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45. Hoo boy are you new here. First, welcome to DU, and a little primer...

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 12:00 AM

Dec 2018

DU was founded on an explicitly anti-GWB position, that the 2000 Presidential Election was stolen, and has for years stood against Republicans and their vicious policies.

You're right there's no love for George W. Bush here. His entire administration was horrific. His crimes and abuses seem quaint now, looking back at recent history through the lens of the Trump administration. But recent horrors do not erase older ones. GWB was a terrible president whose incompetence and policies caused untold suffering and death. Katrina, Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11. Those are just the big ticket items. His misdeeds are legion.

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I guess I'm not the badass I thought I was [View all] lunatica Dec 2018 OP

I've been in that same place and could completely empathize with him Siwsan Dec 2018 #1

Like you it brought back my own grief which is the ultimate empathetic response. lunatica Dec 2018 #2

Same. JNelson6563 Dec 2018 #3

i lost it when GWBush did too. My mom died when I was only 13 and my dad was murdered trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #4

Both deaths must truly haunt you! lunatica Dec 2018 #6

thank you for your heartfelt condolence. taking over the household tasks trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #13

I hope you and your sister are stronger for it. lunatica Dec 2018 #14

My losses were similar. Control-Z Dec 2018 #73

I think that yesterday was a true test of empathy Siwsan Dec 2018 #57

I'm so sorry Blue_playwright Dec 2018 #70

You are correct, a lot of us have already gone through this personally and we empathize. lark Dec 2018 #56

Tragic when someone with potential to be halfway decent... summer_in_TX Dec 2018 #72

My 3 sisters and I sung at our Mom's funeral 4 years ago this week. We choked through it. Our Dad demtenjeep Dec 2018 #5

It truly is the most difficult thing to do lunatica Dec 2018 #8

It was a tough moment TheCowsCameHome Dec 2018 #7

You're human and you have empathy. nt Blue_true Dec 2018 #9

Well he will forever be a truly awful president... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #10

I did too- instantly and viscerally- that's what humans do when they see pain-good for you Shaddox Dec 2018 #11

He is a flawed but very real human being, and most of us could relate to his grief. pnwmom Dec 2018 #12

It made me miss my daddy! LakeArenal Dec 2018 #15

Sorry, Lake. Shaddox Dec 2018 #16

Thanks. His was pretty cool. 93. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #17

What did Michelle O say on tour last week -- maybe on Colbert? fierywoman Dec 2018 #18

I bet Trump can. Mr.Bill Dec 2018 #21

Whenever someone is so sad that they cry it BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #19

Just think of the thousands and thousands of... LudwigPastorius Dec 2018 #20

That's exactly what brought me back to normal lunatica Dec 2018 #25

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2018 #29

And Americans who volunteered to serve their country Martin Eden Dec 2018 #35

+1, I can't get this out of my skull ... Red Don is an ahole while Bush and Cheney really hurt uponit7771 Dec 2018 #62

Hair Twitler is an utter disgrace, but GW is responsible for horrendous death and destruction Martin Eden Dec 2018 #68

+1!!! Devil Child Dec 2018 #54

badass-you - YIP!1 Thank Zeus you're back to normal!1 UTUSN Dec 2018 #22

Me too! lunatica Dec 2018 #43

We were fine at our father's funeral... George II Dec 2018 #23

Doesn't seem to be a doubt that GHWB was a good father. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #24

Shows you are a better person than he, he'll watch that same scene played out in someone else's life rwsanders Dec 2018 #26

I didn't agree with a single policy that he or his father espoused green917 Dec 2018 #27

He's human for a moment? Seriously? Sir Toast Dec 2018 #28

The Bush era was an aberration in US history lunatica Dec 2018 #30

Hoo boy are you new here. First, welcome to DU, and a little primer... DRoseDARs Dec 2018 #45

Heart ache makes us all equal. I think heart ache is.... Hotler Dec 2018 #31

Yeah, the pain of broken bones always passes lunatica Dec 2018 #32

You are afflicted with what the rest of us have Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2018 #33

I had a moment when I felt bad for him dflprincess Dec 2018 #34

Me too. lunatica Dec 2018 #37

Took me back fifty years to Ted's eulogy of Bobby. argyl Dec 2018 #36

I think of that dreadful year and know the present would be lunatica Dec 2018 #55

It makes you human, is all. PatrickforO Dec 2018 #38

It's called empathy, and decent people have it. Tragically, Republicans are empathy-free. catbyte Dec 2018 #39

Being confronted with death can be eye-opening. pangaia Dec 2018 #40

He used to get all giggly about it dflprincess Dec 2018 #41

That and waterboarding. lunatica Dec 2018 #42

You are so right. pangaia Dec 2018 #44

As reported by Tucker Carlson in 1999: dalton99a Dec 2018 #48

I remember that. pangaia Dec 2018 #49

I do too lunatica Dec 2018 #50

You are completely badass. orangecrush Dec 2018 #46

Well Said DarthDem Dec 2018 #52

... orangecrush Dec 2018 #58

crushed me too luvallpeeps Dec 2018 #47

I agree lunatica Dec 2018 #51

Great Post DarthDem Dec 2018 #53

You obviously are not alone PatSeg Dec 2018 #59

Only true "Badasses" are moved to tears n/t maxrandb Dec 2018 #60

Dubya has always been human, the problem with him is that he is still immature and Perseus Dec 2018 #61

That's actually quite perceptive lunatica Dec 2018 #63

HE IS AN IDIOT ROB-ROX Dec 2018 #64

I think he was never elected at all lunatica Dec 2018 #66

I guess not. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #65

Yes! Like I said lunatica Dec 2018 #67

I felt the same when Nixon broke down at Pat's funeral liberaltrucker Dec 2018 #69

Same with me too and Raine Dec 2018 #71