Will Bush Just End Up a Joke Of History?

[Mary in KC]

Looks like they may actually happen. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I wondered there for a while - but I think he may just be plain stupid.

Can you imagine how Rove must have felt after that joke of a press conference? Boy Genius, indeed. More like just plain old Right Wing sucker.

The agenda is becoming more and more visable to just about everyone - and that's a very good thing.

[madmom]

1. what do you mean end-up, he already is...n/t

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. There will be nothing funny about bush's administration. n/t

[Maccagirl]

4. Exactly-jokes are meant to be good, positve

things. This "joke" is on all of us.

:cry:

[PurityOfEssence]

31. Not "dead baby jokes", and that's precisely what he'll be:

A reckless, incompetent killer of the weak for his personal gain. Dead baby jokes work upon relieving the fear of the uncomfortable, and he will be a pariah for years to come.

History will view this man with embarrassment and disgust, and even those of us in the middle phase of life will live long enough to see the ignominy. May he live to be a hundred and ten, so his narcissistic greed-filled selfish soul can experience the full brunt of his public failure.

Here's my own personal jokes to regale friends and acquaintances: "So, George Bush walks into a bar...fuckin' kills everybody." Try it; it works.

[baldguy]

43. I kind of like that idea.

The punch line for all the good jokes in the last 3/4 of the 21st century will be "George W Bush"

[TreasonousBastard]

3. The joke's on us, and...

it's not very funny.

If we actually survive this as a nation, Shrub will go down in history as our worst President. Massive destruction and not one positive achievement.

At least Harding and Reagan didn't get us into war.

[Mary in KC]

6. What a great picture of a tiger!

[pie]

15. Yes, that is great!

[Flying Dream Blues]

8. I agree 100% TB...

Worst pReznit EVER. IF there is anything positive about this shameful administration, it will be that in spite of it we were able to right the ship after it. But it will be a cleanup like Love Canal in terms of the economic, ecological, social, and foreign relations damage that has occurred. (Am I leaving anything out?) And that's IF we can get rid of them in '08, which given Diebold (what's in a name, huh) may be optimistic, but optimism is all we have right now!!

[Imagevision]

50. The jokes on us? So true! last thursday medicaid hit going unnoticed.

04/29/05 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congress passed a $2.6 trillion budget Thursday that would cut back Medicaid as a step toward trimming federal deficits.

It instructs Congress to freeze or cut spending in many domestic programs outside of defense and homeland security and to restrain farm, student loan, pension and some other government programs that grow automatically from year to year.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said it's time to look closely at benefit programs that are "popular but rife with waste."

"These entitlement programs deserve reform," he said. "The Medicaid system is antiquated and the quality of care is not being brought to the people that need it."

The Senate voted 52-47 to approve the blueprint of tax and spending priorities hours after the House passed it 214-211.

After the House vote, President Bush praised the budget resolution. "This is a responsible budget that reins in spending to limits not seen in years," he said in a written statement.

Democrats blasted the planned cuts and expressed doubt that the budget's projections of shrinking deficits would happen.

"This budget is an assault on our values," House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said.

Republicans said the plan to shrink spending only nicks
($2.6 trillion)rapidly growing benefit programs, which will continue growing but at a slightly slower rate.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5375640.html

[Francis]

5. Laughter is a winner

Don't wait for history instead of getting uptight and irate, make fun of the whole sorry lot.
People can stand all sorts of slings and arrows but once public ridicule takes hold, you're finished

[Mary in KC]

17. Boy you got that right.

We need to get more support from the late nite guys.

[dkofos]

30. I won't laugh, untill I see the whole lot of them in prison!

[Imagevision]

51. Laughter? -Keep laughing at the pumps

[ooglymoogly]

7. was hitler a joke

thousands of people are dying. he will be remembered as a total disaster for the u.s.'s place in history....the fall of rome

[Mary in KC]

10. I didn't mean a joke as in "funny"

I meant a joke as in "ridiculous."

I think this may all go down as a perfectly ridiculous time in our history. A time when idiots somehow got in control and ran with the ball.

And it should be a lesson to all of us. We were taking everything for granted - and in these perilous times that is a huge mistake.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. No, I don't think so at all...

I don't believe he will be seen as a "good" or "great" president by any stretch of the imagination.

But Bush HAS produced results, and those results are what will remain when he's long gone to his "eternal reward."

He really, really took care of his "base." He made the rich much richer. Thanks to his support (or lack of willingness to curtail) outsourcings, jobs bled out of America like a stuck pig. The more jobs were exported, the more CEOs were rewarded for it.

My kids, your kids, everybody's kids and grandkids will be working to pay back the tax cuts that were given to his "base."

We attacked a country that didn't attack us first, that had NO proven involvement in 9/11, while the man who stepped up and CLAIMED responsibility sat back in his little hidey-hole and continued to make video tapes that mocked us.

Bush is no joke.

[onehandle]

11. Depends on who writes the history books.

If the intelligentsia (that doesn't flee the country) is burned at the stake, Bush will be second in greatness only to Reagan.

Otherwise, yes he'll be a tragic joke.

[signmike]

23. Exactly. Another saint like St. Ronnie. Maybe they can take

names like the popes do --

Bonzo I

Bonzo II

[DeaconBlues]

49. So true - it will depend who is in power

Look at what a disaster Reagan was, but he's treated like a saint in our right-wing dominated era. Hell, I've even caught conservatives trying to redeem Hoover (on Fox, print media, the History Channel, etc.).

[AzDar]

12. I think more like a 'cautionary tale'.....eternal vigilance,blah,blah blah

n/t

[iconoclastic cat]

13. History? Who knows. We'll all be dead.

[ChiciB1]

32. I Caught That.... The EEEIIIdiot Himself Said That In Answer

to a question put to him by Bob Woodward.

THIS is just a small example of the backward thinking this Dick-Tatter uses.

Just like when asked a question at this last new conference. A reporter asked him a question that he apparently didn't want to answer and he said "that sounds pretty personal, lets' not get personal here", or something like that! I only saw a clip of that interaction so I'm sure my quite isn't exact, but the meaning is the same.

By the time His Corruptness is done with this country, I don't think it will be a laughing matter, but HE will!

[iconoclastic cat]

37. We here at DU are pleased to see that you've been paying attention.

Please proceed to the VIP room.

[ChiciB1]

40. Okey-Dokey???

Funny!

[sam sarrha]

14. the suffering this wet brain alcohollic causes will be his legacy.

.. it isnt a joke

Needless war and division of the people..no joke

[pie]

16. He just may end up being compared to Hitler

His evil work has just started.

[Mary in KC]

19. I think he will be remebered more like Nixon

As a dark time - full of corruption, deceit and greed.

[carnie_sf]

18. IF we can get these clowns

out of power, we'll be digging out of the hole they put us in for a long, long time.

[oneold1-4u]

20. Political losses

Some great choreographer has been handling the Republican program since before 2000 and against all odds has done a marvelous job. It reminds me of the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, only better technique and technical programming.
Use a political name puppet who can be created to do and say what he is supposed to for the lead, get him in WH by any means available and start the real program. The religious right are the ripest apple on the ignorance tree, and right behind them are all the other "anti" crowd!
These are already trained personalities that will believe anything that sounds like something they have ever agreed with. It's like: "Do you like chocolate?" (to a dieter) "Well if you do then this man * has the power to let you have all you want and it won't hurt you."
So now a lot of non-voting people believe he was sent for them and they hit the next election in loaded church busses and hold the voting booths and precincts up for hours. The tough second act, though, is to keep the puppet from hamming things up by not reading the script every moment. (Time for another trip to TX outback!)
The script is closing in to the last act and if everything on the set is in place,(and the Dems are in check so far) this country will no longer be the most foolish free democratic nation!
One more thing, if all fails every one is safe because at least the judiciary can't be changed back in time to convict anyone!

[burn the bush]

21. yeah, after the outrage he'll be like a sick cruel Helen Keller type joke

you know, one that is sick cruel and hurtful, but the play on words is funny anyway.

[leftofthedial]

22. too catastrophic to be a "joke"

more like a period of unaccountable insanity and disastrous consequences, with him as the lead villain.

[BlueIris]

24. A JOKE?

A JOKE? Are you freaking kidding me?! I thought everyone who posted here had at least most of the facts. With more than 150.000 Iraqis and more than 1,500 U.S. troops dead for a war that should have NEVER happened, grotesque, illegal atrocities committed by our own military against prisoners of war and detainees whose guilt or innocent still remain unknown, annihilation of our civil liberties in America and global economic and environmental catastrophe? That ever-lengthening list isn't going down in the history books as anything as anything funny.

[Krist]

47. you should Freep

... and try saying any of these things, they are surely gonna shut you off prutty soon.

[RAF]

25. of course

he's beyond a joke now. Why would it change?

[ThomWV]

26. History Stops Joking When Wars Are Involved

Ever notice that?

[aldian159]

27. The joke's on us, sad to say. NT

[chyjo]

28. Bush will be remembered as the President who stipped America

Of its recognized place as being a world leader, and it's place as the dominant superpower.

[dkofos]

29. 100,00 + dead!! That is not a F_cking joke!!

[wildwww2]

33. Bu$h Inc. has the potential to do more damage than Hitler. I`m not

laughing about what that filthy maggot did either.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[Wizard777]

34. Bush should be in Guinesses Book of World Records.

This is one record Bush will not promote even though I think he officially holds the world record. The record for sounding the worlds biggest false alarm over the WMD's in Iraq.

[Dervill Crow]

35. I guess if people can laugh at "Springtime for Hitler."

I enjoy seeing him losing so much of his support, and it's to be hoped that he does inherit a special spot in history with the truth of his pResidency recorded. Maybe somebody will learn something.

I need Ipecac after thinking about him enough to write even this short post. The grief I feel when I think of what that "joke" has done to my country is not that different from what I felt when my parents died.

[mitchum]

36. He's already a joke of Current Events

[Spectral]

38. I wish he was a joke and not a real person

nt

[Nightjock]

39. Guarenteed

He will go down as the worst President in history.
He may even leave early in disgrace.
Everyday a little more evidence builds up about election fraud and the lies that have cost peoples lives.

[slor]

41. Yep...

but sadly, we will be picking up the pieces.

[Krist]

48. off topic

I used to live in Cincy, left it for TX 4 years back.. did Hamilton county go for Bush ?

[HughBeaumont]

52. Unfortunately, yes . . .

but not by much

[bunny planet]

42. He's a joke alright but unfortunately I'm not laughing.

He's doing too much harm to our country and the world to have it be even remotely funny anymore.
:shrug:

[jen4clark]

44. The entire bu*h crime family

will end up being the blackest mark in American history when their crimes and lies are finally exposed and they're all in the slammer.

If you haven't yet, please sign the petition to require the immediate release of the entire report completed by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-IG) of its investigation into confirmed reports by FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds on the cover-up of information and leads pre and post 9/11...

http://www.justacitizen.com/

[Boo Boo]

45. Yeah, if you think hundreds of thousands of dead people is funny. /nt

[Debs]

46. I wish I could agree with all these sentiments

He will of course always be a tragic, nightmare of a joke to me. However I think you are underestimating the rightwingnuts tenacity. They NEVER stop trying to rewrite history. Raygun becomes an intellectual, they are still trying to rewrite the 60's and the Vietnam war, they never give up telling lies no matter how often they are shown to be lies. I am afraid our grandchildren will be going to GW Bush jr, Highs and paying tickets at GW Bush courthouses into the next century

[Cha]

53. bush is a very dangerous

joke on history.

[peacetalksforall]

54. I remind everyone...he is only a marionette. The question is - will his

string pullers END UP A JOKE? Or, more precisely, will they survive and remain in power? He can be gone with one annconcement of ill health or resignation - what will be left with. We need to know who the string pullers are and target them with our threads.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

55. Not a lot of Hitler, Stalin jokes either.

[libodem]

56. The whole era

will end up a joke of history...because of him.