When the new president takes the oath next Tuesday (hooray!), the press will attack him from day one. They will say…

“We were asleep during the Bush years, and that was wrong. Now we’re awake, and we’re going to make President Obama’s life a living hell to make up for ignoring the crimes of Bush. Aren’t we wonderful?”.

It’s the equivalent of a foolish woman (or man) who constantly puts up with all her husband’s infidelities and keeps covering for him, saying to herself “no, he’s a good person, no, he’s really not like that. We’re trying to work this out”, then one day he just gets tired of her and leaves her, angry, bitter, and depressed.

The MSM were played and humiliated by Bush, and they were complicit in their own oppression.

I heard that Bush didn’t wave to the public with the correct hand, thus proving he hates America!

He hates America with both hands.

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Dynamo Says:

What in the world is this site going to talk about after Bush is gone?

I love the wingnuts who poke their heads in and either whine and cry that the topic under discussion is not the one they’d prefer to talk about, or that the topic under discussion is lightweight, and that therefore proves that we don’t have any other topics to discuss.

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MapleStreet Says:

After all, that is a whole lot more significant than Obama not having his hand over his heart for the Star Spangled Bannner.

Speaking of which, you’d think that wingnuts would know a thing or three about the correct forms of respect for official American symbols, since they’ve got such a fetish for official American symbols.

You don’t place your hand on your heart during the Star Spangled Banner because it’s not an oath or pledge; you do during the Pledge of Allegiance. So Obama actually knows more about the correct form than the FAUX News commentators do.

I’ve also seen wingnuts get in a tizzy about the display of an inverted flag. They don’t seem to be aware that showing a flag inverted is intended to communicate a condition of distress.

You know, when I was a kid, the old conservatives, mostly veterans, used to know how to handle and display flags, the correct forms for showing respect to country, etc. They studied that stuff. Now… I just don’t know. I guess their anti-intellectualism has overtaken even their surface patriotism, so they can’t even get that right.

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Dana: “I don’t think so, sir, they just want you to raise both hands over your head with a v-for-victory sign, kind of scrunch your head between your shoulders, and puff out your cheeks a little bit…”
Geowgie: “Huh? Whatever the hell for?”

I bet somebody could actually get him to do that.

Well, we could talk about one troll in particular who keeps changing his posting name, and is afraid of the big scary black man.
Or how this particular troll never engages in intelligent debate, but always posts in a grade school drop out type manner.
But, what fun would that be?

Let me translate for those not fluent in Wignutese

WWWWAAAHHHHHHHH stop showing what a petulant, arrogant PUNK, Bush is WWWWWAAAHHHHHHHHHH. My Bush Idolotry Syndrome impels me to pretend he WASNT the worst president in modern times. WWWWWWAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Dynamo Says:
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I heard that Bush didn’t wave to the public with the correct hand, thus proving he hates America! What in the world is this site going to talk about after Bush is gone?

Don’t worry. The country is filthy with a$$hole Republicans to talk about. We may start with you.

After all, that is a whole lot more significant than Obama not having his hand over his heart for the Star Spangled Bannner.

Either way, he’s gonna need the cooperation on the press. And a picture is such a little thing. Walk back, smile, walk back out.

LiberalVoter Says:
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What I question is why the hell would anyone want their picture taken with Bush?

You mean, besides this guy?

Press Corps: “No, mom — we promise.”

Dana (reemerging after going inside for a while): “I’m sorry, kids — Georgie says he’s still mad at you and doesn’t want to play with you anymore and he doesn’t want to be your friend either. Now run along home.”

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Sounds sorta Leave it to Beaver-ish, doesn’t it???

If the press thinks Bush, overall, is/was a dirt bag they should have said so!!

The argument that they didn’t have time kind of holds water.

Man, those rambling responses from the final press conference were so bad, I was actually a little embarassed for the chimp. Especially the part about how his non-response to Katrina entirely consisted of whether or not he should have landed his plane in Baton Rouge. It’s like, when there’s one completely clueless person in the room, and he’s accidentally expounding on what an idiot he is, and everybody but him knows it, it just makes you kind of cringe… except for the disgusting fact that this is the President of the United States of America we’re talking about.