Bush avoiding legacy talk?
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Bush avoiding legacy talk?
U.S. News writes, “The Bushies aren’t eager to start talking legacy about their prez yet. ‘Really,’ says one, ‘he’s not obsessed with his legacy.’ … ‘His legacy won’t be written for 50 years,’ shrugs an ally, ‘and, anyway, there’s nothing we can do about it now.’”
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‘and, anyway, there’s nothing we can do about it now.’â€
Oh yes there is!!!
December 4th, 2006 at 3:13 pmI’ll give you a little hint:
It’s the follow up to an investigation of responsibility
It involves a hearing
It starts with an IM, ends with a MENT and has a PEACH in the middle!
I’d avoid talking about my legacy too if my efforts were as incompetent and my hands as bloodstained as shrub’s.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:14 pmIf Bushies think there is nothing to do about this then Dubya is already quacking like the lame duck he is.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:14 pmGee . . . I could swear that I read something just last week about the incredible expense expected of the Dubya library and how they are going to hire bring in all kind of political hacks from the thinktanks to rewrite history in his favor.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:15 pmThank god he’s not worried about his legacy.
This is just one more attempt to show how they are nothing like that vane Bill Clinton when in reality they are one thousands times worse.
What this means is that it will take the conservatives roughly 50 years of constantly repeating the message of Bush’s greatness before the population forgets the truth and believes the repetitive lie.
Just like how Reagan suddenly became the greatest President in history, how the media became liberal and how democrats became “tax and spenders” while conservatives were the “fiscally responsible.”
Mark my words. The conservative are going to slowly but persistantly float the message that Bush is one of the greatest Presidents ever. The message will be so persistant that people will confuse it for common knowledge. This has been their method in the past.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:17 pmGEORGE BUSH’S LEGACY WILL BE WRITTEN BY A COURT REPORTER COPYING HIS STRAINED PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR TESTIMONY UNDER OATH DURING HIS TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES.
LET THE SUPOENAS FLY!
December 4th, 2006 at 3:19 pm‘and, anyway, there’s nothing we can do about it now.’â€
That little slip of defeatist talk says a lot of what is on their minds. If there are two years left in a presidency you can do alot. Say end the Iraq war, do some good in Afghanistan where you should have been concentrating in the first place, make the Israel/Palestine peace work, fix the things that you broke or made worse like the tax system, education, environment, etc. Those are the things that he could do….but won’t ’cause he’s an idiot.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:19 pmHe ain’t worried about his legacy, cuz others will take care of it, like it’s been since day one for Georgie.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:20 pmHell, there’s a poster on this blog that’s doin a damn fine job of writing BushMaster’s legacy.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:21 pmRemember the scene in Animal House when the Delta’s were looking at slides of their pledges? The picture of Kent Dorffman, a/k/a Flounder the legacy of Delta House is flashed on the screen.
The room breaks out into a chorus of screams and boos and beer cans and popcorn go flying at the screen.
That is what will happen at the Historical Society when the Bush legacy is flashed on the screen for consideration by the historians.
-GSD
December 4th, 2006 at 3:22 pmbut, wait a minute… ‘george bush’s legacy’ was here on TP all day yesterday absolutely cracking me up… there are big plans being made for the library… already a great list of items for the gift shop…
December 4th, 2006 at 3:22 pmBush claiming to not be obsessed with planning his legacy means, of course, that he is absolutely obsessed with planning his legacy. Hence why everything else is spiralling out of control.
With these people, White is Black. Up is down. Believe none of it.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:27 pmKaty – hope you’re including my flaming bag of dog poop book and statue donation.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:27 pmMark my words. The conservative are going to slowly but persistantly float the message that Bush is one of the greatest Presidents ever. The message will be so persistant that people will confuse it for common knowledge. This has been their method in the past.
Comment by Rosencrantz — December 4, 2006 @ 3:17 pm
Where have you been? They’ve been doing that for a couple years now. It’s a persistant buzzing in the ears of the public. He’s competing for worst president in History and the Republicans still talk about him like he’s the second coming. It’s like Time Magazines Man of the Year competition. They’re confusing impact with moral fiber. Hitler got Man of the Year. I’d say he had a pretty heavy impact on the 1930’s and 40’s. I think Bush had a pretty good impact on the beginning of the century. Technically I suppose he’s both the best president AND the worst president of the millineum :)
December 4th, 2006 at 3:29 pmAnd why should this legacy be any different than his attempts at running an oil company or two (into the ground) or almost “hit and running” the Rangers baseball team into bankruptcy and coddling known steroid users.
Will Daddy be able to bail him out of this fine mess, I wonder?
A final thought…… wonder why Dubya ain’t considering Yale for his half a billion bigones library? Maybe they would love to get their sheepskin back and return Daddy’s money for that, too.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:30 pmwell of course, ru…
December 4th, 2006 at 3:31 pmthose posts were all over the place so it’s hard to link to any one…
that was hilarious though… we’ll probably be hearing more of him before the day is done… stay tuned…
coulter/malkin/bolton made an appearance earlier… must be break time…
Bush will be remembered for the downfall of the Repulican party, the destruction of the constitution, the failure of imperialism and the failure of trickle-down economics. All this has been proven, thanks to Bush. Hopefully, it means we will never live this nightmare again.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:33 pmKaty, he wasn’t just spoofing was he?
December 4th, 2006 at 3:33 pmI spent the greater part of last evening patenting the George Bush “Stay the Course” Anchor Bust with hangman’s noose line (and optional bow plank with trapdoor).
I plan on giving the first million in profits to the “Let’s Put Iraq Back the Way it Was” fund.
#16 – Katy -(or recess)
December 4th, 2006 at 3:37 pmBush will be remembered for the downfall of the Repulican party, the destruction of the constitution, the failure of imperialism and the failure of trickle-down economics. All this has been proven, thanks to Bush. Hopefully, it means we will never live this nightmare again.
Comment by cynicalgirl — December 4, 2006 @ 3:33 pm
I’m an optimist, but I can’t go along with that. All the Republicans who kicked themselves for voting for Bush will come running back the first time the Democrats step on their crank. Besides, as much as some people here don’t want to admit it, the Republicans are better at spin and mud-slinging than the Democrats are.
Don’t get me wrong. The Republicans lost bigtime in this last election, and will probably lose some more in the next, but it won’t last.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:41 pmTranslation: We screwed up royally. Everything we touched turned to absolute shit. But, there is nothing we can do about it now.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:41 pmIs it just me or does it feel like we actually might be having some adult supervision over the WH already?
Looks like Milk ’stache Bolten has bolted the UN, Rummy has packed his toy guns and maybe a few more will take their sleeping bags and bail from this 6 year nightmare of a sleepover, too!
December 4th, 2006 at 3:42 pmBush’s “legacy” should be a bronze statue of himself standing on a mound of human skulls while tearing the Constitution in half, while the base of the statue bears the legend:
December 4th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
Upside #22
December 4th, 2006 at 3:47 pmYou may be right, or the old adage “everybody loves a winner” has an inverse to it…
As Joe Kline might respond if asked if Bush is planning is legacy: “That may well be true, but it’s wrong to say it.â€
December 4th, 2006 at 3:53 pmRU -24
Or maybe “rats leaving the sinking, rotten, putrified yacht”?
December 4th, 2006 at 3:54 pm‘His legacy won’t be written for 50 years,’
Oh yes, that’s the way it’s usually done in this country. There’s a total blackout of historical text written about a president until after he’s been out of office for 50 years or so. And by then, it’s doubtful that anyone could remember what a lousy president he was. I’m sure history will look kindly on good ol’ Dubya through the backwards telescope of faded memory and right-wing echo chambers. After all, it would take something like an impeachment or perhaps war crimes tribunals to leave a mark that couldn’t be scrubbed from the Congressional Record or the historical archives in libraries around the world. And what are the chances of that happening? Heh.
December 4th, 2006 at 3:58 pm#20 Swordsbane
Besides, as much as some people here don’t want to admit it, the Republicans are better at spin and mud-slinging than the Democrats are.
That sounds like pre-11/7 thinking. Define “better”. They do it more often than Dems and they used to be successful at it, but it’s not working for them anymore.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:01 pmI have noticed that he hasn’t been smirking very much recently.
Perhaps that is a hint of some small measure of reality finally setting in, despite all the rhetoic they put out to the contrary.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:13 pm$500 million says GWB is obsessed with his legacy.
Just sayin’
December 4th, 2006 at 4:18 pmBrandx – #30 There is an old saying in Texas — “It’s hard to be humble when you are from Texas“.
But it is clear he has a LOT to be humble about, so maybe that smirk and that swagger will be less pronounced as reality sets in.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:19 pmBush avoiding legacy talk
That’s just because he can’t pronounce it.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:20 pmPerhaps Disney would be willing to sell Fantasyland as a locale to keep W’s legacy. The facility in Anaheim is on prime land now and with the half billion plus what Disney Corp. would get for the balance of the park would more than pay for a much better park located on cheap land near Needles, CA. Laura and W could move into Cinderella’s Castle and live like royalty.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:21 pm#35 – george bush’s legacy,
December 4th, 2006 at 4:39 pmYou must realize that what I said was partially in jest = Laura and W are splits Ville come January 22, 2009.
walt,
laura ain’t goin nowhere without her man… she likes the way i slap her butt in public and how i humiliate myself everyday… i heard dick and karl say she is some sort of ‘massokissed’ or somethin like that… i think that means she will be with me forever…
she don’t like castles much…likes the ranch cuz she can smoke in kitchen.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:45 pmthe George Bush “Stay the Course†Anchor Bust with hangman’s noose line
Comment by RUCerious — December 4, 2006 @ 3:33 pm
sorry to leave you hangin’ (he he he)… had to run an errand…
December 4th, 2006 at 4:48 pmi LOVED that idea – bound to be a best seller…
one of them – that ‘worstester sauce’ will be a winner also!
Isn’t that why he’s building a $500 million library – he can employ sycophants who will write his legacy any way he wants.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:49 pmah ha! i should’ve read the posts first…
December 4th, 2006 at 4:50 pmi see he’s ba-aaack! welcome, sir…
she don’t like castles much…likes the ranch cuz she can smoke in kitchen.
Comment by george bush’s legacy
That’s a hell of a legacy, George, and not too much to ask is it?
You’re hilarious, j.
December 4th, 2006 at 4:51 pmyou know i like this shiite guy that i had over to the whitehouse today…
i nicknamed him ‘big badr ass’ because i like the work of his death squads. drillin those sunnis in the head with a black & decker while they are hand-cuffed… i like a guy that likes his tools… i’m gonna get him a tool belt from sears for a christmas gift…
oh…and i really like with his badr brigade is doin for the cause of ‘marriage between a man and a woman’ you see, they can’t do a ‘marriage amendment’ over their in iraq, so, the badr brigade just founds up all the fruits there and kills them…
you can read all about it here: http://tinyurl.com/f6ct6
thats called a ‘hyperlink’
December 4th, 2006 at 4:54 pmThey made a big deal over Clinton’s leg-I-see.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:06 pmBush’s legacy should be him hanging from a rope.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:08 pm#2
I’d avoid talking about my legacy too if my efforts were as incompetent and my hands as bloodstained as shrub’s.
Comment by john o
It didn’t stop Bubba from spinning his legacy that included 800,000 dead bloodstained Rwandan. At least he apologized. Said he was sorry, “I feel your pain”. Then he got serviced by Monica the intern.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:54 pmIt didn’t stop Bubba from spinning his legacy that included 800,000 dead bloodstained Rwandan. At least he apologized. Said he was sorry, “I feel your painâ€. Then he got serviced by Monica the intern.
Comment by Flaco
Can you link to a place in the internets that says tat Clinton started the war in Rwanda. Oh god why am I responding to Flaco…..and I continue to type…what is wrong with me….damn fingers.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:59 pm#48 Flaco
ummmm …. yeah, Clinton did not invade Rwanda … Bush lied and invaded Iraq and screwed up Afghanistan. And by your logic, all the deaths in Sudan would also be the fault of Bush. Keep trying.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:03 pmWorst foreign policy decision in history. Worst job creating performance in modern history. US standing in the world is worst in modern history. Worst terrorist attack on his watch. Most constitutional laws broken. Most signing statements. In the process of losing not one, but two wars. Worst debt in history. Worst deficit in history. First leader in history to cut taxes during a war. First administration to ruin an intelligence asset for political purposes… I’m sure others here have more to add. But, it all adds up to the worst president in history.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:06 pmCan you link to a place in the internets that says tat Clinton started the war in Rwanda. Oh god why am I responding to Flaco…..and I continue to type…what is wrong with me….damn fingers.
Comment by dlet
December 4th, 2006 at 6:14 pmNo, his excellent foreign policy save a load of cash by sitting back and doing nothing.
U probably did not lose any sleep over it either.
MUST READ … randi was reading parts of this today…
talk about ‘legacy’…
The Surreal Politics of Premeditated War
by R.W. Behan
George W. Bush, who proudly claimed the mantle of “war president,†was keenly rebuked in the recent mid-term election. The event was notable, but it merely continued the surreal politics of premeditated war—a politics that has dominated the last six bizarre, hideous years of our nation’s history.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:15 pm…
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1203-21.htm
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I guess whoever kills the most wins.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:19 pmthis 60 minutes story was heart wrenching last night…
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Recalls Horror
December 4th, 2006 at 6:20 pmHid In Tiny Bathroom For Three Months With Six Other Women
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/30/60minutes/main2218371.shtml
I love the folks who try to defend GWB.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:24 pmFLaco wishes he could get “serviced”, by anyone, just someone, help the guy out.
December 4th, 2006 at 6:24 pmFLaco wishes he could get “servicedâ€, by anyone, just someone, help the guy out.
Comment by ForTruth — December 4, 2006 @ 6:24 pm
wrong forum… wrong site, at least… it’s probably a turn on for the freepers though…
December 4th, 2006 at 6:55 pm#46 gbl
December 4th, 2006 at 7:23 pmBush’s soap on a rope would have the dual purpose of not only hanging Bush by his neck, but we could wash our behinds with him too.
it won’t stop cleaning until you have VICTORY over dirt.
Comment by george bush’s legacy
Stay the course…
December 4th, 2006 at 7:36 pmKaty, that was a pretty good article on the buildup to Afghanistan and Iraq. I was unaware of the Bridas/Unocal conflict which is a very important piece in the overall scheme.
However, I have an objection to the following statement:
Actually, that has been American SOP for quite some time…Phillipines, Germany, Korea, and Vietnam, if they hadn’t kicked our ass. Am I missing some subtle point here?
December 4th, 2006 at 8:09 pm’s hard werkin’ soap…heh…
December 4th, 2006 at 8:09 pmNo, his excellent foreign policy save a load of cash by sitting back and doing nothing.
That made…no sense. Congratulations.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:16 pmHey Bush boy, here’s a sneak preview of your own legacy. Here’s one of your boys posing for the police. Your turn is coming scum bag.
“Deposed House majority leader Tom DeLay’s mug shot was snapped in October 2005, when the Republican pol appeared at a Harris County, Texas sheriff’s office to be booked on conspiracy and money laundering charges. DeLay, 58, was forced to submit to a brief photo and fingerprint session after a District Judge issued an arrest warrant for him.”
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/tomdelaymug1.html
December 4th, 2006 at 9:16 pmlookee there! more typos from the goat who criticizes others for their semantics. it would be funny if you weren’t so damn annoying.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:18 pminsecurity, ya outta think about tapering off those lines of detergent powder…your membranes are starting to show.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:26 pm#61 You do realize you aren’t on Red-State where somebody might accidentally think you had a brain. You are the annoying one here. Go away, gnat.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:29 pmComment by Insecurity is your Middle Name — December 4, 2006 @ 9:18 pm
you’re right – i did spell it wrong – it’s supposed to be “Worsterest-sause. or “worstesterest-sausce” if you want the heat! (you must’ve missed the fun yesterday)
December 4th, 2006 at 9:49 pm(boo f’n hoo)
#64 Unfortunately that cipher will never get the joke, katy.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:56 pmHowever, I have an objection to the following statement:
Actually, that has been American SOP for quite some time…Phillipines, Germany, Korea, and Vietnam, if they hadn’t kicked our ass. Am I missing some subtle point here?
Comment by stonehinge — December 4, 2006 @ 8:09 pm
well, i’m flattered that you ask ME about that… i just thought it was extrememely interesting when randi was reading it and should pass the link along… i haven’t read the whole thing myself…
December 4th, 2006 at 9:57 pmi understand your point thought… perhaps the key words are “full scale combat, unprovoked”?
randi did say that it explained the bushco plan as simply and succinct as any she’s heard – and she’s heard and studied LOTS – and she asked that it be passed around to any and all… just doing my part!
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Katy, that’s why I tossed it back up with comments. The piece is quite comprehensive in revealing the entire scope of operations, yet it is an easy read. I recommend you post it again when it seems to fit the topic. Thanks again.
For those who happen to read this, yet don’t know what we’re talking about, the article is The Surreal Politics of Premeditated War.
December 4th, 2006 at 10:13 pm‘His legacy won’t be written for 50 years,’
It will take at least that long to sort out all of the indictments.
December 4th, 2006 at 10:35 pm#49 katy
December 5th, 2006 at 9:36 amThanks for the tip — a great article. clearly written.
Hey President Bush and former Bubba are both good christian bible thumpers. Ever notice how Bubba was always seen with his big holy bible
leaving church.
They also had great foreign policies.
600,000 Iraqis dead/ billions for the war/Bush
800,000 Rwandan dead/billions for invading that evil Bosnia – threat to world peace.
Wonderful legacies for both men.
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March 24th, 2008 at 9:08 amMichael
I think God approves of you.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:07 pm