Bush: ‘Life’s pretty comfortable inside the bubble.’
By on Jan 28th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Bush: ‘Life’s pretty comfortable inside the bubble.’
During a recent interview with Fox News’s Brett Baier, President Bush admitted that he lives inside a “bubble,” but that “life’s pretty comfortable”:
BAIER: Is being president confining?
BUSH: Yeah I guess so, I knew what I was getting in to and so I’m not frustrated in that sense. I can remember telling people that “well, when I decided to run that if I want, I’d never be able to go buy Berkely Power Worms again on my own.” And by that I meant that you know there’s just a certain freedom of movement that you don’t have and so I tell people, “yeah, there’s a bubble but life’s pretty comfortable inside the bubble.”
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I know me a whole buncha folks who’d love nothing better than popping Chimpy’s bubble…
January 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pmChimp Dong Il has never suffered from a lack of comfort in his life.
-GSD
January 28th, 2008 at 6:07 pmYeah, it’s a little dark, but my head is nice and warm up here, espciecally when I fart…
January 28th, 2008 at 6:09 pmCertainly a lot more comfortable than standing trial in The Hague for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pmThose thousands and thousands of dead people you are responsible for are pretty comfortable now too.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
January 28th, 2008 at 6:14 pmok – just what are “Berkely Power Worms”?
guessing – fishing lure?
January 28th, 2008 at 6:15 pmoy… google before engaging fingers…
yes…
i wonder if he gets residuals… (is that the term?)
January 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pmfor those who just need to know:
January 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pmhttp://buyfishingstuff.com/berkley7powerworm.html
Need a transcript URL for Wikipedia please.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pmAnd if I live in a security bubble, so must you live in a police state where all your information is controlled by someone else.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:21 pmAnd I will tell Americans tonight that: “I’m your new Abraham Lincoln”.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pm12 – and we’ll say, “Please, Mr. President – go see a play!!!!”
January 28th, 2008 at 6:27 pm—-
“yeah, there’s a bubble but life’s pretty comfortable inside the bubble.â€
—-
It’s time to pop that bubble.
http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com
- Tom
January 28th, 2008 at 6:28 pmThe most succinct description of his entire life I’ve ever seen.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pmre 13: is “The Muppets on Ice” playing at Ford’s Theatre?
January 28th, 2008 at 6:30 pmwhen, exactly, has that idiot ever been OUTside a bubble??
January 28th, 2008 at 6:31 pmBush is responsible for the deaths of half a million Iraqis, and misery for millions more. I call it depraved indifference.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:32 pmBush and his bubbles.
-GSD
January 28th, 2008 at 6:34 pmthe “bubble” is that thing just above his neck.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pmLiving life in a bubble can be quite comfy; in fact, since necessary “insight” is not possible for him, he knows nothing else.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pmVery sad commentary on a man who has run this country for 7 years and done so abysmally.
Bubba BubbleHead Bush
January 28th, 2008 at 6:37 pmIf Bush is still in a bubble, then I say we have a Congress of enablers.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:37 pmIgnorance is bliss Monkey Boy but you’ll have the rest of your pathetic life to be haunted by the thoughts of all the bad things you may or may not (usually may) be responsible for, you will, if not for a while, suffer.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:38 pmReminds me of the time his father went to the store to boost the economy by buying a pack of socks (I kid you not) and saw a checkout scanner for the first time.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:42 pmRemember the photo of Dick Nixon in his bermuda shorts forlornly wading along the beach in California?
We’ll see Dumbya gamely pushing his mountain bike through the prickly pear in Texas, the tires full of spines…
January 28th, 2008 at 6:43 pmAs soon as bubble boy moves to Paraguay he can buy all the Berkely Power Worms he wants. I bet he can buy them now if he used the internets. But then he might get caught up in the illegal gathering of our personal information. I wonder if AT&T would eliminate his internet record for him?
January 28th, 2008 at 6:44 pmbut you’ll have the rest of your pathetic life to be haunted by the thoughts of all the bad things you may or may not (usually may) be responsible for, you will, if not for a while, suffer.
Comment by tnrc75 — January 28, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Bush will wait in vain for his legacy to stop its slide downwards into the abyss. He will come to be the most mocked and hated president in history.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:56 pmfound this story at firedoglake:
U.S. diplomat dies in Pakistan; suicide suspected
Monday January 28, 2008 3:05 pm
Source: The Washington Post (Reuters)
Published: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/28/AR2008012800843.html
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities found the body of a U.S. diplomat with a bullet wound in his head at his home in Islamabad on Monday and were investigating a suspected case of suicide, police and the Interior Minister said.
The U.S. embassy named the dead man as 37-year-old Keith Ryan, an immigration and customs enforcement attache from the Department of Homeland Security.
“There will be a full investigation; however, there does not appear to have been any foul play,” the embassy said in a brief statement.
The embassy said Ryan had “passed away” on Monday morning, and his family had been informed.
Kaleem Imam, a Senior Superintendent of police in Islamabad, said the diplomat had been in Pakistan for a year and had been due to return to the United States on Monday, having finished his assignment.
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nope… that does not add up… at all…
January 28th, 2008 at 6:57 pm.
Excuse me sir, I said BOTTLE….continue…
January 28th, 2008 at 6:58 pmi wonder if he gets residuals… (is that the term?)
Comment by katy
Anyone who uses Berkeley Power Worms ends up with a residue on their hands.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pmNasty stuff.
No wonder Dubious is such a mess, he’s a bait fisherman…………….
Did someone cut off the oxygen feed? Just wondering, is all….
Cheers,
January 28th, 2008 at 7:02 pmBush is right he is living the rich life with his Daddy’s money so he has no problems. If you haven’t noticed he hasn’t cared about the American people for 7 years so why bother now. As Americans continue to lose jobs and homes and food/gas prices go higher Bush will only remind us that he was allowed to stay in office for two terms. Now must people with a brain would have stopped him, but Americans really don’t care and love to live without and even work for the Rich to get Richer. As we see the Dems supporting a candidate with no experience just a great speech looks like a Republican will be our next President. The Saudis are smiling and will say in English to all Americans ” Welcome to Pottersville”.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:06 pmI’d hate to burst his bubble, but…
Oh, who am I kidding? I would LOVE to burst his bubble.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pmI’m not sure he understood the question. Hasn’t the White House Press Corps been issued scratch-paper pads and crayons so they can draw him pictures?
January 28th, 2008 at 7:08 pmBush will wait in vain for his legacy to stop its slide downwards into the abyss. He will come to be the most mocked and hated president in history.
Comment by VerbalKint
A lot of republicans hated Bill Clinton but bush is hated worldwide….Only the Soudi royalty love him to his face…..This kind of failure cannot be hidden in altered history books….they say the victors write history…
January 28th, 2008 at 7:08 pmthank god we will win finally.
Maybe he’s been eating the jars of Power Worms…
January 28th, 2008 at 7:11 pmNo wonder Dubious is such a mess, he’s a bait fisherman…………….
Comment by Nevar — January 28, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
Them’s fightin words, boy!! {;>}
January 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pmI doubt that the chymp could successfully bait a hook with a power worm without punching multiple holes in his fingers. He probably has a toady bait his hooks.
If I were a respectable fish, I’d smell the foul odor of his essence and leave that baited hook alone…
January 28th, 2008 at 7:22 pmThat man is the most unbelievable bastard I have ever had the misfortune to know. He fiddles while Rome burns. I hope Hell, whatever that may be, yawns before him when he finally departs this world.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:27 pmCaption contest:
Iraq? Millions dead and millions displaced on my watch? So what.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:30 pmI know he hasn’t the werewithall to be a fisherman. what do you suppose he does with those worms. I mean there isn’t enought mass with worms to fill them up with a firecracker and light them off.
What could he be doing with worms, teasing Laura or the girls?
January 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pmnatisman, comparing them to his dick?
January 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pmHis bubble is gonna have to get armor when he leaves the White House.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pmHere are 10 things to look for – or not – in George W. Bush’s last State of the Union:
1. Ahmad Chalabi
2. We’re Making Progress in Iraq
3. Culture of Life
4. Making Tax Cuts Permament
5. Mission To Mars
6. Freedom is God’s Gift
7. Conflating All Muslims
8. Terrorist Surveillance Program
9. Laura Bush’s Gang Initiative
10. The “Democrat Party”
For more details and the oddsmakers’ take on Bush will say any of the above, see:
January 28th, 2008 at 7:48 pm“10 Things to Look for in Bush’s State of the Union ‘08.”
How can Bush realize he’s in a bubble with his head so far up his ass? Or maybe that’s what he’s blowing bubbles with.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:54 pmMy Top Ten..
#10 ~ Historians will see him as a great president
January 28th, 2008 at 7:58 pm#9 ~ Radical Islam is the most dangerous thing in the galaxy
#8 ~ Tax cuts are great
#7 ~ Crawford, yay!
#6 ~ Meatballs for dinner tonight?
#5 ~ Where’d I put that frog, got the firecracker right here somewhere…
#4 ~ Dick is a good buddy
#3 ~ Now where was I…
#2 ~ Economy is good, read my lips, no new consumer protections
#1 ~ Up Yours!
Btw, if anyone’s interested, I’ll be live-blogging the SOTU Address. I don’t want to give away the surprise but let’s just say that because this is supposed to be Bush’s last this yea’s live-blogging will be themed.
For those of you who’ll be tuning in to Pottersville so you don’t have to suffer through it, I’d better get a dozen blow jobs, new pair of Star Trek pajamas and three huge bags of Cheetos for doing this.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm38 – A lot of republicans hated Bill Clinton but bush is hated worldwide….Only the Soudi royalty love him to his face…..This kind of failure cannot be hidden in altered history books….they say the victors write history… thank god we will win finally.
They didn’t really hate Clinton. They were just jealous that he could put together several long words coherently and that he was a little more compassionate than they were. They would have been pissed at anyone who’d been the Dem Prez because the Repubs are sore losers.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:15 pmHere’s what MSNBC is running on the SOTU
“The president has some concerns about the declining number of faith-based and parochial schools in inner cities around the country and low-income neighborhoods, and is going to urge Congress to enact a program he calls `Pell Grants for Kids,’ ” said Bush counselor Ed Gillespie.
The money would “provide alternatives for children now trapped in struggling public schools,” Gillespie told reporters.
Great! more faith based crapola for the lame loser in chief…
January 28th, 2008 at 8:18 pmComment by RUCerious — January 28, 2008 @ 8:18 pm
Pell Grants for Kids,’ †said Bush counselor Ed Gillespie.
The money would “provide alternatives for children now trapped in struggling public schools,†Gillespie told reporters.
Now, I am against torture and the death penalty. That said I must admit to a smug enjoyment watching dubya flail helplessly in the quicksand. Sinking slowly under with no one throwing him a rope.
Yes, it is great entertainment, this desperate show, as I sit with popcorn and my favorite brew lounging at the edge of the pit. More popcorn anyone?
January 28th, 2008 at 8:30 pmThe American people have no backbone anymore.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:24 pmTo sit around and listen to this pathological con-man lie year after year and let him and his ilk open up the treasury for wholesale looting by thieving corporate contractors, war profiteers and other assorted military-industrial complex opportunists and do nothing is a disgrace.
If the WW2 generation is know as the greatest generation this must be the bend over and take it generation.
“yeah, there’s a bubble but life’s pretty comfortable inside the bubble.â€
5 American soldiers were killed in Iraq today. You won’t hear much about them in the American media. They lived outside the bubble.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm“I’m not sure he understood the question. Hasn’t the White House Press Corps been issued scratch-paper pads and crayons so they can draw him pictures?
Comment by bogtrotters — January 28, 2008 @ 7:08 pm”
Nope, color-by-numbers and connect the dots. Crayons might lead to a little creativity.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:09 pmI hate you Idiot Freak Bush! Gave up alcoholism at age 40 to become a war criminal profiteer junkie! Death to the Freak!
January 29th, 2008 at 1:51 amWell… if he thinks he is confortable inside a buble, he will have no problem acomodating himself inside a jail cell, waiting for executuion for War Crimes.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:52 amHAGUE 2009!
Irrefutable evidence that the asswhole-in-chief is totally clueless about the REAL WORLD.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:17 amDo they fill the bubble with Nitrous oxide? It would explain his utter inability to function publicly on a normal level.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am