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56. Bush Family.. Putting the Nasty into Dynasty (The Litter Box Dynasty)
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 03:01 PM
Mar 2013




SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-07-04 09:29 PM



The Litter Box Dynasty




Stories are all over the media about the Bush Dynasty.. No doubt they are craftily placed there by Carl Rove or some other Bush flunkie, so that they can be oh so modestly discounted by the Bush family itself..

The “Camelot Mystique” of the JFK presidency was America’s longing for what could never be..
Dynasties by their very nature span generations , and feature familial consistency.. The Kennedy family is attractive, outgoing, and civic minded ..They have always been this way.. The fact that so many of them have met a tragic end, and at a young age only serves to give them mythic proportions..

No one will ever know how the Camelot myth would have turned out if JFK had not been assassinated.. Maybe he would have stumbled and the Viet Nam war could have ruined HIS presidency.. Maybe not.. What the people saw was a vigorous, outgoing, intelligent man in his prime, with a drop-dead gorgeous young wife.. They had everything.. Fame , fortune, good looks, breeding, culture, darling toddlers and a whole lifetime ahead of them.

John F. Kennedy came from a family that valued service to country.. Joe Kennedy was a scoundrel ,and made his fortune from “ rum-running” during prohibition , but the average people probably did not begrudge him his fortune.. They were able to “party on” because of him.. When WWII came along, HIS children served and died during their service.. He could have made one phone call and they could have played polo during WWII.. Even though GHW Bush has been declared a “war hero” for having his plane shot down, his war service pales by comparison. When Kennedy had his “wartime crisis”, he SAVED his shipmates, even though he was injured…. Bush bailed out, and left his crew to perish..

Republicans have never had what it takes in the Dynasty Department.. The republican presidents in the modern era have all lacked the charisma to ever capture the imagination of the public..

Lets examine them:

Eisenhower, while a great wartime general, was a rather bland public figure.. He was elderly and ill when he became president and his son was middle aged by the time he entered the White House.. The country had no dynastic expectations of him.. We needed a “Grandpa” to make the bad dreams of WWII go away..

Nixon, was an aloof , paranoid, control freak.. His wife, Pat, was a quiet person by nature and never meshed with the public. Nixon went out of his way to nurture the image that they were “plain folks”, “cloth coat” folks... Dynasties do not spring from “plain folk”.. Larger-than-life, exciting, interesting people form the nucleus of dynasties.. The Nixon daughters, were ordinary girls, in a chaotic time. Though they may have secretly empathized with their peers, they could only toe the line that their father put out for them. They never really “caught on” with the public.. Of course, the female children of a leader are usually not held in as high regard as male heirs, so that may have had something to do with it..


Reagan was the ultimate “central casting” coup . He was an actor, first and foremost , and played the role of a lifetime. He was personable and friendly, but Mrs. Reagan, though loved by her intimate friends, was not a warm person. She personified the image of the person behind the person.. Though she wielded no actual power, it was obvious that Ronnie did her bidding.. Their children were nothing special , and the obvious disdain of the children left a lot of doubt as to the parenting skills of Ronnie & Mommie.. It was apparent that none of the Reagan children were capable of “picking up the torch” from their father...No Dynasty there...


Now we arrive at the “Bush Dynasty”.. At least part of the word suits them...the “nasty” part, that is..

George HW Bush entered the White House with a sense of entitlement, but lacked the charisma to make his “subjects” love him. His wife did not help him in that department either. Barbara may have looked like the sweet grandmotherly type, but it was obvious immediately, that she was a stern, humorless harridan .. There was always an unkind word to be said, when silence from her would have sufficed. The Bush children were grown and could not help soften the image of either.. Even when GHWB tried to use this grandchildren, he could not restrain himself from calling attention to the “little brown ones”.. His children USED his influence obtain wealth, at the expense of the public..

George W Bush blew into the White House like the F5 Texas Tornado that he is.. Spreading damage and destruction all around him. He came armed with a mousy compliant wife and non-existent family values to spare. The problem he had from day one, was that over half of the country did not believe he won fair & square.. Even in their dark little hearts, there have to be some republicans who know the truth, but refuse to admit it.. The Bush daughters show little evidence that they will mature into anything other than what they are now.... Spoiled, privileged children usually grow into spoiled privileged adults.. But, they are not a factor in the Dynasty .Dynasties favor male children..

The Bush lineage, is nothing to be proud of. The Walkers and the Bushes do go way back, but instead of rum-running, their background is rife with stock fraud, insider trading, and even doing business with the Nazis during WWII.. When it came time for his sons to serve in THEIR war, he “bought” them a pass.. Where Joe Kennedy sent his sons, and one daughter (Kathleen) to die and be injured, the Bush heirs would have none of it..

In fact MOST of the Bush lineage that the public hears about is “manufactured”, and re created for modern consumption.. The real turdlets of truth behind the dynasty they have created are still buried in the Bush Family Litter Box .. They have spent a lifetime covering up the vile stuff that each new Bush “deposits” .. They have delusions of grandeur, that Jeb will follow George W, and then after Jeb, will come “one of the little brown ones”, George P.Bush..

Only time will tell, and hopefully someday someone will have the courage to empty that Litter Box..



Litter Box Cake recipe
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/usa/article/109/17836

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Agreed. Coolest Ranger Mar 2013 #1
"Stay out of the Bushes' felix_numinous Mar 2013 #2
I do I loved it! Liberalynn Mar 2013 #9
Enough Bush... leftieNanner Mar 2013 #3
His brother survived the primary HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #38
We "misunderestimated" the last Bush; we know the tragic result..... lastlib Mar 2013 #44
But the Repuke party of today... leftieNanner Mar 2013 #48
I would rather have him stay hfojvt Mar 2013 #57
dumbest of dynasties spanone Mar 2013 #4
Bush I savings and loan Bush II banks collapse XRubicon Mar 2013 #5
It is long past time we trimmed those Bushes. asjr Mar 2013 #6
No more Bush Mnpaul Mar 2013 #7
This Country Cannot Afford Another Epic Bush Failure Liberalynn Mar 2013 #8
You have to wonder if this is what they want siligut Mar 2013 #12
It's the only way they can see 2naSalit Mar 2013 #31
BFEE....never again...'nuff said Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #10
Let's not forget Prescott Bush! SCVDem Mar 2013 #11
NO MORE BUSH! NO MORE BUSH! Dpm12 Mar 2013 #13
Wait a minute, what's wrong with "fucking bush"? xtraxritical Mar 2013 #14
Amen to that! IrishAyes Mar 2013 #15
Nothing grows under a Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #16
Go Away heather blossom Mar 2013 #17
you can say that again. indivisibleman Mar 2013 #18
A can of Busch beer would be a more competent president Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #19
Is America a Monarchy? NorthCarolina Mar 2013 #20
The Presidency is "not subject to birthright" . . . markpkessinger Mar 2013 #28
Kick, Rec. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #21
I couldn't stand to look and listen to another Bush for maybe 8 more years. Auntie Bush Mar 2013 #22
Another President Bush to start another war in Iraq? lib87 Mar 2013 #23
It would be Iran this time, though. Fawke Em Mar 2013 #25
The BFEE is something we need to come to grips with madokie Mar 2013 #24
He belongs to a family of crooks. Jack Sprat Mar 2013 #26
And he was one xxqqqzme Mar 2013 #52
Neal Bush did not pay one penny of that fine with his own money AikidoSoul Mar 2013 #55
At leasy he's smart enough to realize that savannah43 Mar 2013 #27
Wrong on that, Jeb is the smarter shrub. lark Mar 2013 #50
Agreed! Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #29
not just the wars... jaysunb Mar 2013 #30
you said it. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #32
Now there's a family 2naSalit Mar 2013 #33
I'd like to hear that he throws away a whole gob of his brazillions, but I don't want to look at lonestarnot Mar 2013 #34
fuck, when I see him on TV going on and on Skittles Mar 2013 #35
We've already been Bush whacked enough! GO AWAY!! on point Mar 2013 #36
Best OP title ever. MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #37
Three Bushes is not enough? lib2DaBone Mar 2013 #39
Yes, stay away DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #40
There's only one way to make them go away and that's illegal. valerief Mar 2013 #41
Once Again . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #42
K&R blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #43
If Republicans in Congress keep intentionally trying to tank the economy NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #45
It all comes from Daddy ... old HW Botany Mar 2013 #46
To keep Jeb away we need to get a great candidate and fix the voter suppression problem. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #47
agreed samsingh Mar 2013 #49
They really have no choice. mwb970 Mar 2013 #51
not to mention that nixon was a protegee of prescott bush. that's a long line of bush government. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #53
YOU BETCHA!!! I Live In FLOR--EEE--DUH... ChiciB1 Mar 2013 #54
Bush Family.. Putting the Nasty into Dynasty (The Litter Box Dynasty) SoCalDem Mar 2013 #56
K&R smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #58
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