Comments on: Bush makes farewell visit to Iraq to highlight new security agreement. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:29:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: southrnbelle http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5381588 southrnbelle Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:57:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5381588 <strong>Look at that FAT PIG Maliki! He sure isn't missing any meals!!!</strong> Look at that FAT PIG Maliki!

He sure isn’t missing any meals!!!

]]> By: Jackie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5381372 Jackie Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:37:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5381372 Has anyone else be me noticed that the bill sign by Bush was the same one Obama side he would do if elected President. Now Bush can use this in his legacy as Americans really did pay attention. Look for more of Obama's ideas to be used by Bush. Has anyone else be me noticed that the bill sign by Bush was the same one Obama side he would do if elected President. Now Bush can use this in his legacy as Americans really did pay attention. Look for more of Obama’s ideas to be used by Bush.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5381344 MapleStreet Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:58:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5381344 How much to bribe the pilot to leave before Bush gets back to the plane ? How much to bribe the pilot to leave before Bush gets back to the plane ?

]]> By: Fool Zero http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380912 Fool Zero Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:19:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380912 What, no plastic turkey this time? What, no plastic turkey this time?

]]> By: celtic cynic http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380902 celtic cynic Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:04:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380902 More than likely Bush was there to also collect a ton of gold and a few thousand carats of choice diamonds, his reward for "tremendous leadership against evil". It's a shame he had to step over the bodies of several hundred thousand people. More than likely Bush was there to also collect a ton of gold and a few thousand carats of choice diamonds, his reward for “tremendous leadership against evil”.
It’s a shame he had to step over the bodies of several hundred thousand people.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380530 Marie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:25:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380530 I need to correct #7 -- I think the figure that represents lost money in Iraq reconstruction is $100 billion. I need to correct #7 — I think the figure that represents lost money in Iraq reconstruction is $100 billion.

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380508 alphainfinityomega Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:04:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380508 Why do these people always have to sneak in and sneak out? And why is it always called a <em>surprise</em> visit like some kind of surprise birthday party? Oh, I get it. <strong>¶ AIO</strong> Why do these people always have to sneak in and sneak out?
And why is it always called a surprise visit like some kind of surprise birthday party?

Oh, I get it.

¶ AIO

]]> By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380474 Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:43:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380474 The worthless lying election-stealing war criminal Bush-in-Fuhrer returns to the scene of one of his war crimes: Iraq, where he murdered over one million Iraqis. Their crime? Having vast supplies of oil beneath their countryside. Their failure: to have atomic weapons to protect themselves against US imperial aggression. The worthless lying election-stealing war criminal Bush-in-Fuhrer returns to the scene of one of his war crimes: Iraq, where he murdered over one million Iraqis. Their crime? Having vast supplies of oil beneath their countryside. Their failure: to have atomic weapons to protect themselves against US imperial aggression.

]]> By: gus smith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380454 gus smith Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:27:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380454 Because Congress has not accepted their job of investigating the abuses by the Bush administration, Bush is able to conduct this 'victory lap'. Should they have done their jobs years ago we could have ameliorated the mess revealed by ‘Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience'(and Bush not be celebrating in Iraq right now). Never again will the USA have any credibility when it comes to legal proceedings against the world's war criminals. Because Congress has not accepted their job of investigating the abuses by the Bush administration, Bush is able to conduct this ‘victory lap’. Should they have done their jobs years ago we could have ameliorated the mess revealed by ‘Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience’(and Bush not be celebrating in Iraq right now). Never again will the USA have any credibility when it comes to legal proceedings against the world’s war criminals.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380442 katy Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:17:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380442 i heard ed schultz opine the other day, wondering if bush told those plantation caucus senators that they could go ahead and vote against workers, that he would use the TARP money for the auto cos... this morning, on abc roundtable, i heard (?) (not krugman) say that he thought cheney's speech about becoming another HOOVER was a clear signal to those senators to vote against the bridge loan because bushco would not let them fail... i heard ed schultz opine the other day, wondering if bush told those plantation caucus senators that they could go ahead and vote against workers, that he would use the TARP money for the auto cos…

this morning, on abc roundtable, i heard (?) (not krugman) say that he thought cheney’s speech about becoming another HOOVER was a clear signal to those senators to vote against the bridge loan because bushco would not let them fail…

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380434 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:15:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380434 <em>the Lone Voice of Reason Says: Above the Clouds says: Nixon had Watergate, Clinton had Monica, and Bush has Iraq.</em> And Bush has Iraq, the economy, the constitution, civil rights, personal freedoms, torture... The list is almost too long to even contemplate. the Lone Voice of Reason Says:
Above the Clouds says: Nixon had Watergate, Clinton had Monica, and Bush has Iraq.

And Bush has Iraq, the economy, the constitution, civil rights, personal freedoms, torture… The list is almost too long to even contemplate.

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380430 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:13:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380430 And I bet the people in Iraq were just thrilled to have him once again on their soil. It would serve Bush right if the insurgents captured him and then tortured him. And I bet the people in Iraq were just thrilled to have him once again on their soil. It would serve Bush right if the insurgents captured him and then tortured him.

]]> By: delafield http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380422 delafield Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:08:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380422 One last photo-op for Bush's legacy. sigh..... One last photo-op for Bush’s legacy.

sigh…..

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380410 Doc Rock Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:57:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380410 Nanuary 20, 2009: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Nanuary 20, 2009: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380396 Marie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:52:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380396 If we had a president, he would indeed be home during this crisis working on a solution - but Bush is impotent, useless, unable to accomplish anything here or at home, so he takes this time to go to Iraq, ironically, where he has abandoned and betrayed those he ordered to serve. Right now, the repugs in congress are working to derail any democratic plans for recovery in the country, while enabling themselves to look more favorable in the eyes of their contributors, and create a situation where it looks like Bush can sign, as lame duck, a financial remedy for the economy, It is a false front - a deceitful and damaging, concerted effort to serve themselves and provide Bush with a tiny role that would help to counter the enormous negativity that surrounds his presidency. Bush and the repugnicans have practically destroyed America as we know it. We will be paying for the remedy for a long, long time. If we had a president, he would indeed be home during this crisis working on a solution – but Bush is impotent, useless, unable to accomplish anything here or at home, so he takes this time to go to Iraq, ironically, where he has abandoned and betrayed those he ordered to serve.
Right now, the repugs in congress are working to derail any democratic plans for recovery in the country, while enabling themselves to look more favorable in the eyes of their contributors, and create a situation where it looks like Bush can sign, as lame duck, a financial remedy for the economy, It is a false front – a deceitful and damaging, concerted effort to serve themselves and provide Bush with a tiny role that would help to counter the enormous negativity that surrounds his presidency.
Bush and the repugnicans have practically destroyed America as we know it. We will be paying for the remedy for a long, long time.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380390 barfly Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:39:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380390 the Lone Voice of Reason Says: <em>Above the Clouds says: Nixon had Watergate, Clinton had Monica, and Bush has Iraq. And only one of them is a lying murderer.</em> Tell that to the victims of Operation Duckhook. Or the thousands of Laotians who died in the secret bombing campaigns, while we were supposedly negotiating the terms of withdrawl with the North Vietnamese. Bush is a mountebank, but lets not throw historical perspective out the window, ok? the Lone Voice of Reason Says:

Above the Clouds says: Nixon had Watergate, Clinton had Monica, and Bush has Iraq.

And only one of them is a lying murderer.

Tell that to the victims of Operation Duckhook.

Or the thousands of Laotians who died in the secret bombing campaigns, while we were supposedly negotiating the terms of withdrawl with the North Vietnamese. Bush is a mountebank, but lets not throw historical perspective out the window, ok?

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380378 the Lone Voice of Reason Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:26:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380378 # # katy Says: shouldn’t he be home, working out the details of loaning OUR money to the auto industry and related workers? like TOMORROW. EXACTLY--WHY THE HELL ISN'T HE HERE AT HOME TRYING TO FIX THE ULTIMATE MESS HE HAS MADE? A$$HOLE CAN'T WAIT TO BE OUT OF OFFICE AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DOOR TO HIT HIM IN THE A$$ #
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katy Says:

shouldn’t he be home, working out the details of loaning OUR money to the auto industry and related workers? like TOMORROW.

EXACTLY–WHY THE HELL ISN’T HE HERE AT HOME TRYING TO FIX THE ULTIMATE MESS HE HAS MADE? A$$HOLE CAN’T WAIT TO BE OUT OF OFFICE AND WE CAN’T WAIT FOR THE DOOR TO HIT HIM IN THE A$$

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380364 katy Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:19:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380364 shouldn't he be home, working out the details of loaning OUR money to the auto industry and related workers? like TOMORROW. shouldn’t he be home, working out the details of loaning OUR money to the auto industry and related workers? like TOMORROW.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380366 Marie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:18:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380366 His farewell tour -- the best thing he could do is slink away, particularly after the explosive report in the NYT today of the $1 billion lost in Iraq reconstruction. 'Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience,' is circulating in Washington in draft form among a tight circle of technical reviewers, policy experts and senior officials. His farewell tour — the best thing he could do is slink away, particularly after the explosive report in the NYT today of the $1 billion lost in Iraq reconstruction.

‘Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience,’ is circulating in Washington in draft form among a tight circle of technical reviewers, policy experts and senior officials.

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5380362 the Lone Voice of Reason Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:18:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/14/bush-farewell-iraq/#comment-5380362 Above the Clouds says: Nixon had Watergate, Clinton had Monica, and Bush has Iraq. And only one of them is a lying murderer. Wonder if he had to squeeze between some more pissed off soldiers for a photo op again. Above the Clouds says: Nixon had Watergate, Clinton had Monica, and Bush has Iraq.

And only one of them is a lying murderer.

Wonder if he had to squeeze between some more pissed off soldiers for a photo op again.

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