My Favorite Memory Of George W. Bush.

[JaneyVee]

[treestar]

1. Clearly the best part of his

terms in office.

[peace frog]

64. ... which should never have happened to begin with

but even the worst of times come to an end, thank the gods.

[Brimley]

87. You mean...

term, singular.

[Buzz Clik]

2. "If we find your crayons, we will mail them to you!"

[Soylent Brice]

13. lol

[hibbing]

35. hehehehehe...nice

[KansDem]

114. W: "Send them by email. They'll arrive quicker!"

[Aristus]

3. The thought balloon over all four heads:

"Bye-bye, asshole..."

[MuseRider]

4. I will never forget that moment.

It remains one of my fondest political memories. I know it was one of the happiest political moments in my life. I felt so many bad things lifting as they lifted off the ground. It felt as good as watching Reagan leave and almost as good as watching Tricky Dick resign.

They are back, the bad feelings, but life does go on and small moments like the one you just posted are always treasured to look back on.

[calimary]

38. I remember hearing that song - "Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, HEY-hey-hey, GOO-OOD BYE!!!"

I remember hearing that song that day - emanating FROM THE CROWD.

From the CROWD!!! As that helicopter lifted off. You could hear it on TV, during the live coverage. People in that crowd saw and responded - just spontaneously breaking into song as that helicopter lifted off, carrying those detestable people away. I couldn't believe it! I was so proud, and happy - just the capper of a GREAT day when we were starting over with a NEW President - one for whom I'd voted and worked and donated! It felt like a huge release from a long, miserable, arduous hostage hold. I felt as though I'd just been released from jail or something. My son was there as a Presidential Scholar, and he called me about that - from there where the crowd was singing. He told me he sang along - and he knew I would approve! AND I DID!!!!!

What a great day - and a SUPER-GREAT moment, capping off a great day! Like a jumbo-sized hot fudge sundae with a cherry on top that was the size of a basketball!

[MuseRider]

42. :-)

Good on your son. One of the musician sons?

Yes, it was a great burden lifted from our souls that day. I have a few friends who think he will go down in history as one of the greatest. LOL, out of all my friends there are 2. Many who voted for him but they don't ever say a thing about him. Thankfully those 2 are only online friends who I adore as we do our mutual things but can't stand their politics nor them mine.

[calimary]

102. Yep. Only one (by blood anyway). The others are my "Sons Without Stretch Marks"!

He's quite a little dude, that boy of mine.

[eridani]

43. I think there are audio clips of that around somewhere n/t

[Raine1967]

47. OH YEAH! Calimary -- we were there..

We were way back -- near 9th street (?) -- in front of the Washington Monument and we ALL were singing that song!

Watching the flyover and him leaving was the breathtaking and wonderful.



BTW, His 'copter flew very low -- I bet he saw the crowds up close and the birds that were flying...

[Liberalynn]

49. I was dancing to and singing it myself.

[calimary]

103. I was, too! As soon as I caught a whiff of it, I jumped up and started singing!

Watching MSNBC and just thrilling to it all! Knowing our son was THERE on this MOST historic occasion, and knowing he was there to witness the inauguration of the first black President, but the moment we were formally RID OF bush/cheney. What a golden day!

[MyOwnPeace]

55. YEA! for the son.............

I watched it happen and I was SO thrilled, wishing I could be there to throw "the bird" at them as they slinked away like the snakes-in-the-grass that they were - NOT worthy of any "tribute" from a country that they had so badly "f**ked" up!

[GoCubsGo]

57. Yep. I will never forget that.

I was singing right along with them, too. I was watching on MSNBC. Somebody, Tweety, I think, was asking, "What are they singing?" That whole weekend was unforgettable, and yeah, it was like the sun coming out after years of darkness.

[csziggy]

86. Videos of that moment!

Can't watch those enough!

[Stardust]

99. Dumb fuck, probably thought they were cheering *for* him. Good riddance.

What a bright, bright sunshiney day.

[calimary]

104. I suspect you nailed it, Stardust!

Wouldn't surprise me if he thought they were cheering.


"... many of 'em think I can't read." YEAH, FUCK! You CAN'T read. You sure as hell couldn't read (or be bothered to read) the Presidential Daily Brief or anything, COULDJA????

He still infuriates me!!!

[csziggy]

107. Dubya was, is, and ever will be clueless and self centered

You're right, he probably thought they were cheering FOR him.

Any time his face comes on the tube, I change channels. I can't stand to look at him or listen to him. Same thing for Jeb.

[llmart]

110. When I turned on the TV this morning.....

I only get a few channels because I have an antenna - not cable - and I try to catch the weather report. All three main channels had him and his stepford wife, Laura being interviewed at the "library". I felt that visceral disgust I always felt when seeing his ugly smug mug on TV and couldn't change the channels fast enough!

As we used to say when we were kids, good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Schema Thing]

5. Let's see if we can make this thread get epic recs.

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Good idea!

Thanks for the reminder.

[truebluegreen]

7. The only good one, definitely. nt

[Scruffy Rumbler]

8. Ba bye! You overstayed your un-welcomed presence by 8 years!

[rurallib]

9. Having his watch stolen in Albania also stands out

for many years he will be the measure of the worst possible person ever to lead a democracy.

[gateley]

72. And that guy throwing shoes at him! Brings a smile to my face. :-)

[n2doc]

10. I remember a thousand people flipping off the helicopter during the Inaugural

and booing as it went by. Very satisfying moment.

[lpbk2713]

11. "So long Asshole ... (Is he gone yet)?"

Don't let the Marine One door slap you on the ass.

[tallahasseedem]

12. Recommended with unbridled enthusiasm!

My favorite moment as well!

[hamsterjill]

14. I remember that moment, too.

I remember that I felt "safe" again - after not feeling that way for eight, long years.

[dickthegrouch]

15. I hope someone remembered to set the child lock /nt

[Blue Owl]

16. Talk about the end of a national nightmare...

Na na na na, Na na na na, Hey hey hey, GOOD BYE!

[gvstn]

17. That was the best part

You could hear the chant clearly on the news reports. Haha!

[mnhtnbb]

18. YES!

[homegirl]

19. remember

I remember cheering and clapping as the helicopter left the ground. Like 10 tons had been lifted from my heart.

[Stardust]

97. Time for the greatest wheels-up party of all time!!

[mlevans]

20. No question this was a dynamite moment.

But I think I'll always have a certain fondness for the Segway incident.

[lastlib]

21. a **HEARTY** K & R!! The high point of his term!

I remember a statement Anthony Lewis made about Nixon's departure--"nothing honored his office so much as his leaving it." or something to that effect, I don't recall it precisely. But it applies to Shrub as well.

[HughBeaumont]

22. The 2009 Getaway Copter.

Wonder how he liked looking down to at least 500,000 middle fingers?

That Life-Fucker should be starved in the HAGUE.

[FailureToCommunicate]

23. Singing "Hey hey hey Goodbye" was the most heartwarming part of a freezing cold day...

here you go, enjoy!

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[white cloud]

24. good bye

[SmittynMo]

29. Awesome n/t

[liberal N proud]

31. That was the best part of bu$h being in Washington - his departure

[Raine1967]

50. YUP. That's what I remember.

It was amazing --

I cried -- I was so happy he was gone.

[Glimmer of Hope]

81. What a great moment that was!

Adios you pos!

[rrneck]

25. G.T.F.O. nt

[MillennialDem]

26. As much as I want to say this was my favorite memory of him

That's after thousands maimed and killed in an illegal war and an economy in shambles.

[SmittynMo]

27. You just made my day n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

28. Does that really beat the Iraq Shoe Attack?

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[awoke_in_2003]

36. The one thing he was good at- dodging...

But then, he had a lifetime of practice doing that.

[lpbk2713]

45. Shit-for-Brains was a pro at dodging accountability, still is.

[gvstn]

59. You may remember this video

Someone put a montage of Bush/Katrina pics together to Pink Floyd's "Pigs on the Wing".
I could only find it at the WayBack Machine but for anyone interested: http://www.mediafire.com/?l1hcahgdzr1etsd

or http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.file83.com/Pigs_on_the_Wing.wmv

[Jack Rabbit]

66. . . . and the draft

Wars are fine and dandy, as long as peons fight and die in them.

[Samantha]

89. Letterman just showed this

I was rolling on the floor with laughter.

Sam

[marble falls]

30. Mine, too.

[Hubert Flottz]

32. The only other "Memory Of George W. Bush" that was even close was...

[EvilAL]

109. That was a good one,

the first one almost got him.. Too bad.

[Hubert Flottz]

115. That Iraqi gave Dumbya the "Respect" he so richly deserved.

That man became an American hero that day.

Bush's 30% approval rating was highly overrated at that point.

[Paper Roses]

33. Had to laugh when I saw this picture. My sentiments, exactly.

I think the words are 'good by, good riddance'.

[Plucketeer]

34. Bye-bye Dub!

"Don't worry. I'll keep on as many of your staff as I can. Your further surveillance proposals will be brought to bear, I promise. An - I was only kiddin' about Guantanamo. I'm gonna let the NEXT president deal with that hot potato! Maybe by 2016 they'll have all starved themselves to death and the problem will be solved. OH - and you and Dick and Rummy - don't worry, OK?"

[panader0]

37. The image I will always remember is the one where

he tried to exit through a locked door. The look on his face said stupid. I wish I could post it. Someone?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

39. I felt a kind of inner joy when this 13 year old girl threw an egg at Bush's limousine

I didn't like the fact she was dragged across the street by three Arizona cops, arrested, handcuffed and taken downtown, but I felt that at least someone was doing something to show our displeasure.

[RedstDem]

40. he had a way of saving the best for last

was his best moment for sure.

[Stewland]

41. How easily we are deceived

While I too applauded the Departure the evil ones I realize that there is little substantive difference between either Corporatist administration. Bush and Obama are bought and paid for by corporate interests. Obama really fooled many Ito thinking he was any different from Bush. Most of Bush's policies have been kept or expanded by Obama. It's great theater when both sides act as if there is a great divide between Obama and GOP when in fact they work for a very small and powerful segment of the population. Nothing meaningful will change as long as there is no campaign finance reform. Meet the new boss ,same as the old boss. Obama disappoints.

[Hekate]

61. Put in on the ground, spread it all around, dig it with a hoe...

... it'll make the flowers grow.

If you can't tell the difference between Bush and Obama, I don't think there's anything that can help you. Shame about that.

[Stewland]

78. Please pay attention and don't drink the cool aid

It amazes me to see so many people who really believe that just because Obama is a Democrat then represents traditional democratic values,when in fact he is not your daddy's democrat. Problem is that today's democrats would be yesterday's republicans. This country has taken such a hard right turn in the last 30 years that today's democrats easily resemble the republicans of the late70's. To think that there is real substantive difference between Obama and the GOP is to have ones head buried very deeply in the place where the sun don't shine. For any true progress to be made on so any fronts we must dump both Dem's and GOP because they both stand in he way of progress on issues ranging from the environment to economics.

[Whisp]

65. phffftttt.

[lunatica]

111. You're way too subtle for me

[yellowcanine]

44. Here is one of mine.

[smirkymonkey]

69. That's one of my favorites too!

What a maroon!

[AAO]

79. Always been my fave

[Rex]

46. Awesome pic!

Mine are these and it will ALWAYS be the way I remember GWB and his gaggle of crooks.

Smooching his 'uncle'.


Limousine cowboy.


A moment of clarity.


A little man with a tiny mind and huge ego.

[stateman]

48. Favorite Memory

My favorite memory of W is still out there, until he & Cheney and Company are tried for war crimes & torture.

[hrmjustin]

51. Welcome to Du and I would love to see that as well.

[peace13]

53. Best first post ever!!!!!

Yes and if we can dream it we can make it so!!!!!! Welcome to DU!

[peace13]

52. Mine is standing on the Mall by the monument....

...crowd singing na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye..... So unscripted yet all in unison!

[Kalidurga]

54. I like to think they are waving goodbye to the entire Republican Party...

And that they will never return to the White House and that eventually they will be expunged from the House as well.

[BarbaRosa]

56. . . .and oh bye the way w

we don't miss you at all.

[MotherPetrie]

58. K&R!

[tclambert]

60. My favorite: the moment Obama was inaugurated, federal agents slapped handcuffs on Bush and Cheney

taking them into custody charged with multiple counts of war crimes.

Wait, did I imagine that part?

[Mira]

62. OH YES. I was there. the crowd roared.

One of my life's absolute PEAK experiences.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Can't believe he is still free and unaccountable.

That's one of my life's absolute darkest miseries.

[LostOne4Ever]

67. This one

[Hekate]

75. Oh, jeez, I miss Keith Olbermann. His reaction was dead-on perfect.

Apparently Keith has some Issues when it comes to the workplace, I get that. But when he was good, he was very very good.

[Stardust]

101. Olbermann's reaction was priceless. I miss him a lot.

[MichiganVote]

68. Is he dead yet? When he is, I'll memorialize him.

[gateley]

70. Hahaha!!!!

[SheilaT]

71. What still leaves me depressed is that

he was in power for 8 years! And that Obama did that crap about looking forward, not back, so no indictments, no arrests, no accountability.

How about if every single criminal were to go in front of a judge and say, "Well, even if I did those terrible things, we should look forward, not back." Those two sad sacks in Boston did a tiny fraction of the damage that Bush & Company did. But guess who will probably spend the rest of his life in jail, when certain Republicans continue to live in luxurious freedom.

[hay rick]

73. Looking at the big picture will do that to you.

Love that you labeled the Boston brothers "sad sacks." Your patriotic paranoia is clearly underdeveloped!

[grahamhgreen]

93. +1. Was not as good a day as I hoped.

[Jamaal510]

74. K&R

[johnp3907]

76. Don't let the doorknob hit ya....

....where the dog shoulda bit ya.

[geckosfeet]

77. too bad it had to land somewhere....

[Jefferson23]

80. My favorite was when a brave man threw his shoes at him, he was throwing those shoes

for millions of us. I'll never forget it.

[kenny blankenship]

82. My favorite was the pretzel incident, or maybe seeing him fall off a Segway

remember those?

[BootinUp]

83. They were standing quite a ways away, lol. nt

[George II]

84. I just KNEW that would be your favorite memory of him....it is mine and many other Americans' too!

[proud patriot]

85. yeah that's a good one

I liked all the ones of him bonking his head on Marine 1.... DERP !

[Lady Freedom Returns]

88. K & R!

[Samantha]

90. Someone should make a tee-shirt out of this picture along with the caption

I guess there would be copyright issues to be settled ... but if Jeb should run, someone selling a like tee-shirt would rake in. The shirts would be EVERYWHERE. And of course, I would have to receive a complimentary shirt (first off the line) for the idea.

Sam

[Initech]

91. That should have been his one way ticket to the Hague.

[grahamhgreen]

92. Thank God his policies left with him!

Oops

[Martin Eden]

94. My favorite memory of GW hasn't happened yet (he's not in prison)

If he dies before that happens, I'll be bitterly disappointed.

[lonestarnot]

95. There's another where the helicopter looks small in the distance. That one would be my favorite.

This one is my second favorite.

[Mopar151]

96. In the words of Woody Guthrie:

"You won't have no name, when you ride the big airplane
And be known by no name except Deportee"

[DesertDiamond]

98. I remember a crowd of people smiling, waving, and singing, "Na na na na, hey hey, goo-ood bye!"

The best day of his Residency and one of the happiest moments of my life.

[teamster633]

100. Little Boots in a nutshell...

I'm standing in the middle of the desert
Waiting for my ship to come in
But now no joker, no jack, no king
Can take this loser hand
And make it win

---Sheryl Crow
Leaving Las Vegas

[Frank Cannon]

105. Here's one of mine.

I feel bad for poor Barney, but this is an amazing image. Everything from the way everyone is posed to the expressions on their faces makes it look just like a Norman Rockwell painting.

[lunatica]

112. I kinda like the one of him falling off a segway

[Gabby Hayes]

106. Bush's first inauguaration and the biggest comedy fail snce SCTV's Sandler and Young

Bet you can't last 15 seconds into the twins' chortle-rama

[Tab]

108. Hey, hey, goodbye! links

(Bush comes out about 1:48)

[olegramps]

113. I am afraid that I won't enjoy my favorite memory since he will probably outlive me.

But, I hold out hope about Cheney.