Conservatives’ 40-Minute Tribute To Bush On House Floor: He Was A ‘Knowing Lion’ Who ‘Walked Among Us’
Conservatives’ 40-Minute Tribute To Bush On House Floor: He Was A ‘Knowing Lion’ Who ‘Walked Among Us’
George W. Bush is gone from office…but he is not forgotten, at least not by Reps. Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mike Pence (R-IN), and Steve King (R-IA). On Thursday, the three men spent almost 40 minutes delivering their final love letters to Bush. Some highlights:
– FRANKS: “President Bush often had to walk like a knowing lion — like a knowing lion, Mr. Speaker, through the chattering of hyenas. … [I]f those critics do not devour themselves in the meantime, Mr. Speaker, they may face the bared teeth of an enemy that will make us all wish the lion still walked among us.”
– PENCE: “I truly believe that this nation owes a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush.”
– KING: “I’m here to say thank you to President Bush for the things that he has done when he’s had his steady hand on the till of leadership, and especially with our national defense.”
At one point, Franks began to tear up when talking about how Bush made the country “brighter” and “more hopeful” for his children. Throughout the 40 minutes, they also compared Bush to Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill. Watch some highlights:
(HT: CSPAN Junkie)
Transcript:
FRANKS: Now Mr. Speaker, since it is Jan. 22, and since we have made a great transition in this country, I feel like it is also appropriate for me tonight to say some words in tribute to one George Walker Bush. [...]
Throughout his war on terrorism, and our war on terrorism, President Bush often had to walk like a knowing lion — like a knowing lion, Mr. Speaker, through the chattering of hyenas. And endure the incessant insults and thoughtless criticisms of those whose vision only reached to the selfish partisan advantage of the moment.
But if those critics do not devour themselves in the meantime, Mr. Speaker, they may face the bared teeth of an enemy that will make us all wish the lion still walked among us. [...]
PENCE: So I stand here today, not as a vacuous apologist for President George W. Bush, but I come here today among other cherished colleagues — like the gentleman from Iowa — simply to say that I truly believe that this nation owes a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush. [...]
KING: I’m here to say thank you to President Bush for the things that he has done when he’s had his steady hand on the till of leadership, and especially with our national defense. [...]
FRANKS: Mr. Speaker, if I could just talk to him face-to-face, I think I would just say something like this. … I would say, “Thank you, Mr. President, for protecting my two babies, Joshie (sp?) and Gracie. Thank you that they will live in a brighter, more hopeful future, because you were once president of the United States.” [...]
PENCE: And George W. Bush showed the courage of his convictions in defending this country, and he also showed, through his fealty to his wife, through his integrity in office, the administration of what it is to provide good and decent government. And to be an example to the American people and our families and our children. For that we owe him a debt, and I’m pleased to rise today to pay some small amount toward that. [...]
KING: So I want to say in conclusion — Mr. Speaker, I want the message to be echoed to President Bush — thank you for the people in Iraq and Afghanistan, that they can go to the polls and vote, breathe free air, and direct their national destiny, and become our allies in this quest for freedom. The right of every man and every woman and every person to be free. The right to life that every man and every person has, and I ask, Mr. Speaker, that the President also be thanked for his stance on life and freedom. [...]
FRANKS: Today has been sort of a remembrance of heroes. We talked a lot about George Bush, we talked a lot about Abraham Lincoln. In a sense its sort of appropriate to do that on Jan. 22, isn’t it?
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The blind, ignorant lemmings follow their leader into the abyss.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:01 amisnt it illegal to lead a circle jerk on the House floor?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:03 amJeebers, did they join in a chorus of “The Circle of Life” while holding hands too?
Circle jerks.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:03 amHell no I won’t watch and you can’t make me.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:03 am“At one point, Franks began to tear up when talking about how Bush made the country “brighter” and “more hopeful” for his children.”
Another GOPus*sy crying like a little beyotch on the floor of the House. Sounds like he’s gunning for house MINORITY leader with those antics.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:05 amNever before has been being called a lion, meant so little. It is going to be a great 8 years with Obama as President.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:05 amMore like the monkey who aped the lion.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:07 amThe wold “LYING” would be more appropriate.
He LIED about Iraqs involvment during the 9/11 attack by boxcutter-wielding thugs.
He LIED about NSA wiretapping on Americans citizens.
He LIED about being a “uniter, nother a divider.”
The man, George W. Bush was arrogant, incompetent and never DESERVED the privelege of being the self-proclaimed DECIDER of the free world.
A LION he is not.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:07 ama last groan of defiance because they know they are going to be seriously spanked real soon.
It must be hard for these types to know their big dog just walked off and left them hanging in the breeze. Batten the hatches, puppies, it’s going to be at least a Category 5.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:07 amHaving had a late breakfast, there’s no way I’ll watch. It was bad enough reading excerpts!
January 24th, 2009 at 10:09 amWe usually treat such delusional behavior with drugs and hospitalization. Who let these guys out?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:09 amSheesh, I’m having a hard enough time trying to convince one of my friends to watch Wiliam Shatner “sing” Rocket Man”, and you want us to watch this?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:10 amAt one point, Franks began to tear up when talking about how Bush made the country “brighter”
Brighter, as in the flash of an atomic bomb?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:11 amHard to believe these ignorant morons just got (re)elected last November. Their dumstituents must be in as deep of denial as they are.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:11 ami think for any and all upcoming elections, the democrats should just run footage of various repukelicans crying on the house floor and at the end a voice over questioning, “and these men claim they are strong on defense”.
The only drawback is the commercial would last ten,fifteen hours.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:11 amYeah, HIS children…
January 24th, 2009 at 10:13 amceltic cynic Says:
At one point, Franks began to tear up when talking about how Bush made the country “brighter”
Brighter, as in the flash of an atomic bomb?
Probably more like a giant spotlight in the eyes of an interrogated suspect, which is likely an authorized technique in the Army Field Manual.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:13 amBush did sort of resemble a lion in that the head of the pride generally lays around and lets the rest of the crew do the dirty work. Mostly the females hunt and the undermales split their time amongst chasing available females, bickering amongst themselves and wondering when it will be time to challenge the big guy without getting their asses handed to them.
Sort of sounds like the past 8 years.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:17 amIs it just me, or is this like the creepy guy obsessing over the girl who left him after an 8 year h@ndjob?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:18 amtomcat27834 Says:
Lyin’ SOB is more like it.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:19 ambush has reminded me too, of a lion. the cowardly lion from the wizard of oz.
draft-dodging awol coward who for the past eight years treated our military like he was playing with his tin soldiers in a sandbox.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:19 amI feel sorry for the cleaning crew! With the floor being littered with spent condoms,and handfulls of wet tissue paper,I surely hope they wore bio suits, and scrubbed up real good after they’re done cleaning!
January 24th, 2009 at 10:21 amPENCE: “I truly believe that this nation owes a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush.”
Absolutely! Without President Bush’s special “gifts”….
The Democrats would not have Won the last two elections in landslides.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:22 amJeez, and people were wondering where Jon Stewart was going to get material now that Obama is President. ;)
January 24th, 2009 at 10:23 amFRANKS: “President Bush often had to walk like a knowing liar — like a knowing liar, Mr. Speaker, through the chattering of hyenas. … [I]f those critics do not devour themselves in the meantime, Mr. Speaker, they may face the bared teeth of an enemy that will make us all wish the liar still walked among us.”
There ya go, Mr. Franks, I fixed the spelling errors in your tribute.
Two quick questions: Did any Democrats sit through this love fest? And what’s with the GOPers and all the crying?
PEACE
January 24th, 2009 at 10:26 amjawool
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January 24th, 2009 at 10:28 amtatil
Knowing Lion
Walked Among Us
This is some seriously weird shit…
January 24th, 2009 at 10:29 amA spoiled, mean spirited, selfish, self-centered, obstinate, narcissistic frat boy is magically transformed into a lion? The lap-dog, spineless Democratic opposition are magically transformed into hyhenas? Lord, I’ve heard of living in a fantasy world, but this is Absurd! Here’s an appropriate qoute from Heine :
January 24th, 2009 at 10:30 amOrdinarily he is insane, but he has his lucid moments when he is only stupid.
Well, at least it’ll make ‘em easier to spot. Pay attention, folks. Here’s the guys who will never, ever lift a finger to help the underpriveledged or make our land, air, water or food safe. These are the men who can be counted on to build straw men and hide behind a tattered flag to defend their actions.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:30 amMaybe Franks and Boehner can hook up and screen “Terms of Endearment” and “Steel Magnolias” together. Whatcha’ wanna bet that, if a Dem openly wept on the House floor, the Rethugs would call him/her out as soft?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:34 amI’m missing something. What’s the connection between the date, January 22, and either Bush or Lincoln? I’m sure they both went to the bathroom that day, but what else happened?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:34 amKnowing Lion?
More like ignorant, fearmongering PUSSY
January 24th, 2009 at 10:37 amFANTASTIC !!!
Come on folks, get on board. Write these guys and thank them. Tell them they didn’t go far enough in praising The Bush.
In 2010 I want the GOP to be identified with Bush, still listening to Karl, and offering America Hate and Fear. We should all encourage them to stay on the same track, and to ride those rails right off the edge of that cliff where the bridege to nowhere was going to be built… oops.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:38 amYeah, Bush was a knowing lion and lions are predators.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:38 amWhat a waste of legislative time. Oh well, maybe now that they’ve got that off their chests they’ll shut up … not likely.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:39 amWhat’s the connection between the date, January 22, and either Bush or Lincoln?
Good Question, Wayne.
George Washington was born on the 22 of February.
Could it be that Rep. Franks got the Month Wrong…and the President Wrong… yet still knows what day it is????
January 24th, 2009 at 10:46 amSo these are some of the wingunts in the 22% who still made excuses for the complete failed shrub.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:51 amBush was lyin’ –knowingly. Why wasn’t he impeached?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:51 amI wonder if these crazie’s are some of the adoring fan’s of Felony Steven’s…You all remember the 55 minute love fest?…Jeebos….How can they keep this crap up…Adoreing and paying homage to war monger’s, murderer’s, lier’s and thieve’s is unreal….No wonder our country got in such a mess..They all need to be put in jail for acting in concert with bull shit bush…..Blessings
January 24th, 2009 at 10:52 amTP – Could you please clarify. Did all this occur under a Special Order, where members are allowed to address a mostly-empty House to talk about non-House-related business? Or did they do all of this during a vote for something? (I’m guessing the former, but it’s good practice to specify these things in the main article.) Thank you.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:57 amHe certainly reminded me of the Wizard of Oz’s cowardly one.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:01 amThis Republican tribute bush is like Harry Whittington thanking Dick Cheney for shooting him in the face.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:02 amStep away from the Kool-Aid… We are now serving a new and refreshing beverage called Reality!
Is it me or do these guys have a “MAN CRUSH” or what?
January 24th, 2009 at 11:02 amFRANKS: “President Bush often had to walk like a knowing lion — like a knowing lion,
TP, you made a spelling mistake in the transcript. It’s spelled lyin’, not lion.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:03 amWhat upsets me the most here? You didn’t post something like *WARNING: DO NOT EAT FOOD UNTIL AFTER VIEWING*
January 24th, 2009 at 11:04 amThe work of great men is easily recognized and speaks for itself. GWB will never be confused with a great or insightful leader regardless of how many times repub clowns yell it from the rooftops.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:05 amGag! Gag! Barf! Barf!
January 24th, 2009 at 11:19 amBut if those critics do not devour themselves in the meantime, Mr. Speaker, they may face the bared teeth of an enemy that will make us all wish the lion still walked among us.
Now that Bush is no longer in office, they hope for a terrorist attack to deliver them from the political wilderness. Next, they’ll be planning one.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am39. rmwarnick Says:
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Bush was lyin’ –knowingly. Why wasn’t he impeached?
That one is easy enough for a troll to understand. The first six years the rethuglicans held a majority in all branches of governemnt and the rethugs always march in lock step…the fly in V formation like geese. The last two years the Democrats did not have enough of a majority to carry over the rules of the congress because the same geese would not allow their chimpanzee hero to be impeached.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:25 amThe elections are over.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:25 amCongressman Franks only accepts e-mail from his constituents, but you can try here.
Congressman Pence can be contacted via his webform.
Congressman King also appears to accept e-mail only from Iowans, but you can try here.
You can also let their constituents know how you feel about their Representatives by writing LTEs to their local newspapers.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:26 amAt one point, Franks began to tear up when talking about how Bush made the country “brighter” and “more hopeful” for his children.
In what country do Franks children live?
January 24th, 2009 at 11:27 amrmwarnick Says:
Bush was lyin’ –knowingly. Why wasn’t he impeached?
January 24th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I missed this one earlier. Are you being serious? Do you really not know the answer to that question? Are you completely unaware of the fact that the Republican Party puts loyalty to their party and their highest-elected member ahead of loyalty to their own country and constitution?
As for why Speaker Pelosi violated her own oath of office and took impeachment “off the table” is something we’ve been trying to get to the truth behind ever since she said it. We are not happy with her, and if the American People had a say in who would be Speaker of the House, she would have lost in 2008.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:30 amSo Repubs, after eight years for cheney/bush how is it going for you?
January 24th, 2009 at 11:35 amAnother reason Democrats didn’t try to impeach Bush….he was probably their best Vote Getter.
Now it’s too late for Impeachment…but not for
Accountability.
Republicans FEAR Eric Holder and his Justice Dept….and they have Good Reason to feel that way.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:36 amYou can only imagine what kind of crackpots live in the congressional districts that these wackos represent.Seig Heil!
January 24th, 2009 at 11:41 amIf Bush was a “knowing lion”, why did he duck into the Texas Air Guard to avoid fighting during the Vietnam War? Bush behaved more like a “frightened cockroach” than a lion.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:44 am“Knowing lion?”
Are these people completely devoid of any sense of irony?
Was he also a “Vast Soul?”
Or perhaps a “Wry Hunk”
Maybe “Core-Liminal”
How ’bout just “Sh¡thead?”
January 24th, 2009 at 11:44 amForty minutes of video from the goings-on at a landfill would have been more of a tribute, if you can call it a tribute….
January 24th, 2009 at 11:47 amIrrelevant people and their blind adoration of a WAR CRIMINAL. Waist of Taxpayer’s money on a piblic space on public time…
January 24th, 2009 at 11:48 amThe gag factor meter just exploded.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:48 amWHAT?
He was knowingly lying?
THAT BASTID!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pmI dont see how the nation got any brighter when the NCLB was underfunded by 55 billion
January 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pmI think I am going to throw up.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pmWhich ones, the cynical multi-national corporate elitist millionaires, or the unemployed dumbass trailer park white trash?
January 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pmI am hoping that every Democrat got up and walked out.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pmI have heard of preaching to the choir but what do you call it when the place is empty?
Other than delusional, I mean.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:09 pmMe too. It would be unseemly to puke all over the floor of the House.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:10 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
As for why Speaker Pelosi violated her own oath of office and took impeachment “off the table” is something we’ve been trying to get to the truth behind ever since she said it. We are not happy with her, and if the American People had a say in who would be Speaker of the House, she would have lost in 2008.
I believe that both Pelosi and Reid did what they did because they were desperate to win the election. They really thought that if Bush was impeached or they actively went after the crimes committed by the Bush Administration that the people would turn against the Democrats. I think they seriously underestimated the American public, but you never know. They could have been right. After all, Bush was re-elected (sort of).
All that matters now is that the Bush Crime Family is held accountable for their crimes.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pmHere’s “the gag factor”:
January 24th, 2009 at 12:12 pmI wonder when it will occur to Steve King that by saying “his steady hand on the till of leadership”, rather than “the tiller”, he’s saying something rather different about Bush?
And about himself?
FRANKS: Mr. Speaker, if I could just talk to him face-to-face, I think I would just say something like this. … I would say, “Thank you, Mr. President, for protecting my two babies, Joshie (sp?) and Gracie. Thank you that they will live in a brighter, more hopeful future, because you were once president of the United States.”
Joshie & Gracie probably wish they’d been stolen by dingos.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:13 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
Congressman Franks only accepts e-mail from his constituents, but you can try here.
Congressman Pence can be contacted via his webform.
Congressman King also appears to accept e-mail only from Iowans, but you can try here.
Most elected officials only accept e-mail from their constituents. But it’s really easy to get around. They filter for a zip code you enter. So, just go to their “contact us” page and see what zip code their local office is in. Then make up an address in the city, state and zip. It takes a little effort, but it’s worth it in the long run. I do it all the time.
One thing that has always irritated me is the fact that Harry Reid doesn’t have a Senate Majority Leader website with contact information like Pelosi has a Speaker of the House website with contact information. The problem with Pelosi’s site is that e-mail sent through it frequently bounces back to you. I have figured out that happens when she did something really bad and she simply had the e-mail site cut off.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:16 pmBozo The Neoclown Says:
bush has reminded me too, of a lion. the cowardly lion from the wizard of oz
Why insult the Cowardly Lion? Hyenas, now–that’s another story!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:17 pmIt has always amazed me that the chickensh&t, chickenhawks, think that an AWOL NG deserter and a five deferment coward lying us into a war for the oil companies and Haliburton kept their cowardly asses safe. I guess that is why they are called wingnuts…they are not screwed on very tightly.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:17 pmThank you that they will live in a brighter, more hopeful future, because you were once president of the United States.”
Actually, Franks has a point here. The future will have to be brighter and more hopeful than the past eight years were.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:19 pmWhats the problem you guys were all tearing up when ole Teddy was flopping around in his lunch the ohter day. So he has a little tear for bushey…
January 24th, 2009 at 12:20 pmI didn’t know Bush had brain cancer.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:24 pmThankfully, Joshie and Gracie were not in the Twin Towers the day BEFORE Bush thought protecting the country was a good idea. Oddly, Richard Clarke did not show up for this. Oh, neither did the person who delivered the “Osama determined to strike” memo. (You’ve covered your ass.) Oh, and neither did the F.B.I. agents who investigated flight school attendants who were interested in learning to fly, but crazily disinterested in learning to land aircrafts.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:24 pmpedant Says:
Here’s “the gag factor”:
I wonder when it will occur to Steve King that by saying “his steady hand on the till of leadership”, rather than “the tiller”, he’s saying something rather different about Bush?
And about himself?
THANK YOU!! Can’t believe I didn’t notice “till” for “tiller,” since one of my free-lance skills is line-editing. You gave me a super laugh–and a kind caution to READ EVERY WORD.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:24 pmchimpy the prez that didn’t keep us safe.
This is another reason why President Obama shouldn’t listen to these nuts. If I were President Obama I would only speak to them after they have been screened by my people. President Obama is giving his precious time to these nuts.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:25 pmFranks:” he was a knowing lion who walked among us.”
January 24th, 2009 at 12:26 pmTranslation” “he was knowingly lyin’ while he walked all over us.”
Yeah, makes sense… feeling bad for a man who has an attack and collapses vs. ego-stroking a moron.
Don’t tap yourself powering up that brain cell.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:27 pmThe Bush II administration resembled nothing so much as a prolonged, sadistic rape.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:28 pmCalling Dr. Freud! We’ve had a slip in the wingnut aisle!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:29 pmWhats the problem, you guys, I think, were all tearing up when ole Teddy was flopping around in his lunch the ohter day. So he has a little tear for bushey… -=B54=-
Opinions, like yours and the reps above, are just that. And you should put I think in front of your false projections.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
VIVA LA VIDA BUSH!!!!!!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:30 pmfergus Says:
Translation” “he was knowingly lyin’ while he walked all over us.”
LOL….and the us are the right wing hyenas.
¶ AIO
January 24th, 2009 at 12:30 pmLook, there’s one of the latter, described in post #65.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:34 pm… but… do they really BELIEVE that stuff???
i mean, REALLY?
i’ve never seen anything like this…
January 24th, 2009 at 12:35 pmit’s as scary as the religulous phenomena finally exposed…
and much too related…
shoeless Says:
I didn’t know Bush had brain cancer.
A physical impossibility. He’d have to have a brain first.
As to the other post, I suppose they have some reason to cry when the only good thing they can find about the past 8 years is the man managed to contain a small bunch of people on the other side of the world. That he trashed the US in the process isn’t important.
Zooey, the dingos wouldn’t have tham.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:35 pmWhat an insults to lions everywhere!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:36 pmtony and lido
Yes George! Thanks for leaving the biggest sh*t pile in the history of sh*t piles! Spit. The right wing of this country has come emotionally unhinged.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:37 pmAbleCluster Says:
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ha ha ha ha good riddance Bush, anyone who supported Dictator Bush should be booted out onto the street.
RT
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January 24th, 2009 at 12:37 pmHi! Remember me? I am so gonna kick your ass to the carpet.
Some facts on male lions:
They do very little work.
They let the females do most of the work.
They sleep at least 12 hours a day.
Eventually, they get slain or pushed out of the pride by a younger, stronger African lion.
Here endeth the zoological lesson for the day.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:41 pmSomebody really ought to start sending the bills for cleaning up these messy Repug frat parties to the RNC. I hear they some bags of rags they could use.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:44 pmHoodathunk,
He did not contain al Qaeda. He gave them a tremendous recruiting tool and training ground. He took away an effective buffer against the radical fundamentalists (Saddam’s government). He greatly increased the power of Iran. Our sixteen intelligence agencies said he made us less safe.
And by the way, will you ever respond to me about “hero-worshipping JFK” and which war killed the most Americans?
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/14/bush-five-worst-presidents/
January 24th, 2009 at 12:48 pmI know others have made this point, but was Trent Franks expressing some subliminal ambivalence about the BushCo presidency?
I mean, how big a leap is it from a “knowing lion” to a “knowing liar”?
And, really, which makes more sense in this context?
January 24th, 2009 at 12:56 pmKeith, I guess I should have added a snark on that post. As to the other, ask my name-jacking evil twin. I’ve always liked Jack and I believe it was the Civil War…not sure on that one.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:59 pmDamn, that’s a good point, shoeless.
After all, if all your days are wonderful and happy and stress-free, you can’t have a brighter future. You need darkness and tribulation for the contrast.
And we can all thank George Bush for that, can’t we?
January 24th, 2009 at 12:59 pmMr. llama, “knowing lion” doesn’t make any sense to me. “Knowing liar” obviously does.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:00 pmI don’t believe you have a name-jacking evil twin.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:01 pmHi ralph. Hope this finds you well and happy.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:03 pmKnowing Lion?
What kind of bullshit Narnia crap is this?
dbadass and ralph,
January 24th, 2009 at 1:06 pmMaybe I don’t know what he’s talking about because I have never seen Narnia or The Lion King.
F uck this stupid pretend name jacking crap. I didn’t buy it the first time and I really could care less to revisist that whole dumb ass whiny attention needing crap
January 24th, 2009 at 1:09 pmKeit, dbadass, I can understood your cynicism regarding name-jacking, but I suspected it from the start.
There was one point in the thread in question where the comments from Hoodathunk just went completely haywire. He was making sense, debating fairly reasonably about the Civil War, and then all of a sudden he started making no sense, almost like he’d switched on a random comment generator or something.
I’m not sure how one would accomplish a name-jacking on TP these days, or even why someone would have targeted Hoodathunk, but something was funky there. Maybe a ten-year-old nephew got access to his log-in or something, but there was definitely a weirdness going on.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:30 pmYou know when I finally was able to sit and watch this pathetic display of ooh you so great BullSh@t, it reminded me of something. Did anyone catch about a year ago the Nat Geo Special on North Korea? The poor people there have been brainwashed and keep calling their dictator–Dear Leader…
January 24th, 2009 at 1:36 pmI bet in the following weeks these sheep will be calling “Chimpy” — My Dear Leader…
“Thank you that they will live in a brighter, more hopeful future, because you were once president of the United States.”
I can only imagine he’s referring to the repeal of the Estate Tax here. Note he refers to his own children specifically, not the ones that are most likely to be left behind.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:37 pmRalph, you are closer than you think. TP was not responsible for the problem. Nor was it a nephew. I was lax in my computer security here. I have a 19 yr old daughter who had some friends over that night and a couple of them had been reading over my shoulder. I logged out and left for a while.
Don’t leave your password to be remembered.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:49 pmThey are completely delusional. Think about it guys, did Bush leave us in good shape?
January 24th, 2009 at 1:52 pmDock all their paychecks for wasting The People’s time!!
Worthless gadabout ass-kissers.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:53 pmThat makes sense, Hoodathunk. Thanks for solving the mystery.
January 24th, 2009 at 2:05 pmSo he owns a ranch and watches the The Lion King, that makes him neither a cowboy or a lion.
January 24th, 2009 at 2:14 pmAre you kidding me? I thought we had a majority in the House.
Where was the house leadership to point out that the country has a few more pressing matters than wasting precious chamber time slobbering over Bush?
The whole world considers George W Bush the most rotten incompetent US President in history. There’s no gray area there. No ambiguity. No debate. Bush was a failure on every level. He inherited a country with a booming economy, a government with a 1.7 TRILLION dollar SURPLUS and in 8 short years managed to turn that into a complete and utter disaster on every front. President Obama is frantically trying to repair the 8 years of DAMAGE Bush has done and Congress is supposed to be trying to help.
Yet they think they have time for a couple of brainless bootlickers to squander valuable chamber time slobbering over how much they miss Bush?
If this was 1863 they’d be run out of town on a rail.
January 24th, 2009 at 2:22 pmLeave it to the Republican ass clowns to take time from government matters for an asinine salute to the biggest partisan sociopath we’ve ever had reside in the White House.
How much money did the RNC deposit in the bank accounts of all those who spoke good about the dummy?
Next time, they can come back to the capitol when the Congress is in recess if they want to do this. America has more significant and pressing matters than to talk about the newest ringer in the Dallas-area Special Olympics!
January 24th, 2009 at 3:01 pmOh, my, I think I just swallowed my own vomit.
January 24th, 2009 at 3:20 pm[slapping floor with hand] Stop, stop, you’re killing me!
January 24th, 2009 at 3:53 pmIt’s true. He has muddled together images from “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C. S. Lewis and “The Lion King” by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton.
January 24th, 2009 at 4:05 pmIf he wishes the Republican Party to become a comic refuge for the sadly befuddled, he need merely continue with bizarre mixtures of metaphors drawn from children’s literature and children’s theater. He’s made such a wonderful start. I can’t stop laughing.
Oh my. This is how they describe the STUPIDEST most incompetent President in at LEAST modern history? I guess if you are a conservative you can do no wrong and you are a hero no matter what a numbnutz moron you are. This is just surreal
January 24th, 2009 at 4:15 pmcan we get a psychological evaluation for representatives franks, pence, and king? There can be no doubt that such extreme delusion could turn violent at any moment. They are a danger to themselves, their children, and the general public.
January 24th, 2009 at 5:45 pmThey (Franks, Pence, King) must be smoking something, and trust me, it ain’t legal.
January 24th, 2009 at 5:52 pm“A knowing lion.” WTF??? How about a dumb little chimp? Sorry guys, we ain’t buyin’ the big lie…
January 24th, 2009 at 6:08 pmW slithered out from under his Texas rock to the sadness of the world. The world would truly be a better place if he had never been born. Did his parents even understand what causes babies?
January 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pmHoodathunk Says:
Ralph, you are closer than you think. TP was not responsible for the problem. Nor was it a nephew. I was lax in my computer security here. I have a 19 yr old daughter who had some friends over that night and a couple of them had been reading over my shoulder. I logged out and left for a while.
Don’t leave your password to be remembered.
January 24th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Jeebus, I was wondering…
January 24th, 2009 at 7:06 pmThe C-Span videos of these fools will make for GREAT campaign commercials in 2010!
January 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pmBush’s Legacy:
January 24th, 2009 at 7:29 pm9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11
Just testing his mettle to see whether he has the stuff to break the _right_, as in Neocon, laws like the Bush AG’s. Will a precedent of lawlessness be set or will all that good work of the Bush regime go to waste?
January 24th, 2009 at 7:50 pmDEAR MR BUSH…. all i can say…. with the deepest something in my something…. BLOW ME. You fought a war that wasn’t there, and lost an economy that was there. The future of my kids will be paying for the folly of your parents nightmare. 5000 PARENTS mourn their dead american children because you could not tell the truth from a lie. 1000000 IRAQI people drink filthy water, live in poverty and ruin and hate america BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU WERE A DICK… your vp DICK was a DICK… ASHCROFT, RUMMY, RICE and so on— VOTED BY THOUSANDS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. I know, watching you for the past 8 years, THAT YOUR FAILURES IN EVERY CATEGORY WILL FOREVER BE THE LOW BAR AGAINST WHICH ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS ARE MEASURED. I can only hope that the hottest corner of hell has enough water left for one waterboarding.
January 24th, 2009 at 7:58 pmThe video needs some background music perhaps a song by Eagles “you can’t Hide your Lion eyes”.
Let Eagles soar
January 24th, 2009 at 8:07 pmOf course he never walked “among” anyone who did not either sign a blood oath of their love, or was subject to terrible repercussions for speaking up like the military (or the shoe guy)or both.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:11 pmThe GOP is the party of Bush. They will always be the party of Bush. If they could have it their way, they would bring him back again. Let them pay homage to Bush. Tattoo his name on their for heads.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:12 pmThese bush people give me gas…
January 24th, 2009 at 8:17 pmHe is a stain that will take a long time to wash away…
“a lion that walked among us”…..a legend in his own mind more like it..
It is my contention that the fictional “Futurama” brain slugs in fact actually do exist and have attached themselves to the heads of Republicans, albeit these brain slugs are invisible and one wouldn’t know that they were even there until a Republican opens their mouth.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:45 pmI refuse to click on that clip and watch that tripe.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:07 pmConservatives’ 40-Minute Tribute To Bush On House Floor: He Was A ‘Knowing Lion’ Who ‘Walked Among Us’»
No sh!t.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:09 pmJust like “broke back mountain”…” they just can’t “…you!”
They (republicans) are a shame full group of has-bens! Moving forward for them is moving back to the same old – same old!
I agree with #137…I too refuse to click on anything these people/dead beats say!
Note…Republicans will be on “Meet the Press” (Bonoer)(spelled wrong…sorry, or not)
January 24th, 2009 at 9:20 pmmk3872 Says:
The C-Span videos of these fools will make for GREAT campaign commercials in 2010!
January 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
I agree, they would, except C-SPAN doesn’t allow its images to be used in campaign commercials. Just thought you’d be interested to know that.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:50 pmA knowin’, lyin’ what? What did he know, and when did he know it?
Of course he walked among us – his middle name is Walker, after all.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:30 pm“…through the chattering of hyenas…”
January 25th, 2009 at 12:23 amYou got that part right, Trent.
A thought: the Bible describes Satan as “a roaring lion, walking to and fro in the earth, seeking whom he may devour.” Now, in THAT metaphor, we might have some possibilities. . .
January 25th, 2009 at 12:32 amWow, this is almost as bad as Bill Frist’s commentary on CNN.com about how Bush is a Healer and savior to millions in Africa. After reading his commentary, I came to the conclusion that Frist spent way too much time under Bush’s desk most likely.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:51 amOh, and the NERVE to say “thank you” to Bush, on behalf of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan?
Hey, let’s just drop Bush off in either of those countries and let the people thank him themselves!
They’ll be thanking him him with more than flying shoes, I reckon.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:59 amWatching the Rcons have a collective Nervous Breakdown is the most fun I’ve had in years…
January 25th, 2009 at 6:16 am(At least since reading that Ronnie Reagan thought one of the trees in his back yard was Winston Churchill);
jmt
I can’t disagree with them on the national defense front. I’m just glad they didn’t try to make him out to be a great president. His domestic policy failures are going to be with us a long time.
January 25th, 2009 at 7:03 amThe Legacy these three pinheads are mooning over:
January 25th, 2009 at 8:54 am
EugeneDebs Says:
Oh my. This is how they describe the STUPIDEST most incompetent President in at LEAST modern history? I guess if you are a conservative you can do no wrong and you are a hero no matter what a numbnutz moron you are. This is just surreal
I wonder what repugs would do if dems gave blogo a standing o?
January 25th, 2009 at 9:17 amFinal tally: 10,100+ Americans DEAD as a DIRECT result of Bush’s incompetence.
(3,000 on 9/11. 1,600 in Katrina. 4,500 in Iraq, 1000 in Afghanistan.)
Never thought of it this way. Thanks.
January 25th, 2009 at 9:21 amIs there a doggy poop law in d.c.?
January 25th, 2009 at 9:22 amShouldn’t poppy bushcon have scooped his droppings 8 years ago?
Or was it his intention for everyone to step in it?
Still is smelly.
chimpy’s final good-bye to his cronies:
oil sky high for no apparent reason (to his oil buddies)
Palestine Massacre for no apparent reason (kill Palestinians before Jan. 20th)
Gawd. 8 long years of pure/raw ignorance.
January 25th, 2009 at 9:40 amYes, Bush was a Knowing Liar who walked among us.
- Tom
January 25th, 2009 at 12:35 pmOkay its official Republicans are mentally unstable. I often had trouble trying to decide if they were stupid, blatantly corrupt, or delusional, and it seems delusional wins. These people are not sane enough to give their input on the running of our government.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:55 pmIs this serious?
January 25th, 2009 at 6:09 pmdrew3rd Says:
His foriegn policy was even worse. He started a war of aggression with lies and if the Nuremberg standard was followed he would be hanged. Bush is a war criminal
January 26th, 2009 at 7:36 am[BARF] . .
ROFLMAO, talk about NEOCONS worshiping at the Bubble altar . .
Anyone who refers to that idoit as a ‘knowing lion who walked amongst us’ has got to be just as stoooopid as Bush!!
Remember the LION on 9/11/01 when the LION sat traumatized, frozen in fear for 7 MINUTES, when he couldn’t even utter the words ‘Children the POTUS has to leave now, I have to tend to some business. I’ll see you soon, be good now . .’
I know nothing about those three lemmings but I’m sure they’re hearing Jesus talking to them thru their pipeline too, just like the Bubble . .
January 26th, 2009 at 12:30 pm