Banned Camera Catches Bush Sounding off on Economic Crisis

[roguevalley]

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle, have posted a video taken at a political fundraiser for Pete Olson, featuring George W. Bush last week -- capturing some embarrassing/revealing moments after, he noted, he had asked cameras to be turned off.

The first moments form the July 18 event find him speaking almost incoherently in admitting, for once, that his friends in big business had screwed up: "There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk ---that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."

Then, making light of the foreclosure crisis, he said: "And then we got a housing issue... not in Houston, and evidently not in Dallas, because Laura's over there trying to buy a house. I like Crawford but unfortunately after eight years of sacrifice, I am apparently no longer the decision maker."


Read more: www.huffingtonpost.comgreg-mitchell/banned-bush-video-surface_b_114363.html

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Mr. Sacrifice. Yuk it up.

[defendandprotect]

1. Makes your eyes twirl in your head . . .!!!

[cyclezealot]

72. So. He is no longer the decider.

[TalkingDog]

178. Lucky you. Makes me puke.

:puke:

[babylonsister]

2. Sacrifice? FUCK HIM. He didn't have the balls to even talk to Cindy Sheehan.

SHE knows Crawford and sacrifice.

Wall Street got drunk? Again, no accepting any kind of responsibility for his FUBARs. So typical.

[roguevalley]

3. kick this to the front page. it should be what every single person

who comes here sees and get it viral. I've already sent emails to blogs. Get busy, kids. This could be a millstone around the publicans necks worse than the war. Yukking it up over everyone's pain and whining about your own 'sacrifice' is terminal to red stater's ambitions.

[AndyTiedye]

4. We Got a House for You Right Here

[LiberalFighter]

43. Make sure to blow it up when he steps foot on it.

[AndyTiedye]

53. Nah, That's Alcatraz, We'll Re-Open it Just for Them

Let Bush** and DarthCheney fight over who gets Al Capone's old cell.

[hobbit709]

73. Too bad they tore this one down

[AndyTiedye]

174. This is Another Possibility, Actually a Better One for Our Standing in the World

The U.N. Prison at the Hague, home of convicted war criminals.

[hobbit709]

176. But Spandau has such great symbolic value.

[dixiegrrrrl]

182. Where can we get postcards of this pic/place

to send them to the war crimes abetting congress critters.
And DOJ
And bush/Cheney.
Better yet, send them to Conyers and ask him to forward them to Rove and Meirs and et al.

Dear Dick head..
Wish you were here...

t-shirts.....lots of t-shirts and banners.

anyone interested?

[AndyTiedye]

186. I Keep the Whole Sequence in My Journal

The Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands.

Home of the International Criminal Court


The U.N. Prison at the Hague


Home of convicted war criminals.

[bdamomma]

99. appropriate place to house all the PNAC members.

[KansDem]

209. I was going to ask "Where's the golf course?" then remembered he gave up golf...

...for the troops in Iraq. What a miserable POS!!!

The Al Capone poster is appropriate: Al must be spinning in his grave--he only had Chicago; Bush and his mob have the entire world...

[saigon68]

5. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[lonestarnot]

45. That looks familiar.

:think: :P

[saigon68]

212. Just a little work "On the side"

A little nip and tuck here and there

[DUlover2909]

60. What if they started calling Obama a chimp?

I wonder. Just sayin.

[unpossibles]

82. they have. Hell someone made a T-shirt out of it

In case you maybe didn't notice, calling a black person a chimp or monkey carries a lot more negative history than calling Bush a chimp. I've yet to see it used as a racial insult when applied to Bush. Furthermore, the irony is deeper since so many of Bush's base seem to not believe in evolution.

I'm not saying it's fair for us to call Bush a Chimp, but there is a world of difference.

[pipi_k]

85. Agreed....it's not fair

to the chimp

:evilgrin:


Seriously, though...I had read once where someone said that caucasians, with their (generally) thinner lips, more closely resemble chimps than black people do.


So why people keep trying to associate blacks with the lower primates, in appearance, is beyond me.

[AlbertCat]

110. So why people keep trying to associate blacks with the lower primates, in appearance, is beyond me.

That's easy!

Didn't you know? Blacks (and darker skinned peoples)did evolve from monkeys, and white people were created by Gawd!

[snake in the grass]

170. How right you are.

Calling Bush a Chimp is offensive to these noble and intelligent creatures. I just can't watch * anymore because I fear for my health. It simply infuriates me to see him and his pals get away with such unspeakable crimes and to have our Democratic Congress for the most part do nothing but stick their thumbs up their rectums. I've got to go look at some flowers or play with my cat.

[gaijinlaw]

175. I love chimpanzees and all, but...

intelligent and noble? Really?

They can be affectionate among family groups and downright clever at problem solving, but also greedy and violent. Plus, there is the shit-flinging.

Hmm, now that I think about it, how can anyone not believe they're closely related to humans?

[snake in the grass]

181. POV

Compared to * they are intelligent and noble. What do you have against shit-flinging?

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Jaysus! I just used the same metaphor:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6527405&mesg_id=6527940

[Enrique]

70. great minds...

:-)

[The Backlash Cometh]

87. I'm going to have to take a shower.

[otohara]

7. Simpleton

Gawd, November can't come soon enough.

[Doctor_J]

8. the man is pure evil

he has to be the most sociopathic loser ever that hasn't gone to prison.

[Bette Noir]

16. Don't give up hope.

[AndyTiedye]

211. He Frightens Small Children, Makes Them Run Away Crying

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/18/metaphor-alert-little-gir_n_113674.html

[Zuiderelle]

9. "not try to do all these fancy financial instruments" Holy hell what a dumbass.

And "sacrifice?" Yeah... 8 years of sacrificing America's integrity and its young people's lives.

Laura's buying a house in Dallas, therefore, there's no housing crisis there. Um. Yeah, fuckwad. It must all be a lie.

What an imbecile.

[awoke_in_2003]

15. Well, he is kinda right

there is no housing crisis "There" (DFW). As far as the rest of the country, well we know how that is working. I do agree, he is a fuckwad, lots of people losing their houses.

[DFW]

74. Maybe not here YET.....

But if he moves in, we'll all be saying "There goes the neighborhood."

[awoke_in_2003]

92. Agreed.

Why does he have to move here? Go to Houston with his poppy, or, better yet, go back to where he was born.

[kentauros]

96. I don't want him in Houston, either.

And I doubt Connecticut wants him back!

He can go live in Deer Park and be surrounded by the petro-chemical companies (and their noxious releases.) Or put him on a houseboat in the Houston Ship Channel }(

[awoke_in_2003]

101. Sorry, didn't mean to slight

the fine people of Houston. I wish we could just send him to the Hague, they know how to deal with his type.

[DFW]

188. There's an idea!

Found a Connecticut home for retired failed politicians!

[CottonBear]

88. You beat me to it. He is an imbecile. What the hell do the people at these events think of him?

I really wonder. No marginally intelligent person could possibly think that Chimpy has all of his marbles.
:(

[Island Blue]

10. Was there ever any doubt that The Pig Farm

was just a prop to make Georgie look like a "ruff n' tumble, brush clearin'. man of the people"? Fuck him.

[not fooled]

58. yeah, the chimp worshippers...

...get very agitated upon hearing that their idol bought the Crawford estate in 1999, to serve as a prop to make him look all manly and stuff. They also can't fathom that chimpy is askairt of horses.

I well remember the confused look a co-worker, a colossal imbecile who thought * was a gen-u-ine good ol' boy, got on his face when I asked him when * bought the Crawford property. He thought that * had the place as long as * was in Texas. Upon being enlightened about the suspicious timing of the purchase, as well as the fear of horses, the moran could only bluster that "well, he clears brush and stuff". :eyes:

[CottonBear]

89. Ask them: Why clear any brush at all if there are no livestock in the pastures? n/t

[Myrina]

160. Hell, I'm a girl and I clear brush.

A little yard work doesn't make the Blivet a manly-man ...

[not fooled]

59. Names for the Crawford estate...

...a local radio station (the late, lamented KLSD in San Diego*), once held a contest to name *'s Crawford estate. My favorites were:

"Dry Drunk Gulch"
and the winner, "Dead Bush Ranch" :rofl:

I wonder whether the Secret Service ever paid a visit to the station after that. :tinfoilhat:







*shut down by the local RW cabal that runs this town and didn't like a forum that exposed the city's corruption and mismanagement; replaced by the zillionth sports station in this market; said station has only a minute fraction of KLSD's ratings

[Ikonoklast]

11. "Heh, heh, heh, smirk...."

"Ah done let everything in the nation get fucked up, heh heh heh, just like all those bidnesses Ah ran, smirk, now Ah'm outta here. Smirk."

[janet118]

30. Mission accomplished!!!! n/t

[aquart]

12. "drunk" "hangover" analysis using terms with which he is familiar.

He's as sensitive as his mommy.

[rpannier]

13. By 8 years of sacrafice he means

Sacraficing the lives of other people for 8 years

[ramapo]

14. He is such a piece of crap n/t

[Maine-ah]

17. kicked, rec'd, bookmarked....and emailing

[roguevalley]

22. great! send it, Maine-ah. send it to everyone.

[Historic NY]

18. Look at the picture the people behind him are cringing like they..

know he made some idiotic statement which isn't even real.

[Delphinus]

19. But whoever his audience was

were yukking it up, laughing their asses off.

[bdamomma]

102. it is all a big joke to them.

no sensitivity shown whatsoever.

and always thinks of himself. Terrible man, a man you can have a beer with huh? sure, not with us will he have a beer with.

[liberalmuse]

20. I would love for MoveOn to pick this up and make a commercial.

Queue in Bush making jokes and acting the carefree buffoon, while showing pictures of wounded veterans, people who've lost their houses, American and Iraqi kids who've lost a parent in his stupid war, the victims of Katrina--basically, showing the people who are suffering from his policies and the devastation he has wrought, while he laughs and jokes.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. Impeach!

[TomInTib]

23. The "beloved" hog farm is on the silent market.

Every rancher in North Central Texas knows it, too.

And Highland Park is freaking out.

[glitch]

48. No kidding. They may want to close their gates.

Pretty soon there will be real estate clauses: no selling to Bushes. Ever.

[DailyGrind51]

24. I hope this makes it to MSM, but I won't hold my breath!

[mitchum]

25. in vino veritas

[LynneSin]

26. Here's a link to the video - that man disgusts me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x160360

[PatSeg]

64. Oh my god

Who are these idiots who are actually laughing at his stupid jokes? I thought all the sycophants had moved on now that Bush is on his way out.

This is far more offensive to actually watch than it is to read about.

[L0oniX]

27. GEORGE W. BUSH ...the ASSCARROT EXTRAORDINARIE

I can't believe this dumb ass is president of this country. It's a total disgrace and shame upon us all that such a dumb asshole got elected.

[paparush]

68. Appointed..crowned..not elected.

just sayin.

[bdamomma]

103. hopefully we will get it right in November 2008

our lives depend on it.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

28. K&R

So Laura is now the decider? Sounds good to me if the choice is between her & him.

[Aviation Pro]

29. Laugh it up you....

...scurrilous fuck. Catch the news this last week? You know, a war criminal finally tracked down. That's your fate you motherfucking c*******ing c***.

[blueoak]

31. Honesty for the first time!

gawd, georgie does get it.They overstepped.

Guess what george; you did too in everything.

[jeff30997]

32. "eight years of sacrifice"

Human sacrifices indeed! :grr:

[brooklynite]

33. Link to the Video

http://politicalblog.abc13.com/2008/07/what-did-bush-s.html

[mckara]

34. Is It Illegal to Just Kick His Ass into Next Week?

n/t

[bdamomma]

105. I am sure you will have a long line to deliver such action.

[Barack_America]

35. How do you respond to this?

Where is the remorse?

Where is the admission of his role in this mess?

Where is the acknowledgment of how this "bender" is affecting people?


Ironically, after reading this, I need a drink.

[manic_nevadan]

36. Please consider. . .

. . .
juxtaposing this video (or the version of your choosing) with the current new find:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVynnbx1Xsc



He has shrugged off, shirked off, flipped off, jerked off every frigging responsibility he has ever been given (or stolen).



I feel the bile rising in my throat. No sense in going on about him.

01.20.09 cannot come soon enough.


~Nevadan

ETA: What better use of my first post here after years of lurking, but to post a link to the REAL chimp.

[Tansy_Gold]

56. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[barbtries]

61. welcome to to DU

[Lost4words]

86. welcome to DU !

:hi: 8643

[bdamomma]

106. welcome to DU!!!

[tabasco]

37. It is an indictment of our society as a whole

that we allowed something like this to be called our chief executive.

[my2sense]

38. He is such an asswipe

This is ridiculous. I hope KO covers it soon.

[dysfunctional press]

39. worst. president. ever.

what else is there to say...? :shrug:

[Scooter24]

40. Ugh...I hope Bush stays away from my neighborhood

:(

[pepperbear]

41. the poor, brave dear! and to think he gave up golf, too! n/t

[donco6]

42. It's gone from U-Tube. Anyone have another link? eom

[lonestarnot]

49. I just watched it so what are you talking about?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVIfpEtq8gw

[Joanne98]

67. It got taken off youtube. It's still on the ABC site.

[Downtown Hound]

44. "These fancy financial institutions"

I swear to God, this child in a man's body has no business even crossing the street on his own, much less being president.

[Patchuli]

168. I think he said "instruments"

but either word made NO sense!

[Rex]

46. No George, Wall Street isn't hungover. Try to keep up with the adults.

K? Fucking IDIOT.

[Counciltucky]

47. "...I am apparently no longer the decision maker."

YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST PLACE GEORGE, YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!

[lonestarnot]

50. And I thought my fucking rage was spent!

Not a fucking chance!

[Postman]

51. He meant it's a sacrifice for someone of his wealth to be living in a shithole like the White House.

I would guess that's how this wealthy, elite bastard would be looking at the world..

The White House is beneath him in his opinion...

[kirby]

52. He meant Laura 'sacrificed' for his political career...

And now it is her turn to be the decider.

[kskiska]

62. I think he meant that Laura sacrificed by living in that hellhole Crawford

for eight years, and now the decision onwhere to live is hers, and she decided on Dallas.

[Raksha]

66. That's how I understood it too. n/t

[DFW]

75. Too bad the people of Dallas don't have a say in the matter

[polmaven]

93. Do you suppose

he will be welcome to live there with her? Or will this be HER home beginning 1/21/09 when the legal separation begins?

[kskiska]

107. He couldn't survive on his own.

The only reason he quit drinking is because Laura threatened to leave him. Of course, who knows whether he's actually a teetotaler now?

[polmaven]

161. And that would be a bad thing?

He couldn't survive on his own.

Besides, he would have mommy and daddy.

[kskiska]

187. Not for long.

I always wondered how he'd react if his parents (especially Poppy) were to expire while he's in office. He has a very complex love-hate relationship with Poppy.

[paparush]

69. Hey! C'mon! He sacrificed golf . . . . sort of.

[wordpix]

95. poor guy "only" makes $400K/yr. + $50K expenses + free luxury housing, all expenses pd.

:nopity:

Not to mention, his free meals and chef, lots of space for guests, free groundskeeping, free cleaning, free lavish entertaining, all paid for by you and me.

And he's doing such a stellar job, to boot :sarcasm: :puke:

[barbtries]

163. not to mention the free transportation

anywhere in the world, the free bodyguards, all the free ass-kissing sycophants he can pretend to amuse.

i want the dems to make a commercial with this, and the other unforgettable quotes that illustrate what a total loss of a human this bastard is.

(from memory, may not be verbatim)

"here we all are, the haves, and the have-mores."

"some people call you the elite. i call you my base."

"WMD's? nope, not here. i know they must be somewhere. no? where are those weapons of mass destruction?"

yuck yuck. the pig

[peacetalksforall]

54. So, someone must take the blame and it will be Wall Street, but the

cameras had to be turned off because Wall Streeters must not know he is blaming them?

Or does he mean that the street is to blame.

Mr. drunk street - meet pavement.

[Aristus]

55. Reminds me of a feeble-minded Harding yammering vacuously to Wilson

about wanting a pet elephant. :eyes:

This has been the "President" for the last eight years? Stop the world, I want to get off...

[Kierkegaard]

91. I don't even care if they stop it first.

Just show me where the door is and I'll fling myself out...

[DesEtoiles]

57. and everyone in his circle is just as guilty-they know he talks like this all the time

and then turns around and lies to America, and they just let it happen.

[Cha]

63. Just think if there wasn't

a hidden camera we never would have seen this crap the little shit spews at some a$$hole's fundraiser.

[Whoa_Nelly]

65. HE was Drunk! HE was HUNGOVER!

That's why he didn't want any cameras/taping.

Fucking piece of shit excuse for a human being! :mad:

Lower Than Pond Scum believes he is untouchable and above actual human beings, above people who have had to live, have had to survive, in his fucked up version of America!

Fuck you, McFuckwad! :grr:

[formercia]

71. "After eight years of sacrifice"

George W. Bush, high priest and master of ripping the heart out of the economy.

[bulloney]

76. Interesting that Bush uses the 'drunk' analogy to describe the economy.

Actually, this whole country has been in a drunken stupor for almost eight years with Bush's bastardization of the Constitution, the lying into wars and all of the other debacles that have occurred under his watch.

[Olney Blue]

77. Crawford, you were played.

Wall Street, you were played.
Conservatives, you were played.
Laura, you were played.
Soldiers, you were played.

Why couldn't you see it?

[bdamomma]

108. we were all played by this POS.

he has no respect for anyone except the haves and the have mores. He cannot relate to the American people for shit.

[Patchuli]

169. Played by him no?

Taken in by the act? No way. At his mercy even with this prior knowledge? Absolutely. Ready for the world tribunal to begin? YUP!!!

[Ian_rd]

78. Wow. I think I just read the most intelligent thing I've ever known Bush to say.

"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk ---that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."

Of course, Bush and his buddies gave them the booze gratis.

Is it possible that Bush is only a total fucking moron in public because that's the only way a Republican can retain support?

"Us good. Them bad. We must therefore kill them so no more bad. Are you with good us or bad them?" (Cheers)

[Lint Head]

79. This lying son of a bitch got drunk and had a head on collision

with the Constitution and the economy. He should be jailed for DUI. :dem:

[callous taoboy]

80. He should've been a jock-strap washer at a jr. high school.

[a la izquierda]

81. Hey, uh, I ain't that smart in the brain.

Can someone tell me what these fancy financial instruments are?

What a jackass.

[madmax]

83. Drunk

Well now, there's a subject he DOES KNOW something about!
So little Laura is looking for a house in Dallas. '...after 8 years of sacrifice living in Crawford' sounds to me that all the prarie living and cutting brush was just for photo ops - now he can go back to living the life he was born to.

[JerseygirlCT]

84. He did mean Laura's sacrifice, right?

Or did he mean he had to hang around out there, pretending to be useful there, too?

[Christa]

90. My heart is bleeding

for the billionaire who got rich by sending other people off to an illegal war :mad:

[Dinger]

94. K & R For The Morning Crowd

[thevoiceofreason]

97. Dallas deserves him.

Actually, that's not fair, even to Dallas.

[bdamomma]

98. don't be too sure you will be moving to Dallas, a place with

iron bars should be his new home.

We have to see this man pay for all his death and destruction. No justice No Peace.

[Turbineguy]

100. On CNBC right now n/t

[Stuart G]

104. If you haven't seen it...Raw Story has this video at this link:

http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Bush_in_leaked_fundraiser_video_Wall_0722.html

[bdamomma]

109. oh god, I had to shut it off, I despise this man, how could we

have this POS as President, and kill and pillage and rape our nation and Iraq and who could give a shit about anything except himself, I only hope we will learn from this experience, and be aware of our next election that no matter what we have to elect a democratic president.

[rndmprsn]

111. K&R

[Newsjock]

112. Bush: Economy was "drunk," now "hungover"

Source: Houston Chronicle

That's the analysis President Bush, a Harvard MBA, offered at a closed Houston fundraiser last week. This curious video, obtained by Miya Shay of ABC News' Houston affiliate, was shot covertly at the Pete Olson event, after the president asked everyone to turn off their cameras.

"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk ---that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras --- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover," Bush said. "The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."

Read more: http://blogs.chron.com/beltwayconfidential/2008/07/bush_economy_was_drunk_now_hun.html

---

Video available at link.

[Maeve]

113. Talking from personal experience, I presume? eom

[closeupready]

129. ROFL

:rofl:

[niyad]

114. figures that is how a drunk would see things

[Why Syzygy]

115. takes one to know one

[Parche]

116. If That Is The Case

Then he fed it generic beer, and threw the Excedrin away..............

[anonymous171]

117. The problem with Reaganomics, it can cause huge swings

Both up and more importantly, DOWNWARD. That is why New Deal democratic economic principles are better.

[cliss]

118. Takes one to know one.

Ok, using BushWorld analogy, the economy was drunk a while back.

Now, it's hung over. So in Bush's feeble brain, that would mean that the worst is behind us, right? Now it's just a matter of enduring a big headache and then things would get back to normal....eventually.

If things were only as simplistic as Bush's brain.:smoke:

[shanti]

154. mindblowing, isn't it?

:crazy: :hi:

[billyoc]

119. Well, I have an MBA from Harvard as well,

a whole roll of them, in fact.



We're not going to forget this, Harvard. We know you just hand those things out to anybody who can pay.

[KansDem]

120. How about "alcohol-induced coma?"

This f**ktwit is an embarrassment! :grr:

[FSogol]

121. Did the economy choke on a pretzel and bruise its cheek? n/t

[sui generis]

122. y'see, it's like, (waves hands), it's like, y'see

heh heh, kand of lak the konimy was drunk. And fucked up on cocaine. I mean, bad cocaine, not the good stuff. Peruvian marching powder, not columbian candy cane. And a little heroine. And some marijuana cookies.

And now it's dehaderatid, kand uh hungover.

(and apparently also brain damaged)

[mikeytherat]

125. "The 'conomy jus needs some Gatoraide and a few extra days to hand in

that term paper. That's all."

mikey_the_rat

[wordpix]

132. lol

[RavensChick]

123. He speaks from personal experience.

Besides, we're not only hungover but every time I see the gas prices go up, so does my breakfast, lunch, and dinner!!!!!

:puke:

[katty]

124. yeah, it takes one to know one, chimpy!

[Nay]

126. Oh, BS. It's not drunk--it got the con disease, and has been going

downhill ever since. And you've been injecting poison into its bloodstream every chance you get. Stop acting like it's not 90% your fault, you ass.

[babydollhead]

127. Wall Street has been on a bender...

see? and developed a little greed addiction. So congress had to prostitute itself and the Pimps in office kept all the money.

[snappyturtle]

128. K&R Good find! I didn't get the impression he is concerned about

the econmic plight of the nation! I was relieved to hear him talking about life after his administration. Hope he isn't disappointed. :sarcasm:

[Megahurtz]

130. LOL!

Hilarious.

[Alexander]

131. Bush describes a typical day in his life.

I imagine if the cameras were on, the public would wonder if he's been hitting the sauce.

[Ilsa]

133. In psychiatric terms, it's called "Projection," I believe. nt

[wordpix]

134. love the part about living on a gov. salary for 14 years. Cry me a river, asshat

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080709010213AAIBYOS

"Presidents earn $400k per year paid monthly plus an expense allowance of $50k per year. The level of compensation is stipulated in the US Code. It was increased during the Clinton Presidency." :nopity:

Then, too, the poor pResident gets free luxury housing, food, a chef, cleaning, heat, electricity, and has plenty of room for his friends and family to stay overnight. He also gets to entertain in style for free. :grr: Oh I feel so sorry for his getting "only" a government salary.

Enjoy it now, ass, as you'll be paying plenty when you're out of the WH, especially with all those legal bills you'll have for the rest of your life. :evilgrin:

[MadrasT]

142. Legal bills!

:bounce:

[wordpix]

153. oh, yeah, BushCo's legal bills are just beginning

If we can't impeach BushCheney, we can at least watch them squirm as they try to shrug off their responsibility for Iraqnam.

[shanti]

155. no worries

their hidey hole in paraguy will be waiting for them when the time comes...

[superconnected]

135. He probably heard people talking about him and when they realized he

was listening they told him they were actually talking about wallstreet.

"it got drunk and now it's got a hangover," Bush said. "The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."

[awoke_in_2003]

136. Now the economy just has to find Jeebus. nt

[ejbrush]

137. So, all our nation needs is a huge Bloody Mary?

A little hair of the dog and we'll be right with the world.

[Auggie]

138. Obviously auditioning for Conan O'Brien's job

[King Coal]

139. It is funny he wanted the cameras off. That video would improve his ratings.

[IDemo]

140. The economy is just Segwaying into new territory

[MetaTrope]

141. While choking on a pretzel

[Doctor_J]

143. Finally a subject * can speak on with authority

He just keeps on giving

[Stuart G]

144. I am sure glad that they ,,,

turned the cameras off...:rofl: :rofl:

[liberal N proud]

145. Drunks always use drunk analogy to describe life

[OwnedByFerrets]

146. Why the

FUCK would he ask everyone to turn the cameras off and why the FUCK would anyone agree to it? Sheesh, we live in a country full of fucking sheep, with a few execptions.

[scarface2004]

147. i m here to talk fancy talk about the economy!

what an a hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JuniperLea]

148. Those are clearly the only analogies he can make...

The only thing he understands or cares about is getting drunk, and how long the hangover will last.

I really am hating him lately.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

149. This from the guy pouring all the free drinks. n/t

[merwin]

150. K&R, also the Video of it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4fko-UbdjU

[comrade snarky]

151. Sounds to me

Like an analogy some one else used to dumb an explanation down enough that Bush could relate to it. Probably made him feel slow.

Then of course he'd go out and pretend to do the same thing to other people.

It fits perfectly with his massive (justifiable) inferiority complex fueling his need to belittle everyone else.

[gulliver]

152. What cute, folksy way of talking about it.

I'll bet he wanted it leaked. It's so dumb, it is bound to have bunch of idiots smiling knowingly. "Heh, heh. Those lovable guys got drunk. They lost a bunch of our money and ruined our economomy. Har, har."

[rainbow4321]

156. Wish he would stop referring to Dallas..they will NOT be in Dallas.

It has already been said that they will settle in Highland Park with the other zillionaires. The ones that recently tried to charge Dallasites a TOLL for using a major east-west PUBLIC road so they could keep us riff-raff from passing thru their neighborhood. The proposal was shot down after bad publicity.
Guess they are done USING the people of Crawford...He has shown Laura's true feelings about the place in this video.

And maybe the fool needs to scan the Dallas papers about the real housing problem up here:


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/realestate/stories/0718dnbushomesales.3dec4cc.html

Dallas-area preowned home sales fall 15% in 2008

All but a few area residential districts experienced fewer home purchases in the first half of this year, according to the latest home-sales data.Some of the declines have been sharp – including a 35 percent drop in northwest Dallas and a 30 percent decline in North Dallas – compared with the first half of 2007.

Overall pre-owned home sales in North Texas were off by 15 percent in the first six months of 2008 from the previous year, according to statistics from North Texas Real Estate Information Systems and Texas A&M University's Real Estate Center.





http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/realestate/stories/071808dnbusdfwforeclosures.644eb406.html

Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings jump 18%

Denton and Collin counties had the biggest percentage gain in foreclosure postings – up about 40 percent from a year ago.

With August postings, the total so far for 2008 in the four-county area is almost 34,000.

[Rex]

157. Stupid words from a stupid man.

This country is fucked.

[radfringe]

158. speaking of stupid

while watching mccain stories on olbermann last night, my partner quips: if mccain gets in, it will be 4 more years of stupid

[muriel_volestrangler]

159. Pah - Bush wanted more dodgy financial deals. See my signature

Bush wanted, in his second term, to stop the justice system impeding 'the flows of capital'. He wanted even less regulation than there is now. Screw him and his "fancy financial instruments" - he's playing the "gosh, darn" innocent yokel here, but he was a cheerleader for unregulated capitalism and profits for him and his 'base'.

[JHB]

162. "How long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments"?

It won't, you schmuck. It's not a single mind. It never feels "I'm getting older now, maybe I ought to get my act together." It doesn't have any friends or family to provide support and pressure to reform. It's The Market.

It won't change until the "bartender" "breaks its nose" every time it starts pushing its limit and tries to "get drunk".

That means government regulation (and enforcement thereof), you dope!

/rant

[mdmc]

164. kick

drunk wall street

[elehhhhna]

165. "after eight years of sacrifice..." ?!!!!

[The Blue Flower]

166. At least they're planning on moving out of the WH

Maybe we could look at the bright side.

[swwallace81]

167. Anyone find it odd that he didn't want to be spied upon, but was anyway!!

[Stuart G]

173. GREAT POST...GREAT POINT..EXCELLENT..

THE PRESIDENT SAYS DON'T SPY ON ME, AND SOMEONE DOES...:yourock:

:applause: :applause: :applause:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[PuraVidaDreamin]

171. ALL of America needs to see this!

Please to whowever runs the universe- let this video be shown far and wide.

[Tab]

172. "Government pay" my ass.

At $400k/yr and not having any expenses, and whatever's left in his reelection fund (which was huge), he should talk to some people on real government pay.

And that's just counting what he earned legally. Who knows where all those billions of unmetered oil revenue went to?

[politicalfan08]

177. reply

Wow!

[senseandsensibility]

179. Does anyone have a current link?

I tried to links to the video on this thread and they are both unavailable now, including the one in DU Political Videos forum.

[panzerfaust]

180. Odd. The Beloved Brush Ranch

... built at great expense just in time for the 2000 campaigne, is now going to be dumped?

Those who have sacrificed so much for our country, for Freedom(TM) must now leave it and live in brushless Big-D?

Lawdy, what a surprise! Almost might make one think that W weren't no homefolks guy afterall - that the futherst he had been to the country before running for president was the (until not all that long ago) segregated exclusive fishing club on (I believe) Lake Austin.

[Lifetimedem]

183. He was never a rancher

He just played the role to look like a "good ole boy".

[madeline_con]

184. "... after eight years of sacrifice..."

Cry me a river, Dickhead! :cry:

[Sequoia]

185. So ,who had their camera on?

[CoffeeCat]

189. Has this video been pulled?????????

I can't find the video.

I also tried to get to the link provided in the OP--and it says "unavailable."

Anyone else having the same problem?

I'd love to see that video!

[superconnected]

190. So his doped up wife is the decision maker now?

[bdamomma]

191. this story is all over the place

to show everyone what a jerk this man is.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7522335.stm

[pleah]

192. Sacrifice? Make him live in a FEMA trailer. Bet Laura can pick one up cheap!

Dumbass!

[roguevalley]

193. keep this kicked so everyone logging on gets to see it. I love you

guys. :P

[pleah]

194. You got it!

:hi: :kick:

[emad]

195. 'Wall Street got drunk' says Bush

Source: bbc

US President George W Bush has explained the credit crunch savaging US financial markets by saying "Wall Street got drunk".

"It got drunk and now it's got a hangover," Mr Bush said at a private political fundraiser in Houston, Texas.

Members of the media were not invited and the audience had been asked to turn off their cameras.

But somebody recorded the statement on a mobile phone video camera and it was posted on the internet.




Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7522335.stm

---

AND guess who the barman was???

[sniffa]

196. What he meant to say, was that Wall Street went on a cocaine binge

and is now suffering withdrawal symptoms.

[kestrel91316]

197. Takes one to know one.

[Muttocracy]

204. that's what I thought too! nt

[Warpy]

198. The consensus among those of us

who have been a drunk or lived with one is that Stupid is hammered.

The self congratulatory chuckles in the audience were nauseating.

I don't know who defied the ban on cameras, but he deserves a medal for exposing this crap.

[BrklynLiberal]

199. What a ...... I cannot think of a word that is derogatory enough.

[sofa king]

200. Keeping the discourse at a level he understands, apparently.

[phantom power]

201. "....and then it choked on a pretzel."

[lpbk2713]

202. A colorful analogy from a real pro ...

[my2sense]

203. He should know n/t

[Possumpoint]

205. Whoopee - Doo

This is another brainless comment by GWB. Wall street has been given the gift of nearly unlimited access to the largeness of the Federal Reserve. They are not allowed to FU. The Republicans label the corporations as being too big to fail and pour borrowed money into them. We the tax payers get to pay the interest on the borrowed money.

Due to the ineptness of the Federal Reserve and it's allowing the total money supply of the United States to grow to obscene rates, inflation has reared it's ugly head. The Fed is between a rock and a hard place. If it chokes down inflation then the economy will tank and the Republican party will take it in the shorts.

Without real corrections Wall Street will continue to corrupt and enrich itself. At some future point the house of cards will fall and intervention by either the Fed or Government will be ineffectual. Only problem is we the people will be the ones to suffer.

[BrklynLiberal]

206. Calling * a nitwit is an insult to nits...

[Twist_U_Up]

207. nothing in politics happens by mistake.

the elites way of sending a signal our way that the economy is in the shitter and it aint gonna git any better.
all pre planned

[Uncle Joe]

208. Of course they got drunk, drinking beer with the prez was the corporate media's criteria

for selection to the most powerful job in the land in 2000, "who would you rather have a beer with?"

[pinniped]

210. It seems Wall Street had company.