Pic Of The Moment: Jeb Bush On CBS's "Face The Nation": What I Learned From Brother George

[EarlG]

Jeb Bush: I learned about ‘protecting the homeland’ from the way George W. Bush ‘kept us safe’

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[onehandle]

1. To be fair, W's Presidency started on 9/12 and ended the day before Katrina hit.

'The salad days'

They pretty much disown all outside those few years.

Pre-9/11: Clinton's Fault

Post-Day Before Katrina: Obama's Fault

[Botany]

2. Not only did w keep the Homeland safe he "helped" out our troops overseas too

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, between 2001 and 2014 some 230,000 soldiers and veterans were identified as suffering from so-called mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), mostly as a result of exposure to blast events. The variety of symptoms associated with the condition—headache, seizures, motor disorders, sleep disorders, dizziness, visual disturbances, ringing in the ears, mood changes, and cognitive, memory, and speech difficulties—the fact that they resemble symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the fact that exposure to blast events often was not logged in the early years of the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq make it impossible to pin down casualty figures.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/blast-force.html

[underpants]

4. See Jeb's right. W was so successful it blew people's minds

Sorry. Very dark humor there.

Thanks for the stats. Completely unreported and forgotten - unless the VA failings are all Obama's fault.

[Botany]

6. 230,000 is the same # of GIs and Merchant Marines who died fighting the Nazis in ....

.... Europe in Africa in WW II. The idea that another bush would even show his face again
is sickening because without Jeb's help for W we would never had bush v Gore, 9/11, war in
Afghanistan, war in Iraq, ISIS, and on and on.

[underpants]

18. Wow

That's chillingly. Thanks for the perspective.

No casualties - that's what Pat Robertson said W told him. Even that whack-a-doodle was taken aback by W's stupidity.

[wordpix]

37. and don't forget the Iraq burn pits that cause so many illnesses today

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/photo-essay-burn-pits-iraq-afghanistan/




Some conjecture this is where Beau Biden got his brain cancer

[Botany]

40. Sadly I got to learn about that first hand

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1106247

[kairos12]

3. Forgetting 9/11 and saying Benghazi is standard GOP BS

[NCjack]

5. Obvious question not asked of Jeb Bush: If you are elected Prez,

On what specific date will you assume responsibility to the Nation's security?

[zebonaut]

7. Bush family will be famous for a COMPLETE REWRITE of History

Never mind the 500 million dollar "Decision Points Theatre" Bullshit in the Billion dollar Library. Should have been an Outhouse.

[d_legendary1]

31. Ahhh yes the Bush Legacy Project

The very same one that made St. Ronnie an American hero to the unsuspecting. He'll be known as the war time president and not just because he said so.

[WinkyDink]

8. "PDB: Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside U.S." NEVER FORGET. Rice's testimony is on YouTube:

Traitor, like the rest of them!

[hibbing]

20. Just where has the esteemed Dr. Rice been hiding out at?

She hasn't been turned to by the corporate media to critique President Obama's foreign policy like all the other war criminals for the idiot son's administration? Perhaps she's taking an extended cruise on the oil tanker named after her.

Peace

[WinkyDink]

32. And raking it in with speeches.

[lark]

36. She's boning up for this college football season.

She's one of the people who pick the 4 teams that get to play for the National Championship. Guess that, pianos and richly rewarding speaking jobs takes all her time these days. She's certainly not missed any in the political venue, glad to see her absent.

[Frank Cannon]

48. She's not invited, since she's always such a terrible liar.

Of all the people in that administration, she was the lamest of the prevaricators. I just loved watching her shake like a caffeinated chihuahua whenever she went on the Sunday morning shows to defend their lies.

[pangaia]

49. "caffeinated chihuahua"

That is good!! Really, really good.
That should be an OP all by itself.

[Initech]

9. He's either in denial or completely delusional.

[WinkyDink]

10. Door #3: Pathological liar, like the rest of the family.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. Did Schieffer challenge that comment? nt

[trusty elf]

12. photo of shrubya keeping us safe:

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and then there's this one:

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[Initech]

14. One of the worst disasters to hit the US: The George Bush Administration.

[Faygo Kid]

23. Here's another. Guitar playing in California as Katrina hit.

As Katrina bore down on New Orleans, Bush was in California playing the guitar. I remember saying at the time as I watched online, this is Madness. What is he doing out there with this unmitigated natural disaster bearing down on our nation?

[wordpix]

35. Katrina could be seen 3 days away headed for mainland

I was thinking the same thing---where is our federal gov with FEMA, Nat. Guard, etc. moving in? So this explains it - Georgia boy was playing guitar in Cali. Well that explains it.

[Faygo Kid]

39. Exactly. This was obvious to me, on my primitive computer in Lansing, Michigan.

At that time. And the president couldn't notice it!?! I emailed some good friends (conservative) saying, for goodness sake, why is the president playing the guitar in California as this storm hit? They basically said, What about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky?

Yuck.

[lark]

38. Heck of a job, Georgie!

[SoapBox]

13. Somebody get a pooper-scooper!

A BIG pile needs picking up!

[Buzz Clik]

15. Jeb needs to realize the GWB poisoned the well for future Bushes. Jeb's candidacy is a non-starter.

[Gregorian]

16. "US"= corporations

[Scalded Nun]

17. The really sad part of this

is that there are so many who actually fall for this crap.

[rurallib]

19. W must be threatening to give Jebby a noogie if he rats him out

to the Mericans peoples.

Or maybe W's going to tell mommy about Jebby's stash.

[underpants]

21. "a LITTLE out of control in terms of spending"?

What the hell does a LOT look
Like?

[Faygo Kid]

22. And remember what a great job he did to keep the economy safe?

Tax cuts for the rich, tanking retirement savings, driving unemployment through the roof, untold money spent on a contrived war - why, in ranking the presidents all time, I put George W. Bush just behind the legendary Andrew Johnson.

Meaning, all time LAST.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Botherly love is one thing

But in Jeb's case it's more like delusion.

[Angry Dragon]

25. He has the bush smirk down

[maindawg]

28. not really

W could smirk he was the nastiest smirker who ever lived. His inherent dishonesty makes hima natural.
Jeb is just creepy. Thats a fake smile. He does not have a smile face. Not in his rep.he is a very depressed person. Like any Bush , no concience at all. No sense of humility. Never worked a day in his life. Given a huge advantyage he has used his opportunity to enrich himself never considering any other idea. Has stolen and swindled so much he is never satisfied. No amount of money can fulfill an empty soul.
His smile is a creepy fake smile. He wants to be someone he cannot be anyone on his own. He is an empty suit.

[Angry Dragon]

29. but how do really feel about him??

[Ichingcarpenter]

26. I want JEB to be the republican nominee

So the nation can read and learn THIS TIME how evil and stupid these guys are.

Can you imagine how much shit we have on that family now?

[chapdrum]

27. Even though 9/11 happened on W's "watch"

We remain obliged to take seriously the Republican infancy of "war is peace," "up is down," etc.
"Shameless" is the best that can be said about any of the Bush Syndicate and its ilk.

[tclambert]

30. George W. Bush didn't make his first "get tough" speech about terrorism until the evening of 9/11.

Apparently, something happened earlier that day to make him finally take the threat of terrorism seriously. Through the first eight months of his presidency and the whole campaign before that, he never once felt terrorism warranted much attention.

[WinkyDink]

41. The entire speech REEKS of phoniness:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911addresstothenation.htm

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. Absolute failure of the MSM

To NEVER use the "except for 9/11" comeback.

There is a determined effort to make 9/11 "nobodies fault". That what was important is that there wasn't another big sensational attack. Not allowing a second attack is somehow a huge success. In fact one of greatest accomplishments of Dubya and Uncle Cheney was, in the eyes of Republicans, and never challenged by the MSM, is that he "kept us safe".

Despite ignoring Richard Clarkes warnings, President Clinton's outgoing warnings, multiple warnings from other countries, and finally a detailed warning one month before the attacks called, "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US" which mentioned highjacking planes....Bush took a record number of holidays for a sitting President. Apparently Ashcroft was so tired of hearing about Al Qaeda, he threw the head of the FBI out of his office with instructions he didn't want to hear that name anymore.

They were either pathetically incompetent or, as I believe, (call me crazy) they downplayed the warnings and allowed the plot to go ahead, maybe even facilitated with explosives in order to keep casualties down (so the buildings went straight down) plus it gave an excuse to take down Building 7 fielded offices of the SEC, FBI, CIA, NSA among others, contained tons of information on corporate fraud, all destroyed.

[WinkyDink]

42. It is to subliminally suggest that Dubya WAS NOT EVEN PRESIDENT THEN.

[WinkyDink]

43. The "CIA's 'missing' billions" investigation went down with the buildings.

[C Moon]

34. The GOP want to relive those 8 years so badly...they'd love even more to relive Reagan.

I think that's a big part of their problem: they never want to move forward, always wanting to move the US back.

[IHateTheGOP]

44. The idiocy of the right wing is unfathomidal

[tavernier]

45. It was the first time in my life that I was ashamed to look at my flag.

That's what "brother George did to me."

😫😢😢

[63splitwindow]

46. Hey, he landed on the deck of an aircraft carrier...

... wearing a flight suit and proclaimed victory and we have all lived happily ever after...
Is Cheney still on sick leave from Halliburton/Government Service?

[Cha]

47. If bush1 kept us so "safe", bush2, then why did 2,996 perish from Terrorists attacks on 9/11/2001?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks

Had little bush paid attention to this instead of "removing brush".. then maybe he would have but he didn't and you're a god damn liar.. August 6, 2001 Memo that stated..

"Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US was the President's Daily Brief prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency and given to U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday, August 6, 2001. The brief warned of terrorism threats from Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda 36 days before the September 11, 2001 attacks."

Anyway.. bush2 has come a long way since this...



Still..

[IHateTheGOP]

50. Think again Jeb

When Clinton handed the White House over to W, the Clinton folks emphasized to Bush/Cheney that Al Qaeda was the biggest threat this nation faced at that time. They handed over a myriad of documents pointing out this fact. Cheney shelved every one of them. Further, in August of 2001 while W was "cutting brush" on his ranch, the CIA sent a special envoy to the ranch to urge W to act before we get hit. They informed W that an attack was imminent. Bush's response? "OK, you've covered your ass." He then did nothing. Then 911, the worst attack on the US homeland ever in history of this country, happened. So to Jeb's comment saying "he kept us safe" I say, fuck you Jeb. You can't rewrite history when the people that lived it are still alive.

[DallasNE]

51. Who Then Was President On 08/06/2001, 09/11/2001 And 08/29/2005

Let's not forget the anthrax killer that he never found or the DC snipers.

Then protecting the homeland would also include maintaining a strong economy and the meltdown of 2008 shows that he didn't do that either. So, no, Jeb your brother was the worst President ever and you sound just like him.