"I hate George Bush"

[Hepburn]

I have wanted to scream, "I HATE YOU, GEORGE BUSH" so many times in the past and today just seemed like the perfect day to shout this out. I hate that son of a bitch, I truly hate him. I think so often that someone should hold the bastard down, shave his head and look for the "666" that has got to be there. I am an atheist, but George Bush has made a record that has gotten me to accept some of the concepts of religious beliefs: There IS a devil. Unfortunately for the USA, he resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

I rarely if ever start threads ~~ I think this is only the second one I have started since joining the DU several years ago ~~ but today the anger just built up to the point that as I near my 1,000 post on the DU, I just had to let it all out. So please, endure a rant from this old lady.

Today, I have been reading threads started by and posts done by those of us who are, for lack of better terms, the elderly of this nation. Yep, I have been AARP'd, get Social Security, am retired, live in a senior's development and have a dog instead of a man in my life ~~ less shit to clean up after. I wear low-heeled shoes and have gotten rid of 99% my high heels ~~ however, there is that one "fuck me" pair of red ones I cannot part with. A woman can dream, ya know! My bones creak in the morning when I get up and, dang, I look forward to seeing the ads and coupons that come in the afternoon mail.

But...I still have the spirit in me. That is the spirit that had me out starting as a college kid in the 60's protesting the way my government was acting. When I go out protesting and marching now, I may have to sit a bit and my feet kill me when I get back home. I can't carry my signs as long or as high as I used to and I get to bail those out who get arrested now instead of taking a ride in that LAPD blue bus with the bars on the windows. But I am there and have been there and will be there as long as I can can get there and carry a sign!

When those young kids in LAPD blue with the riot batons come at me now, I shake my finger at them and tell them how ashamed their mothers and grandmothers would be if their pictures happened to be on the evening news and they were caught on tape pushing little old gray-haired ladies around. So far, not one of them has had the nerve to lay a finger on me. Guess there are some positive things about letting one's hair go gray!

So pass me a protest sign and I will get some Dr. Sholl's gel supports for my boots and I will be back out there again. The utter madness in the country ~~ coming primarily from the religious right ~~ has GOT TO BE stopped. I don't have a clue how to stop them or the power to do it myself, but I will keep on trying to bring our once great country away from the principles held by George Bush and his supporters. It's the US Constitution that Bush and his supporters have pissed all over that holds the principles which govern this nation ~~ not the Bible, not PNAC, not a bunch of elected bastards in our government who deal only in self-interest and most certainly not that Nazi bastard that lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC.

Rant over.....

Bless all on the DU who are working to up-hold the REAL principles that made the USA the great nation it once was. I love you all and am proud to be a member of such a fine group of people. You don't know the days that your threads, posts and comments on the DU have literally saved my sanity and have let me know that I am not the only one who feels like I do!

:hi:

[bullimiami]

1. hey. me too. go figure ....

[rhiannon55]

2. I hate the bastard, too

like I've never hated anyone in my life.

Thanks for your rant; you speak for so many of us.

Here's a hug from one pissed-off gray-haired lady to another: :hug:

[PuraVidaDreamin]

3. You sing it sister!

Sing it loud! I've never had a pair of 'fuck me' shoes.

Might need to get me some of those.

[Kierkegaard]

4. I can sympathize.

Lately, I feel like I'm sleep walking. The attacks on our country are so egregious and are carried out with such brazen lies and arrogance that it's just hard to believe that it's really happening.

When I have the stomach to watch any of his television appearances, I half expect to see this disclaimer: "Hi, I'm George Bush. I'm not a president, but I play one on TV..."

[Dhalgren]

5. K&R!

Thank you! Just, thank you...

[Captain Hilts]

6. GREAT bumper sticker! nt

[stellanoir]

7. please consider this. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3569357

It's from a while ago but is just as relevant today as it was then.

Thanks and I do appreciate your spunk.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Great post, Hepburn. Did you know your'e about to hit the 1,000 post mark?

Congrats! :toast:

[RethugAssKicker]

9. Great Post Hepburn...

I feel the same way, but as you know its not just George... Its his whole admin, and the Rethug popluation in general.

I really despise them. I don't just consider them another political party.
They are our ENEMY !.. and believe me, they DESPISE us too.

There is no reconciliation here, no kiss and be friends... This is WAR... and they declared it and I PROUDLY ACCEPT IT !

[lildreamer316]

10. Thank you...

for all you did for me as a woman and an American...I am 33...my generation owes so much to yours.
Proud to know you.

[Hepburn]

11. Thank you so much everyone!

My first on the greatest page...and my thank you for this is my 1000th post on the DU. What a great day.

Long live the DU and all the wonderful people who come here and share!

[SnohoDem]

12. You GO girl!

There are thousands, no millions of us who feel like you do. Honestly, I think many of us are in a stunned silence - we can't f-ing believe this has happened to our country, our nation that we love so much and have been so proud to be a part of.

We have had our Reichstag fire moment. Yesterday we had the vote that followed it, even though no one, not even the Dems, took it seriously. Remember - everything Hitler did was legal.

My heart aches for America. I will be leaving soon to spend a few months elsewhere. I hope it will be a breath of fresh air.

SD


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[Hawkowl]

13. Heroines

Nothing is as dangerous as a group of riled up, little old ladies. Give em hell!

[stevedeshazer]

14. I love you

[Frustratedlady]

15. This great-grandmother is standing right beside you...

and I think we are going through the same feelings for the same reasons. We've known much better times and aren't about to let some frat brat take our country away from us. You go, girl!

[Auntie Bush]

16. Hey, you have no profile. You must be hiding your identity.

Is that you Laura?

[Frustratedlady]

17. I beg your pardon? I don't understand?

[Kurovski]

20. I think it's a joke. Laura Bush hates her husband.

Which isn't all that funny for poor ol' Laura who wanted no part of the White House in the first place, but it made me laugh nonetheless.

And I think Auntie meant to reply to Hepburn who has her profile turned off, while yours on the other hand, is on.

[Frustratedlady]

22. Thanks for the explanation. I took it as a snide remark...

insinuating I was a Republican invading the site. It is true I despise Bush and am proud of it, although I'm sick to my stomach for this country.

Thanks again.

[lisainmilo]

18. I love you granmdma

Both my paternal and maternal grandparents are gone, can I adopt you?


Thanks for the rant!

and for giving me hope! :)

[Kurovski]

19. Oh, you made me smile all the way through.

Did you already see this about the Oct. 5 protests?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2259860

[bklyncowgirl]

21. Yup, you know it gets bad when you begin to think ...

that Nixon wasn't really all that bad and are even starting have some fond thoughts about Reagan.

Bush is in a class by himself.

[LeftishBrit]

23. I HATE Bush!

And I hate his poodle!

But most of all I hate Cheney; and I hate Rumsfeld too.