Bush’s hope for successor: ’stay longer’ in Iraq.
Bush’s hope for successor: ’stay longer’ in Iraq.
In Robert Draper’s book on the Bush presidency, “Dead Certain,” Bush says the goal of his Iraq strategy is to play it out until “October-November.” That is when he hopes the Iraq troop increase will finally show enough results to help him achieve the central goal of his remaining time in office: “To get us in a position where the presidential candidates will be comfortable about sustaining a presence,” and, he said later, “stay longer.”
UPDATE: Some other highlights from the Draper book:
– Karl Rove told Bush he should not tap Cheney for Vice President
– Bush hopes to make a lot of cash delivering speeches after his presidency is over… while running a “fantastic Freedom Institute”
– Bush “can’t remember” one of the biggest mistakes in post-war Iraq: disbanding the Iraqi army
– The White House staff, including Dan Bartlett and Karl Rove, were “constantly at war” with one another
– Bush cries a lot
UPDATE II: Carpetbagger highlights a few other interesting portions from Draper’s book.
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September 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 amIf anyone NOT on the “Ignore List” wants to discuss any of the “UPDATES” let me know. Back to Iraq: Bush to dine with troops at air base today; deliver speech at 12:30 p.m. ET. Marine commanders tell Bush “morale is high” HOO RAH!!!
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:44 amBush hopes to make a lot of cash delivering speeches after his presidency is over…
AND HERE IS SOME BUSH SPEECHES
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7JEj2bNhE5Y&search=bush
wat did Texas ever do when the village idiot left
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:45 amBush’s strategy is clear to me. Fabricate just enough ” light at the end of the tunnel”, turned corners, and progress made, to dump the Iraq fiasco into the democrats lap next year….and then blame them for losing Iraq.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:46 amThis is the same strategy they used after the Viet Nam war.
Bush make speeches he would make more money reading my pet goat to classrooms around the world as a standup comedien
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:47 amI don’t see any DEFEATOCRATS landing Air Force One in Iraq . . .
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:51 amEat THAT, Katie Couric!!!
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:51 amBoo Hoo Bush, grow a sack you blubbering chunk of crap.
-GSD
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:52 am“Bush “can’t remember†one of the biggest mistakes in post-war Iraq: disbanding the Iraqi army”
You know Fredo got it from.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:53 amWill Bush die a broken man? Here’s hoping :~)
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:56 amAn elevated sense of self-importance, faulty memory, blubbering. Crazy dry drunk. Do us a favor, George. Start drinking again.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:58 amhttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7JEj2bNhE5Y&search=bush
Has everyone seen Bushes speech capabilities
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 amMaybe bush can make a living doing comedy roasts. of washed up celebrities.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 amHeres a question for ya Jake, still think them Sunnis [That regime the US went to remove from power] want democracy?
I bet Jake wont answer this and I am not on his ignore list.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 amLooks like Jake will buy any lie that retarded deserter-in-chief pukes up. What a tool. how many hits, jake? zero is my bet. who’s going to go to the site of a liar and traitor? only other liears and traitirs, repigs and fools.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 amIf we are to agree with Petraeus and Bush&Co on the surge, the war, and what they call progress, they are suggesting at least ten years — that means a 15-year war (at least) in Iraq!!
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:05 amSo Jake, another question, I’m sure you’ll skip, do you think this freedom operation was worth it considering the \/\/ admin is now backing the very ‘oppressive’ Sunnis we went to remove from power?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:06 amBush also says he wants to refill his “coffers” and go on a speaking engagement tour where he can earn $50 thousand to $75 thousand a pop, because he thinks his Dad earns that much and so does Clinton.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 amDoes this man really have a brain in his head? Or is it all just sh*t?
lol, Toby. Great idea! Let’s post videos for Georgie’s legacy here.
Here’s mine.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:08 amBush “cries a lot” — yes I think many drunks are known to blubber quite a bit.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:09 amOf course I think it’s worth it. Japan was once a brutal regime but now embraces democracy — Sunnis who refuse to do the same will be left back in the 6th century . . .
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:09 amFor the record, I thought all “real” men cried nowadays?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 amYes. Me.
Speaking of ‘attacks’ Jake;
I don’t see any DEFEATOCRATS. Comment by Jake D
You say you dont resort to attacks? You did not answer my question on the the thread below this one. Why not?
I am not on the ignore list BTW and you have asked no questions and have only made statements in the last thread and this one. The one question you asked;
I answered all of their questions to me?
Isn’t really a question as its directed to you.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 amFor the record, I thought all “real†men cried nowadays?
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:10 am
what would you know of “real” men, you repig tool?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:14 am#19, troqua
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:15 amThat is hilariously funny — too bad he is our leader isn’t it?
Thanks for that morning chuckle about chucklenuts himself.
For the record, I thought all “real†men cried nowadays?
Comment by Jake D.
Not according to Coulter, only’ faggots’ {her words, not mine] do
I have answered your question. Now answer mine. If you aren’t afraid to approach the subject brought up by (R)Hoekstra.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:15 amCmon Jake, surely you can answer my questions?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:17 amJake must get his lovin’ from tappin’ his foot in a public restroom…..
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:17 amI did answer your questions (assuming you aren’t on the “Ignore List” and simply changed your sign-in name).
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:18 amSee post #21.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:18 amAnd, don’t call me Shirley.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 amSunnis who refuse to do the same will be left back in the 6th century . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:09 am
Jake…Muhammed received his revelations in around 610 AD, which is the seventh century. Sunnis weren’t even Sunnis in the sixth century. The islamic cultures embraced the concept of “zero” which the dark ages christians feared…so they wouldn’t be confused by this. The first century went from the birth of christ untill 99 AD. 100 AD began the second century etc……
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 amOf course I think it’s worth it. Japan was once a brutal regime but now embraces democracy — Sunnis who refuse to do the same will be left back in the 6th century . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:09 am
Ah, yes. If there’s one thing that history has taught us, it’s that all the best forms of government are imposed on people by a colonial power.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 amIf anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss any of the “UPDATES†let me know. Back to Iraq: Bush to dine with troops at air base today; deliver speech at 12:30 p.m. ET. Marine commanders tell Bush “morale is high†HOO RAH!!!
Comment by Jake D
You know Jake, your ego is pretty stunning. What makes you think anyone on this site would like to discuss anything with you, your fellow trolls excepted? You have nothing to say, never have and never will.
Keep on drinking the kool-aid.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 amFor the record, Sunnis were better off PRE-Muhammed ; )
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:22 amComment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:22 am
is that the same non-existent record your army-man time is on?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 amSunnis who refuse to do the same will be left back in the 6th century . Comment by Jake D.
Thats not an answer, thats just wishful thinking on your part.
Saddam was a Sunni, and he didn’t embrace Democracy now did he?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 amAnd he was dealt with, BORe Ink.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 amFor the record, Americans were better off PRE-Bush.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 amIt certainly answered your question (regardless of whether it is wishful thinking or not). You do know what you asked, right?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:26 amHere’s how the Guardian handled the story of the Bush ambition:
wealthy and bored
ht: europeanview
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 amSince I think that Bush is a better President than Clinton, I would disagree with anyone who thinks that Americans were better off PRE-Bush.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 amI don’t see any DEFEATOCRATS landing Air Force One in Iraq . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 9:51 am
Gee, Jerk D, did Li’l Georgie PILOT the plane himself too? Was he wearing his Presidential cod-piece?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… thank’s for the laugh!
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 amFor the record, Americans were better off PRE-democrat party.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 amAnd he was dealt with, BORe Ink.
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:25 am
Yes, he was murdered by proxy, illegally and immorally, which is why there is no “win” possible in Iraq. You’re truly stupid, jake. Deeply, painfully stupid.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:29 amFor the record, Sunnis were better off PRE-Muhammed ; )
Comment by Jake D.
You still haven’t answered the question, above, Hoekstra met with Suuni tribal leaders recently, not pre muhammed.
I didn’t ask YOU if it was worth it, but if YOU think the Sunnis, today, want democracy as Hoekstra. A Republican, says they don’t.
And if they dont, what happens too the Bush democracy in Iraq Bush will be given, by your account, in Iraq?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:29 amSince I think that Bush is a better President than Clinton, I would disagree with anyone who thinks that Americans were better off PRE-Bush.
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:27 am
You don’t think, that’s another one of your lies.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:29 amIf GWB really believes in bringing “freedom” to Iraq then it seems that he would be very eager to head to Iraq as soon as he’s no longer president and help the cause. While he will not make “lots of money” giving speeches, his dedication to humanity and rebuilding what he broke would be inspirational to all his loyal followers, who might join him as well.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 amHere’s how the Guardian handled the story of the Bush ambition:
WOW, the Guardian! The same paper that would have lamented FDR beating up on the poor Germans; their agenda couldnt be more clear.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 amAnd he was dealt with, BORe Ink.
Comment by Jake D
Pleas back up your assertion with tangible evidence.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 amOf course I think it’s worth it. Japan was once a brutal regime but now embraces democracy — Sunnis who refuse to do the same will be left back in the 6th century . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:09 am
That’s a great parallel, Jake. One country has a history of unity (and isolation) going back centuries, no real sectarian divisions and are essentially ordered by their god to embrace modernism and democracy and live through an occupation that invests in rebuilding their war-torn infrastructure and the other . . . ? Not so much.
Your belief that the occupation has anything to do with democracy, though, is naive in the extreme.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 amhey jake, these are not the droids you are looking for (waving my hand in front of your clueless face)…..
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:36 amSince I think that Bush is a better President than Clinton, I would disagree with anyone who thinks that Americans were better off PRE-Bush.
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:27 am
What a topsy-turvy universe you inhabit, Jake. Pick the one president most likely to be viewed in future generations as the worst to infest the White House in more than 200 years. Pick the president who has failed miserably to achieve anything, domestically or overseas, except to enrich the corporate class. I’m sure he’s a big hit with your golf buddies, though, none of whom are mailing back their social security checks to bolster the economy.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:36 amMan the troll is having a banner deluded day!
Iraq is a black hole of American money and lives, the worst blunder in modern history. What retard didn’t learn from Vietnam? That was rhetorical, we all know the retard was Dubya. Coming to Dallas…Christ it’s time to move.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:41 amJake, you kind of remind me of Ted Nugent. Nugent boasted to urinating and defecating his pants for an entire week (Detroit Free Press July 15, 1990) to avoid serving his country. Now he considers himself pro war and loves blood and guts like the cowardly hypocrite he truly is. As a Vietnam vet I served my time in hostile environments - how about you Jake?? Ya ready to go to Bagdad or have you run out of clean jockeys?
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:43 amLOL, BORe Ink, you really need me to “back up” the assertion that Saddam Hussein was dealt with?! Perhaps you could do a Google search for “saddam hanging video” . . .
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:43 ampitman:
I served in the Korean War. Is the Army really taking 75-year-olds? Careful with the personal attacks, son.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 amI served in the Korean War. Is the Army really taking 75-year-olds? Careful with the personal attacks, son.
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:45 am
You’re a liar, Jake, plain and simple. Repeating your lies is working just as well for you as it is for Bush, the worst president in American history.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:47 amLOL, BORe Ink, you really need me to “back up†the assertion that Saddam Hussein was dealt with?! Perhaps you could do a Google search for “saddam hanging video†. . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:43 am
or, if you want to prove how Saddam was “dealt with”, you could look up the picture of Rumsfeld shaking his hand and grinning like a monkey…
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 am#53,
Jake is obviously a republic666an, they don’t fight the wars they start, thats what the poor are for.
http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html
Happy Labor day my Democratic friends.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:50 amYou’ll be crying a lot, Chimpy, at your trial for Crimes Against Humanity.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:54 amSo Bush cries a lot, does he? Well, he should. He should cry every single day for all the people who have died as a result of his policies. But I doubt he does. Frankly, I doubt he thinks of them at all.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 amJake - where were you in the rear with the gear? Any so called vet Dem. Rep. Lib. Conserv. that isn’t aware that this particular group of cowards in this administration are nothing but Vietnam draft dodgers is a pathetic phony that wipes his ass with the flag. You ought to be ashamed of yourself old man. What other cowards do you admire???
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:59 amP.S. Ya, and that includes Clinton too so don’t play your ignorant ass partisan politics with me!!! You’re an old damn fool that degrades every name on the Wall in D.C.
I know plenty of WWII and Korean War vets who still support the war in Iraq. I will leave the personal attacks out of it.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:03 am“You’re a liar, Jake, plain and simple. Repeating your lies is working just as well for you as it is for Bush, the worst president in American history.
Comment by ronjazz “
Unfortunately he is like Bush. Repeat a lie enough times and eventually you start to believe your own lies. There is a word for that, it’s “delusional”. This applies to both Bush and Jake the Fake.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:05 amAnybody have a clue as to what these ‘investors’ are expecting?
The two sales are being referred to by market traders as “bin Laden trades” because only an event on the scale of 9-11 could make these short-sell options valuable.
There are 65,000 contracts @ $750.00 for the SPX 700 calls for open interest. That controls 6.5 million shares at $750 = $4.5 Billion. Not a single trade. But quite a bit of $$ on a contract that is 700 points away from current value. No one would buy that deep “in the money” calls. No reason to. So if they were sold looks like someone betting on massive dislocation. Lots of very strange option activity that I haven’t seen before.
The entity or individual offering these sales can only make money if the market drops 30%-50% within the next four weeks. If the market does not drop, the entity or individual involved stands to lose over $1 billion just for engaging in these contracts!
Clearly, someone knows something big is going to happen BEFORE the options expire on Sept. 21.
THEORIES:
The following theories are being discussed widely within the stock and options markets today regarding the enormous and very unusual activity reported above and two stories below. Those theories are:
1) A massive terrorist attack is going to take place before Sept. 21 to tank the markets, OR;
2) China, reeling over losing $10 Billion in bad loans to the sub-prime mortgage collapse presently taking place, is going to dump US currency and tank all of Capitalism with a Communist financial revolution. Either scenario is bad and the clock is ticking. The drop-dead date of these contracts is September 21. Whatever is going to happen MUST take place between now and then or the folks involved in these contracts will lose over $1 billion for having engaged in this activity.
“$1.78 Billion Bet that Stock Markets will crash by third week in September Anonymous Stock Trader Sells 10K Contracts on EVERY S&P/Y “Strike” Shorts Stocks “in the money” effectively selling all his SPY holdings for cash up front without pressuring the market downward.
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 08/ 45b-bet-on-another-911-within-4-weeks.html
Is it a bet by Arnon Milchan & Mossad based on certain knowledge?
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/3305
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:14 amor, if you want to prove how Saddam was “dealt withâ€, you could look up the picture of Rumsfeld shaking his hand and grinning like a monkey…
Comment by ronjazz — September 3, 2007 @ 10:48 am
Or you could Google the assassination attempt on Abd al-Karim Qasim. Saddam Hussein was one of the Keystone Cops the CIA hired for the job.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 amThis theatrical visit by Bush to Iraq is a stunt to move the headlines past the bad press the Republican’s have been getting. What, no mission accomplished signes to greet Bush? That Bush graduated from both Yale and Harvard is beyond belief. The book coming out about Bush tomorrow describes a guy approaching the age of a senior citizen who still acts like a frat boy. Swatting flies while being interviewed, chomping on an unlit cigar, and with boots propped up on the coffee table, with no sympathy from his wife. he says He says he has God’s shoulder to cry on. What a moronic excuse for a president!
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 amGrounds for impeachment:
http://video.google.com/ videoplay?docid=-8024076748679173978
http://video.google.com/ videoplay?docid=-4834790699362957259
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:25 am“I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers [when I leave office]. I don’t know what my dad gets — it’s more than 50-75†thousand dollars a speech, and “Clinton’s making a lot of money.—
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LOL! What a maroon, he’s even getting ready to say ‘Clinton did it too’, but in the future!!!
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:30 amAgain, too bad Nancy Pelosi took impeachment OFF THE TABLE . . .
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:30 amThe two sales are being referred to by market traders as “bin Laden trades†because only an event on the scale of 9-11 could make these short-sell options valuable.
There are 65,000 contracts @ $750.00 for the SPX 700 calls for open interest. That controls 6.5 million shares at $750 = $4.5 Billion. Not a single trade.
Comment by ace — September 3, 2007 @ 11:14 am
I’ve been following this story, and am curious but cautious. There’s also about 61,000 put options betting that the S&P will go up to 1700 by 9/21. If it’s the same investors, they stand to gain either way. Which then begs the question - is some group of investors simply trying to spook the market by creating buzz with a huge “Bin Laden Trade” and then profiting off the loss?
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:35 amBush should be “crying alot”. He’s singlehandedly tanked this country, wiped out our military, and used the constitution for toilet paper for openers….the war crimes will have him crying for decades to come - in prison.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:35 amAgain, too bad Nancy Pelosi took impeachment OFF THE TABLE . . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 11:30 am
Under these conditions, w/ so many f-in’ Repubs willing to condone and support Bush’s raging insanity, impeachment is impossible. Try making a “real point” for once, A**wipe, instead of the endless fantasy ones you float here.
Why do “real points” hate America so?
Hey, everybody! It’s a holiday! Jerk D’s treatin’ us all to Freedom Fries! The True Patriot’s Snack of Choiceâ„¢! It’s the Taste of Liberty on the Marchâ„¢! Chow down while they’re pipin’ hot!
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:36 ambush proves each and every day the adage, “born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.”
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 amHi Ace! I’ve watched those videos from the links you provided and we all need to be reminded that impeachment is no longer an “option” but a “responsibility” when high crimes have been committed, regardless of any deal Congress has struck with this bunch of freeps.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 amAce: Today would be a fabulous day to bombard these threads with information. Everyone is off and will be checking in during the day. You’ve got a treasure trove of great information sites about the crimes being committed so I’d say to you today: Let ‘er rip!
Thanks, Ace!
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:38 amIf Bush can use his day to flaunt his bogus trip to Iraq because everyone’s having a holiday today, I think we need to give equal exposure to anyone visiting TP today with an avalanche of criminal information on the Bush Cabal.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 amAce, When you post information, I send it out to everyone I know….they send it to everyone they know….and so the truth becomes exposed….one sinful violation of the law at a time.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 am… from a comment early last monthe:
…from what i read, that pelosi is NOT ruling out impeachment…
http://www.talkradionews.com/ newsandcommentary/ article.php?articleID=827
use cntrl “f†to find the word “impeachâ€, and read from there…
for example:
Mike Tomaski:
I read where Jay Ensley is going to introduce language today to impeach the Attorney General of whom you spoke. How do you feel about that? Would you support that?
Pelosi:
Well I would like us to stay focused on our agenda for this week. I tell you our big issue today and tomorrow will be S-Chip […] we’re going to do our energy bill this week as well. So I’d like to see it be a week where we just everyday go out there and say the legislation process has worked its will and this is what we’re sending to the President.
I have no objection to somebody introducing whatever they do, but I would hope the focus would be on accomplishments that we have for the American people.
There is some sentiment in the public that a lot of what we do it political when it comes to the administration, believe it or not. It would be impossible to exaggerate how they have taken our country down in terms of democratic principles- they the White House. However what we want to do is show accomplishment and then say, “okay we’ve made this difference, now lets deal with some of these issues.â€
We’ve for a long time jnow had Henry Waxman and others, Mr. Conyers and others pointing out what they are doing wrong. We have a contempt of congress that is lively right now. The committee acted, hopefully the administration will respond. If they do not we’ll have to act upon that.
So we have a full plate. If they want to add that to the plate, that’s fine but I don’t want it to be at the expense of reform, children’s health, energy independence.
[…]
go nancy… sounds like she’s being very careful to me…
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:43 amgo congress!
…
Veritas:
Did you get a load of the document dump in this thread?
http://www.thenation.com/ blogs/ edcut/ allcomments?pid=52113&rpg=2
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 amBush advice to his successor [ Stay longer in Iraq..,and don’t worry about the billions of dollars spent,or lives lost… , Just prove me right ]
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:47 amActually it started on the first page
http://www.thenation.com/ blogs/ edcut/ allcomments?pid=52113&rpg=1
Rese posts tons of Plunger’s stuff.
September 3rd, 2007 at 11:50 amBush should stay longer in Iraq….till the end of his term or eternity.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:03 pmtill the end of his term or eternity.
Comment by jb — September 3, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
Delightful to think about, and no such luck… :-(!
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:05 pmAnd yet he sends so many to their deaths over there…got to get back to cut brush or golf.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:10 pmBush not remembering something? Gosh… was he drinking?
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:14 pmDraper’s book offers a dismaying portrait of President Bush obsessed with his legacy - and potential financial windfall - after leaving office. But even more disturbing was the discussion of the Iraq war and the administration’s calamitous 2003 move to disband the Iraqi army. When it came to perhaps the pivotal decision of the war, America’s first MBA President simply acted like an absentee landlord.
For the details, see:
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:17 pm“NYT: Bush Slept as Iraqi Army was Disbanded.”
Bush making his living on giving speeches? Give me a break. Here’s one of his better speeches and it’s got to be ranked as one of the most embarrassing moments in American political history. When Bush was asked about tribal sovereignty his response was that sovereignty is when you’re sovereign and you’ve been sovereignizicized:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/ gi/ dynamic/ offsite.htm?zi=1/ XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&cdn=entertainment&tm=18&f=11&su=p284.8.150.ip_&tt=9&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A/ / youtube.com/ watch%3Fv%3DB5xVRXLgLxw
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:19 pmHe can only recall what’s not incriminating, which isn’t much. Impeachment is way past due.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:21 pmBush: “I cry a lot.”
What a pussy.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 pmHe’s been in over his head since day one. Kept afloat by GOP and criminal corporate power and money. Now that his term is drawing to a close, the power brokers are moving on and Bush is left crying a lot. Who would pay to hear this stain on humanity speak? Lock him up!
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:30 pmWhat a pussy.
Comment by mongo — September 3, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
Oh, I dunno. That’s one thing Brusch and I have in common. Everytime I read about his latest flight of insanity, I cry too!
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:35 pmReplenish the coffers - Greed
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pmSwatting flies and talk of doing nothing - Sloth
Clinton (& dad) getting big bucks - Envy
Cooperating with the book and Fantastic Freedom Institute - (misplaced) -Pride
Stay Longer - Wrath
ExcessiveBiking -Gluttony (Yes sport qualifies see Wikipedia , Seven Deadly Sins)
Clinton still owns Lust but then no one can be completely imperfect.
“Bush cries a lot…”
A-one, a-two…
“Nobody knows de trouble I’ve seen…”
sniff… sniff…
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm“Fantastic Freedom Institute…”" ???
WTF???
Is he angling for a comic book deal w/ Marvel?
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:38 pmI know plenty of WWII and Korean War vets who still support the war in Iraq. I will leave the personal attacks out of it.
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 11:03 am
feral dogs tend to travel in packs. That doesn’t make all dogs feral.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:49 pmLOL, BORe Ink, you really need me to “back up†the assertion that Saddam Hussein was dealt with?! Perhaps you could do a Google search for “saddam hanging video†. . .
Comment by Jake D. — September 3, 2007 @ 10:43 am
Yeah, guess you missed the part where this was reported by the pentagon, and number of assessments in Iraq. For someone that claims to be a lawyer, you’re as dumb as a bag of sh!t!
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm“Fantastic Freedom Institute” as a comic book deal with Marvel? What else would you expect from a 14 year old dry drunk?
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:52 pmWell, I guess you could expect self pity, tears, overblown pride, bluster and mistake after mistake after mistake. That’s what we have had for the past seven years. I’m so fed up with this guy, I can suggest only one cure; Impeach. Now. Fast!~ He can start his comic deal right away.
Impeach. Now. Fast!~ He can start his comic deal right away.
Comment by Solitaire — September 3, 2007 @ 12:52 pm
He can work on his comic from his cell.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:58 pm“Impeach. Now. Fast!”
NO, NO, NO!!! That would make Cheney President. This would really be from the frying pan and into the fire.
Bush is merely dangerously incompetent. Cheney is out and out evil.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:01 pmThe data shows that while there have been improvements in some parts of the country, for the country as a whole, things are still getting worse. The closer we get to the election, the greater the demand by the American people that we get out.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:03 pmOh yay! More promotion of “democracy” around the world by the country in which two out of five eligible voters bother to participate in the democratic process.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:04 pm“Syria has already received more than 1.5 million refugees and there could be no end in sight to what the Americans unleashed there.
http://english.aljazeera.net/ NR/ exeres/ 44C69681-BB70-43EE-91C6-A397DDF597C8.htm
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 pmBush is merely dangerously incompetent. Cheney is out and out evil.
Comment by CaptainVideo — September 3, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
this would explain why Cheney’s nickname in the WH is actually “The Insurance pPicy”.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:15 pmMake that “The Insurance Policy”.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:17 pmYikes. Our country is being run into the ground by a snivleing little religious fanatic who crys to god??!!! And, he somehow can’t remember one of the biggest mistakes of his administration. The guy is frickin certifiable! I’ll be holding my breath until January of 2009 when we’ll finally be rid of this horrible excuse for a president and get a sane person running the exectutive branch.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 pmAce, Had to leave for a bit. Keep posting links to significant information. Everyone here really appreciates it and passes it on exponentially.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 pm“Bush is merely dangerously incompetent. Cheney is out and out evil.” - Comment by CaptainVideo
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:19 pmI believe they are both dangerous psychopaths. But the obvious answer is to impeach Cheney, too. The Plame outing according the book caused Bush to “Hit the roof”. Naturally he then helped cover Cheney nontheless. That treasonous alone, put aside the underlying manipulation and falisifying of intelligence, should be enough to throw them both out. Congress alone gets to decide what constitutes a “high crime or misdemeanor”.
That even Rove didn’t want that slime Cheney as V.P. is telling
The only thing chimpy has “united” is OBL and his band of murderers. If able, OBL would have us repeal the 22nd amendment so chimpy could run again… since he has “united” AQ so damn well!
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:33 pmLOL, BORe Ink, you really need me to “back up†the assertion that Saddam Hussein was dealt with?! Perhaps you could do a Google search for “saddam hanging video†. . .
Comment by Jake D.
That wasn’t the question, Saddam didn’t oppress people all by himself. Mr P, Jake D, DJKonservor, reread the question I posted.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:36 pmAce, Had to leave for a bit.
Comment by veritas — September 3, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Was it the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOos?
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:41 pmThat wasn’t the question, Saddam didn’t oppress people all by himself. Mr P, Jake D, DJKonservor, reread the question I posted.
Comment by BORe Ink — September 3, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
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Umm… all decisions went through Saddam. No one made a move with out his blessing.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:42 pmUmm… all decisions went through Saddam. No one made a move with out his blessing. Comment by OCTAVIANVS
Yeh, imagine, thats what it took to control the country. Less people died and fled Iraq in 20 years than 4 years of a badly planned ‘Freedom Operation’
The Seattle PI has unearthed remarks Vice President Dick Cheney made in August 1992 as Defense Secretary — 18 months after the first Iraqi War. Speaking before an audience in Seattle, Cheney responded to a question by saying: “And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. So I think we got it right… and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq.”
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:49 pmWas it the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOos?
Comment by OCTAVIANVS
Grow up.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:50 pmAfter reading the comments here, I have to wonder why so many liberals are alone on a holiday. After all, they must be a lot of fun to be around.
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:52 pmOCTAVIANVS ace just showed up on the 1st post with joooo software
September 3rd, 2007 at 4:48 pm“Bush cries a lot”
Oh, boo-hoo and bullshit.
If he cried one single tear for each and every life he’s taken or ruined by his arrogant, imperialistic, wrong-headed, mis-guided, greedy actions. then the entire state of Texas would be under ten feet of water.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:21 pmThe Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American Âofficials.
The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defence secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:30 pm“After reading the comments here, I have to wonder why so many liberals are alone on a holiday. After all, they must be a lot of fun to be around.”
Comment by Arminius
Some must care for ill family members, and so can’t go out and “have fun.” It doesn’t mean we’re “alone” in the least, just stuck at home for various reasons. How about all those trolls? The same thing can be said for them.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:40 pmTrolls can’t fathom that not everyone lives a privileged life. Some people have to work today. Some people have family needs that keep them home today. Some people don’t have $$ to spend on anything more than a walk or a short trip to somewhere “free.” Some people are using this “holiday” to catch up on domestic chores that cannot fit into a week wherein they have to work 50 hours just to stay employed.
September 3rd, 2007 at 6:29 pmJust like the Bushies of the world, they just can’t grasp the concept that not everyone is like them.
oh, i think they grasp it, marie… but they have that attitude of contempt… “other people” made “bad choices”… “other people” should have gotten themselves a better life and it’s their own fault for not having it… you’ve heard all their lines…
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:07 pmdispicable…
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Katy,
I wish someone would give them swift kick in their smug fat asses.
They think they are so perfect, their shit don’t stink!!
Yes, they are repulsive individuals who think they have the solution to everything and anyone who doesn’t live “right” has bad luck.
I used to be able to talk to Republicans and agree to disagree — but today, they are the most unfriendly, unreasonable, self-righteous, SOBs that I can barely bring myself to be civil to them.
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:26 pmTheir sanctimonious self-righteousness is unbearable.
But they go to church on Sunday, so they must be blessed.
“Ah, look at all the lonely people.” Many, most people of this planet live lives of quiet desparation. That’s not because they don’t measure up to the Christian Right’s model. It’ just a cruel world made worse by those who have all the answers, clean garments, and trophy wives. To what lengths will the trolls go to make a bankrupted point?
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:23 pmjake - you ignored me three times on a thread yesterday when i asked you some questions - please answer this one - am i on your ignore list? - if so then i will cease asking you questions…..or maybe the answers were too difficult to cook up???
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 pmBush hopes to make a lot of cash delivering speeches after his presidency is over… while running a “fantastic Freedom Instituteâ€
ha!! - i thought speeches requires the speaker to string together a series of coherent sentences - he’s setting himself up for yet another failure
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 pmGoodies from Mr. P:
No, that’s not what I said at all. The Right isn’t pandering to various minorities, as the Left is, telling them lies in order to get votes. That is what this thread is about.
You and I both know those Muslims don’t stand a chance, yet the Left lies right to their face!
Despicable………
Comment by Yawwn on September 4, 2007 4:07 am
http://tinyurl.com/9srgu
COWARD!!! COWARD!!! COWARD!!!
September 4th, 2007 at 4:12 amI won’t vote for anyone that wants to sustain our presence.
September 4th, 2007 at 9:15 amThen you can’t vote for Hillary Clinton . . .
September 4th, 2007 at 10:11 am