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LedZep
14 years ago
What a contrast between Bush and Obama. One speaks well from prepared speaches and uses the office to attack individuals who disagree with him. One spoke not so eloquent, but from the heart with conviction and didn’t take on his critics, rather concentrated on the issues facing the country.
Uncertain times call for uncertain leadership…
Prairie
14 years ago
What concerns me is that Bush is speaking out, he must also have serious concerns about this Presidency.
FedUp
14 years ago
Ccontrary to the MSM – Bush is/was no dummy!! He was low-key, but he knew what was going on, had (for the most part) solid advisors and ALWAYS had the good of the Country at heart. Now, we have… Mr. Thin-skin, Training Pants. 2010 can’t come soon enough!
kathie
14 years ago
Bush has no concerns about his Presidency, he always did what he thought was right at the time. He is speaking because he is raising money for his library and people are interested in his thought process as he met some of the challenges our country faced. I think the title of this story is miss leading. He is not bashing Obama, he had the same ideological arguments with the dems all the time when he was in office.
BackwardsBoy
14 years ago
More of this, please, Mr. President!
mynameis
14 years ago
I used to visit this site because I thought it was a conservative blog. Lately it’s apparent it’s just a George W fansite. Dissapointing.
FedUp
14 years ago
mynameis… don’t let the door…
Scrapiron
14 years ago
“I used to visit this site” mynameis
I used to indicates the past, so what are you doing here now? Tired of the garbage on the liberal sites? When O’Dumbo has you actually eating garbage maybe you will see the error of your support for the ‘0’ O’Dumbo. Half a million people lost their job (per month) under O’Dumbo. Are you better off today than you were 5 months ago?
Real American Patriot
14 years ago
Scrapion:
This RECESSION began under BUSH! Have you forgotten that point already?
Or have you been Con’d by the Republi-CONS?
There are signs that Obama’s plan is working and here is one of them:
Am I better off today than I was 5 months ago?? I am guessing you are referring to financially.
The answer is YES!!!
Oh just in case you still believe that Obama has broken MOST of his campaign promises as some on this site have suggested, here is another dose of the real truth.
The Obameter Scorecard
Promise Kept 31
Compromise 8
Promise Broken 6
Stalled 12
In the Works 64
No Action YET 394
I’ll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo
that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and
I don’t believe that persuasion isn’t going to work.
At least now he’s just torturing the English language.
Obama is the WORST President in my lifetime. Worse than Jimmy Carter and worse than Bill Clinton. Joe Biden was right: the presidency is no place for on the job training and Hillary Clinton was right when she compared her experience to some speech Obama gave in 2005.
@mynameis: If you don’t understand the value of the contrast between Bush and Odumbo then perhaps it is time for you to leave.
No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq
I don’t think Thomas Ricks would agree with that misleading campaign pledge. He’s “ending the war in Iraq” with about as much expediency as Bush or McCain. The difference, of course, is that Bush and McCain both wanted to leave Iraq in success and Senator Obama did what he could to stand in the way of that success. Now he gets to ride the coattails of the previous Administration while bashing it daily.
Since they saw fit to include #502, PolitiFact forgot to include his campaign pledge to take Michelle out on a date to see a Broadway show. What are they trying to do? Cheat the President on his scorecard of “promises kept”? Damn liberal bias….
Real American Patriot
14 years ago
Mike:
The WORST President in recent history is pictured at the top of this string. I’m sorry you are so confused.
Wrong answer, thanks for playing. Bush was president, but Pelosi and Reid held the purse strings, or rather they neglected to hold the purse strings. I guess the Demon-Craps still have you under mind control.
jainphx
14 years ago
My prayer is that we withstand the next 3.5 years, without unfixable damage being done. When an administration does its utmost to tare down this country and what made it great, it’s hard to get up in the morning. Shame on you Obama and all those who back you, you are a disgrace not only to America but now to the world. You insult Great Britain, stand back and allow Iranians to be murdered in the streets, denigrate Germans with their leader standing next to you. Apologize for America where praise was called for. A pox on you and your cabal of Fascists that are wrecking a great country.
To celebrate, I thought I would go through all of your promises and statements from the campaign that reached their expiration date during this historic period.
1. “As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide.”
2. “I will make sure that we renegotiate [NAFTA].”
3. Opposed a Colombian Free Trade Agreement because advocates ignore that “labor leaders have been targeted for assassination on a fairly consistent basis.”
4. “Now, what I’ve done throughout this campaign is to propose a net spending cut.”
5. “If we see money being misspent, we’re going to put a stop to it, and we will call it out and we will publicize it.”
6. “Yesterday, Jim, the head of Caterpillar, said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”
7. “I want to go line by line through every item in the Federal budget and eliminate programs that don’t work, and make sure that those that do work work better and cheaper.”
8. “[My plan] will not help speculators who took risky bets on a rising market and bought homes not to live in but to sell.”
9. “Instead of allowing lobbyists to slip big corporate tax breaks into bills during the dead of night, we will make sure every single tax break and earmark is available to every American online.”
10. “We can no longer accept a process that doles out earmarks based on a member of Congress’s seniority, rather than the merit of the project.”
11. “If your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.”
12. “Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe the United States has to be frank with the Chinese about such failings and will press them to respect human rights.”
13. “We must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights.”
14. “Lobbyists won’t work in my White House!”
15. “The real gamble in this election is playing the same Washington game with the same Washington players and expecting a different result.”
16. “I’ll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits, and we’ll use the money to help families pay for their skyrocketing energy costs and other bills.”
These are only the 16 that I was able to find in my archives over the past 100 days, and I’m sure readers will recall more. But it is important that we remember that this is only the beginning. There is a long road ahead, and many more promises left to break.
UPDATE: And the readers come through!
17. “Obama will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days.” Obama is 1-for-11 on this promise so far.
18. A special one on the 100th day, “the first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing I’d do.”
OLDPUPPYMAX
14 years ago
Our non-biased, MSM is in the throes of ecstasy now that it has Bush to attack once again!
Obama has adopted the Bush adminsitration’s positions on lawsuits over “torture,” warrantless wiretapping, state secrets and policies the powers that allow the president to indefinitely detain suspected terror supporters.
Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general overseeing the TARP, has already opened 20 criminal investigations and six audits into whether tax dollars are being pilfered or wasted.
No need to worry about him, he’s being fired. Refer to the article in my previous post. Can’t be having someone stop TARP or Stimulus.
Dunderheads like Sky55110, Internet Casanova Extraordinaire, are just floating along on the HopeyChangey vapors while the country is being destroyed around them.
Amazing.
SpideyTerry
14 years ago
I’m glad to see Bush speaking up. I’m also glad that he’s doing it in his own style (aka not resorting to blatant, aggressive attacks like “certain” people).
“When I look in the mirror, I say, ‘He did not sell his soul for short-term politics.’”
That, my friends, is all that needs to be said. Say what you will about Bush and his policies, but at least he had the courage to do what he thought was right and see things through. Obama? That little weasel flip flops so damn often. Just look at the military tribunals issue. And heck, anyone remember all his talk on the campaign trail about ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I don’t care about that issue one way or the other, but it’s funny how that issue (especially with Dems in control of the WH and Congress) has vanished from the to-do list. Even worse about Obama, he has the unmitigated gall to act like he’s never changed his positions or did something wrong despite the evidence to the contrary.
Bottom line, Bush has honor. Obama, meanwhile, can’t even spell the word.
Aqua
14 years ago
And RAP, if you really want to be honest and place blame where blame belongs on the recession, HERE is public enemy #1.
[Courtesy embed for Aqua….I even selected a pretty pink border in honor of Senator Bawney Fwank. – Aye]
Morris
14 years ago
It truly is depressing to sit here and read all of the crap that has come out of your mouths on this webpage. First of all who is the idiot that claims Obama to be “The worst president ever known”. Serioulsy give me a break, it has been 6 months since his inauguration. This recession started with Bush and it will most likely not end within Obama’s term but what you fail to realize is that a change needed to be made. There has to be governmnet regulation put in place and if you don’t understand that I truly feel sorry for you. Why do you think the “Savings and Loan scandal” happened”. Nobody was regulating or watching over these selfish a**hole’s that were allowing anybody no matter what the income or economic status to receive a loan that was impossible to pay off. Also, I love how so many people were so “Pro-War” but I can guarantee you a mojority of them have never served. I am a veteran and let me ask you something, “Where are those weapons of mass destruction”?
There has to be governmnet regulation put in place and if you don’t understand that I truly feel sorry for you. Why do you think the “Savings and Loan scandal” happened”. Nobody was regulating or watching over these selfish a**hole’s that were allowing anybody no matter what the income or economic status to receive a loan that was impossible to pay off.
Hey Morris….the reason the current lending debacle occurred is because the gov’t FORCED lenders to make loans to people who would never realistically be able to pay them back.
herman
14 years ago
That “adult” who was in charge is pretty much responsible for this:
WSJ/NBC poll:
25 percent hold a favorable view of the Republican Party,
which is an all-time low for it in the poll [my emphasis].
45 percent hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party.
That “adult” who was in charge is pretty much responsible for this
No, not exactly.
That would be like all of us blaming your third grade teacher for your current mental vapidity.
The Republican Party strayed from its’ principles long before President Bush moved into the White House. Until the party regains its’ footing, it will continue to founder in the eyes of those of us who are Conservative.
@Morris asked: “First of all who is the idiot that claims Obama to be “The worst president ever known.”
That would be me Morris. I have worked in government at every level from the Court House to the White House and much in between. Personally, I have worked for, met or seen in person Presidents ranging from Nixon to Clinton.
I watched how you lefties derided Reagan’s efforts to win the Cold War from inside the White House. You people never understood the value and power of freedom and democracy then as you discount it now.
Obama is an aberration of American politics brought on by “news” media idolatry for a slick talking candidate who happens to be non white ( I am warned that the word “Mulatto” while accurate, connotes racism).
Get some grounding in history and reality before you come pointing fingers at me pal!
JS Ruby
14 years ago
After all the crap from BO it was nice to hear from W again.
G6loq
14 years ago
Republicrat hectors Demoblicain …
One would think GWB had nothing to do with Bark Hussein Obama’s election …
SoCal Chris
14 years ago
Oh MAN, I would have LOVED to have been there at the meeting!! I just got off the phone with the PR person for the event, and she said there was a VERY warm welcome for President Bush, and standing room only. She MORE THAN ONCE communicated HUGE enthusiasm and much positive energy there in response to his speech!! I called to ask if there was a video available, and she said there was not. The only thing taped was the 1st 3 minutes or so of the event. Other than that, just photos. I told her it would be SO refreshing to hear someone saying the free market still works, and she wholeheartedly agreed!! Lord knows I would have tried to attend if I’d known about it!!!
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded to President Bush’s criticism by saying: “We won.”
Weak. Weak. Weak.
This from the bestest Press Sect’y evah.
Heh.
jainphx
14 years ago
Hey Morris I served before you were born, and those WMD are somewhere up your butt, with who did you serve and where. Jimmy Carter was and is the worst President ever to serve, and Obama is very quickly catching up. Did Bush ever insult Great Britain not once but three times, did he insult Germany with Merkel standing next to the big eared baffoon, did he refuse dinner with The president of France, only to eat atop the Eiffel Tower. In just 65 days this dweeb has managed to p#ss off the whole world, so do me a favor shove him where the sun doesn’t shine.
mynameis…. I shall take your post as a final farewell. We shall miss your inability to read post content and consume debate. Always good for brevity, ya know.
I will look forward to not seeing your worthless input in the future.
Maybe I should add that we can connect CRAP… a student of revisionist history… and bozo “mynameis” off forum so they can mind meld.
“signs” Obama’s plan is working… LOL Right, CRAP… how much of that money has been released? And what jobs, other than government jobs for a year, has been “saved”?
Even Biden says “be patient”, it’ll work…. when the money finally get’s released. But then, if it hasn’t been released, how does it contribute?
duh
I guess Larry W is sharing prozac needles with you, right?
Oh yes… Morris who? You feel “sad” at all these comments? Interesting. I feel “sad” that you believe government is the cure for the problems when it was government (i.e. Congress) who caused not only the S&L but the current banking woes. Sometimes it’s bad legislation and regulation, and others it’s overregulation. And most are the result of many events together that create a perfect storm. That you simplify these problems as either similiar, or as a free market flaw, may suit your comprehension ability… but doesn’t make it so.
Hey Jainphx– “Weapons of mass destruction are somewhere up my butt”. I don’t think I even need to comment on this. HA the funny thing is they still haven’t been found yet so maybe they’re “up my butt” (IDIOT).
Bottom line: Whether you choose to believe it or not Obama was clearly the better candidate in the presidential race so before you criticize every democrat that comes into office please, please don’t make it so easy with lousy candidates. Also, just because a man served in the war and spent 1500 days as a POW does not mean he knows how to “Manage” a war. I am not going to sit here and say Obama has any experience either but as a country we had no choice but to elect somebody and based on the turnout “change was necessary”. Repulicans have controlled the house and office for the past 11 years and clearly something is not working. I am sure there are many of your right wing pals that voted Obama but would never admit it.
Don’t judge Obama’s presidency after the first 130 days or so and if you do make sure you put a better team on the field next race.
Oh yeah I almost forgot: Aye Chiuahua: Under who’s administration was the government under when these lendors were forced to push through these loans?
Under who’s administration was the government under when these lendors were forced to push through these loans?
Hmmm….
The Community Reinvestment Act was passed under Carter in 1977
Reforms were implemented to restrict it under George HW Bush in 1989
Clinton expanded the legislation multiple times, forcing lenders to raise the percentage of loans to minority groups as well as forcing the lowering of lending standards, thus increasing the percentage of lending to less qualified buyers.
George W. Bush acted multiple times to reign in FannieMae and FreddieMac beginning way back in 2001 only to be rebuffed by Congress.
So, there’s the history of the issue in short bullet point form to make it easier for you to understand.
Also, I love how so many people were so “Pro-War” but I can guarantee you a mojority of them have never served.
Must explain why the majority military voting block consistently goes to Republicans.
I am a veteran and let me ask you something,
Also, I love how Morris pulls out the chickenhawk card, tries to fortify his opinion behind the “I am a veteran” aegis, then writes this gem:
just because a man served in the war and spent 1500 days as a POW does not mean he knows how to “Manage” a war.
Must be taking lessons from President Obama on how to have his argument both ways.
jainphx
14 years ago
Notice he still hasn’t answered where he served! Morris cub scouts don’t count, or is it Girl scouts?
Tom in Ca
14 years ago
Morris,
‘Whether you choose to believe it or not’ – you are funny Morris. Really, you are.
ditto
14 years ago
I think that so far Obama’s “Plan” IS working. However, in clarification, I must qualify that by stating that I feel certain that Obama’s “Plan” is not what everyone in Washington DC and the MSM seems to think it is. I also think his “plan” for “change” is to change the United States far away from what the forefather’s plan was, into a type of government they feared it could become.
After the Constitutional Convention had finished its work in 1787, a woman asked Ben Franklin what kind of government had been decided upon. He replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
The question now is: Will we be able to keep our republic with a far-left administration that wishes to remake America in their own image, and a Congress and MSM that will neither obstruct, nor hinder a governmental transformation by single party aligned elites?
Bush Unplugged
By: Dr. Paul Kengor
FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Last Wednesday evening, I witnessed a remarkable event, which is being misreported and misperceived—from the Drudge Report to the White House—in antagonistic ways I plainly didn’t see. I shouldn’t be surprised, since it involved George W. Bush.
It was the 104th annual event of the Erie-based Manufacturer & Business Association, which attracts top speakers from all over the world. June 17 was no exception, as Ralph Pontillo and his staff brought in the 43rd president of the United States.
As president, George W. Bush was, of course, widely disregarded for his oratorical shortcomings. His failure to communicate his core message, especially regarding his Middle East vision, was central to his record disapproval.
And yet, Bush was magnificent last Wednesday. He spoke with no teleprompter and few notes. After formal remarks, he reclined in a leather chair and answered audience-supplied questions. It was Bush unplugged.
I can’t do justice to all that was said. I’ll share a handful of items not getting the wider attention they deserve:
Referring to post-9/11 America, Bush calmly conceded, in a refreshingly frank manner: “I’m surprised we didn’t have another attack.”
We should all be surprised. Credit for that colossal accomplishment—Bush’s first priority after 9/11—goes to this president, who got little thanks.
Speaking of ingratitude, the unpopular ex-president didn’t whine about how he was poorly treated, and acknowledged he doesn’t sit around “psychoanalyzing” himself. Besides, he suffered something worse: He said it was far harder watching his father get attacked as president.
This was telling. George W. Bush idolizes his father. He talks of the “unspeakable” reassurance of the “unconditional love” of his father, which he compares to the unconditional love of his “heavenly father.” After watching his dad absorb arrows for four years, only to lose to Bill Clinton, the shots he took for eight years were easy.
Besides, said Bush, he can look in the mirror knowing he didn’t “sell his soul” for political gain. He always did what he felt was “morally right.”
The George W. Bush presidency was truly the sacrificial presidency.
What was more, Bush, a history buff and history major at Yale, noted that he had three busts installed at the Oval Office: Churchill, Lincoln, and Eisenhower. Ironically, he did that before 9/11, and it occurred to him only later that all three were wartime leaders. He couldn’t imagine the war he faced, and asserted that the most unexpected aspect of being president is preparing for the unexpected—“to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.”
On this point, President Bush didn’t pause to zing President Obama for removing that bust of Churchill. Quite the contrary, Bush promised, to tepid applause, that the one thing he will not do as ex-president is rip the current president: “I didn’t like it when it happened to me [read: Jimmy Carter], and I’m not going to do it to others.”
Here, reports that Bush “slammed” Obama are untrue. Naturally, he unavoidably made clear his preference for policy solutions in contrast to the central planning now governing Washington. At the same time, he dismissed fears that the nation was rushing toward “socialism.”
Bush shared a fascinating insight into his conviction that the Middle East can be democratically transformed. He reaffirmed his faith-based belief that Middle East Muslims have an inherent yearning for freedom placed on their hearts by a “loving God.” To think otherwise was “condescending.” God created them, too.
He made explicit reference, speaking passionately, and to hushed silence, about Muslim women in particular, and how they long to be educated and raise their babies in freedom. That emphatic statement from Bush haunts me right now as I now watch footage of Iranian women literally taking bullets for freedom—martyred women who may be the modern equivalent of that Tiananmen student who stood in front of a tank 20 years ago this month.
These were messages right out of the best speech of his presidency, his November 2003 address to theNational Endowment for Democracy.
What was new was the personal way he brought Japan into the equation. After World War II, many judged that Japan couldn’t become a democracy. Japan was out-of-control, recklessly belligerent. It was that culture, that insane war-machine, which shot down Bush’s dad in the 1940s.
And yet, explained Bush, not only did Japan change dramatically, unthinkably, but one of his best friends as president was Japan’s prime minister, who was the first to telephone after 9/11.
Imagine, exhorted Bush: There he was, President George Bush, son of President George Bush. The father had been shot down by imperial, anti-democratic Japan. Now, after 9/11, peaceful, democratic Japan was calling the son to express condolences and offer help.
That moving message deserves pause: If Japan could change that much, what might transpire in the Middle East? It’s a promising prospect, one every skeptic of Iraqi democracy should bear in mind.
This was George W. Bush in Erie, Pennsylvania on June 17—inspiring, colorful, communicating the big picture.
Alas, the one major disappointment from the event is that no video or transcript is available. All rights belong to the 43rd president. I imagine this gem will end up on a shelf at the Bush Library, left to lonely scholars with a VCR, watching with a mix of awe, confusion, and frustration.
Awe at the supposedly poor communicator delivering this engaging message. Confusion as to why he couldn’t communicate the message as president. And frustration that the millions who ought to be watching never will.
He made explicit reference, speaking passionately, and to hushed silence, about Muslim women in particular, and how they long to be educated and raise their babies in freedom. That emphatic statement from Bush haunts me right now as I now watch footage of Iranian women literally taking bullets for freedom—martyred women who may be the modern equivalent of that Tiananmen student who stood in front of a tank 20 years ago this month.
For years Bush worked to improve the fate of women in Islamic countries. Laura made it a personal mission. You remember her visits to women’s health centers in Saudi Arabia? The State Dept. also worked on this issue.
They laid the groundwork to assist in facilitating the emergence of women we see in the protests in Iran.
And yet, Dems in Washington are still trying to claim Obama’s Cairo speech deserves the credit for inspiring the Iranians.
What a contrast between Bush and Obama. One speaks well from prepared speaches and uses the office to attack individuals who disagree with him. One spoke not so eloquent, but from the heart with conviction and didn’t take on his critics, rather concentrated on the issues facing the country.
Uncertain times call for uncertain leadership…
What concerns me is that Bush is speaking out, he must also have serious concerns about this Presidency.
Ccontrary to the MSM – Bush is/was no dummy!! He was low-key, but he knew what was going on, had (for the most part) solid advisors and ALWAYS had the good of the Country at heart. Now, we have… Mr. Thin-skin, Training Pants. 2010 can’t come soon enough!
Bush has no concerns about his Presidency, he always did what he thought was right at the time. He is speaking because he is raising money for his library and people are interested in his thought process as he met some of the challenges our country faced. I think the title of this story is miss leading. He is not bashing Obama, he had the same ideological arguments with the dems all the time when he was in office.
More of this, please, Mr. President!
I used to visit this site because I thought it was a conservative blog. Lately it’s apparent it’s just a George W fansite. Dissapointing.
mynameis… don’t let the door…
“I used to visit this site” mynameis
I used to indicates the past, so what are you doing here now? Tired of the garbage on the liberal sites? When O’Dumbo has you actually eating garbage maybe you will see the error of your support for the ‘0’ O’Dumbo. Half a million people lost their job (per month) under O’Dumbo. Are you better off today than you were 5 months ago?
Scrapion:
This RECESSION began under BUSH! Have you forgotten that point already?
Or have you been Con’d by the Republi-CONS?
There are signs that Obama’s plan is working and here is one of them:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy
Am I better off today than I was 5 months ago?? I am guessing you are referring to financially.
The answer is YES!!!
Oh just in case you still believe that Obama has broken MOST of his campaign promises as some on this site have suggested, here is another dose of the real truth.
The Obameter Scorecard
Promise Kept 31
Compromise 8
Promise Broken 6
Stalled 12
In the Works 64
No Action YET 394
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
Yes, “at last”:
At least now he’s just torturing the English language.
@Real American Patriot: No Action YET 394. Don’t hold your breath.
Obama is the WORST President in my lifetime. Worse than Jimmy Carter and worse than Bill Clinton. Joe Biden was right: the presidency is no place for on the job training and Hillary Clinton was right when she compared her experience to some speech Obama gave in 2005.
@mynameis: If you don’t understand the value of the contrast between Bush and Odumbo then perhaps it is time for you to leave.
@Real American Patriot:
I don’t think Thomas Ricks would agree with that misleading campaign pledge. He’s “ending the war in Iraq” with about as much expediency as Bush or McCain. The difference, of course, is that Bush and McCain both wanted to leave Iraq in success and Senator Obama did what he could to stand in the way of that success. Now he gets to ride the coattails of the previous Administration while bashing it daily.
Since they saw fit to include #502, PolitiFact forgot to include his campaign pledge to take Michelle out on a date to see a Broadway show. What are they trying to do? Cheat the President on his scorecard of “promises kept”? Damn liberal bias….
Mike:
The WORST President in recent history is pictured at the top of this string. I’m sorry you are so confused.
@RAP
Wrong answer, thanks for playing. Bush was president, but Pelosi and Reid held the purse strings, or rather they neglected to hold the purse strings. I guess the Demon-Craps still have you under mind control.
My prayer is that we withstand the next 3.5 years, without unfixable damage being done. When an administration does its utmost to tare down this country and what made it great, it’s hard to get up in the morning. Shame on you Obama and all those who back you, you are a disgrace not only to America but now to the world. You insult Great Britain, stand back and allow Iranians to be murdered in the streets, denigrate Germans with their leader standing next to you. Apologize for America where praise was called for. A pox on you and your cabal of Fascists that are wrecking a great country.
All the BDS bottom feeders are out.
Here’s a little dose of reality for Sky55110, Internet Casonova:
(Remember Bruce…. this list only includes the first 100 days.)
Our non-biased, MSM is in the throes of ecstasy now that it has Bush to attack once again!
Here are some more for you Bruce:
Obama: Mirandize Terrorists Captured Waging War On America, Update: An Obama Flip-Flop?
Obama to Bring Back Military Tribunals Which He Opposed As Professional Candidate
Where are your musings on the illegal firing of an Inspector General?
Obie sponsored the very law that he broke….sounds like a broken promise to me.
More to come.
You made the unfortunate mistake of challenging me on the facts again.
You’re gonna need some Maalox by the time I’m done.
And bandages.
@Aye
It’s 3 IG Firings Now
I’d love to hear RAP defend the most ethical, transparent president evah now. Or any other leftie that thinks they can.
If Brucie decides to show up on this thread again….here’s some more for him to chew on:
@Aye
No need to worry about him, he’s being fired. Refer to the article in my previous post. Can’t be having someone stop TARP or Stimulus.
@Aqua:
Just printed out the article you linked.
It’s amazing to me what Obie is doing.
Dunderheads like Sky55110, Internet Casanova Extraordinaire, are just floating along on the HopeyChangey vapors while the country is being destroyed around them.
Amazing.
I’m glad to see Bush speaking up. I’m also glad that he’s doing it in his own style (aka not resorting to blatant, aggressive attacks like “certain” people).
That, my friends, is all that needs to be said. Say what you will about Bush and his policies, but at least he had the courage to do what he thought was right and see things through. Obama? That little weasel flip flops so damn often. Just look at the military tribunals issue. And heck, anyone remember all his talk on the campaign trail about ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I don’t care about that issue one way or the other, but it’s funny how that issue (especially with Dems in control of the WH and Congress) has vanished from the to-do list. Even worse about Obama, he has the unmitigated gall to act like he’s never changed his positions or did something wrong despite the evidence to the contrary.
Bottom line, Bush has honor. Obama, meanwhile, can’t even spell the word.
And RAP, if you really want to be honest and place blame where blame belongs on the recession, HERE is public enemy #1.
[Courtesy embed for Aqua….I even selected a pretty pink border in honor of Senator Bawney Fwank. – Aye]
It truly is depressing to sit here and read all of the crap that has come out of your mouths on this webpage. First of all who is the idiot that claims Obama to be “The worst president ever known”. Serioulsy give me a break, it has been 6 months since his inauguration. This recession started with Bush and it will most likely not end within Obama’s term but what you fail to realize is that a change needed to be made. There has to be governmnet regulation put in place and if you don’t understand that I truly feel sorry for you. Why do you think the “Savings and Loan scandal” happened”. Nobody was regulating or watching over these selfish a**hole’s that were allowing anybody no matter what the income or economic status to receive a loan that was impossible to pay off. Also, I love how so many people were so “Pro-War” but I can guarantee you a mojority of them have never served. I am a veteran and let me ask you something, “Where are those weapons of mass destruction”?
Moby sighting on Aisle 26.
Moby…Aisle 26.
So many delicious morsels there….so little time.
Hey Morris….the reason the current lending debacle occurred is because the gov’t FORCED lenders to make loans to people who would never realistically be able to pay them back.
That “adult” who was in charge is pretty much responsible for this:
WSJ/NBC poll:
Amazing what that “adult” has done.
@herman:
No, not exactly.
That would be like all of us blaming your third grade teacher for your current mental vapidity.
The Republican Party strayed from its’ principles long before President Bush moved into the White House. Until the party regains its’ footing, it will continue to founder in the eyes of those of us who are Conservative.
@Morris asked: “First of all who is the idiot that claims Obama to be “The worst president ever known.”
That would be me Morris. I have worked in government at every level from the Court House to the White House and much in between. Personally, I have worked for, met or seen in person Presidents ranging from Nixon to Clinton.
I watched how you lefties derided Reagan’s efforts to win the Cold War from inside the White House. You people never understood the value and power of freedom and democracy then as you discount it now.
Obama is an aberration of American politics brought on by “news” media idolatry for a slick talking candidate who happens to be non white ( I am warned that the word “Mulatto” while accurate, connotes racism).
Get some grounding in history and reality before you come pointing fingers at me pal!
After all the crap from BO it was nice to hear from W again.
Republicrat hectors Demoblicain …
One would think GWB had nothing to do with Bark Hussein Obama’s election …
Oh MAN, I would have LOVED to have been there at the meeting!! I just got off the phone with the PR person for the event, and she said there was a VERY warm welcome for President Bush, and standing room only. She MORE THAN ONCE communicated HUGE enthusiasm and much positive energy there in response to his speech!! I called to ask if there was a video available, and she said there was not. The only thing taped was the 1st 3 minutes or so of the event. Other than that, just photos. I told her it would be SO refreshing to hear someone saying the free market still works, and she wholeheartedly agreed!! Lord knows I would have tried to attend if I’d known about it!!!
More photos:
@SoCal Chris: The only video I found was the opening:
Shame that we don’t have better video. Maybe someone needs to consider that next time our former Commander in Chief speaks?
THANK YOU, MIKE!! 🙂
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded to President Bush’s criticism by saying: “We won.”
Weak. Weak. Weak.
This from the bestest Press Sect’y evah.
Heh.
Hey Morris I served before you were born, and those WMD are somewhere up your butt, with who did you serve and where. Jimmy Carter was and is the worst President ever to serve, and Obama is very quickly catching up. Did Bush ever insult Great Britain not once but three times, did he insult Germany with Merkel standing next to the big eared baffoon, did he refuse dinner with The president of France, only to eat atop the Eiffel Tower. In just 65 days this dweeb has managed to p#ss off the whole world, so do me a favor shove him where the sun doesn’t shine.
mynameis…. I shall take your post as a final farewell. We shall miss your inability to read post content and consume debate. Always good for brevity, ya know.
I will look forward to not seeing your worthless input in the future.
Maybe I should add that we can connect CRAP… a student of revisionist history… and bozo “mynameis” off forum so they can mind meld.
“signs” Obama’s plan is working… LOL Right, CRAP… how much of that money has been released? And what jobs, other than government jobs for a year, has been “saved”?
Even Biden says “be patient”, it’ll work…. when the money finally get’s released. But then, if it hasn’t been released, how does it contribute?
duh
I guess Larry W is sharing prozac needles with you, right?
Oh yes… Morris who? You feel “sad” at all these comments? Interesting. I feel “sad” that you believe government is the cure for the problems when it was government (i.e. Congress) who caused not only the S&L but the current banking woes. Sometimes it’s bad legislation and regulation, and others it’s overregulation. And most are the result of many events together that create a perfect storm. That you simplify these problems as either similiar, or as a free market flaw, may suit your comprehension ability… but doesn’t make it so.
Found this video report:
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Hey Jainphx– “Weapons of mass destruction are somewhere up my butt”. I don’t think I even need to comment on this. HA the funny thing is they still haven’t been found yet so maybe they’re “up my butt” (IDIOT).
Bottom line: Whether you choose to believe it or not Obama was clearly the better candidate in the presidential race so before you criticize every democrat that comes into office please, please don’t make it so easy with lousy candidates. Also, just because a man served in the war and spent 1500 days as a POW does not mean he knows how to “Manage” a war. I am not going to sit here and say Obama has any experience either but as a country we had no choice but to elect somebody and based on the turnout “change was necessary”. Repulicans have controlled the house and office for the past 11 years and clearly something is not working. I am sure there are many of your right wing pals that voted Obama but would never admit it.
Don’t judge Obama’s presidency after the first 130 days or so and if you do make sure you put a better team on the field next race.
Oh yeah I almost forgot: Aye Chiuahua: Under who’s administration was the government under when these lendors were forced to push through these loans?
@Morris:
Hmmm….
The Community Reinvestment Act was passed under Carter in 1977
Reforms were implemented to restrict it under George HW Bush in 1989
Clinton expanded the legislation multiple times, forcing lenders to raise the percentage of loans to minority groups as well as forcing the lowering of lending standards, thus increasing the percentage of lending to less qualified buyers.
George W. Bush acted multiple times to reign in FannieMae and FreddieMac beginning way back in 2001 only to be rebuffed by Congress.
So, there’s the history of the issue in short bullet point form to make it easier for you to understand.
Thanks for asking.
@Morris #26:
Must explain why the majority military voting block consistently goes to Republicans.
Also, I love how Morris pulls out the chickenhawk card, tries to fortify his opinion behind the “I am a veteran” aegis, then writes this gem:
Must be taking lessons from President Obama on how to have his argument both ways.
Notice he still hasn’t answered where he served! Morris cub scouts don’t count, or is it Girl scouts?
Morris,
‘Whether you choose to believe it or not’ – you are funny Morris. Really, you are.
I think that so far Obama’s “Plan” IS working. However, in clarification, I must qualify that by stating that I feel certain that Obama’s “Plan” is not what everyone in Washington DC and the MSM seems to think it is. I also think his “plan” for “change” is to change the United States far away from what the forefather’s plan was, into a type of government they feared it could become.
After the Constitutional Convention had finished its work in 1787, a woman asked Ben Franklin what kind of government had been decided upon. He replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
The question now is: Will we be able to keep our republic with a far-left administration that wishes to remake America in their own image, and a Congress and MSM that will neither obstruct, nor hinder a governmental transformation by single party aligned elites?
Mike, did you see this:
@Wordsmith: Thanks. I had not seen that.
I’ll highlight this:
For years Bush worked to improve the fate of women in Islamic countries. Laura made it a personal mission. You remember her visits to women’s health centers in Saudi Arabia? The State Dept. also worked on this issue.
They laid the groundwork to assist in facilitating the emergence of women we see in the protests in Iran.
And yet, Dems in Washington are still trying to claim Obama’s Cairo speech deserves the credit for inspiring the Iranians.