Bush on the board not worth much, says Carlyle founder

[Nambe]

Telegraph Group Limited

Carlyle Group, the powerful investment house with close links to the Bush family, is facing acute embarrassment after the emergence of sardonic remarks the company founder made about the president.

In a talk to investors, David Rubenstein said George W Bush did little but tell dirty jokes while on the board of a company owned by Carlyle, and that he wouldn't have appeared in the top 25m people he would have suggested for president of the US. ---

"Somebody came to me and said: 'Look there is a guy who would like to be on the board. He's kind of down on his luck a bit. Needs a job… could you put him on the board? Pay him a salary and he'll be a good board member and be a loyal vote for the management and so forth,'" he said in a speech to a Los Angeles pension fund.

Of Mr Bush's performance, he added: "He … came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I said to him, after about three years: 'You know, I'm not sure this is really for you… because I don't think you're adding that much value. You don't know that much about the company.'" ---

Privatize bush It’s a Good Thing

[Nottingham]

1. This is a different perspective! WHOAH!

:bounce:

[KCDem]

2. lol, that's funny!

I love it when people you'd least expect to start bashing Bush. Gives me hope for the future.

[ima_sinnic]

3. in other words, even his "own kind" don't think that much of him

. . . which makes his ascendancy to emperor all the more infuriating and disturbing.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Haha! A manager just called Bush a Value-negative.

That manager shows promise.

[Tinoire]

5. And this is supposed to be a surprise? lol n/t

[pasadenademocrat]

6. bush as president

isn't worth much either.:-(

[DrBB]

7. Huh? CARLYLE is facing "acute embarrassment"???

How about Bush? I mean, I can think of lots of things Carlyle has reason to be embarrassed (and worse) about, but deciding that the DimWit was too stupid to be on their board sure ain't one of 'em.

[dArKeR]

8. I don't believe this story. I don't believe the motive! With all of the

Bush Crime Family mafia connections around the world no one would say this!

http://www.geocities.com/darkerxdarker/

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. you don't? .well then read this new book "The Iron Triangle" by Dan Briody

everyone Must read this amazing book about inside the secert world of the Carlyle Group....i thought i had heard and read plenty about these evil scumbags.(excuse my french)i'm reading things that i will never be able to wrap my brain around...even Patriece Lumumuba (Congo) and Frank Carlucci offing him crica 1965

[THX1138]

10. Democracy Now

Got a hold of the tape of this speech and played it on the air last week. They have it archived here:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1429210

[LauraK]

11. thanx thx!

[I AM SPARTACUS]

12. Bush on the board not worth less than zero for the US...

Bush on board a liability

[Pale_Rider]

13. Bush as a board member was not worth a bucket of warm spit. n/t