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(Some Guy)   Bill Clinton: "George Bush Sr. and I are going on a diplomatic tour to restore America's lost respect." George Bush Sr.: "No we're not, and while you're at it please enjoy this nice hot cup of STFU"   (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) divider line
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Diogenes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-12-19 2:16:39 PM  
I gotta admit, Bill really fumbled hard with this one.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-12-19 2:17:06 PM  
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Afternoon_Delight
2007-12-19 2:17:37 PM  
Wait a minute, you mean the Clintons lied?
 
lunchinlewis
2007-12-19 2:25:59 PM  
Hillary is going to peg him so hard for this.
 
Mordant
2007-12-19 2:27:31 PM  
what a waste of time that would be anyway. No amount of daddy apologizing for his idiot son is going to fix anything at this point, we may as well just close ranks and tell the world to go screw off.
 
binnster
2007-12-19 2:29:25 PM  
In a statement sent to CNN Tuesday afternoon, former President Bush's chief of staff Jean Becker said that he "wholeheartedly supports the President of the United States, including his foreign policy. He has never discussed an 'around-the-world-mission' with either former President Bill Clinton or Sen. Clinton, nor does he think such a mission is warranted since he is proud of the role America continues to play around the world as the beacon of hope for freedom and democracy.


The old man must be going senile. Bush Jr gave the world Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, not a beacon of hope or freedom.
 
Afternoon_Delight
2007-12-19 2:31:06 PM  
Oh goodie! The spinners are here to change the subject...
 
palladiate [TotalFark]
2007-12-19 2:33:20 PM  
Afternoon_Delight: Oh goodie! The spinners are here to change the subject...

Not to change the subject, but maybe Bill said what he did to make everyone in the country shiat-scared of Hillary not vote for her?

Maybe he's a hero in all this.
 
Digeratus
2007-12-19 2:33:50 PM  
ftfa: [President H.W. Bush] is proud of the role America continues to play around the world as the beacon of hope for freedom and democracy.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp* AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
Diogenes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-12-19 2:38:53 PM  
Afternoon_Delight: Oh goodie! The spinners are here to change the subject...

It really sucks when people steal your material, doesn't it?
 
Mordant
2007-12-19 2:40:07 PM  
Digeratus: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp* AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I think what he means is that most people are left hoping for freedom and democracy after dealing with us.
 
mrshowrules [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-12-19 2:48:58 PM  
Diogenes: I gotta admit, Bill really fumbled hard with this one.

What game were you watching. The Bushies just ate it. Bill proposes that George (and other notables) join him to help repair the farking mess his son created. George declines. Bill has on the one hand showed a tremendous amount of class by inviting George and the refusal only guarentees that the tour will be more successful because it won't have any connect to Junior.

The world hates Dubya and loves Bill and Hillary.
 
Moses To Sandy Koufax
2007-12-19 2:52:51 PM  
The world hates Dubya and loves Bill and Hillary.

Yes, yes, and no. Nobody loves Hillary except corporations, lobbyists, and morons.
 
TheCoolGoof
2007-12-19 2:53:13 PM  
How about they spend a little time trying to restore "America's lost respect" the the Americans?
 
h to the 'ojo
2007-12-19 2:53:15 PM  
One-term president say-what?
 
CAADbury
2007-12-19 2:53:54 PM  
mrshowrules: The world hates Dubya and loves Bill and Hillary.

And you were doing so well up to this point.
 
unremarkable asterisk
2007-12-19 2:54:18 PM  
Fact is, Sr Bush originally agreed to this. Then the Quaker Oats guy he's married to told him if he does this, he shouldn't bother even coming home. So, it's not his fault... it's the Quaker Oats guy's fault.
 
Koggie
2007-12-19 2:54:41 PM  
I blame Taft.
 
ceramics
2007-12-19 2:54:51 PM  
Yeah man, gimme' more dynastic leadership and hereditary monarchs.
 
KrispyKritter
2007-12-19 2:55:04 PM  
The hard drive crashed when the name 'Hillary Rodham' was typed in.
 
Calvin Coolidge
2007-12-19 2:55:13 PM  
"President Bush is excited about several of the excellent Republican candidates running for president"

Huh, he must know about some candidates that the rest of us don't yet.
 
jimmychitwood
2007-12-19 2:56:07 PM  
TheCoolGoof: How about they spend a little time trying to restore "America's lost respect" the the Americans?

Well-said sir.
 
TonnageVT
2007-12-19 2:56:08 PM  
Maybe the campaign wasn't the best platform for this...but man do I wish George H.W. would get on this plan. IMHO, Bill and Bush Sr. would do a great job of communicating with world leaders, as they have proven themselves.
 
BobtheFascist
2007-12-19 2:56:20 PM  
We've always been open for business. As a charity.
 
JonnyBGoode
2007-12-19 2:56:21 PM  
Clinton: Your son is an idiot. Let's go around the world and apologize for him.
Bush Sr.: He's still my son. Go fark yourself.
 
Diogenes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-12-19 2:56:43 PM  
mrshowrules:

"Well, the first thing she intends to do, because you can do this without passing a bill, the first thing she intends to do is to send me and former President Bush and a number of other people around the world to tell them that America is open for business and cooperation again," Clinton said in response to a question from a supporter about what his wife's "number one priority" would be as president.

Seems to me it was Bill going "off script" again. He's usually more nimble on his feet, but he pretty much took and idea and put it out there as a plan, when Elder Bush was never consulted. If you read that as the Bushies "eating it" that's your interpretation. To me, he put something else on the table for them to be mocked for.

And really, I do think it's a shame. It's not a bad idea.
 
BioGuy741
2007-12-19 2:56:46 PM  
unremarkable asterisk: Fact is, Sr Bush originally agreed to this. Then the Quaker Oats guy he's married to told him if he does this, he shouldn't bother even coming home. So, it's not his fault... it's the Quaker Oats guy's fault.

I lol'd!
 
ComicBookGuy
2007-12-19 2:57:01 PM  
Afternoon_Delight: Wait a minute, you mean the Clintons lied?

Ah. But how many died?
 
Sticky Hands
2007-12-19 2:57:07 PM  
I can only imagine how awesome it would be to tour the world with Bill Clinton.
 
Dean Frame
2007-12-19 2:57:17 PM  
ftfa: [President H.W. Bush] is proud of the role America continues to play around the world as the beacon bacon of hope for freedom and democracy.
 
thenateman
2007-12-19 2:57:26 PM  
unremarkable asterisk: Fact is, Sr Bush originally agreed to this. Then the Quaker Oats guy he's married to told him if he does this, he shouldn't bother even coming home. So, it's not his fault... it's the Quaker Oats guy's fault.

The Quaker Oats joke was so funny you had to use it twice in one post?

Anyway, had you RTFA, you'd know Clinton never discussed the idea with Bush.
 
Rev. Skarekroe
2007-12-19 2:57:34 PM  
Moses To Sandy Koufax: Yes, yes, and no. Nobody loves Hillary except corporations, lobbyists, and morons.

My fear is that there's a LOT of morons out there...
 
sasquatchologist
2007-12-19 2:58:04 PM  
mrshowrules: Diogenes: I gotta admit, Bill really fumbled hard with this one.

What game were you watching. The Bushies just ate it. Bill proposes that George (and other notables) join him to help repair the farking mess his son created. George declines. Bill has on the one hand showed a tremendous amount of class by inviting George and the refusal only guarentees that the tour will be more successful because it won't have any connect to Junior.

The world hates Dubya and loves Bill and Hillary.

It's like Bizzaro-Afternoon_PaidShill or something.
 
pvd021
2007-12-19 2:58:06 PM  
This is where Bush Senior is being more of a Father, than a leader figure. Its hard to face the fact that your son is an idiot and virtually singlehandedly ruin the reputation and respect of an Entire country. The magnitude to accept that is just too great.. Can't blame the man, but Bill is just calling it as he and the rest of the world sees it.
 
tweekster
2007-12-19 2:58:14 PM  
ComicBookGuy: Afternoon_Delight: Wait a minute, you mean the Clintons lied?

Ah. But how many died?

A LOT

Operation Perversion Diversion, Operation Bomb the shiat out of Iraq...
 
boogie_down
2007-12-19 2:58:15 PM  
ceramics: Yeah man, gimme' more dynastic leadership and hereditary monarchs.

What, 19 years already not enough for you?
Vote Hillary!
Keep the 2 family political system alive.
 
unremarkable asterisk
2007-12-19 2:58:44 PM  
Sticky Hands: I can only imagine how awesome it would be to tour the world with Bill Clinton.

You would have the world's greatest wingman... for fatties.
 
Dean Frame
2007-12-19 2:59:13 PM  
unremarkable asterisk: Fact is, Sr Bush ...Then the Quaker Oats guy he's married to told him...

Best laugh I've had in an otherwise way to Spearsy day.

My hat, let me doff it to you.
 
factoryconnection
2007-12-19 2:59:17 PM  
mrshowrules: What game were you watching. The Bushies just ate it. Bill proposes that George (and other notables) join him to help repair the farking mess his son created. George declines. Bill has on the one hand showed a tremendous amount of class by inviting George and the refusal only guarentees that the tour will be more successful because it won't have any connect to Junior.

I'd say that GHWB had his hands tied because Bill's plan was part of Hillary's presidential outlook AND it conveys the message that the republican president, who oh, by the way happens to be his son, has overseen damaging our international reputation. He'd be signing on the "Sorry W and the Republican party made us look bad, but we're cool, remember us? I liberated Kuwait and listened to Cheyney in not invading Iraq... and Clinton played a mean sax and you just can't stay mad at him!"

Couldn't happen.
 
center
2007-12-19 2:59:28 PM  
You really think Barbara would let George Sr. tell the world his son farked up the US of A royally?

I think not.
 
LurkinFarker
2007-12-19 2:59:46 PM  
Rev. Skarekroe: Moses To Sandy Koufax: Yes, yes, and no. Nobody loves Hillary except corporations, lobbyists, and morons.

My fear is that there's a LOT of morons out there...

Well yeah. 60-something million of them, in fact, if the last presidential election was any gauge.
 
kregh99
2007-12-19 2:59:55 PM  
Anybody who thought that would actually happen is in the running for world's biggest idiot.

Did you really think Bush, Sr. would go against his retarded son?
 
StarshipPooper
2007-12-19 3:00:03 PM  
I'm guessing the tour would have involved going to a bunch of McDonalds while wearing jogging suits?
 
CygnusDarius
2007-12-19 3:00:07 PM  
This comes into my head:

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Yakk
2007-12-19 3:00:20 PM  
Koggie

I blame Taft.

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I'm your mother man!
 
unremarkable asterisk
2007-12-19 3:00:23 PM  
thenateman: Anyway, had you RTFA, you'd know Clinton never discussed the idea with Bush.

I did read it, and don't care that my comment didn't follow the article. For some reason it has you in a lather though. Care to share with the group?
 
dericwater
2007-12-19 3:00:34 PM  
Doesn't the Clinton-Bush Sr jaunt versus the Bush Jr out-of-control antics remind anyone of that not-so-well known movie, My Fellow Americans.

Jack Lemmon plays the Bush Sr character, James Garner does Clinton and Dan Aykroyd plays the nefarious Bush Jr.

Decent movie. Only seen in hotel rooms, apparently.
 
zippythechimp
2007-12-19 3:00:39 PM  
We should give her a chance. Could it get any worse?
 
Headso
2007-12-19 3:00:39 PM  
"the world" is just pissy because we locked em out of possibly as much as a trillion barrels of oil in Iraq....whaaaaa
 
mikaloyd [OhFark]
2007-12-19 3:00:43 PM  
This thread needs more lolcats

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