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43. Puhleeeze

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:22 PM

Sep 2018

Swaggering despots? We call that walkin' in Texas. Abuse of power? Ask the good people of Iraq how that whole democracy fiasco is working for them. I cannot fathom how people applaud any evil bastard who blasts herr drumpf. I believe that the two wars, Katrina, the economic disaster, the purple band-aid crowd shaming Kerry etc. etc. mark lil' bush as a man never to be admired and he should be on trial for his actions as a war criminal (hopefully next to Kissinger, Cheney, and Rumsfeld for starters).

No wonder we are called the United States of Amnesia. I say fuck bush and trump and fuck the whole lot of them. And when one of these assholes says something obvious or does one decent thing - I say again - go to hell!!!

No I don't miss bush. And no I won't miss drumpf. It's like missing cholera and yellow fever. I'll take neither every time.

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Surprise score for George W. Bush [View all] yonder Sep 2018 OP

I caught that. Good one! The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #1

That blew me away, too EffieBlack Sep 2018 #2

I'd love to see today as the beginning of a shift in the wind. yonder Sep 2018 #24

Me, too - I keep thinking THIS is going to be the turning point, but it never is EffieBlack Sep 2018 #46

I have no illusions about the Trumpers in Congress & the enablers without spines. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #93

Afraid DownriverDem Sep 2018 #95

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #102

Thanks, W. IluvPitties Sep 2018 #3

Let's not get carried away. Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #28

He was an idiot, but not evil Drahthaardogs Sep 2018 #31

I don't think he is an idiot, and that is why he was underestimated, but I agree wholeheartedly with still_one Sep 2018 #32

I believe with a different VP and cabinet Drahthaardogs Sep 2018 #33

Perhaps successful, but I think his okutuca ideology prevented, him from being more compassionate, still_one Sep 2018 #51

But who chose them? Doitnow Sep 2018 #87

Whistleass WAS successful. KentuckyWoman Sep 2018 #108

Bush sure sounded evil when he mocked a woman on Death Row pleading for mercy. Nitram Sep 2018 #65

Not EVIL!! He was and IS a farking WAR CRIMINAL. HOW MUCH MORE Ferrets are Cool Sep 2018 #68

I agree. How easily people forget egregious war crimes Neema Sep 2018 #98

I think he was drunk for most of his first term YessirAtsaFact Sep 2018 #76

I disagree. He is evil. bitterross Sep 2018 #110

Hundreds of thousands aeromanKC Sep 2018 #39

Thank you for that. robbob Sep 2018 #113

No...with respect I must disagree. PatrickforO Sep 2018 #40

"Bush can't even travel out of the country because of this, so...nice guy?" EX500rider Sep 2018 #57

Sorry, the technicality that no warrant has yet been issues does not absolve PatrickforO Sep 2018 #78

A war for nothing isn't a mistake...it's a national tragedy and it's still killing people Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #67

Thanks for remembering Gore. lunatica Sep 2018 #75

Couldn't agree more. Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #88

The man JOKED about looking for WMDs under his desk. Neema Sep 2018 #97

AND........... MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #112

Yes, very clearly aimed at a certain orange lump. SaveOurDemocracy Sep 2018 #4

YES!!!!! john657 Sep 2018 #5

Oh, he'll know it! lastlib Sep 2018 #35

Yep, the punches to the fat boys's gut continue! PearliePoo2 Sep 2018 #6

Trump has created many unlikely common enemies. Funtatlaguy Sep 2018 #10

Nice revenge by 43 for Jeb's defeat. at140 Sep 2018 #7

He did good dalton99a Sep 2018 #8

The Bush family despises Trump. Funtatlaguy Sep 2018 #9

Exactly. mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #16

Wouldn't you despise someone at140 Sep 2018 #53

And did so by doing what he does to everyone else AwakeAtLast Sep 2018 #74

That which should not be named. Blue_true Sep 2018 #11

If course not. You didn't name it. Beartracks Sep 2018 #12

Trumdemort defacto7 Sep 2018 #55

That counts Achilleaze Sep 2018 #13

How bad can Trump be when he makes you miss GWB? edbermac Sep 2018 #14

Bush pissed me off Jake Stern Sep 2018 #17

Unlike the infant idiot currently (hopefully not much longer) in the WH. N/T john657 Sep 2018 #18

And as vile as the Bush family/cabal can be KatyMan Sep 2018 #19

The response to Katrina was pretty racist. meadowlander Sep 2018 #38

Good points, thanks. N/T KatyMan Sep 2018 #42

Jeb Bush's wife is Hispanic. nt. NickB79 Sep 2018 #85

Hey, I'll take help from anyone kacekwl Sep 2018 #90

Bush didn't act out of unadulterated hatred like this new asshole world wide wally Sep 2018 #29

I'll give you that. eom LittleGirl Sep 2018 #41

+1, Red Dawn has a comic book villian level hatred of Obama uponit7771 Sep 2018 #59

Gosh, that's exactly how bad he is. yonder Sep 2018 #21

As I was listening to Bush, TomSlick Sep 2018 #27

Anybody can dress nice and read someone else's words. Doitnow Sep 2018 #89

That is generally correct - but see, Donald Trump. TomSlick Sep 2018 #91

Nope shadowmayor Sep 2018 #44

I agree. lunatica Sep 2018 #77

Bad enough to make you miss GWB... nt LAS14 Sep 2018 #71

CNN: "(SHITLER's) name was not mentioned but in nearly every speech an underlying reference." - YESS UTUSN Sep 2018 #15

Dubyah may be out of the cellar Aristus Sep 2018 #20

same here gopiscrap Sep 2018 #22

He the Alabama qazplm135 Sep 2018 #25

He still is, IMO. NYC Liberal Sep 2018 #72

It is kinda amazing and wonderful how the Bushes, Clintons, and Obamas obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #23

The five living former presidents came together in charity also, Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #81

W was a very bad president but at least he did what he believed to be in the country's best interest jg10003 Sep 2018 #26

I questioned it all the time. Aristus Sep 2018 #69

This wasn't the only day I questioned his patriotism KentuckyWoman Sep 2018 #109

Score one for GWB Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #30

I disagreed with GWB on almost every issue. nycbos Sep 2018 #34

A barometer of how bad Trump is The Genealogist Sep 2018 #36

"W" titanicdave Sep 2018 #37

Puhleeeze shadowmayor Sep 2018 #43

GWBush has evolved vlyons Sep 2018 #45

And that ladies and gentlemen shadowmayor Sep 2018 #58

My dead cousin agrees jayschool2013 Sep 2018 #63

i don't get all the nice nice going on with bush here orleans Sep 2018 #47

Seriously LiberalLovinLug Sep 2018 #54

Agreed! llmart Sep 2018 #60

And don't forget the Iraqis killed either lunatica Sep 2018 #80

President Bush and President Obama reminded us today DesertRat Sep 2018 #48

I've always felt that...... Little Star Sep 2018 #49

Agree, i think he just wasnt very smart onetexan Sep 2018 #94

Abuse of Power Martin Eden Sep 2018 #50

As bad as he was.... Upthevibe Sep 2018 #52

THIS !!!! No telling what direction Red Don we'll shoot if we're attacked by an enemy uponit7771 Sep 2018 #66

W did a decent job on his speech Gothmog Sep 2018 #56

I wad shocked too. onecaliberal Sep 2018 #61

The Republican Party is Dead, Trump leads the American Fascist Party JCMach1 Sep 2018 #62

"Above all, John detested the abuse of power. He could not abide bigots and swaggering despots." Gothmog Sep 2018 #64

Who'da thunk that the day would come when I'd feel nostalgia for the Bush presidency... nt LAS14 Sep 2018 #70

K&R! orangecrush Sep 2018 #73

Cannot believe that DUers are praising George W Bush oberliner Sep 2018 #79

It's true, it's true. Truly bizarro!!!! (But I did praise him also). nt LAS14 Sep 2018 #82

In my world, an arrow found its mark, despite the worthiness of the archer. yonder Sep 2018 #83

For reals. WTF?! Neema Sep 2018 #99

Thanks, W, for adding your voice to the righteous smackdown of Trump Hekate Sep 2018 #84

Do you mind?!!? TrogL Sep 2018 #86

I remember that. I wasn't sure if it was a reference to Trump. Was it? Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #92

Can't be sure, of course, but I'm going with yes it was. yonder Sep 2018 #103

I think so, too. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #104

Sounds just like the swaggering despot that Cha Sep 2018 #96

There were a LOT of references to that which shall not be named. SunSeeker Sep 2018 #100

Do you think he wrote it himself? ailsagirl Sep 2018 #101

Perhaps a collaboration? yonder Sep 2018 #105

Who do you think wrote Obama's? oberliner Sep 2018 #106

Whistleass should maybe look in his mirror. KentuckyWoman Sep 2018 #107

Totally agree peace frog Sep 2018 #111