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Bucky

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12. 2918, if you count Katrina as just one day of "protection"

Reply to ryan_cats (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 11:14 AM

Sep 2015

Also assuming Republicans count New Orleans as "us"

I'm certain Bush wasn't counting the thousands of troops sent to their deaths in an optional war in the wrong country as the "us" his idiot brother kept safe.

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TWEET JEB!: Your brother didn't protect us on 9/11 [View all] yurbud Sep 2015 OP

It IS criminal malpractice. Octafish Sep 2015 #1

If LBJ had stayed out of Vietnam and Dems stuck with New Deal, Great Society consensus... yurbud Sep 2015 #2

Shrub and Jeb are total losers. Even the Generals win once a decade or so. kairos12 Sep 2015 #3

saying Bush didn't keep us safe on 9/11 even a couple of times would put GOP on defensive yurbud Sep 2015 #21

... napkinz Sep 2015 #4

Out of 2920 days ryan_cats Sep 2015 #5

2918, if you count Katrina as just one day of "protection" Bucky Sep 2015 #12

If I were a compassionate person ryan_cats Sep 2015 #13

"my brother kept us safe" ... really??? napkinz Sep 2015 #6

tweet those to Jeb yurbud Sep 2015 #10

I'm not on Twitter but that would be great if you or others could tweet them to Jeb napkinz Sep 2015 #11

Bill Maher and Chris Matthews Tear Into Jeb: "How Can He Get Away with Saying W Kept Us Safe?!" napkinz Sep 2015 #7

"My brother kept us safe" if you don't count US troops or New Orleans or Mississippi or homeowners Bucky Sep 2015 #8

and then there was the time ... napkinz Sep 2015 #9

Don't forget the economic meltdown of 2008 either n/t malaise Sep 2015 #14

and let's not forget Poland ... I mean Iraq ... napkinz Sep 2015 #16

And the thing is, nobody blathered about any President "keeping us safe" post-1941. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #15

... napkinz Sep 2015 #17

What did George W. Bush ever keep us safe from? Sharknados? tclambert Sep 2015 #18

tweet it to @jebbush yurbud Sep 2015 #22

And using Jeb!'s logic, summerschild Sep 2015 #19

No president was assassinated for the remainder of Kennedy's term. yurbud Sep 2015 #20

My brother kept us safe" if you don't count US troops, or New Orleans, Bucky Sep 2015 #23

more ... napkinz Sep 2015 #24

I often see the Benghazi dead on Facebook... Mike Nelson Sep 2015 #26

Ah..you remind me of DU early years - we would bombard with Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2015 #25

I remember that. It's just a matter of finding the right place to throw a rock... yurbud Sep 2015 #28

I did! sonofspy777 Sep 2015 #27

if enough people do this, we could force not just GOP but DC elite to acknowledge reality yurbud Sep 2015 #29