Bush ‘relieved’ his presidency is almost over.
By on Oct 11th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Bush ‘relieved’ his presidency is almost over.
Despite an economic crisis shaking the country, President Bush has reportedly been very “relaxed.” Former Missouri senator John C. Danforth was at a fundraiser with Bush last week and said that the President “seemed relieved” his presidency was nearly over. “[He] looked as though he was about to shed this burden of the presidency. … I took it as though, ‘I’ve done the best I can, I think I made the right decisions and now it’s almost over,’” said Danforth. The New York Times also reports that “Bush has been telling people privately that it’s a good thing he’s in charge” during the country’s rough times because he has “a good group of people in D.C. working for him.”
Update AP reports that under Bush, "U.S. clout in what it once considered its backyard has sunk to perhaps the lowest point in decades. As Washington turned its attention to the Middle East, Latin America swung to the left and other powers moved in."
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Thank god it is almost over, too bad it went for 8 years and not 0.
Peace
October 11th, 2008 at 11:37 am“…the President “seemed relieved” his presidency was nearly over.”
He’s not the only one.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:37 amIt should have been over years ago, no thanks to Pelosi and Conyers.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:37 amThe rest of the people in the countries he destroyed, e.g. the US, Iraq, etc. are relieved too!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:38 amThe entire world is relieved that his presidency is almost over.
Too bad it won’t end with his imprisonment. Thanks Nancy.
PEACE
October 11th, 2008 at 11:41 amI believe they call it narcissism.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:41 amPoor guy is tired. It’s Hard Work fcuking up everything you touch and being the Decider, ain’t it Dubya?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:42 amIs that the same “good” group of people with scorn for laws?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am“What, me worry”?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am“ding dong the witch is dead…”
October 11th, 2008 at 11:44 amHe should be relieved – he has served his masters well. He will continue to make out like a bandit too. The entire Bush clan has profited immensely.
More importantly, the criminal cabal BEHIND him has looted for from the federal treasury on a larger scale than any other theft in world history.
The military-industrial complex, of which oil is a major component, has literally embezzled BILLIONS and the US will still be stuck in a endless wars that will result in BILLIONS of more dollars.
Perhaps most important of all, bush has been the distraction that has been used to prevent an honest dialog about who was really behind the theft of 2 federal elections, treason, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Collectively, they have snookered the public on a massive scale. It appears even the vast majority of well-intentioned democrats refuse to look any farther than the idiots in front of the cameras.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:45 amNot nearly as much as we are!
When asked what is the most defining moment of his Presidency, George W. Bush once answered that it had to do with catching a rather big fish out of the lake at his Texas home. But I think that the most defining moments of George W. Bush’s Presidency have been a nation-wide lesson in History. Yep, History. Thanks to George W. Bush, most Americans have received a well-rounded education in World History by getting to experience it first-hand, rather than merely reading about it in some silly ol’ book.
The Dark Ages
A time in history when Science was considered ‘evil’, and people were required to look to the Church for answers on the origin of life. Although the Catholic Church has since come out in support of Evolution, George W. Bush, centuries later, still supports a Dark Ages approach to Science. As a result of his financial support for faith-based initiatives, rather than Science education, the United States has fallen dramatically behind other nations when it comes to technology. George “Torquemada” Bush somehow finds this acceptable.
“What we are going to do in the second term is to make sure that the grant money is available for faith communities to bid on, to make sure these faith-based offices are staffed and open. But the key thing is, is that we do have the capacity to allow faith programs to access enormous sums of social service money, which I think is important.”
—George W. Bush, 2005
“It’s not a dictatorship in Washington, but I tried to make it one in that instance.”
—George W. Bush, 2004, describing his executive order making faith-based groups eligible for federal subsidies
The Civil War
Thanks to the divisive nature of President Bush, Americans now know what life was like just prior to the time that Northerners and Southerners would battle one another over whether or not dark-skinned people were humans. Thanks to George Bush, Red America and Blue America are divided over electing a potentially great President, still over the color of skin.
“Do you have blacks, too?”
—George W. Bush, 2002, addressing Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
The Great Depression
They might not be calling it what it is, but with the failure of the financial system and people losing their homes and jobs, what else can we call it?
Nazi Germany
While the religious/ethnic killing has taken place in Iraq, far from our ability to relate to genocide, the American people are still living at a time of multiple wars for the sake of Empire building, at a time of low standing in the world, and a time of having our country run by some nut who thinks he’s on a divine mission from his god.
“You believe in the Almighty, and I believe in the Almighty. That’s why we’ll be great partners.”
—George W. Bush, 2002, to Turkish Prime Minister
“And we base it, our history, and our decision making, our future, on solid values. The first value is, we’re all God’s children.”
—George W. Bush, 2003
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Just think about 9/11.
Communist Russia
Socialized banks and the repeal of habeas corpus. Need I say anymore?
“I’m the commander – see, I don’t need to explain – I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”
—George W. Bush, 2002
“As you know, these are open forums, you’re able to come and listen to what I have to say.”
—George W. Bush, 2003
Soviet-occupied East Germany
Although not competent enough to actually get his Wall built, George Bush intended his Wall to protect America from the evil-doers from Mexico, just as the Soviets intended their wall to protect East Germans from the evil West.
“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”
—George W. Bush, 2005
1970’s Gas Crisis
Long lines at the pump, fights over access to petrol, and high prices, 2008 is reminiscent of the global gas crisis in mid-1970 when other countries actually learned their lessons and developed alternative forms of transportation for their use.
“Wait a minute. What did you just say? You’re predicting $4-a-gallon gas? … That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.”
—George W. Bush, 2008
I could go on, and on, and on – but I think I’ve made my point. A history forgotten is a history repeated. Had enough recycled history yet? Want to create some new history? Vote Obama-Biden 2008!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:46 amI am sure that Bush was done presidenting about 2 years ago. Didn’t he have some quote about how great it will be to go on the lecture circuit at $250,000 a pop?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:49 amI really think the only thing Bush learned in business school was “a manager delegates responsiblity.”
He sure proved Harry Truman wrong.
Passing the buck is the only thing he does well.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:49 amIt is a good thing he is the White House because it will be harder for the lying rethuglicans to try to blame their failure on someone else. This is their mess, the result of thirty years of deregulation.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:50 amLike everyone but a few percentiles of nimrods I to am delighted the long nightmare is nearly over. It brings to mind why a medically marginal old man would want to submit his used up old body to this meat grinder. He already looks like death eating a cracker. Mark my words the young strong Barack Obama will be a physically changed man at the end of his 8 years as Leader of a truly free country
October 11th, 2008 at 11:51 amHe should be held accountable for his crimes. Against our constitution and against humanity. Tried Jailed and Executed.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:51 amHow many times did this loser lie as president? His involvement in staging 9/11. Payback time coming soon for the idiot worst president ever. Illegitimate ‘unelected’ loser.
I remember being in Alabama many years ago doing some summer duty with the Air Force ROTC. I met George there and we spent a couple weeks tripping out on some real kick ass LSD. I kept telling George to go easy on the stuff and tried to warn him about flashbacks. Well, he obviously did not listen and he is having one hell of a flashback now if he thinks we were lucky that he was in charge.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:52 amunbelievable Says:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Did you know that your posts kick ass?
Great compilation. Too bad Google Chrome is a bit jerky, so I can’t recommend any posts.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:53 amWhen history is written and all the film clip’s are combined our misery index will be recorded on heir bull shit bush and evil cheney action’s…The entire world has been impacted in dreadful way’s, million’s have died while a few have become very wealthy…Million’s here have been sent to the food bank line’s and tent citie’s, entire tribe’s of innocent people have been eliminated….The legacy is greed, horror, neglect and insanety….
I never wish bad for another so just let me print, I wish for bush/ cheney and all these dreadful people on both side’s involved to live long live’s, good memory and nightmare’s of what they have really done…..For all those that have gone on before and those of us lucky enough to fix their madness I send Peace, Blessing and Joy….
October 11th, 2008 at 11:54 amThis is their mess, the result of thirty years of deregulation.
And we will brook no discussions with conservatives on how to re-float the ship of state. They had their chance, and bungled the job so badly, it’ll be more than one term putting things right.
So If Obama wins, republicans can just sit down, and STFU.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:54 amohhhh…. just shoot me now….
October 11th, 2008 at 11:57 amAs for the moves in Latin America, people voted in those leftist leaders in a system called democracy.
The alliances with Russia and Iran are energy and military related. George Bush showed his willingness to invade a country to overthrow its leader.
The sad part is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vladimir Putin are but different sides of the Bush coin. Those relationships will come under strain over time. America should be prepared to reengage in a mutual and cooperative fashion, not in Bush’s “my way or the highway” roughshodding.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:58 amJust think how bad it could of been, we are lucky that we had a president with a Masters in Business!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:58 amI think it’s time to yank his presidential pension and benefits. He didn’t care for the well-being of this country, reducing people’s retirement savings to rubble, so why in the hell should the taxpayer aid his retirement? He can live off the money from his daddy’s friends and, if we’re fortunate, use it to pay for his defense.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:58 amHe’ll be forgiven for his ‘missteps’ ‘mistakes,’ because nobody will take seriously the charge that nothing he did was either a mistake or a misstep in the eyes of the people who put him in office in the first place. The ‘departing president’ narrative will bestow on him ‘credit’ for ‘good faith’ (even if he has never negitiated in ‘good faith’ oeven once in his entire reign).
Bush leaves a Federal Govt that is, for all practical purposes, ruined for the “people,” even if it is extremely profitable for the Bosses. No one will consider the charges that he acted INTENTIONALLY to damage the institutions and the instruments to or with which the “people” might appeal for redress against he wholesale appropriation of the commons by the corpoRats…They’ll claim we cannot “know” his mind, and that therefore we cannot know if he acted in bad faith.
Sorry.
There are patterns. the human brain recognizes and records and interprets patterns. The human brain, regarding the Bushevik Regime must recognize the patterns of dieceit and betrayal in the Bushevik policies. It must therefore recognize that NOTHING the Busheviks did was an accident, a misstep or a mistake.
They planned EVERYTHING, and succeeded masterfully.
Operation Phuque the People: Accomplished…
October 11th, 2008 at 12:01 pmMcWars Says: Great compilation.
Thank you. :)
October 11th, 2008 at 12:04 pmThe problem satirev, is the known unknown.
We know Bush has done things with such little oversight, there must be literally hundreds of little mini-catastophes just boiling under the surface, waiting for the moment to explode. I think this financial meltdown was anticipated by the administration, long ago; the timing just was off by a couple months, so they could leave it in the lap of the next president, who they assumed would be a democrat.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:04 pmIncredible. Even when they totally screw up, US presidents, bankers and weathermen get to keep their jobs. Why?
OK, the weatherman is amusing, but what of the other two?
So long Dubya, we’ll always have debt and Guantanamo.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
October 11th, 2008 at 12:05 pmGroucho Marx
http://blogoffanddie.wordpress.com
I don’t care who wins anymore, just as long as they all have nice hair and flag pins on their lapels.
barfly Says: So If Obama wins, republicans can just sit down, and STFU.
Oh, how I wish. But you know they won’t. They have this odd way of doing things. They think that if what they are doing isn’t working to their advantage, that it’s simply because they haven’t done enough of it. Unfortunately, I expect them now to be twice as loud and ten times more obnoxious.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:08 pmI’m relieved as well, Chimp.
Do us all a favor, and go to hell. Soon.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:15 pmPersonally, I’d like to see Bush, Cheney, and the rest, handed shovels, and escorted into the Rose Garden, where they’d be ordered to dig holes, and kneel in them in their underwear. Then two quick ones to the pan, cover the corpses with quicklime and forget the whole wretched thing…
October 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pmUnfortunately, I expect them now to be twice as loud and ten times more obnoxious.
But will the media go along?
We know they follow trends, and if November brings a political tsunami, the media will either have to play ball with the dems, or get shut out. The script will effectively have been flipped, with repubs marginalized, while the problems they created are front and center in the American consciousness.
Endless war. Financial meltdowns. Crumbling infrastructure.
If dems attack these republican-made problems head-on, it will be the American people telling them to STFU.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pmGeorge who?
October 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pmDictatorship, that is. If Bush attempts any pardoning whatsoever he’ll be arrested early.
Personally, I’ll be working to deliver Junior to the ICC for war crimes prosecution should American Justice fail. Never again!
http://www.light-to-dark.com/t_equals.html
October 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pmNot as relieved as the other 6 billion of us are!
October 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pmAnd if Obama wins, I hereby commit to buy every person a drink in whatever bar I’m in at the time of the announcement ;)
October 11th, 2008 at 12:22 pmHave you seen this?
In case you can’t read that, the title is “The Bush Boom: How a Misunderestimated President Fixed a Broken Economy.” You can buy it at Amazon for only $5.77 (a steal!) The book’s author is Jerry Bowyer, who presciently wrote the following in June of 2007:
. . . so first there’s Lehman bros income up, Goldman did okay and now we see that Morgan’s doing well. All of these guys were fingered as threatened by the ’sub-prime-contagion-apocalyptic melt-down. Well it looks like not so much. Sure, they got hit a little in the fixed income divisions but what the press missed is the tremendous benefit of deregulation.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:23 pmGo here for thr rest:
http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2008/10/bush-boom-revisited.html
LMAO
barfly Says: But will the media go along?
They will still be owned by the same four corporare pigs who prosper under fascist rule.
Until the media becomes liberated, I think they will always lean to the right.
Liberating them is currently in the process of happening. Once enough people tune to online news sources instead of them… Then they ill have no choice but to find center ground.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pmMSNBC reports:
67% of the people disapprove of the job Bush is doing and only 25% approve. He has the lowes approval rating ever !
After 8 years of failed domestic and foreign policies and damaging America’s standing abroad, he is completely done and I am glad he realizes it !
October 11th, 2008 at 12:30 pmGreat post’s all……Blessings
October 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pmI took it as though, ‘I’ve done the best I can, I think I made the right decisions and now it’s almost over’
Oh, now this is good.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pmAs if after he’s out of office he’ll just continue on as if all is well.
I’ve got news for you knucklehead.
It will never be over, as long as he’s still breathing.
I’ve always had a certain affection for the concept of revenge.
The V for vendetta kind.
Still arrogant as hell at 18 percent.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pmNot half as relieved as many of us. He shoulda gotten out four or eight years ago!
October 11th, 2008 at 1:24 pm“Bush ‘relieved’ his presidency is almost over.”
And so am I, George, and the rest of the world. You have polluted this country for 8 years.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:12 pmGood riddance! It just sucks that he will retire to his ranch (or Paraguay) with his millions while the Middle East burns and the economy is in the tank!
October 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pmSomething I think we can all agree on.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:45 pm“Bush ‘relieved’ his presidency is almost over.”
So is IgnoranceIsNotBliss.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pmNone of us on this page today will live long enough to see the end of the consequences of the past 8 years of Bushevism.
There are cells of dedicated Xian/Puke/Bushies embedded in crucial departments of EVERY bureaucracy with strict instrructions to do EVERYTHING in their powers to cripple ANY efforts at reforms that might roll back the Bushevik excesses.
There was a “Monica Goodling” in every Department, Bureau, office, and board in the government. Their job was to hire Xian/Neo-Con/Loyalist ideologues into career positions, protected by civil service laws that were violated to secure the hirings. Absent the Rapture, we’re never gonna get ‘em all out.
And that’s just ONE of the enduring problems…
October 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pmI’m bothered that he still thinks he made the right decisions.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:40 pmlthuedk@42—great image! What medium is that?
Being president was “hard work.”
October 11th, 2008 at 4:40 pmBush has been telling people privately that it’s a good thing he’s in charge”
Delusional SOB
October 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm“Bush ‘relieved’ his presidency is almost over.”
GDumbya-to-English translation: “I’m down to the stems and seeds. And the last liquor store in the area that would deliver to the White House has cut off my credit. I can hardly wait to get back to my fake ranch, harvest my marijuana crop and raid the liquor cabinet.”
October 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pmI’m not really the religious sort, but if I thought it would help, I’d pray for an end to this misery. Patriots are labeled as terrorists, our constitution is in tatters, and all of the framework is in place for a declaration of Martial Law. I finally have hope that this will not occur; Arizona stated they would secede from the Union if Bush declared Martial Law which would be closely followed by 34 other states.
That raises the stakes substantially for Bush and Cheney; they may be able to muster the power needed to quash a popular uprising, but to battle with the states themselves is a formula for disaster. One Brigade, or even several, could not even make a dent on states simultaneously seceding from the Union – and as it concerns damage to our infrastructure and the nation itself, I am much more comfortable that Bush might actually hand over the reigns of President. That doesn’t mean Cheney’s mischief is over, and he may still be the most dangerous man on earth.
The MSM has had a hands-off approach to most matters as they concern Martial Law, however, this morning, The Boston Globe linked to two (2) Blogs that have discussed the possibility of Martial law and describe those that believe it possible as “Conspiracy Theorists.” They linked to the sites, and a readership that wasn’t up to fraud or spin drubbed the author of the article, Postponing the election: It’s a joke, or is it?, for failing to mention several crucial facts that were contained within the sources he cited. It’s time for Americans to start asking questions and demanding answers! The risk is real, although I’m sincerely hoping that the threat of several states seceding from the Union will quash any administration plans for Martial Law – but admittedly, this administration has surprised me many times in the past.
Good luck to all of us, but we can hedge our bets if we again ring Congress’s phones off the hook and demand to know about any plan that concerns Martial Law, and why the government would not expect our population to band together as Americans and rise to overcome any crisis we are presented with. That’s the American way, and we should be insulted that our government doesn’t believe we are capable to act like Patriots – a word too many of them fail to comprehend or understand the true nature of Patriotism.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:12 pmThe Bush toxic legacy is adhering to each and every American like sticky foul oil. It will be impossible to remove for some time.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:15 pmGenerally those who make the mess don’t have to clean it up, thus gwb is relieved it’s nearly over…his legacy firmly entrenched in the muck and mire.
October 11th, 2008 at 5:43 pmRelieved? I cannot believe this piece of garbage has the unmitigated gall to show his face in public.
Relieved? Not anywhere NEAR as much we are, you incompetent, arrogant, stupid, pathetic jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pmQuick review.
Former Senator—now retired—John Danforth of Missouri: longtime, primary mentor to Justice Clarence Thomas. Remembered for his role in shepherding the troubled Thomas nomination through the Senate process.
What more can I say about the source?
October 11th, 2008 at 8:37 pmShortly after Obama is sworn in, we must arrest and charge Bush and Cheney with crimes against America and humanity.
I think the people, represented and protected by Congress and Justice, must take action to protect and defend us and the Constitution, and assure us that such a subversion never happens again. There is only one way to protect America.
It is clear: The treason, subversion, and war crimes committed by the Bush junta are starkly criminal. If Bush/Cheney aren’t prosecuted for a host of crimes-including their hands-on war crimes and treason, we’ll find a way to do it ourselves.
http://www.light-to-dark.com/the_joy_of_a_dictatorship.html
We have waited eight years to rid the fascist scourge and don’t look forward to any more delay in meting out Justice.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:48 amShortly after Obama is sworn in, we must arrest and charge Bush and Cheney with crimes against America and humanity.
mirc
February 16th, 2009 at 8:27 amsohbet
March 11th, 2009 at 9:47 am
thanks.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:49 ammirc