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Neema

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34. Couldn't agree more. I've said it on every thread praising Dubya for his eulogy. I'm completely
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 12:09 AM
Sep 2018

agog at how people have forgotten he's a war criminal, because he seems affable and almost harmless now. Good grief. It's actually the only single thing that bothers me about Michelle Obama. I know all the former presidents and their wives share a bond that no one else can understand, and I know she's all about going high (which I admire). But I don't think I could bring myself to be so affectionate with a man who is responsible for so many unnecessary deaths.

THE MAN JOKED AROUND ABOUT LOOKING FOR THE WMDS UNDER HIS DESK, as if it were all a big, hilarious blooper that thousands and thousands of people died based on the "evidence" of those WMDs. I cannot and will not ever forget, or forgive, that. And I didn't even lose a loved one in the war. I can't imagine seeing him chuckling about looking behind the Oval Office curtains for the missing WMDs if my son or husband or brother died in the war. Can you?

There are other things that made his presidency an egregious stain on our country, from stealing the election in the first place, to Katrina, to so many things in between. But the breathtaking disrespect it takes to joke about the lies you told in order to go to war (with the wrong country, for no other reason than to make your oil company friends rich) remains to the sorest spot for me. It's something a sociopath would do. SO. MUCH. BLOOD. WAS. SPILLED. You don't get to EVER joke about it, EVER. Even if the war was completely just, don't fucking joke about the reason so many young men and women died. Ugh.

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He stole the Presidency from Gore. murielm99 Sep 2018 #1
I agree, and I haven't said anything nice about him since he left office, Volaris Sep 2018 #2
Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney was the mastermind of most things evil democratisphere Sep 2018 #3
Don't forget that villain Karl Rove ailsagirl Sep 2018 #13
Oh I don't forget and glad you mentioned him. democratisphere Sep 2018 #26
That's for sure ailsagirl Sep 2018 #32
Bingo. Plus the right keeps ratcheting us down every time they take the office v mahina Sep 2018 #4
I keep on posting on Twitter oldtime dfl_er Sep 2018 #5
But his dog paintings are cute! Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #29
Totally agree - 100+%. W. is only slightly less of a sociopath. bitterross Sep 2018 #6
In my book, George W. Bush is the second worse President yuiyoshida Sep 2018 #7
Agree # 3 Reagan katmondoo Sep 2018 #8
Reagan to me is the absolute WORST Raine Sep 2018 #12
ReaganHood empedocles Sep 2018 #22
Each Republican president is worse GWC58 Sep 2018 #25
Reagan was really the first President... Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #30
Reagan also established that gross incompetence empedocles Sep 2018 #35
Who is first? oberliner Sep 2018 #21
I'll Say One Thing I Admire About "W" JimGinPA Sep 2018 #9
George W. Bush is much worse than Trump. Shemp Howard Sep 2018 #10
One point in your second paragraph is not quite true. BlueStater Sep 2018 #15
Yet MFM008 Sep 2018 #16
We must not forget shadowmayor Sep 2018 #11
While W hates Trump, he is part of the problem. DonaldsRump Sep 2018 #14
+1000 Pachamama Sep 2018 #27
Bush is not trying to tear the country apart and bring us to our knees to please Putin BluegrassDem Sep 2018 #17
GW Bush will always be a war ctiminal in my book Martin Eden Sep 2018 #18
GW still is the worst for his body count & money he burned. pansypoo53219 Sep 2018 #19
Sure, he was a horrible president MrScorpio Sep 2018 #20
Yeah, what was that all about? Bush is a war criminal and a horrible person. SammyWinstonJack Sep 2018 #23
Yes malaise Sep 2018 #24
This is something we must remind ourselves PatSeg Sep 2018 #28
K&R demmiblue Sep 2018 #31
The difference between Bush and Trump is stark. Progressive dog Sep 2018 #33
Couldn't agree more. I've said it on every thread praising Dubya for his eulogy. I'm completely Neema Sep 2018 #34
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