Ya know who we haven't heard from very much?

[Stinky The Clown]

Barbara Bush's stupidest son.

A speech here or there, usually behind closed doors and very hush hush. No victory laps. No public service.

Wuddaya think? Drinkin' an' cokin'? Wallowing in self pity? Feeling the lack of love from even his former friends?

I always wished him a long, miserable life after he left office. Is my wish being granted?

[hifiguy]

1. He's been in extensive consultations with his pals Jim (Beam)

and Jack (Daniel). It's as though the Repukes want us to believe that 2001-2008 never happened and that Chimpoleon never existed, much less sat in the White House.

[LiberalEsto]

2. There's a lot more brush needing to be cleared

down at Happy Acres.

[hifiguy]

3. Naw, IIRC he sold the Pig Farm and moved to a gated

community in Dallas after monkeying his way out of the WH.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Too bad. Every time he shows his face in public it reminds Americans what a big disaster

the Republicans have been. The Democratic Party should invite him to their convention just to get on stage, bob his head up and down as he pans the room like old times, and emit a series of primitive grunts. It would probably be a stronger speech in support of Obama's re-election than any other.

[Johonny]

5. Which one is the stupidest?

[SDjack]

11. Mama Bush had two stupid sons

"W" and Neil. Neil was regarded as the most stupid (barely escaping a criminal trial for his role in the looting of the Silverado Credit Union), but he is smart enough to know he should not be president. So, I guess, "W" really is the most stupid one.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. I believe he's scared

Scared of those who would berate him publicly, scared of those he imagines would dispatch him to that great Chickenhawk Roost in the sky with extreme prejudice, and scared to travel outside the Neocon Empire lest he face arrest for war crimes. Tantamount to house arrest. Tough toenails, war criminal!

[bemildred]

7. I for one appreciate his silence.

But I expect he is just following directions like always.

[HappyMe]

8. I'm glad we haven't heard from him.

We have all the stupid we need right now.

[randome]

9. He had no interest in being President.

Why would he pretend otherwise now?

[gratuitous]

10. By popular demand

Isn't it odd that the Republicans have so assiduously erased their most recent party standard bearer from the public consciousness? They seemed so happy when George W. Bush was in office to shove that fact in our faces at every opportunity. Now, it's "George who?" and you hear more from his mother than from him on the issues of the day.

If I thought Republicans had consciences, I'd almost think they were ashamed of 43.

[HughBeaumont]

12. The Handlers Inc. are probably telling him "Stay Scarce".

His public face or endorsement will mean instant Democratic votes:



"Ha ha . . . you guys REALLY want 4, possibly 8 years of THIS again?"

[Motown_Johnny]

13. The (R)s are pretending he never existed

but if they nominate another CEO/Governor I think they are going to need another plan.

[Old and In the Way]

14. The Republican Politiboro has airbrushed Bush out of their history.

It never existed. The only satisfaction I have in having to suffer with this clown as POTUS for 8 years is knowing that, in this age of the internet and digital video technology, there will always be a permanent record of the real George W. Bush. He'll never be able to have his record sanitized and reformed by image/media consultants...which I think was the whole purpose of his $500MMM "Library"...a place Dimson would never actually use. He will always be the standard for failed Presidents....I bet it really sucks having to live with that reality, a prisoner of his own hubris and incompetence.

[Enrique]

15. He's been working on the Mars mission

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-still-working-on-manned-mission-to-mars-quiet,18154/

DALLAS—Speaking from his home in Dallas, former president George W. Bush told reporters Tuesday that when he's not busy giving lectures or writing his memoirs, he spends most of his spare time working on the manned mission to Mars he proposed in January 2004.

"This is genuinely important to me," said Bush, looking over sketches of potential rocket systems he had drawn up while waiting for his oil to be changed at a service station earlier this week. "I wasn't kidding when I announced a plan to get us to Mars, by God, and I intend to finish what I started. That's why I try to carve out a little time before lunch and after dinner to work on this important interplanetary initiative."

"It's a big project," Bush added. "Lots of little details to work out."

While in 2004 many critics suggested Bush's call for a mission to Mars was little more than political theater, the 43rd president has called those claims "ridiculous." Bush said he has spent many hours scouring the web for information about space travel and Mars, in addition to checking out "a bunch" of books on the subject from the local library and regularly e-mailing contacts he still has at NASA to ask their advice on his plan.

He also frequently watches the PBS program Nova.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. George the 'rocket scientist'.

[Brother Buzz]

16. He's in training for the upcomming baseball season

He's got a sweet gig as a 'ball dude' for an East Texas minor league baseball farm team. Free hot dogs and beer. Woohoo!!!

[lpbk2713]

17. His handlers would have to dry him out first.

And Shit-for-Brains isn't so inclined.

[wandy]

18. It aint over till it's over. Brokered convention = Jeb Bush n/t

[Jester Messiah]

20. He's an old sock puppet whose hand has moved on.

Having served his purpose, he's been cast aside.

[libtodeath]

21. He never cared to be President

was always just a useful idiot to TPTB.