When asked what books were on his "bookstand," Bush said, "We don't have bookstands anymore. We've got iPads. Please."

/really doubting he's ever had any books on his bookstand

I expect nothing less from the Frat Boy in chief

jchic: Well...there was no sacrifice in serving the country like he did. How many days did he actively serve in the military?

There's plenty of ways to sacrifice something serving the country without being in the military; of course we're talking about a man who I don't believe even sacrificed any sleep while "serving" as president.

Thanks Republicans.

Hopefully the afterlife for you is in those hundred thousand Iraqi people's hands you liberated.

Powerful.

/thanks for the two unneeded wars, rolling back environmental regulations and generally wrecking the nation.

The former president is promoting a book on economic growth

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA x ∞

I am trying to regain my anonymity by promoting this book and doing speaking engagements.

Man, W was so good for comedy....so bad for planet earth.

And we lost jobs like crazy, but no one ever talked about it.

OK, my turn to ask Dad... ... So, Drew, can we have a new "TexASS" tag now?!?
PLLLEASSSS$$$$$eeee... He's just asking for it!!!

PRETTY PLEASE... Pretty, pretty pleeezzuss's... with sugar~laced LSD on top?!
We'll take out the trash... Everyday.... Promise.....................................

I really don't get why everyone was always talking about how "likable" the guy is. I can't describe him in 30 words without "insufferable" being 5 of them.

Godscrack: Gee, I can't imagine who would be telling GW to troll everyone right now.


So you're saying GWB's the VP pick?

OMFG 22nd No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,

IT'S A LOOPHOLE PEOPLE! RUN!!!!

"Bring me a taco..."
"Yes sir!"
"Heh heh heh... tacos rule!"
/always liked that ep of Robot Chicken

His only really positive trait over his time in the limelight has been an uncanny ability to piss off liberals. I can't think of another politician who could elicit such rage - and the best part is that he knows he's doing it. "Hyuk hyuk, where's them WMDs hyuk hyuk".

I've met quite a few Americans who have told me they just wanted to get the hell out of the US when Bush was in power.

relcec: Ambivalence: FlashHarry: i still maintain that if obama's name were jack smith and he had an (R) next to his name, he'd be lauded as the second reagan with exactly the same policies he's shown so far.

If republicans were even the slightest bit intellectually honest they'd have a much more favorable opinion of Obama than their current derangement. But they're not.

/and he's black.

If democrats were even the slightest bit intellectually honest Obama would have announced he wasn't running for a second term a year ago, seriously. he's everything you said you hated about the last guy, but on steroids.
a corporatist whore (ACA is but part D writ large and expanded in breadth, a mandate to buy an incredibly overpriced product) who is responsible for expanding wars, abolishing habeas corpus, and an imperial presidency (where he just straight up ignores if not rewrites laws) unmatched since Lincoln.

He withdrew from Iraq, he's withdrawing from Afghanistan (faster than Republicans would like), Libya was swift and over and the country wasn't occupied, and none of them were carried out with overbearing bravado. Yes we'd all love an end to wars, but we're not going to get it, at least we are getting competent leadership in those wars.

He's much less of a corporatist whore than the alternative, Romney is raking in much more Wall St. money and he's getting hit hard from the right from promises to raise taxes on the wealthy. He's the only candidate we have who isn't promoting trickle down economics so we have little choice.

The ACA isn't single payer sure, but that wouldn't be an option. Can you really see the politcal viability of destroying an entire sector of the private economy to be replaced by a government institution in one fell swoop? Yeah it's a band-aid and a give away, but it is an improvement. The pre-existing condition clause is huge, and wouldn't be possible without the mandate. If we get more price control measures in place then we can probably have a decent system even with private insurers.

The habeas corpus question I'll give you. I'm very uncomfortable with indefinite detention, but it is very limited in scope, as with his assassination of US terrorists. Both of these are very dangerous slippery slopes, but can hopefully be held at bay by our democracy. I can't imagine wide-scale imprisonment and assassination of US citizens happening unless things get really bad, and if so this precedent won't be the root cause anyways.

You'll have to show me where he's ignoring or changing laws, if you're talking about his Dream Act executive order, I hardly think that counts.

He's still a million times better than Bush or Romney, and there's little I've seen to dissuade me of that in the past 3 years.

Certainly not as pithy as Lemon. Wet. Good.

randomjsa: Oh its nice to have a thread about Bush again so I can laugh hardily at the people who will turn right around to tell conservatives what a bunch of hate mongers and unreasonable zealots they are.


Posting his own words is so unreasonable and hateful. How dare people do such hateful things.

relcec: If democrats were even the slightest bit intellectually honest Obama would have announced he wasn't running for a second term a year ago, seriously. he's everything you said you hated about the last guy, but on steroids.
a corporatist whore (ACA is but part D writ large and expanded in breadth, a mandate to buy an incredibly overpriced product) who is responsible for expanding wars, abolishing habeas corpus, and an imperial presidency (where he just straight up ignores if not rewrites laws) unmatched since Lincoln.


You mean to be President in a divided Congress you have to give the other side some of what they want to pass some of what you want?

HOLD THE PRESSES!

I elected a KING! WTF is Obama doing??

/Thought your kind was the party of Lincoln, love the fact you gloss over why he did what he did.
//wondering what laws Obama is "rewriting or ignoring"
//wont get a real answer, ignorant trolls are all over here now

War criminal says what?

Moving on... That first pic with Barbara Bush and Michelle Obama together is hawt.

Reaaly, he is trying to lay low? He isn't going on any tours of Switzerland anytime soon?

/ cant believe people voted for this douche bag TWICE!

Isitoveryet: I hate Lil'Bush so much im angry at his mother for accepting that kind of behavior.


/seriously, the one asshole i have no problem admitting i hate.

I'm not so angry with W, only because I think he thought he was doing the right thing. I'm more angry with people like Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the other lying PNAC creeps.

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat: randomjsa: Oh its nice to have a thread about Bush again so I can laugh hardily at the people who will turn right around to tell conservatives what a bunch of hate mongers and unreasonable zealots they are.

Reading that sentence is like diagramming Lisp. What the hell are you trying to say.

He's saying, "You're a bad man, you're a really bad man, you're making Georgie cry!"

dehehn: The habeas corpus question I'll give you. I'm very uncomfortable with indefinite detention, but it is very limited in scope, as with his assassination of US terrorists. Both of these are very dangerous slippery slopes, but can hopefully be held at bay by our democracy. I can't imagine wide-scale imprisonment and assassination of US citizens happening unless things get really bad, and if so this precedent won't be the root cause anyways.


Why do people act like Obama wrote the NDAA language?

He signed a defense spending bill that had enough votes to pass regardless of what he wanted

Why can't they blame Republicans for the violation of habeas corpus?

God it's really turning into an echo chamber here.

Is there not one Farker willing to give President Cheney's 8 years the credit it deserves?

Awwww Dubya... I forgot how stupid you are and how much I hate you.

By all means please keep making more public appearances between now and November.

Isitoveryet: I hate Lil'Bush so much im angry at his mother for accepting that kind of behavior.


/seriously, the one asshole i have no problem admitting i hate.

She's an asshole, too.

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths. It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

You know you're a failure when people who worked with you recently refuse to mention you by name in public.

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penis goes ther

randomjsa: Oh its nice to have a thread about Bush again so I can laugh hardily at the people who will turn right around to tell conservatives what a bunch of hate mongers and unreasonable zealots they are.

Wow, randomjsa, the guy who has repeatedly said he hoped for democrats to die in terrorist attacks, thinks he isn't a hatemonger. Color me surprised...

"Stop it Daddy, Stop bloviating and telling me how it ought to be done, I'm the decider!" - W

I think GW was pretty much an honest guy and was doing what he was taught was right. However, his last 3 years pretty much fubared the rest of the country.

Now I feel dirty...

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat: Reading that sentence is like diagramming Lisp. What the hell are you trying to say.

Ha! But seriously f*ck Lisp.

This just in: Cocaine and booze doesn't do wonders for the mind.

Wayne 985: Isitoveryet: I hate Lil'Bush so much im angry at his mother for accepting that kind of behavior.


/seriously, the one asshole i have no problem admitting i hate.

I'm not so angry with W, only because I think he thought he was doing the right thing. I'm more angry with people like Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the other lying PNAC creeps.

As I think back I don't think those were vacations he was taking, I think he was sent away so he wouldn't interfere.

FloydA: bojon: Bush said that he also believed it was "bad" for the presidency to "have former presidents bloviating, opining and telling people how it ought to be done."

I knew I would eventually agree with him about something.

Well he's always had daddy issues

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Ha, I seem to remember people actually giving George props for his athleticism in ducking that shoe. Some people just had no idea how dangerous and destructive this man was for our country. They just think he was a funny man who had "quirks".

I voted for him twice and was very satisfied with my vote. I was so happy to contribute to all your BDS.

And it would have been great if that prick Jimmy Carter took the advice of not commenting on former presidents.

He was one of the worst leaders in the last 40 years. How dare he say anything. But he did.

I can't wait to vote for Romney. Too bad I live in NYC.