So Dumbya is heading for the Caymans to promote

[malaise]

investment days before the elections.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/george-w-bush-to-keynote-cayman-islands-investmen

Former President George W. Bush is set to deliver the keynote address at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit on Grand Cayman just a few days before the election.

The conference will feature Bush as the keynote speaker on the first night, and British billionaire Sir Richard Branson on the second night.

"Institutional investors, private investors, asset allocators, fund managers, service providers, academics and regulators will benefit from this discussion on the future of the industry," reads to the FAQ section of the website.

The timing of the conference could land awkwardly during an election season that's been marked by speculation about Mitt Romney's finances, particularly his offshore investments in tax havens like the Cayman Islands.

h/t James Carter

[louis-t]

1. Can someone please lock the door to America so he can't

get back in?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. That's a nice thought . . .

[goclark]

13. gw "addressing the group"

That is a treat not a promise....

Did his idiot twin Robme give him permission?
Frick and Frack

[Angry Dragon]

2. Angry Dragon just shakes his head

[Frustratedlady]

4. I realize past presidents have the right to travel (except Bush...he's not wanted in some)

but this leaves a sour taste in my mouth that a former president would promote offshore investments in tax havens...particularly, since that former president is the one who put the US in the ditch, financially.

Am I wrong?

[Hutzpa]

5. May he go in peace and bring back pieces

of sheet sh*t the American people deserves it.

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
This songs of freedom
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fullfil the book.

Won't you help to sing
This songs of freedom-
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fullfil the book.
Won't you have to sing
This songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. did you see Sharpton? he had the guy who wrote Bush's Brain on, and he says

Bush is doing it JUST to SPITE Romney for how bad he's been treating the Dumbo Legacy

very entertaining stuff

he led off by citing the Onion, and playing off the incredibility of such a headline, saying it must have sprung from that paper

ha

[malaise]

9. That was hilarious

I loved the comparison with a public service ad about dogs on the car roof.

[Barack_America]

7. "Tax shelters" = "Alternative investments".

Gotcha.

Man, if they scheduled the summit just a few days later, they could have Romney as a speaker. He's not going to have anything to do after the election!

[malaise]

10. LOL

That's true

[DFW]

8. Look on the bright side

The people at the conference will get at least one of the speeches in English......

[sarcasmo]

11. Wonder how much money the Bush family cabal has in the Caymans?

[Zambero]

12. Perfect. He can be Romney's "Lifeline"

At that late point in the cycle, with all the high stakes, whenever Romney is stumped by an interviewer's question related to the economy or taxation, he can simply make the quick call to "George Dubya in The Caymans" for instant answers and advice. "Here's what I did Mitt...", or "Here's what you really need to do, Mitt...". As long as Romney is running with Bush's economic policies (albeit on steroids), he might as while go direct to the source for any of those pesky policy specifics.