Hmmm, just like how they said in 2006 that they would "stand up to Bush". Two years later, still waiting for them to grow a spine.

They may find it easier to stand up to Bush once Bush isn't around any more. But they could have done this sort of thing during the past two years. Sure, Bush would have vetoed the laws, but making Bush veto puppies and rainbows was the stated Democratic strategy.

ummmm... Bush doesn't drink.

So I guess you're saying, they will never overturn his rules.

ummmm... Bush doesn't drink. ^{(^)}

real shaman

ummmm... Bush doesn't drink

I'm pretty sure that Coors Light doesn't count as "drinking".

Not in my book, anyway...

Change you can believe in.

I love how they want to make oil shale harder to get. Our own gov't regulations are a big part of our energy problem.

Phil Herup: I love how they want to make oil shale harder to get. Our own gov't regulations are a big part of our energy problem.

Well duh. How else are they going to keep the quivering masses in line?

Crosshair: Hmmm, just like how they said in 2006 that they would "stand up to Bush". Two years later, still waiting for them to grow a spine.

Follow orders. Stick to the Republican talking points. Never deviate.

ilambiquated: Crosshair: Hmmm, just like how they said in 2006 that they would "stand up to Bush". Two years later, still waiting for them to grow a spine.

Follow orders. Stick to the Republican talking points. Never deviate.

But what about that "do nothing Congress"?
How will we survive if Congress does something?
Don't you know that they pass laws and stuff?
And laws impact our free market and and and...
Why do you hate America?

real shaman
ummmm... Bush doesn't drink



This is George Bush (at a recent summit in Peru) drinking a Pisco Sour, a Peruvian cocktail. Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing Pisco (a Peruvian brandy), lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and regional bitters. So make it virgin and you have...egg whites, lemon juice and flavoring. mmmMMMM good.

I can't really blame him though, I bet he has a lot of demons to hide from.

Bush doesn't drink... he's just naturally like that at the top of his game.

yeah, that makes people feel better about defending that walking turd.

Phil Herup: I love how they want to make oil shale harder to get. Our own gov't regulations are a big part of our energy problem.

yes, there's all this FREE MAGICAL energy waiting to bring MONEY to everyone with no environmental costs at all!

Nobody is stading up to anybody. It's political smoke and mirrors, folks.

/if you wanted a better world, you would have VOTED ALL THE CROOKS OUT OF OFFICE
//farking tards

Anecdotal story, My brother, this is not a foaf story, worked as a waiter at a small dinner that some of the Bush family members had attending. This was at a high rise condo in Naples Fl sometime before 2000.
He was stunned by the amount that George H.W. Bush drank.
My brother had been a drug and alcohol substance abuse counselor prior to this so he recognized Bush senior for what he was, a functioning alcoholic.
Does this mean anything about W? If you don't understand the predisposition of substance abuse among family you should enlighten yourself.

Come on, subby... even they can't work THAT fast!

SquirrelWithLargeNuts: real shaman
ummmm... Bush doesn't drink



This is George Bush (at a recent summit in Peru) drinking a Pisco Sour, a Peruvian cocktail. Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing Pisco (a Peruvian brandy), lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and regional bitters. So make it virgin and you have...egg whites, lemon juice and flavoring. mmmMMMM good.

I can't really blame him though, I bet he has a lot of demons to hide from.

And he still has Hell to look forward to. Drink up, President Pretzel Boy.

spiderbarks: My brother had been a drug and alcohol substance abuse counselor prior to this so he recognized Bush senior for what he was, a functioning alcoholic.


Sounds like your brother is a judgmental douchebag. He went from a substance abuse counselor to a waiter. He might need to worry about himself rather than a retired POTUS who's son was about to become POTUS and felt like kicking it back.

Mordant: Bush doesn't drink... he's just naturally like that at the top of his game.



Reagan was battling Alzhiemers, and yet we still saw him at the Berlin wall, "Mr. Gorbachav, tear down this wall.."

Bush is like the only president who brags about how he gets 10 hours of sleep, 3 hours of exercise, and he's still embrassing us on a daily basis.

I wish they'd come out and say, "Oh, he was up all night drinking a case of scotch." We would all go, "Great! So that's what it is! Ok man. Well, thanks for trying, you're doing pretty good, considering."

But that's not the case. He's at the top of his game. The president just had a great nights sleep, two hours on the treadmill, and 3 cups of black coffee, lets see what he has to say. "Pants are hats!"

That's our president!

Whether Bush drinks or not is irrelevant. What matters are his accomplishments that he's the greatest president of our times.

Did anyone mention that Bush doesn't drink? Because I think that it needs to be said: Bush doesn't drink.

Phil Herup: spiderbarks: My brother had been a drug and alcohol substance abuse counselor prior to this so he recognized Bush senior for what he was, a functioning alcoholic.


Sounds like your brother is a judgmental douchebag. He went from a substance abuse counselor to a waiter. He might need to worry about himself rather than a retired POTUS who's son was about to become POTUS and felt like kicking it back.

Hey, uh, Phil...

I think you misread the previous comment.

In all honesty, people from that era did drink an enormous amount of liquor, regularly. This was the time that made the businessman's lunch (three martinis, for those of you who don't know) the daily ritual.

As to an abuse counselor becoming a waiter, do you have any idea what each respective profession makes? A good waiter, in a top notch restaurant, will pull down more money than most substance abuse counselors will ever see.

Random Reality Check: do you have any idea what each respective profession makes?


Actually I have a good idea. My point was more in the line of just mind your own business and do your job instead of making a judgment on a single observation of a very successful retired man's alcohol intake.

Come on, Bush likes to fancy himself as a brush clearin' cowboy. Since his whole life is a farce and caricature, he probably drinks whiskey because that's what all the cowboys in movies drink.

For all those, still defending President Bush, here's one for you.

"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on." ~ George W. Bush

DrillSergeantPoopyPants: Faster than Obama snorts a line?

Not if Bush snorts it first, farker bogarting and all

Phil sounds a bit butt hurt.

Aernis: Phil sounds a bit butt hurt.

Imagine sacrificing your dignity over and over to defend a man who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. And the reward for his loyal toadying and bootlicking... nothing.

real shaman: ummmm... Bush doesn't drink.

So I guess you're saying, they will never overturn his rules.

Um, he started drinking again in Peru.

Phil Herup: I love how they want to make oil shale harder to get. Our own gov't regulations are a big part of our energy problem.

I'm really glad you said that. I was pretty sure that it isn't true, but now that you've asserted it as truth it is much less likely to be correct.

Thanks!

Let's all hope they manage this, and that they continue to undo the damage that bush managed to inflict.

It's a tall order, I know, and unlikely. In fact, most of the bush power grabs are likely to remain forever.

Nearly everything Bush II has "accomplished" should be carved into a granite monument placed directly in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

One by one honored citizens should be handed a hammer and chisel and allowed to strike the "accomplishments" from the stone.

We could start with cub scouts and work our way up.

After the monument is nothing but rubble the detritus should be shoveled into the nearest sewer.

Then we hand out cases of cheap beer and allow the masses to add their own benediction as nature calls.

Theological Farker: Phil Herup: I love how they want to make oil shale harder to get. Our own gov't regulations are a big part of our energy problem.

Well duh. How else are they going to keep the quivering masses in line?

By declaring a bullshiat war on terror to make the Right piss in their pants and want to give up ever freedom they have because they are such scared pansies?

fark Bush and the Turd he's married to.

And this is the party that will bring energy independance for the United States....

I guess we will just have to go back to punping unicorn blood and rainbow natural gas for fuel...oh well glad they have those covered.

biglot: Please, please, please, please, please, please, please.

Just this one time, DON'T wait for January 20.

Put Bush out to pasteurize, first thing tomorrow morning!!

Like milk?

AirForceVet: For all those, still defending President Bush, here's one for you.

"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on." ~ George W. Bush

There is so much hatred of Bush on this thread/site perhaps it is useless to point this out, but what the heck.

To the Left and the antiwar activists, the very entry into the war and the toppling of Saddam Hussein was unnecessary, wrong and immoral. Evidently, leaving one of the greatest contemporary tyrants and butchers of his own people in office was not a problem. And although intelligence turned out to be deeply flawed, the spurious charge that "Bush lied us into war" has no mettle. Virtually every major Democrat saw the same intelligence as the Bush administration, and made the point over and over that Saddam had violated all United Nations sanctions, and was set to put WMDs into operation in the near future.

As Professor Moen points out, Bush's "ability to actually stay convinced that Iraq had to be won, when nobody else in the world agreed with him...is an aspect of his strong leadership that people will respect more over time." One can argue that when Bush leaves office, Iraq will be on the way to forging an actual democracy; the war will have been effectively over and Al-Qaeda will have been defeated.

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Georgie is going to drop one last massive Stool on the American people. he can't help it. its his nature.

do ya' need a wipe, georgie?? oh and a courtesy flush would be most appreciated. ain't freedom great?

T.M.S.: Nearly everything Bush II has "accomplished" should be carved into a granite monument placed directly in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

One by one honored citizens should be handed a hammer and chisel and allowed to strike the "accomplishments" from the stone.

We could start with cub scouts and work our way up.

After the monument is nothing but rubble the detritus should be shoveled into the nearest sewer.

Then we hand out cases of cheap beer and allow the masses to add their own benediction as nature calls.


Quoted for awesomeness

SquirrelWithLargeNuts: real shaman
ummmm... Bush doesn't drink



This is George Bush (at a recent summit in Peru) drinking a Pisco Sour, a Peruvian cocktail. Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing Pisco (a Peruvian brandy), lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and regional bitters. So make it virgin and you have...egg whites, lemon juice and flavoring. mmmMMMM good.

I can't really blame him though, I bet he has a lot of demons to hide from.

actually, its a cup of Semen donated by the locals. they knew george would enjoy a donation.

Doublek111: To the Left and the antiwar activists, the very entry into the war and the toppling of Saddam Hussein was unnecessary, wrong and immoral.

It was wrong. This is NOT open to debate.

Evidently, leaving one of the greatest contemporary tyrants and butchers of his own people in office was not a problem.

Ahh, still trotting out the same justification for this failure of a war, I see. I mean, I know there have been several, but this one is definitely one of my faves. That it was really a "humanitarian mission". We had to save those poor Iraqis from Saddam! We thought lefties wanted to help the poor and defenseless!

You and your ilk just telling yourselves whatever gets you through the night.

You and your ilk just keep telling yourselves whatever gets you through the night.

/preview is my friend, preview is my friend...

Doublek111: WHARRGARBL

Good God, that was either a tremendous troll or an admission of total KoolAid immersion.

Al-Qaeda will have been defeated?
That's some grade A stupid, right there.

Random Reality Check:
Al-Qaeda will have been defeated?
That's some grade A stupid, right there.

Maybe some bitter clinging?

\I always agreed with that bitter clinger thing.

Doublek111: To the Left and the antiwar activists, the very entry into the war and the toppling of Saddam Hussein was unnecessary, wrong and immoral. Evidently, leaving one of the greatest contemporary tyrants and butchers of his own people in office was not a problem. And although intelligence turned out to be deeply flawed, the spurious charge that "Bush lied us into war" has no mettle. Virtually every major Democrat saw the same intelligence as the Bush administration, and made the point over and over that Saddam had violated all United Nations sanctions, and was set to put WMDs into operation in the near future.

The Bush Administration lied by omission, providing incomplete intelligence to both support their predisposition into invading Iraq and to literally cover their assess.

Obviously Saddam was a bloody tyrant. However, the world is full of them. Saddam did not pose an immediate threat to the US, but we invaded without the support of our key allies.

As for the rest of the clusterfark, where should I begin?

- Redeployed troops from Afghanistan, the country that attacked us, to invade Iraq.
- Invaded Iraq without sufficient troops to secure the country.
- Low to react to Hurricane Katrina, then lied to cover up their failure.
- Massive deficit spending.
- Pound our military into the ground, fighting two wars without funding replacement equipment.
- Opposed funding for new vets from both wars, for example, the new GI Bill that the Democratic Congress pushed through.
- Tax cuts for the wealthy, peanuts for the lower classes.
- Etc.

/I'm tired of this.
//Is it 20 Jan 09 yet?

Crosshair: Hmmm, just like how they said in 2006 that they would "stand up to Bush". Two years later, still waiting for them to grow a spine.

Because Bush would never veto anything ever. In life.

Rule #1 in politics: pick your battles wisely.