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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 01:06 PM Oct 2018

One Would Think That George W Bush

Last edited Wed Oct 31, 2018, 01:37 AM - Edit history (1)

at this point would have a statement or two concerning the current state of our Country's
Political Crisis..

Sweet Jesus the guy is as silent as snail.... Is he just cowardly? Beginning to think so.

After Fucking all.. His base sure perceived him as tough guy.. But obviously he's not so tough,,

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One Would Think That George W Bush (Original Post) busterbrown Oct 2018 OP
Worthless POS. Has been, is now and always will be! justhanginon Oct 2018 #1
Perhaps he's worried that, if there IS a big Blue Wave, trump* will blame him for undermining Siwsan Oct 2018 #2
You're beginning to think so? Have you familiarized yourself with Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #3
Nope.. Huge Scumbag..Yes busterbrown Oct 2018 #13
He's always been a coward. From the days he was all for "killing commies" and Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #14
I'll remind you again! I never said I was surprised. busterbrown Oct 2018 #18
If you were some gun-ho right winger wannabe tough guy like he Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #19
Thanks for helping me with the definition ... busterbrown Oct 2018 #20
Oh calm down cupcake. First, your OP doesn't say any of that as now Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #25
part of the lemming party. pansypoo53219 Oct 2018 #4
He and Laura spoke up to get Kavanaugh put on the SC. Wintryjade Oct 2018 #5
Why would you think that? Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2018 #6
Everything's fine. Have I told you the story of My Pet Goat? nt JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #7
Why would one think that? Crunchy Frog Oct 2018 #8
Bush has integrity? BeckyDem Oct 2018 #9
OK. You can stop pulling my leg now lunatica Oct 2018 #10
He's keeping quiet because there's a POTUS worse than him ck4829 Oct 2018 #11
April is 6 months away. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #12
......BUSH JR. WAS/IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN ASSHOLE !!!!!!!!!!!! Stuart G Oct 2018 #21
He was not silent when he was making phone calls for Kavanaugh helpisontheway Oct 2018 #15
Alrighty then Solly Mack Oct 2018 #16
He's almost as big an asshole as Trump & the only reason he received any warmth at all from some mtnsnake Oct 2018 #17
Leave him to his paint by numbers masterpieces. tavernier Oct 2018 #22
why would anyone think that ? JI7 Oct 2018 #23
Number deaths due to Bush Jr's War. Bush Jr. was a KILLER!! & MURDER... 2003 -2005 Stuart G Oct 2018 #24
He is happy, he got his buddy Kavanaugh on the court. redstatebluegirl Oct 2018 #26

Siwsan

(26,289 posts)
2. Perhaps he's worried that, if there IS a big Blue Wave, trump* will blame him for undermining
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 01:39 PM
Oct 2018

He's already stated that any GOP losses aren't his fault. GWB would be a prime target to take some of the heat for any defeats.

Just a guess, mind you.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
13. Nope.. Huge Scumbag..Yes
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 03:08 PM
Oct 2018

But a Coward? That's Diff.. I'm surprised you don't get it! Wants to be remembered as the tough guy who brought us all together on 911.. Not so tough these days is he.. My Point!

As to your sarcastic reply? .....Why?

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,502 posts)
14. He's always been a coward. From the days he was all for "killing commies" and
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 03:15 PM
Oct 2018

his daddy put him in the national guard. All the way through the 2000 election when Gore got in his face and he looked like he was gonna shit himself. How is any of this a surprise?

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
18. I'll remind you again! I never said I was surprised.
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 03:32 PM
Oct 2018

The stuff you mention is hardly worth calling him a coward..I would have wanted my Dad to get me into the national guard.. as well. Your other point is your interpretation...Millions upon Millions voted for him.. I don't think they saw him as Coward.

His performance after 911... Thats the thing people remember him by.. He was a tough guy...which is bullshit.

His actions of not calling Trump out.. While other Ex-Presidents have... Shows me the the real coward!

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,502 posts)
19. If you were some gun-ho right winger wannabe tough guy like he
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 04:07 PM
Oct 2018

was and needed your daddy to bail you out. Then you'd be a coward too. That's the definition of a chicken hawk. The way he punked out after McCain called him out after South Carolina also showed him for what he was. I could give a shit what his supporters thought he was. Many of us right here saw him for the cowardly punk ass he always was. If you couldn't see through his bullshit image. I don't know what to tell you.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
20. Thanks for helping me with the definition ...
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 01:33 AM
Oct 2018

Man.. you are a tiring one trick pony....
You seem to be deaf to what I am saying.. I am telling you (for the last freaking time).. I know he's an asshole.. You don't seem to get that I get what you are trying to say.Bas

Please listen to me...Basically, what I am saying and you can't seem to get is this is:
George W Bush is still a very appealing ex-president to millions.of ignorant Americans.. To them he was The tough guy who pulled the world together after 911..(Tough Guy) THEY THOUGHT!!!!

I did not think that.... How come you can't get that?

I'm just saying that he's a big fake punk..That was accepted by millions of Americans as being a tough guy.. 911.tough guy....Then a tough guy for invading Iraq.. Millions of Americans saw him as a tough guy..
Obviously he was not.. But to many Americans he was.

My original post was directed to those Americans ..... Get It Now?

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,502 posts)
25. Oh calm down cupcake. First, your OP doesn't say any of that as now
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 08:02 AM
Oct 2018

you're having to explain yourself to "a one trick pony". Maybe next time say what you mean from the beginning. Second, as you can tell from a number of replies below. I'm not the only one who felt the need to point out to you how silly this whole screed was. Why you're fixated on my reply. Who knows.

Crunchy Frog

(26,629 posts)
8. Why would one think that?
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 03:19 PM
Oct 2018

He helped pave the way for this, and I doubt that he's got many policy differences with Dump. I would guess that he's quite happy to have a president in office who's considered even worse than him.

People seem to be forgetting just how awful he was. Just because Dump is even worse doesn't detract from how horrible GWB was.

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)
12. April is 6 months away.
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 03:32 PM
Oct 2018

Too early for April Fools.

Bush Jr. was not a good president and while he wasn't as overt an ass, he did horrific things that Trump has actually not yet done. Overall Trump is worse, I mean we are only 2 year in and he has our institutions in shambles, but remember that Bush and his crew came up with the Patriot Act, the legalization of Torture, the never ending GWOT including invading Afghanistan and Iraq (which had nothing to do with 9/11). Remember Bush, "Osama Bin Laden isn't a priority" when capturing him and "bringing him to justice" was our whole reason for going into Afghanistan? Remember Bush dancing and kissing the Saudis?

Bush is not a narcissistic POS, but he would never stand up and point out any Republican "Political Crisis" not when he gave us Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove, etc...

Stuart G

(38,439 posts)
21. ......BUSH JR. WAS/IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN ASSHOLE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 01:49 AM
Oct 2018

........"did horrible things.............."

Like getting us into a war.
......killing thousands of U.S. soldiers, ...and
........tens of thousands of people living in Iraq...for what reason????
.........leaving countless people disabled..?


So, Bush Jr. wasn't an asshole in the same way that Trump is..but...at this point, if Trump does not get us into a war.....................................
............................................then Trump, no matter his speech and attitude.......is much, much better..


Oh, someone doesn't like this..........well.....................................
.............................................................................................It is the truth

helpisontheway

(5,008 posts)
15. He was not silent when he was making phone calls for Kavanaugh
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 03:20 PM
Oct 2018

He is back on my $&@!? list. His little act with Michelle Obama does not fool me..

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
17. He's almost as big an asshole as Trump & the only reason he received any warmth at all from some
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 03:24 PM
Oct 2018

Democrats and others was because of the ongoing feud between Trump and the Bushes.

Bush is an enemy of Trump, but the saying "Any enemy of Trump is a friend of mine" does NOT apply to Bush who is the second worst president in history with Trump being the worst of all time.

tavernier

(12,396 posts)
22. Leave him to his paint by numbers masterpieces.
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 01:49 AM
Oct 2018

Although someone should tell him which colors go where, because even the ladies at the thrift store ain’t buying that crap.

Old George was born with a silver sooon in his mouth, and sadly it’s still stuck in his windpipe.

Nope, no help there.

Stuart G

(38,439 posts)
24. Number deaths due to Bush Jr's War. Bush Jr. was a KILLER!! & MURDER... 2003 -2005
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 02:40 AM
Oct 2018

...Trump is an fucking asshole, and a stupid big mouth...Bush Jr. is in a class much worse..look at these numbers:

Iraq War deaths and wounded.....


As of June 29, 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Defense casualty website, there were 4,424 total deaths (including both killed in action and non-hostile) and 31,952 wounded in action (WIA) as a result of the Iraq War.

Lancet survey 601,027 violent deaths out of 654,965 excess deaths ....2003 - 2005

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

Credible estimates of Iraq War casualties range from 151,000 violent deaths as of June 2006 (per the Iraq Family Health Survey) to 461,000 total deaths as of June 2011 (per PLOS Medicine 2013), over 60% of them violent.[1] Other disputed estimates, such as the 2006 Lancet study and the 2007 Opinion Research Business (ORB) survey—which likely overestimate mortality—put the numbers as high as 655,000 total deaths as of June 2006 (over 90% of them violent) and 1.2 million violent deaths as of August 2007 respectively. Meanwhile, body counts—which likely underestimate mortality—put the numbers as low as 110,600 violent deaths as of April 2009.[1]

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