Comments on: Media: Bush Is The ‘Picture Of A Beaten Dog’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: BaxterJ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-2/#comment-5259168 BaxterJ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:35:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5259168 <a href="http://www.entertonement.com/collections/4371/George-W-Bush-On-Passing-Bailout" rel="nofollow">I would be sad for Bush if I didn't want to kick him.</a> I would be sad for Bush if I didn’t want to kick him.

]]> By: dbadass http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-2/#comment-5259124 dbadass Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:22:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5259124 I have some problems with #29... I have some problems with #29…

]]> By: wiley http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-2/#comment-5259008 wiley Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:48:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5259008 "Beaten?" HE'S the victim? What talent. (Boo-effing-hoo.) When he says "we", who is he talking about? If we could find out just exactly who populates the monkeysphere of his "we", we'd probably know who to indict. “Beaten?” HE’S the victim? What talent. (Boo-effing-hoo.)

When he says “we”, who is he talking about? If we could find out just exactly who populates the monkeysphere of his “we”, we’d probably know who to indict.

]]> By: ebbAndflow http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-2/#comment-5258976 ebbAndflow Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:25:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258976 "My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007 "So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory -- and success." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008 “My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions.” –George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

“So long as I’m the president, my measure of success is victory — and success.” –George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-2/#comment-5258710 sacopenapa Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:41:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258710 Bush and his entire imoral family should be in jail! Bush and his entire imoral family should be in jail!

]]> By: EugeneDebs http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-2/#comment-5258704 EugeneDebs Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:36:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258704 Bush: Like a beaten dog except dumber. Bush: Like a beaten dog except dumber.

]]> By: chabuka http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258550 chabuka Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:45:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258550 I wish I could be there to give him a good kick now that he's down..that ignorant, arrogant, swaggering little prick..ruined this country..ruined the greatest country in the world, ruined democracy with his bull-headed extreme right-wing idea of dictatorial government, his "dumb as a rock and proud of it" governing has led to total disaster...economically, politically, nationally and globally..but still there are those who are so eager to finally bury this country and all it stands (for by voting in even more of the same people who voted for and destroyed this country in the first place)..more GOP and McNuts...its a bona-fide mystery...they can only be the Fascists, Nazis and Neo-Cons..the true treasonous enemies of state... I wish I could be there to give him a good kick now that he’s down..that ignorant, arrogant, swaggering little prick..ruined this country..ruined the greatest country in the world, ruined democracy with his bull-headed extreme right-wing idea of dictatorial government, his “dumb as a rock and proud of it” governing has led to total disaster…economically, politically, nationally and globally..but still there are those who are so eager to finally bury this country and all it stands (for by voting in even more of the same people who voted for and destroyed this country in the first place)..more GOP and McNuts…its a bona-fide mystery…they can only be the Fascists, Nazis and Neo-Cons..the true treasonous enemies of state…

]]> By: eric72 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258476 eric72 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:23:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258476 We've seen this "presidential impotence in a crisis" before - as the president sat there reading "My Pet Goat" with schoolchildren after learning that the second World Trade Center tower had been hit and America was attack on September 11, 2001. The emperor has no clothes. We’ve seen this “presidential impotence in a crisis” before – as the president sat there reading “My Pet Goat” with schoolchildren after learning that the second World Trade Center tower had been hit and America was attack on September 11, 2001. The emperor has no clothes.

]]> By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258474 JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:22:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258474 I guess the MSM finally realised their "former" king George is what most of us have known all along...a miserable failure, worst president in history. The MSM backed this guy for nearly 7 1/2 years. Things are so bad now that they can't cover for him anymore, even though they would like to. I guess the MSM finally realised their “former” king George is what most of us have known all along…a miserable failure, worst president in history.

The MSM backed this guy for nearly 7 1/2 years. Things are so bad now that they can’t cover for him anymore, even though they would like to.

]]> By: ChrisSEA http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258420 ChrisSEA Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:42:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258420 The slow slide of his approval ratings is the same slope of people waking up and realizing what this administration is all about. But the thing I STILL to this day don't understand is this: the worst terrorist attacks in American history happen on HIS WATCH, and we gave him HIGH approval ratings right after that? I don't understand this. If I miss a bunch of payments on my house, they FORECLOSE on it. They don't give me HIGHER CREDIT RATINGS. The slow slide of his approval ratings is the same slope of people waking up and realizing what this administration is all about.

But the thing I STILL to this day don’t understand is this: the worst terrorist attacks in American history happen on HIS WATCH, and we gave him HIGH approval ratings right after that?

I don’t understand this.

If I miss a bunch of payments on my house, they FORECLOSE on it. They don’t give me HIGHER CREDIT RATINGS.

]]> By: AmandaBlow http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258378 AmandaBlow Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:28:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258378 suicidal sorry folks suicidal sorry folks

]]> By: AmandaBlow http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258374 AmandaBlow Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:26:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258374 He must have taken a fistful of Zanax and washed it down with booze. The distant thunder of failure and thousands of souls of innocent people that have died because of him has been keeping him up at night. His overstretched overloaded conscience is making him sucicidal, I bet. He must have taken a fistful of Zanax and washed it down with booze. The distant thunder of failure and thousands of souls of innocent people that have died because of him has been keeping him up at night.

His overstretched overloaded conscience is making him sucicidal, I bet.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258336 RUCerious Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:10:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258336 The chymp has transformed the bully pulpit into a lectern for bullies. The chymp has transformed the bully pulpit into a lectern for bullies.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258326 Leftside Annie Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258326 I'd like to kick the sh*t out of that stupid barstid - for real. I’d like to kick the sh*t out of that stupid barstid – for real.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258298 The Republic of Stupidity Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:55:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258298 Bringing a whole new level of resonance to the phrase, "Bush League"... Bringing a whole new level of resonance to the phrase, “Bush League”…

]]> By: ralph the wonder llama http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258242 ralph the wonder llama Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:44:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258242 <blockquote>Guido the Loving OBGYN Says: I watched the Reagan piece on PBS lastnight. It was excellent. And Reagan turns out was not as kooky as I suspected. But I immediately noticed that Bush/Cheney have been copying just about everything Reagan did, only with about a 1000 fold increase in lies. I think Reagan would be ashamed of Bush/Cheney.</blockquote> Oh, I disagree. There are certainly some elements of Reagan in BushCo, but to me, it's mostly a reanimation of the Nixon era, with this single adaptation; they learned to destroy the evidence. Those damn White House tapes caused all the trouble back then, and they weren't about to let something like that happen again.

Guido the Loving OBGYN Says:
I watched the Reagan piece on PBS lastnight. It was excellent. And Reagan turns out was not as kooky as I suspected. But I immediately noticed that Bush/Cheney have been copying just about everything Reagan did, only with about a 1000 fold increase in lies. I think Reagan would be ashamed of Bush/Cheney.

Oh, I disagree. There are certainly some elements of Reagan in BushCo, but to me, it’s mostly a reanimation of the Nixon era, with this single adaptation; they learned to destroy the evidence. Those damn White House tapes caused all the trouble back then, and they weren’t about to let something like that happen again.

]]> By: the dude http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258224 the dude Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:35:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258224 Another theory...this man is so clueless, has such low self esteem that he pretends to have a "cowboy swagger," and is so surrounded by "yes" people who pump him up that he is NOT a beaten, lame duck dog. In this man's head he is still THE KING. He has no idea that he is a complete fool. He truly believes that he has made all the right moves and that 100 years from now when the economy is perfect and the Middle East is a peaceful democracy he is sure that historians will be looking back and declaring "that the world is a much better place because of George Bush." He probably is looking into what it will take for future generations to carve his head on Mt. Rushmore because he believes that they will be clamoring to do just that. He has no earthly idea how bad he has screwed everything up. Another theory…this man is so clueless, has such low self esteem that he pretends to have a “cowboy swagger,” and is so surrounded by “yes” people who pump him up that he is NOT a beaten, lame duck dog. In this man’s head he is still THE KING. He has no idea that he is a complete fool. He truly believes that he has made all the right moves and that 100 years from now when the economy is perfect and the Middle East is a peaceful democracy he is sure that historians will be looking back and declaring “that the world is a much better place because of George Bush.” He probably is looking into what it will take for future generations to carve his head on Mt. Rushmore because he believes that they will be clamoring to do just that. He has no earthly idea how bad he has screwed everything up.

]]> By: juniebird http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258196 juniebird Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258196 Bush has left the building.... Bush has left the building….

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258180 the Lone Voice of Reason Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:18:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258180 Bad Bushie!! Bad Boy!! Slink yourself off to your doghouse in Crawford until we send you to the war crimes tribunal. I know I'd like to give him a kick in the tail. But we shouldn't be comparing him to a dog--MY DOGS ARE LOYAL AND DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM Bad Bushie!! Bad Boy!!

Slink yourself off to your doghouse in Crawford until we send you to the war crimes tribunal. I know I’d like to give him a kick in the tail.

But we shouldn’t be comparing him to a dog–MY DOGS ARE LOYAL AND DON’T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM

]]> By: VerbalKint http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-5258162 VerbalKint Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:12:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/30/bush-beaten-dog/#comment-5258162 Bush's remaining supporters seem like beaten dogs, too. Bush’s remaining supporters seem like beaten dogs, too.

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