist 5.

[returnee]

27. Giulliani was involved too.

Helping to remove ~90,000 voters from the voting rolls.
We could never punish these people more than they deserve. Nader was at worst a side show to the main show.

[GoreWon2000]

30. Not aware Giulliani involved in removing Fla. 2000 votes?

Nader siphoned off enough crucial votes for Al Gore in Florida to make it possible for bushthief to get close enough to have his little brother steal the 2000 election in Florida.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Bill Barr surfaces again.

Just after sinking all BFEE enemies like an honest Intel community and Justice Department, and letting go targets of opportunity like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

[madamesilverspurs]

11. Horrible is horrible.

Count me among those who aren't willing to remove W's name from the list of awfuls. He, Reagan, and Daddy Bush helped to pave the way for Trump. At some point, who did the worst becomes irrelevant, they all swim in the same sewer and the depth of the cistern doesn't matter.


.

[Buckeyeblue]

28. Absolutely. And what's funny is that Trump mocks them all.

I still think W was as bad as Trump. His presidency started with the worst terrorist attack on American soil and ended with the worst economic crises since the great depression.

W was an illegitimate president, appointed by the Supreme Court.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I have Liz Cheney's book and she said that during her work on the J6 Committee, she received a thank you note from

Former President George W. Bush*...

[GoreWon2000]

19. Liz Cheney's election stealing hypocrisy knows no bounds!

bushthief created the Presidential election stealing roadmap that the orange turd based his 2020 election theft attempt on. The orange turd's 1/6/21 attack on the U.S. capitol stands on the shoulders of the 11/22/00 attack on Government Center in Miami that stopped the legal Florida vote count in Miami-Dade county and was organized and funded by bushthief's campaign including Roger Stone. No one from that 2000 attack was ever prosecuted. Liz Cheney's father was up to his eyeballs in helping bushthief stop the legal Florida vote count in 2000. Liz Cheney has never spoken out against the Bush brother's all out assault on American democracy in Florida in 2000.

[onecaliberal]

16. Someone worse than W used to be unimaginable to me.

No longer.

[GoreWon2000]

20. bushthief made the orange turd possible

It's the orange turd who should be sending a thank you to bushthief.

[SamKnause]

17. I have not forgotten.

We need to look forwards, not backwards. Fuck that shit !!!

This approach emboldened them.

The entire Bush administration should be serving life in prison.

The entire republican party are criminals:

Nixon
Reagan
George W. Bush
Trump

[BannonsLiver]

21. Still the worst president of my lifetime

1. 9/11 on his watch.

2. The Iraq invasion, which is the single worst American foreign policy decision since Vietnam, at the very least. Also destabilized the entire region.

3. Crashed the economy in 2008.


Trump was capable of worse but is so manifestly incompetent he couldn’t get much done. He did more to destroy our cultural norms than W Bush, however.

[Polybius]

31. His Katrina response was another bad one

I agree, he was the worst in my lifetime too.

[BannonsLiver]

32. Absolutely yeah. A complete debacle.

Can't believe I forgot about that one. There was so much during those years.

[regnaD kciN]

26. Let me make one thing perfectly clear...

…so should Richard Nixon, and make no mistake about that!

[Kaleva]

29. Except for a small minority, America wasn't interested in his war crimes

Especially when he counts amongst his friends the Clinton's and Obama's.

And if I recall correctly, Pelosi took impeachment off the table