Jeffery Scott Shapiro: The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122584386627599251.html

Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.

According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.

This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, "Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust."

Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.

The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.

It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right. ...


Beyond revisionism and beyond futile for Shapiro. The chutzpah is entertaining though.

[notadmblnd]

1. Respect is somthing that's earned, not given.

That man has done nothing in 8 long years to earn anyone's respect.

[That Guy 888]

20. I always looked at it as * earned the level of respect he received n/t

[LaurenG]

2. If bush had tried to work with anyone and I do mean anyone

except his own party elite, he wouldn't be at 22% approval rating. As for the sewage plant - sh** happens. ;)

[meegbear]

3. If Bush wasn't a disgrace, we wouldn't treat him like a disgrace ...

Q.E.Motherfuckin'-D.

[lob1]

4. It's a disgrace that he hasn't been impeached.

[pat_k]

19. Redemption is not out of reach. . . 12 weeks is plenty of time.

Our Constitution is in breach. Impeachment is the ONLY means to repair that breach.

Only a vote on impeachment can finally divide the defenders of torture from the defenders of our Constitution. Only a vote on impeachment can divide those who are committed to creating an authoritarian state from those committed to defending the principle that legitimate government power can only be derived from the consent of the governed.

If we allow Congress to fail us without a fight, our dedication to a "new beginning" is a lie. Anything we build will be as fragile as a house of cards built on sand.

It is not too late for the 110th Congress act. Our so-called "leaders" can no longer invoke fear of electoral defeat to excuse their intolerable failure. And if members of the 110th Congress fail us, we must look to the 111th Congress. We must call on Kucinich to introduce articles against Bush and Cheney when they convene on January 6th.

President-elect Obama has called on us to join the fight to shape our common destiny as citizens and patriots.

The time to start is now. Today.

Fight to rescue our Constitution and make the assertion "we do not torture" REAL. Confront the leadership; confront your district's representative -- current and elect. Call on them to finally set aside their irrational fears and take up the fight for impeachment.

Call. Visit. Fax.

It's our patriotic duty.

[amdezurik]

5. why does Jeff remind me so of Jeffy in Family Circus

claiming "somebody else" broke the lamp...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. I love weenies

And I especially love whining weenies.

They can dish it out, but, boy, as soon as things don't go their way, they're blubbering and blaming and carrying on.

Oh, well. I hope this poor fellow has a lot of Kleenex.

[Vanje]

7. K&R ---Silliest thing I've read all week. nt

[DeadManInc]

8. Bush has been a fucking disgrace

[mrcheerful]

9. Yeah and the last 8 years have been a gravy train to those earning less then a

million dollars a year. We all have 13 cars in our garages, our homes are muti million dollar mansions and we aren't dying from the common cold because we have health care or affordable health care. Up yours, though you are right shrub isn't the only one who caused this, it was the whole stinking lot of greedy pukes out there just as guilty as shru. Try to rewrite history in 200 years when shrub and the neo cons are not known, then maybe you'll have chance.

Not towards the op, its to the asshole who worte that crap.

[sarge43]

10. Shapiro should take that pity party to New Orleans or Baghdad.

By the way Jeff, where are all those weapons of mass destruction? You remember, those pesky things we invaded another sovereign nation, spent trillions of dollars, got 5K Americans killed, thousands more permanently damaged and God knows how many innocent Iraqis killed to find. You may not be bothered by being lied to so blatantly, but some of us are tad annoyed about this.

[frylock]

11. eat it, shapiro

[Clovis Sangrail]

12. what an ass.. as somebody else pointed out - respect is earned not given

[FarLeftRage]

13. Apparently, shapiro has got no memory

of all the evil sh*t that the assh*le booosh did to this country...

Hey! I got an idea, why doesn't shapiro go f*ck himself???

And this coming from the WHORE Street Journal, I am not surprised...

[driver8]

14. This is the price Bush pays for being a cocky, arrogant asshole.

He has no respect for anyone else, especially those who disagree with him; that is why he doesn't get any respect.

Fuck Bush.

[Me.]

15. Really?

If he should be treated to anything, it's impeachment hearing. He has too much blood on his hands for any type of respect.

[Stellabella]

16. Sorry, I don't show respect to a mass murderer.

EVER.

[Uncle Joe]

17. Like a fine wine, "We give no respect before it's time" and from day one

Bush did everything he could to avoid earning it. If he wanted respect, he would've let the state of Florida count the people's votes instead of working along with his brother and Katherine Harris to disenfranchise them.

His castle's respect was built on sand from the very beginning.

A ham sandwich as President after 9/11 would've garnered high approval ratings as the nation was desperate to rally around a leader in the face of crisis. I'm convinced the people rallied around the Presidency in spite of Bush, certainly not because of him.

[struggle4progress]

18. Why post the typical crap from the WSJ editoral page?

[Career Prole]

21. Heck, I name something after bush every single day if I can...

...but some days I suffer from irregularity.

[Blue_Tires]

22. someone should look up what fun things shapiro wrote during the Clinton years

[enuegii]

23. "It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything."

Well... when you fuck up every single thing you touch, there's always going to be some malcontent that's going to bitch about it.

Don't people suck!

[yurbud]

24. I teach Uncle Tom's Cabin in college, and have students read pro-slavery review

they say Stowe was a hack who would quickly be forgotten, but it was the right wing critics themselves who faded into obscurity. The same will be true of Bush's apologists.

[diane in sf]

25. This article is utter bushit, bush never tried to work with Dems, he has earned every

point of his disapproval ratings. The author must be on narcotics.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

26. After the 2004 election, Bush said he would reach out to Democrats

who agreed with him. That is his idea of "bi-partisanship."

He also said the 2004 election was his "accountability moment." I would strongly suggest that the 2008 election was another accountability moment for Bush. I'm hoping for a trial before the World Court that will be another moment of accountability.

[UpInArms]

27. I certainly agree with the headline - the fact that he is not in prison appalls me

the treatment that he has received has been far too kind and with kid gloves - where are the charges for the war crimes? the torture? the trashing of the Constitution?

[Skittles]

28. FUCK OFF, SHAPIRO

THAT BASTARD BUSH WILL *NEVER* RECEIVE WHAT HE *SHOULD* HAVE COMING

[KG]

29. pretty amazing a grown man would publish such a whiney, childish screed

[rdmtimp]

30. Would you like some cheese with that whine, Mr. Shapiro?

Jesus H. in a leather jockstrap!

:eyes: :banghead:

[Jack Rabbit]

31. Response

Please click here.

[BobTheSubgenius]

32. What a specious, whining 'argument' this martyr is trying to make.

What's the thesis here? That people arbitrarily, unfairly and inexplicably turned on a misunderstood but actually great President?

What absolute nonsense. I'm glad to have read it, though - good to know what these loons are thinking.

[POAS]

33. Hey Shapiro, there ain't no crying in politics.

For a supporter of the sleaziest political party in the history of the US ( at least in recent decades) to cry about how we speak about the worst President in US history is just embarrassing.

STFU Shapiro

[yellowcanine]

34. Yeah and wasn't it terrible what they did to Al Capone? Shocking.

[TankLV]

35. What fucking UNIVERSE is this asshole living it?!?!

HE'S A FUCKING WAR CRIMINAL!

He should not only have been arrested and imprisoned LONG ago, but if justice were truly done correctly, he would have been EXECUTED for CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY!

good god...

[GreenEyedLefty]

36. Chutzpah, arrogance or just plain hubris...

Pick one, two, or all three.

I distinctly recall that in 2004 President Bush gloated about the "political capital" that he intended to spend, and the "mandate" he received from the people. And then he proceeded, IMMEDIATELY, to attempt to gut Social Security.

I'm sorry but that is not what I call "earning the support" of Kerry voters, bipartisanship or any other form of cooperation and it was blatantly obvious that Bush is all about lip service and doing exactly the opposite of what he says he wants to do.