‘There is a real sadness there’ in the White House.
By on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
‘There is a real sadness there’ in the White House.
The Washington Post reports today that loyal Bushies are engaging in upbeat talk to mask “disappointment and frustration among many White House staffers,” who see their boss as “a good and steadfast man who has gotten a bad rap”:
“Everybody kind of wanted to spend the last 100-plus days doing some legacy things, and the financial crisis has thrown a wrench into that,” said one prominent Republican who regularly talks with senior White House officials.
“You have a combination of no legacy stuff, a horrible economic mess and the likelihood that Obama is going to win,” this person added. “There is a real sadness there.”
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The only legacy these people have is the distinction of having served the worst president in U.S. history. They should be sad.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 amAnd they've got no one to blame but themselves.
It would be a constructive thing if the sadness came along with some sincere reflection of "we screwed up on a number of issues and this is the result". Unfortunately, I suspect that the sadness is accompanied by general cursing of fate and pointing fingers in every direction except where they need to be pointed.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 amMeanwhile, the vast majority of America is THRILLED that herr dubyah is being replaced by a Pro-American/Democratic President.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 amMaybe they could bring a little levity by actually trashing the WH rather than just accusing the preceding residents of such...
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:59 amEight years of crass ceony capitalism, weakening environment, robbing the poor to enrich the rich, and carrying on a religio-cultural war when having promised unity not division--I feel so sorry for these SOBs that they didn't get to feel bad four or eight years ago.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 amegads, I accidently flipped to Faux this morning...these lowlife scum are the daytime version of Limbaugh. They are shrill. They are now calling Obama "McCarthy". Desperation...
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 am“There is a real sadness there.”
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 ambecause they know their days of raping the american people and the constitution are coming to an end
Call the clean up men. Eight years of Bush's hypercompetitive bleedership made quite the mess.
There's no proud legacy in paving the path for greed and driving Treasury trucks full of cash to the executive offices of his friends.
Bush did pull back the curtain on our bought and sold government. It will be hell getting it back, given Democrat's mean game of imitation starting in the Clinton years. But, it's worth the effort.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 amOh..President Bush Sure does have a legacy. The Demise of the Republican Party and the Election of the First African President.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 amNo, the sadness is a direct result of not successfully pushing the financial disaster onto the next POTUS.
Shrub, you feckless pile of shit...
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:06 amWhat a loaf of manure.They think bush got a bum rap and he was going to spend his last days proving that he had.And now he can't so...................
the bush response was to rape America with more de-regulations?
Stupid is as stupid does.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:06 amOOOps African American President ...of course.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 amA "bad rap?" Are you serious? There are two possibilities here: either George Bush was in charge all these years, and made decisions that were disastrous for the country and the world; or, he allowed himself to be co-opted by the lunacy of the neocon agenda, and either refused or was too cowardly to resist their influence. Either way, George W. Bush bears complete and direct responsibility for the manifold failures of his administration.
You want someone to blame for Bush's legacy as the worst president in United States history, Republicans? Look in the goddamned mirror!
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 amAhhhh. The "victim card" is played by GDumbya's minions in the waning days of his disaster. How sad for them that their great leader has been misunderstood. What complete and utter BS.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 amwell, WE THE PEOPLE will be solidifying his legacy in his last 100 days, especially on November 4. A fitting end to the most disastrous presidency this country has ever seen.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Mr. Bush...
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:09 amFor me, George W. Bush will always be the President who had a male hooker lob softball questions to him at press conferences.
Do Not Adjust Your Television Set:
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBoOqysiLFo
Have they forgotten how uplifting some booze and a bunch of coke can be?
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 amBottom line -- we've got to do things cleaner than the other side does, for good or for ill.
I read this story this morning in the Post, and it seems to me that TP is misrepresenting it. I'm not going to take issue with the things the story itself says -- just with how it is represented here.
The thrust of the story is that the Bush loyalists -- whatever (ill) we may think of them -- are more or less balancing their own sadness with their love of Bush.
What's making them sad, apparently, is that they have to keep working on "real" issues, rather than "legacy" issues. Okay, so that's pretty dopey, and it would be have been a far-better focal point for the TP blog entry than the way it's pitched now.
Bush himself is presented, not as sad, but as happy and content. "Sanguine," I believe is the word that is used.
It's bad enough that Faux News takes yes and turns it into no, up into down, black into white, day into night.
We have to be better than that, and I don't think this blog entry is an example of how to do so.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 amHave they forgotten how uplifting some booze and a bunch of coke can be?
That's what the last 8 years were, this is just the "coming down" effect known as depression.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Meanwhile, the vast majority of America is THRILLED that herr dubyah is being replaced by a Pro-American/Democratic President.
Is that opinion based on your gut feelings and hype or is that based on his voting records?
Obama should be the next president. Whether he follows his recent ass-kissing of Pro-Military, Pro-Surveillance, Pro-Wall Street, Pro-Neocon Lies about Russia, Pro-Oil Drilling, and in the words of Joe Biden, Pro-Zionist, or he actually helps the Little Person, time will tell.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 amI want Bush et al legacy to be standing tall at the Hague facing war crimes....
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 amDoing "legacy" things, like fcuking up the Environmental Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and a few other that haven't yet been sufficiently eviscerated for the Regime's paymasters in the Boardrooms?
I hope every last one of these vicious, fascist futhermockers has a fuuking stroke at one minute before midnight, Nov. 5.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 amOh, that just breaks my heart...
After over seven years of all these bastards questioning my patriotism, implying that I want to see our troops either get killed or come home in disgrace, simply because my views are not in lockstep with this White House, they get no pity or understanding from me.
After what you've done to our country, President Obama needs to engage in "nation building" right here at home.
So clear out of the White House and go phuck yourselves!
PEACE
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 amObama should be the next president. Whether he follows his recent ass-kissing of Pro-Military, Pro-Surveillance, Pro-Wall Street, Pro-Neocon Lies about Russia, Pro-Oil Drilling, and in the words of Joe Biden, Pro-Zionist, or he actually helps the Little Person, time will tell.
I, for one, will NOT be holding my breath until the latter, entirely speculative case should ensue.
Nobody who is NOT entirely reliable as far as the elites' interests are concerned would have EVER gotten this far.
(Yes, I voted for him, with very deep and immensely serious, reservations.)
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 amPresident Obama needs to engage in “nation building” right here at home.
Unfortunately, we don't DO "nation-building," though we are absolute WONDERS at "nation-focking."
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:22 amJimmy Carter is a good and steadfast man. W?
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 amThere's a nation killer and sociopath behind the facade, "a good and steadfast man."
The bubble inside the white house will pop on January 20th, 2009. Enjoy your much-earned scorn, dip shits.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:28 amCommit suicide on Nov 5th once Obama is our next President...please, you'll be happier, you miserable vile soul.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 amI see McBush is still running his mouth about town hall meetings, even as Obama whooped his ass in the second debate, town hall format.
Since when does a candidate debate on his opponent's terms?
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 amThe scroll like list of Bush's favors for his corporate buds is too long to post here. But it includes:
1. Wiping out product liability for prescription drugs approved by the FDA.
2. Gutting protections for whistleblowers
3. An incapable FDA, especially on the food side of the equation.
These are under most people's radar, but point to a deeper dispowerment of little people, consumers and employees.
America has become a buyer beware country, thanks in large part to horrible management, fueled by greed.
China, our manfucturing hub, does a mean imitation of America's substitution management. They're happy to substitute cheaper ingredients, however deadly the consequences.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 amIt would be more appropriate instead of 'sadness' there would be FEAR for prosecution of war crimes, the murder of over one million human beings, whose lives matter just as much as any American's, and who did nothing to this country.
That would be progress.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:41 amSomebody crack out the world's smallest violin!
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 am"Legacy stuff" about says it all -- looking more for admiration than focusing on steps to achieve real progress, whether at home or abroad.
... kind of like kids at the end-of-the-year awards ceremony, knowing they were absent but still hoping they'll receive the Perfect Attendance Award. Then it hits them: Should've done better throughout the year and I could've been called up to the stage for an award.
Maybe "the Dubya torch" will become known as the opposite of "the Midas touch."
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 am“There is a real sadness there.”
I was hoping for grinding despair, a hollow cavity of emptiness brought on by relentless, staggering guilt coupled with warrants...lots of warrants..
but, it's a start.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 amWell, it took several years but Shrub has finally been affected by all the scorn, too bad he still doesn't understand why (dumber than a Pet Rock and nowhere near as useful).
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 amBushCO ruined USA
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 amThe sadness IS the legacy, stupid fcukwit Shrub-nut-huggers!
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 amThe sadness is a product of the sudden realization that when you fail spectacularly, you do not get to do a victory lap.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 amHa Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 amLet's see some real sadness - Erect the gallows on the WH lawn and put them to good use.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 amhey, at least they are alive to feel sadness.... what about all those innocent American soldiers caught up in bush's fiasco? what about all those innocent iraqis killed?
eh?
fu*k you bush. eat shlt.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 amNow the big problem for many of them, will be finding another job, with this on their resume'. I'll bet there will be some very creative explanations about what they did for the last eight years. It'll all be crap of course, but what organization would want such incompetence, and such ethically twisted individuals?
The RNC isn't big enough to employ them all.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 amI'd be sad too if 200 million people thought I was an ass clown. It's bad enough when it's your in-laws.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:55 amWhat jerks ....... working on the legacy "thing" in the last 100 days? What about the first 7.8 years? There is the legacy in all it's terrible detail. I thought the last 100 days were making sure there is not a dime left in the treasury and gutting the remaining environmental law ........ and pardoning republican felons.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:55 amBooohooo, how's this for sad?
http://piratenews.org/iraq-war-leg-blown-off-kid.jpg
Bush should be tried for war crimes.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 amJeb is really pissed about this whole legacy thing.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 amThe White House feels sadness? They brought a lot of sadness down upon our nation. Unfortunately, the nation's sadness was based on real pain, not just the thought of being out of power.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:04 amI'd really like to be a fly on the wall when George Bush Sr. has a heart to heart with his son.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 amThey could have read Scott McCellan's book "What Happened" months ago to come to the same conclusion. But republicans never listen to their own messages.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 amCorruption, incompetence, cronyism, arrogance, greed. Heckuva job, Mr. President!
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 amSaddness? There should be SHAME!
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 amThe Bushies bloody and shameful wars, totally ruining the economy, destroying our freedoms and ripping the constitution to shreds are just a mere few of the horrible, criminal wrongs they have done.
Poor baby's, let's see how sad they can be when they're handcuffed on their way to jail...
EVERYONE that participated in Chimpy's 8 years of lunacy deserves ALL the scorn the rest of the world can heap on them - forever. When each of them go to their respective resting places in the future they should each have inscribed on their headstones "Mission Accomplished - FAILURE".
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 amhuh, I thought the financial crisis was bush's legacy, that and a failed war of atrition.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 amThese asshats should be forced to walk an egg and tomatoe gauntlet on the way out.
They deserve nothing less.
-GSD
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 amI thought these rats had been busily working on their "legacy" all year, setting up new regulations that weakened environmental protection in favor of corporations. That's the true legacy of the Bush Administration, at least that's the intentional legacy.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
There's sadness that the permanent republican majority didn't pan out, that's for sure. Republican absolutism nearly wrecked the country, but you'll never hear them apologizing for it.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 amBoo-Hoo.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 amdbadass Says:
Jeb is really pissed about this whole legacy thing.
I really hope that party is stupid and delusional enough to run Jeb and Sarah in 2012.
George and Neil sure phucked up the perception of the Bush Boys, but too bad for Jeb. Had he not been complicit in stealing the 2000 election for his idiot brother, he'd be positioned to run and win. But instead, Jeb proved his just another mid-level criminal in the Bush Crime Family.
No more President Bushes for America.
PEACE
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 amThey are doing legacy stuff. Like thieves in the night they are passing rule changes for their friends in business which roll back our consumer and environment protections decades. Their legacy will be incompetence, cronyism, deregulation, and massive debt. I think they're doing one heckuva job these last couple months.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 amBrain From Planet Arous and tokin liberal like to think of themselves as thinkers. You know the kind of people who "know things the rest of us don't know or understand". Kinda like george bush.
Sadly for both of you, even Obama, in the dark light that you love to shine on him is still a much better choice than mccain. I have seen both of you post to that effect.
I just find your attitudes to be negative and not helpful in any way. You both suggest that we are doomed no matter who wins but you offer no alternatives.
You have a right to voice your opinion though, even if it is a message of darkness and despair.
I've heard it, not impressed or influenced by it. Now you have heard my opinion.
Peace
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 amReally though, Bush 1 doesn't have anything to crow about in that department, either. He also started a war, and left it unfinished, when he allowed Saddam to invade Kuwait. Desert Storm only left him weakened, and set the stage for his son's eventual invasion of the country.
The Powell doctrine is also to blame; it convinced Bush senior that half-measures were good enough, and that he could leave Saddam in power, for the next president to deal with.
There's your ironic legacy, George. Like father, like son.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 amfletc3her Says:
I think they’re doing one heckuva job these last couple months.
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Hah... just wait for the tidal wave of phony lawsuits these creeps will be filing in a bitter, hateful attempt to tie the Obama Admin and the Dem majority in Congress up in knots for as long as possible.
Oh, the kicking and the screaming and soiling of the Depends as they're dragged from their offices come 1/20/09...
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am.
Oh, there's a legacy there all right...
... What President sat there reading "My Pet Goat" while Cheney was whisked away into a bunker?
... What President crafted lies to start a war with a nation that never attacked America, let alone even posed an imminent threat?
... What President is responsible for actions that resulted in the deaths of a million Iraqis people and 4189 US Service men and women and the destruction and devastation of several nations?
... What President proclaimed "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" on the deck of an aircraft carrier before the mission ever was accomplished?
... What President instituted acts of TORTURE in contravention of Geneva Conventions?
... What President ignored and continues to ignore Human Rights agreements concerning matters of detention and rendition of captured POW's?
... What President lied and then back tracked concerning matters of warrantlesly wiretapping Americans, abroad and domestically in defiance of the FISA laws?
... What President awarded the most incompetent of his staff with promotions and awards?
... What President told the American public, "Support the troops, GO SHOPPING!"
... What President usurped Congressional intent through the most signing statements issued?
... What President is the WORST, EVER?
... What President is the most impeachable, EVER?
Yep, that sure is a legacy, just not the one that looks good in the history books. And just remember, it's not over, yet!!!
.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 amDesert Storm only left him weakened,
Meaning Saddam, of course...
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:27 amOh, the kicking and the screaming and soiling of the Depends as they’re dragged from their offices come 1/20/09…
I think some will clear out in the dead of night, to avoid reporters.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 am“You have a combination of no legacy stuff, a horrible economic mess...
This illustrates the entire problem with this administration and all who blindly support it. When faced with the disaster they have created, could they give a rat's ass about the damage to our country and the devastation of the American people? No, all they can do is feel sorry for George W. Bush.
With them, all things have been about Bush.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 amMax-1 Says:
Add, sending troops into battle in unarmored humvees, with crappy body armor.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 amThere is real sorrow there .
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 amFor everyone who have been impacted by the poisonous ideology of neoconservatism .
For the 1 1/2 million dead Iraqi's and American servicemen and women,
10's of millions of maimed and wounded and orphaned,
for the more than 4 million refugees ,
for the Iranian citizens who have been living in fear of an attack on their country ,
for the American citizenry who have lost the protections of the US constitution from tyranny,
for the 100's of victims of torture who survive and the 100's who haven't ,
and also for George W Bush as the figurehead for the evil ideology of neoconservatism .
There is real sorrow there .
“There is a real sadness there.”
How do they think it feels out here, after 8 years under their administration? They are getting off easy.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 amWhite House Staff said:
They don't think of anything else but THEMSELVES, do they?
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:35 amWhhhaaaaaPublicans... good for whining about themselves.
barfly,
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 amIf I included everything, I'd need more space than TP would allow...
barfly Says:
Oh, the kicking and the screaming and soiling of the Depends as they’re dragged from their offices come 1/20/09…
I think some will clear out in the dead of night, to avoid reporters.
_____________
Some, no doubt. And there will also be the bed-rock loyalistas, manning the paper shredders to the last possible second, squirting crazy-glue into the their door locks in an insane, Cheetos & Dr Pepper-fueled attempt to stave off the inevitable.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 amYou know what might help the mess this administration is leaving?
ACCOUNTABILITY! How about some investigations, dudes! I want to see Cheney subpeonaed and questioned! I want to see those missing million emails! I want somebody PUNISHED for throwing all that money away in Iraq!
President Obama will need a boatload of sunshine to clean up this mess.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 amw.
when he wins he gloats.
when he loses he cries.
that's his legacy.
*
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:38 amThey can't even get the right emotion correct. SHAME would be more appropriate.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 amViolins playing.
At this point, they should consider themselves lucky they are not on the other side of iron bars!
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 amoooh, so sad. poor BABIES
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 amNow (or, after the election) is the time to cement a new political reality into place by encouraging debate instead of gloating over victory.
When trolls arrive, don't bash them outright. If they are offensive, flag and ignore. But we are witnessing a period of voter gestault, and we shouldn't turn away possible converts, just to enjoy our well-deserved schadenfreud.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 amoooh .. boo hoo. How sad. These greedy, selfish people deserve nothing but our scorn and criminal prosecution.
Let's build up the fire under the tar cauldron and empty the worn out feather pillows into the old hot tub.
We should make their disgraceful failure ... an American day of mourning and a national holiday during which we practice a modicum of introspection upon the meaning of public service .... from now until Hell freezes over.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:52 amBadger Says:
Oh..President Bush Sure does have a legacy. The Demise of the Republican Party and the Election of the First African President.
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Must add:
* The failure of FEMA in New Orleans
* The two failed wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
* The two successful wars waged on the middleclass and the constitution
* Record debt.
* Record trade deficit.
* The dismantling of the justice department
* The collapse of the economy
* Nationalizing banks and insurance companies
* Rising unemployment
* Rising healthcare costs
* Rising prescription drug costs
* Record oil prices
* Rising food costs
* Largest disparity in wealth
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:57 amCheer up! At least you'll all be together soon.....in prison.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 amI will be very sorry for them as they are investigated and ALL their crimes are dragged into the light of day !
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 amThis will not be over before there is FULL accountability , sentences are handed out , and the constitution of the United States is reinstated as the supreme law of the land !
Prosecute the neoconservatives for war crimes and treason !
ps.
Come Nov 5th the democrats better get some religion .... they're going to need it!
They are trying to figure out who is in front of them on the GALLOWS line.
HANG THEM ALL!!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 amNote that not one of those bastards admitted that "and our guy brought it all on by himself." At least Bush has finally accomplished something in his wretched life. Without doubt history will crown him the worst "president" ever. Rot in hell you bastard.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 amHey W, how is that "POLITICAL CAPITAL" working out for ya?
FCUKING BOOOB!!!
I HATE YOU, MOTHERFCUKER, not dislike, not, despise, but HATE. No, I am not christian, so don't hand me that crap. The deaths of millions on this fcuker's head. And he knows it. Do us a favor you scumbag, put a bullet through your fcuking head.
I predict the whitehosue comment phone line will be disconnected for the rest of the week if Obama wins. It should be EVERYONE's responsibility to call and tell W how much you hate him.
202-395-0805
ARREST, TRY, HANG ALL the traitors.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:11 am“There is a real sadness there.”
What a bunch of self-serving C0CKS. Yeah, it's a shame millions of people are going into foreclosure, hundreds of thousands have lost their jobs, there are thousands of dead soldiers due to a couple of lies, and we aren't winning either "war" anymore ...they really wanted to enact more sweeping economic death and pestilence before leaving. Oh, and the portraits, must get the portraits painted.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 amI could give a rat's ass about pardon too. Bring them all to the Hague as co-conspirators. HANG THEM ALL.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:20 amdbadass Says:
Jimmy Carter is a good and steadfast man.
Like we will EVER see the dinkledoofus "W" do ANYTHING for others like Carter has spent his life doing.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:24 amW should take his own life. THAT is the ONLY way his LEGACY will have ANY meaning.
"Badger Says:
Oh..President Bush Sure does have a legacy. The Demise of the Republican Party and the Election of the First African President."
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 amAnd lets not forget about DICK CHENEY. HANG THAT MUTHERFCUKER!!!!! FIRST.
“You have a combination of no legacy stuff, a horrible economic mess and the likelihood that Obama is going to win,” this person added. “There is a real sadness there.
Yeah, well there's a real sadness out here, too -- for lost jobs, lost savings, damaged national spirit and reputation...
so excuse me if I don't feel too bad for the anonymous White House staff and their embarrassing legacy.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 amBush's legacy has already been signed, sealed and delivered. WORST PRESIDENT EVER. No wonder they are depressed.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 amReal sadness? What do you expect? This idiot ruined everything. So many families lost their loved ones for his lies! America in general and the world have lost so much to this worm. He knew about 9/11 and you can tell he was acting it all out in the classroom when he was reading to the children. To be honest, I don't think this country will ever be that great nation of the 20th century. Even if the democrats amd democracy in general makes a comeback it'll take a while to recover all that this idiot has squandered!
Once the stupor of his lies and misleading is over there will be nothing left in the idiot but sorrow for what he has done. Trust me, HE WILL NOT TAPDANCE HIS WAY OUT OF THIS! Lying loser freak has ruined everything : our Constitution, our freedom, our reputation in the world, our economy, and out future! He seemed pretty happy stealing both elections lying and deceiving his way to the White House. Let's watch the coward closely on his way out!
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 amWow, Republicans can do two things at once. Cry tears of sadness and shred all the evidence at the same time. Impressive. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:44 amIf there's any sadness its probably cause they couldn't ram more crap up our butts before they leave office. I understand Bush is trying to sign into law more "deregulation legislation" that would benefit private industry and his corporate cronies before he leaves office.
He has a legacy: its war criminal, liar, election fraud, preemptive war, torture, outing CIA agents for political gain and selling out America for the benefit his own political agenda and his neocon and corporate buddies. Good Riddens to him and his despicable VP who hijacked this country for 8 years with their fear and smear politics.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 amThe list of pardons should be impressive.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 amThere are crocodile tears in the White House.
After 8 years of one disastrous initiative after the next, two bungled invasions and occupations, two recessions (one of which is the biggest financial melt-down since Wall Street), lying to the American public to launch an illegal invasion, ignoring international treaties, flaunting the law and the Constitution, ordering the torture of prisoners, and a long string of other misdeeds.... these twits think Bush got "bad rap"!?
I believe better terms are sheer incompetence, war crimes, felonies, and/or Worst.President.In.History.Ever.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 amstraighttalkonmccain Says:
Wow, Republicans can do two things at once. Cry tears of sadness and shred all the evidence at the same time. Impressive.
Once again, the Bushies only have themselves to blame. The reason Bush will have no legacy is because they are shredding it.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 amThe lack of introspection and self-awareness in the Bush crowd is simply mind-boggling.
"We made no mistakes, none, no sir..... lah, lah, lah... I can't hear you.. lah lah lah... no mistakes, no sir.. lah lah lah"
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 amMillions have died, are disabled for life, have been displaced from their homes and these b@stards are SAD because:
“You have a combination of no legacy stuff, a horrible economic mess and the likelihood that Obama is going to win,”
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Jan. 20th is the beginning of Bush/Cheney worse nightmare. Americans might forget the numerous crimes committed over 8 years but the United Nations will bring War Crimes charges against this Administration. We still see the crimes continue as woman/children in Syria are openly murdered by the US, Pakistan is now being attacked by the US. It wasn't enough that Bush/Cheney kidnapped innocent people from all over the world and tortured them and kept them in Gitmo. We see how the US Treasury has been robbed by the White House and big Company friends. Law Makers from both sides have stolen and committed high crimes against the American taxpayers.
Thanks to Dick Cheney stepping foward to endorse McCain/Palin and letting Americans know the Bush/Cheney policies will continue if McCain/Palin are elected. It wont take long for the United States to fall as we are so weak now. Americans who decide they want McCain/Palin know they will stay in Iraq and give 10 billion dollars a month, bomb Russia/Iran as Palin has said she would do. The will remove the Middle Class and we'll see more soldiers die.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 pmBush should vacate the premises by the end of the day Wed. Do we really need these morons in power for nearly three more months? Be thankful you're not leaving in chains Bush. Do somthing for the country you've wrecked so much of. Just go the f%ck away!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pmMy God, they think they can just throw the world a few crumbs at the end and call it "Legacy Stuff". How much more evidence do we need that these people are mediocre frat-boy flunkies?
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:35 pmDon't go away sad, Mr Bush. Just go away.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:36 pmBoo frickin' hoo...
I got yer legacy right here, baby:
Worst. President. Ever.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:36 pmYeah, how 'bout that financial crisis, huh? Can ya beat that? Who'd a thought something like *that* would happen?
Nobody anticipated the complete meltdown of the financial markets due to lack of appropriate regulatory policies (policies that were gutted by the republican congress and abetted by a complicit executive).
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pmRumors but they fit the mold:
Then there's this:
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Of course there is sadness,they are all afraid the whole crooked stinking bunch of 'em will land in prison.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 pmThe Washington Post reports today that loyal Bushies are engaging in upbeat talk to mask “disappointment and frustration among many White House staffers,” who see their boss as “a good and steadfast man who has gotten a bad rap”
A "bad rap" ?
Are you fu(king kidding me ?
Who in their right goddamn mind would be trying to claim Chimpy has been unfairly viewed or judged ?
Seriously delusional is a trait all the loyal Bushies possess ............
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmHara-kiri.
Now that would be a legacy...
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmHow can this delusional loyal staffie look back on seven and 3/4 years of divisiveness then hope for a legacy in the last 100 days? A legacy that could only be built on 100 grains of sand, no nurturing substance forthcoming. If they cared about the man and his legacy, as the foundation should have been constructed, they would have moved heaven and earth to get his attention - if that was what was lacking:Billboards, full page adds, signed and anonymous letters, requests, again and again, for meetings, quitting, crying, jumping off buildings with notes to president in pocket, strikes, are some means that come to mind. No, they were all in cahoots with undermining America, so that is the legacy.
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm“There is a real sadness there.”
It's time to replace that sadness with FEAR. And if they steal another election then none of us has anything to lose. It's already gone.
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:48 pmRepublicans playing the victim card? Hell, that's nothing new...
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmThe sad thing is, if his administration was the catalyst that ends up putting us into a generation of political progress, history could look back on him as an important president. Not because of what he did, but because of what he caused.
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:58 pmHis legacy...
The worst president in U.S. history, a joke, a national punchline, a man who will never be able to show his face anywhere in the rest of the world without being mocked, ridiculed, and being treated with revulsion and contempt.
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:58 pmAawwwwwww... the poor, poor, loyal Bushies. Their "Last 100 Days!" party has been spoiled by the country's realization that, not only does the Emperor have no clothes on, but he and his cronies have left our nation in ruins yon every front - militarily, financially, domestically, internationally, judicially, civilly....
Oh well. At least they've all got their post-Jan. 20th, lucrative lobbying jobs to lift them out of their respective depressions.
The rest of us? We'll be sorting through the wreckage, looking for what's salvageable, and making decisions on what has to be built again from scratch. Thanks, guys and gals!
Oh, and one more thing - good riddance to bad rubbish!
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:22 pm‘There is a real sadness there’ in the White House.»
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pmAfter 8 years of corruption, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, this imoral administration knows the time to face the music is drawing near. They know if they might be tapped in the shoulder in Europe and arrested for war crimes. Bush has destryed the USA's image abroad, Bush made the whole world despise the USA. Bush legacy is an economic fiasco and crimes.
Where is the War Criminal Rice? I want to see them all in a trial in Hague!
Bush administration, HAGUE 2009!
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pmYeah, well, the American public is a lot sadder than they are. These criminal rich thugs have raped America and they feel bad that no one appreciates it. Their ignorance is massive and their morals are non-existent.
The Republican Party shoud be outlawed as a criminal organization.
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 pmI hope the entire Bush/Chenney administration will face a death squad for WAR CRIMES and CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY!
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:43 pmPS. I still want to see the footage of a alledged 757 hitiing the Pentagon!
Awwwww.....
Poor lil'feller....
Put his arrogant ass in Jail!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:19 pmBush has been one stubborn mfer. And now he pays the piper.
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm"Forgive? Ah yes, I'll forgive them when they hang from gibbets, for the sport of crows".
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm"Last 100 days?"
Give me a f%^$%&*ing break!! They can't come close to how I've felt for the past 8 years!
I just hope the door of the White House really DOES hit him in the A$$!!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:53 pmNot to worry folks, these people already have their passports and plane tickets to countries that don't have any extradition treaties with the United States.
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 pmDarth Vulgar Says:
Not to worry folks, these people already have their passports and plane tickets to countries that don’t have any extradition treaties with the United States.
Yeah, but the GPS coordinates in the Cruise missles know no boundaries. Fcuk the Non-extradition Paraguay. Bomb the fcukers 10,000 sqft ranch, and Dick in Dubai. (That should be his late night talk show, Dick IN Dubai)
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pmYou drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember, all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me and
Now you say you love me
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pmWell, just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Zooey Says:
Boo frickin’ hoo…
I got yer legacy right here, baby:
Worst. President. Ever.
Actually, WORST, PERSON EVER
There fixed it for ya Zooey.
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pmIs there sadness in the toilet bowl when the Worst Turd Ever is circling for the last time?
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 pm‘There is a real sadness there’ in the White House'
To be followed by:
There is a real sadness there --- IN THE HAGUE!!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 pmAnd they think Americans are supposed to feel sorry for those rat bastards Bush and Cheney?!!! All I feel is outrage and relief that their reign of ruin will be over soon. I would like to see them both go to jail!
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:44 pm“There is a real sadness there.”
Good. Now Bush can relate to Americans who watched with sadness as the Bill of Rights went up in smoke.
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pmDumbya's "legacy" .........A cure for those suffering from constipation , so long as his picture is placed at the bottom of the bowl ..............
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pmI early voted the other day for Barack Obama primarily for the purpose of kicking all the Bush Bums out of the executive branch.
Hopefully, Barack Obama, as president and with his background as a Constitutional lawyer, will replace all the Bush Bums with law-honoring, law-abiding appointees who will honor and abide by their oath to uphold and defend our Constitution.
I have felt for years now that our nation needs a complete overhaul, extreme makeover of the executive branch, kicking all the criminal Bush Bums out and replacing these crooks with people with more honor and integrity and honesty.
McCain and Palin are Bush Bums, and would probably keep much of Bush's old crew. Hopefully, Barack Obama will follow through on his "Change" promise, with one of his first acts as president being the removal of any Bush Bums still lurking in the White House basement...and his second act being the ordering of his attorney general to investigate all the activities of the Bush Bums, bringing criminal charges where necessary, to restore our nation's confidence both in the "rule of law" and the executive branch of our federal government, which has been totally corrupted and compromised by the Bush Bums.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 pmYouv'e been a great influence this past month Joey,you ol' plummer you.
Now if you would pay your back taxes, people would start to believe that you are a REAL american Joey,you ol' unlicensed scab plummer you.
GO Obama!!!
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 pmNobody knows where my Johnny has gone
But Sarah left the same time
Why was he holding her hand
When he's supposed to be mine
It's my Party and I'll cry if I want to
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 pmCry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you
You can all gleefully and smuggly write scornful letters about Bush but the thruth is that your whole system is rotten to the core. Do any of you seriously suggest that the murderous American foreign policy started with only Dubya? Or the plundering of the economy of third-world countries is a Bush invention?
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:30 amUntil you change your profligate ways and start minding your OWN business and stop interfering in other countries' affairs, it will matter very little which figurehead is appointed by the military-industrial complex.
saywhatyouwill, I realize that extremely well, but it's not possible to get a leader better than Barack Obama elected now. This is progress. Think progress.
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 amSure Keith,sure, Obama will (or would) be better than McCain but that's only because the latter represents the worst. Surely you're not trying to tell me though that Obama will conduct a substantively different political agenda from that of Bush?
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 amIf proof is needed, look back on the now much-lauded Clinton era. If my memory serves me correctly, old Bill conducted quite a few bombing missions "himself",notably a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan, when he was in trouble domestically.
I rest my case.
Obaba was opposed to the Iraq invasion at the time---not many American politicians can say that.
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:28 amThat's Obama. It's getting late.
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 amBush is a pathetic creature. I said this the very first day I saw his frat boy smirk on television back in 2000.
I couldn't stand him them and can't stand him even more on this very day.
It wouldn't surprise me if he feels like the most isolated bastard on earth. And could care less!
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 amyeah, I meant you
November 3rd, 2008 at 5:04 amTo the Hague with your ba5tards!
November 3rd, 2008 at 5:05 amProsecute! No justice - No peace.
http://www.light-to-dark.com/cut_n_run.html
Trrrrrrrraitors.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 amThis fascist war criminal administration should have the legacy of the first administration sent to prison for war crimes against humanity.
911=Inside Job
Anthax Attacks=Inside job
Demand Justice for over a million innocent war dead.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 am