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Divernan

(15,480 posts)
18. Way to give Jeb Bush, via his father, a boost in his planned run for the presidency!
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:42 PM
Jul 2013

Ya know, burnishing up the public image of the Bush Family legacy!

I haven't gotten enough sleep to be reading that. Scootaloo Jul 2013 #1
INSIDE OBAMA'S HEAD: I can't believe I have to say this sh!t in exchange for immigration reform blm Jul 2013 #2
And unless we really do something it will be Jeb Bush President #3 warrant46 Jul 2013 #44
Jeb Bush 2016 BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #61
Name one Dem president who hasn't. blm Jul 2013 #66
Clinton Sell Out Bush Ally BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #68
In December 1992, Bush Sr. was already on his way out Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #72
Bush HAD to lose in 92, and WANTED to lose BECAUSE that BCCI report was set to come out blm Jul 2013 #86
Granted, GHWB ran the worst Republican campaign since Hoover 1932 Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #92
GOP's dog and pony show on Whitewater 'investigation' was to get into Rose Law Firm. blm Jul 2013 #93
I guess I should have been paying more attention Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #97
Eloquent post. ronnie624 Jul 2013 #69
I like to imagine Obama using air quotes. n/t Orsino Jul 2013 #82
I understand his need to be civil Skittles Jul 2013 #3
nearly word for word!!! what I just said to someone Divine Discontent Jul 2013 #8
As Neil Young said... riqster Jul 2013 #4
the thousand points of light crap always put the hair on my neck up......asshole #1 will we get #3? lunasun Jul 2013 #55
I always said that the thousand points of light Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #58
Meh. Obama is a politician. Maedhros Jul 2013 #5
This was not needed...by anyone. And he won't get the desired response, anyway. Demeter Jul 2013 #12
Yikes... think Jul 2013 #6
I wonder if President Obama believes it. tblue Jul 2013 #7
let's go with sad. Divine Discontent Jul 2013 #9
it's really one speechwriter toasting another Enrique Jul 2013 #10
Are you saying Obama just reads the teleprompter like that San Francisco newscaster? Divernan Jul 2013 #19
Mmmkay Fearless Jul 2013 #91
"thousand points of light"---that one always makes me choke wordpix Jul 2013 #38
Desert Storm was so kind and gentle. nt valerief Jul 2013 #11
yep ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #62
It's not about the oil. It's about the money. Any way the bastards can get it. nt valerief Jul 2013 #81
Bull shit on a stick. The Bush crime family has damaged Lint Head Jul 2013 #13
+1. roody Jul 2013 #15
hear hear... :( Divine Discontent Jul 2013 #16
Just when I thought I couldn't get more depressed from this week's events PlanetBev Jul 2013 #14
Gag me with a Spoon bahrbearian Jul 2013 #17
Way to give Jeb Bush, via his father, a boost in his planned run for the presidency! Divernan Jul 2013 #18
Greasing the wheels for jeb in 2016? Spirochete Jul 2013 #20
Just thinking how much better off we would be if Dukakis had won. nt Deep13 Jul 2013 #21
Worked on that Campaign---It was tragic warrant46 Jul 2013 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #22
nauseating RussBLib Jul 2013 #23
was it read with a question mark at the end?- is there a sound bite of it spoken? tomm2thumbs Jul 2013 #24
Obama has no issues with old school Republicans. Brewinblue Jul 2013 #25
Looks more like that every day warrant46 Jul 2013 #88
And then she fwoowed up. n/t searchingforlight Jul 2013 #26
Too bad this isn't an Onion article. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #27
O. seemed to 'credit him' and speak kindly about only the old Bushes "Points of Light" Foundation. Sunlei Jul 2013 #28
I heard this. Was yelling at my teevee. TDale313 Jul 2013 #29
You aren't speaking for me Mr. President. nt ladjf Jul 2013 #30
The following action is occuring with great thrust and gusto... L0oniX Jul 2013 #31
I wasnt sure if I wanted to rec this thread. Poppy is in good part responsible for the horrendous rhett o rick Jul 2013 #32
Maybe goes back Theyletmeeatcake2 Jul 2013 #33
I didnt have that many fingers. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #35
Ol bush Theyletmeeatcake2 Jul 2013 #76
*twitch* sakabatou Jul 2013 #34
Obama is speaking Lies, Lies and Damn Lies. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #36
Where is the kinder? Where is the gentler? Courtesy Flush Jul 2013 #37
very good point! Divine Discontent Jul 2013 #46
A toast almost comical in its over the top obsequiousness. forestpath Jul 2013 #39
All I can say is.... formercia Jul 2013 #40
I think he had his fingers crossed behind his back. DCBob Jul 2013 #41
Obama can now officially be declared a lair and a patsy? olddad56 Jul 2013 #42
Obama has a job to do. zeemike Jul 2013 #43
LOL warrant46 Jul 2013 #47
It will be a "Drone Craft Carrier"...since they just sucessfully landed KoKo Jul 2013 #87
What a effing sell out lie! on point Jul 2013 #48
Presidents always watch out for each other The Great Dadda Jul 2013 #49
Yes it is normal and expected. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #65
Of course. ronnie624 Jul 2013 #71
Exactly. DeSwiss Jul 2013 #74
None us can see inside Obama's mind. The thing that concerns me most is this: GliderGuider Jul 2013 #50
I Rest My Case About Obama cantbeserious Jul 2013 #51
We'll see how the jury decides, then. Pterodactyl Jul 2013 #63
... I'm speechless wundermaus Jul 2013 #52
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OnyxCollie Jul 2013 #53
One Republican fellating another Republican. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #54
"Kinder and gentler", yeah that's what pops into my mind when I think of the Bushes........... Beacool Jul 2013 #56
In some ways Obama is worse than Romney. We knew what we would get with Romney. What firenewt Jul 2013 #57
Tho' kinder and gentler the nation might be, the verdict in Sanford, FL this weekend suggests indepat Jul 2013 #59
Can't think of many "good" things GHW Bush did...maybe this one: FailureToCommunicate Jul 2013 #60
I can think of one good thing he did. roamer65 Jul 2013 #90
WTF? blackspade Jul 2013 #64
Just read every comment here RobertEarl Jul 2013 #67
Legacy. FAIL. nt adirondacker Jul 2013 #70
'We are surely a kinder and gentler nation because of you' DeSwiss Jul 2013 #73
I'm not happy with a lot of stuff Obama has done, but this is just standard DC BS yurbud Jul 2013 #75
On behalf of myself let me say I am going to vomit after reading those words. idwiyo Jul 2013 #77
Oh, to be sure. What a prince George H. W. is, after all. Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #78
Its over folks. Just go on home. panzerfaust Jul 2013 #79
The universal problem with being in politics Turbineguy Jul 2013 #80
And we aren't. Orsino Jul 2013 #83
Snicker. Solly Mack Jul 2013 #84
That's called politics Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2013 #85
Nixon on Babs Bush. roamer65 Jul 2013 #89
That should be on her tombstone. nt adirondacker Jul 2013 #94
a blatant and terrible lie Steerpike Jul 2013 #95
i imagine he'll be getting some hopemountain Jul 2013 #96
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