Bush policy institute ‘unlikely’ to ‘emphasize’ the Iraq war.
Bush policy institute ‘unlikely’ to ‘emphasize’ the Iraq war.
Politico reports that President Bush and his wife have been busy trying to raise $300 million for the controversial presidential library, museum, and policy institute at Southern Methodist University. For example, they have “already begun holding small private dinners to persuade wealthy friends to invest in a monument.” His advisers are now trying to figure out which topics to highlight, and have said that they will likely downplay the Iraq war:
The president’s advisers are still chewing over what topics to emphasize. Iraq is unlikely to be one of them. Advisers say they have made a specific decision to leave that verdict to history and not try to defend it at a time when Iraq could still wind up as either a democracy or a disaster.
One of the original ideas was to emphasize the president’s so-called “freedom agenda” of democracy for the Middle East, and there was even talk of calling it The Freedom Institute.
That name — never finalized –was scrapped, in part because many people immediately associated the name with the Middle East, and the institute will have a much broader focus. And lots of other organizations already use “freedom” in their titles; the Bush planners wanted to avoid being confused with them.
(ThinkProgress has been keeping a close eye on developments with the Bush library, and we will continue to do so. Read our related posts here.)
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You mean the Iraqi’s don’t appreciate the pallet loads of Freehdem?
http://www.wellnesspartners.com/freedhem_natural_hemorrhoid_cream.shtml
March 14th, 2009 at 4:33 pmI’m Missing something here.
The Iraq War which consumes such a large portion of American Lives and American dollars.
The Iraq War which was to serve as a shining example of the march of liberty.
The Iraq War which Bush said would define his presidency.
The Iraq War which has split the USA,
And its not important enough for even a footnote to the Bush Presidency ?
March 14th, 2009 at 4:38 pmBroom closet, My pet Goat, sh*tstained Constitution, empty Jack Daniels bottle…maybe $30 bucks. Where’s the problem?
March 14th, 2009 at 4:39 pmSo what have they decided to focus on? The Bush Doctrine? No, that would be Iraq. The push for an ownership society? The denial of science? Deregulation of business and finance? The intent to derail Social Security so We the People could put our guaranteed retirement in the stock market? The shredding of the Constitution? The successful capture of bin Laden? No, that didn’t happen.
Seriously, what could they possibly have for a focus? AIDS in Africa? That denied the funding of organizations that fund condoms to prevent the #1 vehicle for the spread of AIDS?
Fcuking idiots who ruined our nation and tried to ruin the rest of the world, too.
PEACE
March 14th, 2009 at 4:42 pmThe only reason the liebury is on the SMU campus is because of Laura Bush.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:43 pm“trying to find something positive to focus on”….good luck with that.
Everything Bush did or didn’t do turned this country to $hit. Good luck with finding something noteworthy that this man has EVER done during his entire life.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:46 pmWill his codpiece have a room all to itself?
March 14th, 2009 at 4:48 pm…there was even talk of calling it The Freedom Institute.
I have an idea. Why not call it “The Institute For The Advancement of Genocidal War Criminals.”
or “Global Destruction Institute”.
The Dallas Morning News is falling all over itself to promote this war criminal and his causes. They are treating him like a semi-god. It’s sickening!
March 14th, 2009 at 4:49 pmhypocrite type damit
March 14th, 2009 at 4:51 pmWhat would FG Troll say?
I know.. KO is a hyporite!
pathetic
March 14th, 2009 at 4:52 pmWeeeee
March 14th, 2009 at 4:52 pmI will bring down ANY bush monument.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:58 pmWar president, and not a peep about Iraq. Scumbag hypocrits.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:59 pmWhy would the Bush’s need to raise the 300 million?
They stole at least that much from the treasury.
¶ AIO
March 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pmHis advisers are now trying to figure out which topics to highlight, and have said that they will likely downplay the Iraq war…
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Wise choice… and don’t forget to also ignore:
Katrina, torture, domestic wire-tapping, the outing a CIA agent, Attorney-gate, endless deficits, a continuous 8 year slide in the value of the dollar, the outrageous politicization of ALL facets of govt (think Lurita Doan…), and the non-stop gutting of environmental and consumer-protection laws at the behest of corporate America, amongst others, while yer at it…
March 14th, 2009 at 5:02 pmTranslation: Iraq has already been deemed a failure so we better just not bring it up.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:06 pmI still can’t believe the Bush’s are raising $300 million dollars for an empty building.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:07 pmThey know Iraq was an illegal occupation of a sovereign nation based on fraudulent documents.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:08 pmHe spent a trillion of other people’s money to get sadam. This is nothing for someone with no shame.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:10 pmWhen GW mentioned freedom, he was talking about something very different from what most Americans think off when they hear that word. To GW and most other Republicans, “freedom” means the unadorned freedom to make profit.
Only when you realize this can you start to understand the last 8 years. Indeed, the last 25 years of deregulation and detaxation of the rich.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pmWhy Bush is in Prison Institute.
SMU ought to be REAL proud I’d say.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pmWill they have his codpiece on display under glass?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:14 pmHow about the no child left behind act? Or the tax cuts?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:18 pmThe Iraq War was terrible for Bush’s approval.
With all the promise expressed by progressives, makes you wonder why Obama is not off to a better start.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690358175013837.html
Either approval ratings aren’t that significant or making everybody happy isn’t as easy as many on the left thought it would be.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:20 pmOT.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:21 pmThank the Giant Spaghetti Monster Ahnold will do the right thing and accept all the stimulus money. Still not enough soon enough.
Well NCLB has accomplished nothing tangible and has instead greatly expanded federal intervention in ed which I thought you folks were opposed to and I don’t remember what I did with my 300 or was it 600?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:21 pmA simple man Says: Colossal FAIL on both. next.
OT
Where you been cutey?
Come give us some LOVIN!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:23 pmA simple man Says:
How about the no child left behind act? Or the tax cuts?
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how about donating?
here, here and here?
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or is it all just talk with you?
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pmWho is history? And isn’t “legacy” a sub-set of history? Maybe not for Paul Bunion, or John Henry, but certainly for presidents. The presidential reign is a well-documented, verifiable FACT as is our invasion and occupation or Iraq.
They might as well say outright that the library is only being built for propaganda purposes. Downplaying Iraq is some monumental gall—now that’s it proven to be the criminal failure it is and not the feather in his cap, let’s just play it down.
Disgusting. Cowardly. Pathological.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:27 pmThey oughta call it the Freedom From Institute
March 14th, 2009 at 5:30 pmFreedom from Responsibility
Freedom From Reality
Freedom From Science
Freedom From Compassion
backup Says:
The Iraq War was terrible for Bush’s approval.
With all the promise expressed by progressives, makes you wonder why Obama is not off to a better start.
Polling data show that Mr. Obama’s approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001.
http://online.wsj.com/ article/ SB123690358175013837.html
Either approval ratings aren’t that significant or making everybody happy isn’t as easy as many on the left thought it would be.
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that’s the wall street jounal poll
you co(sucking, mother fu(king,
beat up, syphilitic little troll.
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why don’t you go off and
start a nazi rally
in you backyard?
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god,
he still doesn’t read
his own crap yet does he?
punish him by striking him DEAD!
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:30 pm7.Hoodathunk Says:
D’ohh, didn’t see yours before I posted….I like it better than mine.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:31 pmAdditionally, Obama was going to clear out the Bush foreign policy legacy by repairing relations with our neighbors. Was this part of the plan?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Just a thought that makes you go hmmmmmm:
At a local blog I noticed some ignorant republican’t try to blame President Clinton for the Iraq war because back in 1998 Clinton signed into law “The Iraq Liberation Act” which promoted regime change in Iraq through military force.
I didn’t no about this Act so I did some research and although it took a little time to find what I was seeking, what I found was that although the bill was passed unanimously by both parties, it was heavily pushed by the republican controlled congress and that President Clinton reluctantly signed the bill and was then questioned by some republicans (Trent Lott) for signing the bill but not using his authority to invade Iraq.
Two questions instantly came to my mind after discovering this revelation:
1-Did the republicans heavily push this bill knowing that they would most likely have a war mongering republican (Bush or McCain) president in the White House in 2000?
2-Who was behind the republican’s push for this bill? Halliburton? KBR? The Carlyle Group? Bechtel? Raytheon? Who knew a war in Iraq would mean billions upon billions of dollars to them in business and in government contracts?
It is a fact that the banks and Wall Street were behind Phil Gramms “Gram-Leach-Bliley Act” and that Enron, other energy lobbyists and Wall street were behind Gramms “Commodity Futures Modernization Act Of 2000″ which led to the banking/financial/home mortgage crisis we are now in and the rampant, unchecked oil speculation last summer, so is it possible that the defense industry was behind the republican pushed Iraq Liberation Act??
I remember how confident the Bush family appeared on election night 2000 even as Al Gore appeared to be winning Florida. Of course the voter fraud in Florida which was controlled by republicans (Jeb Bush,etc) and ultimately Bush was SELECTED president by the Supreme Court…but this all makes one go hmmmm when you consider that the Bush administration had Iraq war plans on the table within weeks of taking office and way before 9/11 ever took place. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:33 pmHoodathunk Says:
Will his codpiece have a room all to itself?
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no they’re going to
keep it in backup’s mouth.
it’ll be a perfect fit.
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:34 pmGee, b-cup, ya know what Obama needs to bring his ratings up? He should attack a middle-east country just so he can show you how big his dick is!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:36 pmI just hope they do emphasis that silver coke spoon he was born with
March 14th, 2009 at 5:37 pmbackup Says:
Additionally, Obama was going to clear out the Bush foreign policy legacy by repairing relations with our neighbors. Was this part of the plan?
President Obama has been rudeness personified towards Britain this week. His handling of the visit of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to Washington was appalling.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ iain_martin/ blog/ 2009/ 03/ 06/ president_barack_obama_dislikes_britain_but_hes_keen_to_meet_the_queen
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another murdoch rag!
in the meantime there’s
talk of arresting bush in canada
when he gives his “speech”.
earlier president obama was welcome
to canada by enthusiastic crowds of well wishers.
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fu(kup you are a liar and a racist a$$hole.
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pmyeah, b-cup, more appalling that molesting the German Chancellor, or stuffing his face and spraying fries all over the Prime Minister of Britain, talking with his mouth open. Yer such a tool.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:41 pmjoe. I’ve been hearing for years how Bush’s approval ratings are significant. And how badly Bush has damaged our relationships around the world.
These are fair questions in light of how dismal a picture progressives painted and how much better things would be under a progressive president.
I know it’s early, but you would think that Obama would at least better Bush in the early approval. Bush was a relatively easy act to follow.
And if we are going to repair our relationships around the world, Britain would seem to be one of the easier cases to handle.
You would also think our friends in Cuba and Venezuela would more readily share some love as a sign of the relief they feel that Bush is now gone:
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090314/EU.Russia.Bombers.Cuba/
March 14th, 2009 at 5:41 pmoh btw backup,
you can join simp
and put your money
where your mouth is…
(if there’s still room)
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:42 pmi should start taking a collection for an iraq war museum to open up next door to the bush propaganda museum.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:43 pmMarch 14th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
oh, fu(kup,
cuba and venezuela
have what to do with
the bush library?
the wing on foreign
policy fu(k ups?
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donated yet?
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pmObama has been ‘rudeness personified’ to the Brits. This is the country who went along with the former President by ’sexing up’ intelligence reports? This is the country that playing games about what intelligence to release due to national security?
Yeah, we have worked with Britian many times in the past and I am sure will again…once we both get on the same page. Our bad as well as theirs.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pm.
What no banners reading, “MISSION UNACCOMPLISHED“
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March 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pmbackup Says:
The Iraq War was terrible for Bush’s approval.
With all the promise expressed by progressives, makes you wonder why Obama is not off to a better start.
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My goodness… back w/ yet ANOTHER false narrative, and a truly SILLY one at that…
First off… the TOPIC of the thread is Bush’s “Lie-berry”, not his popularity ranking, or Obama’s.
Next… who cares if the Iraq War “was terrible for Bush’s approval”? All that matters here is the little monster’s approval rating?
No tears for multiple hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis? The thousands of dead American soldiers? The multiple tens of thousands of wounded?
All that matters to b-cup is the little b-stard’s approval rating?
Now… on to Obama… considering what an horrendous mess he inherited from BotchCo, I’m surprised Obama even wants to get up in the morning. Mix the non-stop phony criticism of every sneeze and belch the right wing noise machine gives off 24/7 right now, I’m surprised folks aren’t already calling for Obama’s impeachment… oops… they are.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2205616/posts
Heh… freepers… you gotta love ‘em.
Now, if ONLY the two situations BotchCo and Obama were in upon entering office were equitable. Botch had eight years of peace and a budget surplus handed to him, and totally destroyed it.
Obama? We don’t know yet… if things are going this badly a year from now…
And what else does b-cup’s link say?
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A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries…
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Makes ya wonder if b-cup even read the whole thing…
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And finally… this…
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Rasmussen Reports data shows that Mr. Obama’s net presidential approval rating — which is calculated by subtracting the number who strongly disapprove from the number who strongly approve — is just six, his lowest rating to date.
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Net presidential approval rating? WTF? NET???
You are kidding, right? NET???
Geez… b-cup… this is SILLY, even by your standards.
So… what do you think of Botch’s Lie-berry?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:47 pmThe only good thing that happened during the Bush Jr. Presidency is that it finally ended.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:47 pmTHEY SHOULD CERTAINLY INCORPORATE THIS INTO THE BUSH ‘POLICY INSTITUTE’.
BUSH TO CHIRAC: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East”
FROM THE ARTICLE “When God Spoke to Me”: …..During those private interviews, Jacque Chirac had purportedly confessed to the journalist some personal remarks regarding the faith of George W. Bush that seemed quite daunting. He told the journalist that the latter called him twice beseeching him basically, in the name of their common “spiritual faith”, i.e., “Christianity”, to join the collective effort of the coalition being formed to wage a preemptive war against Iraq. In his first telephonic call he reportedly said to Jacque Chirac: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East” and then added that “the biblical prophecies are being fulfilled”…..
ENTIRE ARTICLE -
March 14th, 2009 at 5:47 pmhttp://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=14890
buttercup wants us to have better relations with Cuba? The spin is getting pretty whacky.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:48 pmbackup Says:
Except it shows no such thing. The Wall St Journal is full of it. His approval rating is NOT below what Bush’s was at this point Bush’s approval rating in late March 01 was 53% Obamas is 56%. So perhaps if the GOP would stop wishing things were true just because they SAY they are true it would make a difference. His disapproval rating is higher because Dems were willing to give Bush a chance while Republicans ARENT giving Obama one. The article is garbage an it doesnt show what it claims
March 14th, 2009 at 5:48 pmstjack Says:
i should start taking a collection for an iraq war museum to open up next door to the bush propaganda museum.
Damn! Love this idea! We could raise millions by having a dunking booth for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Yoo, Gonzales, Rice, Libby, Rove and Addington!
Or maybe we could just have fu(kup, and rigg it so that he goes in the drink everty time he tells a lie, twists the truth, or opines on something he has no clue about… I’d pay to see that!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:48 pmGog and Magog. Ain’t mythology grand?
March 14th, 2009 at 5:53 pmThe president’s advisers are still chewing over what topics to emphasize. Iraq is unlikely to be one of them. Advisers say they have made a specific decision to leave that verdict to history and not try to defend it at a time when Iraq could still wind up as either a democracy or a disaster.
There is no Bush Presidency topic to emphasize that HAS NOT been a disaster.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:57 pmSoon there will be a title for the Institute as it will be called the First US President charged as a War Criminal. Yes Bush hopes the rich are stupid enough to give him money as those friends of his robbed by Madoff and Stanford are now broke. Some should think twice about giving money to a war criminal as even today Israel soldiers are killing Americans who are protecting about the Palestine Holocaust. Friendships don’t mean much to the GOP. Saddam was best buds with Rummy as both hugged and smile look how that turned out. Cheney recuited Osama Bin Laden and even praised him as a Leader see how that worked. Now Israel was said to be the best friends of America as we gave them billions in taxpayer smoney, illegal weapons and now Israel soldiers are killing Americans. Bush should just hold off on that institute and use the money for this criminal trial at the International Court. He might want to have Speaker Pelosi ask the Judges to take the charges off the table and just pray for George W. Bush and the millions he killed oh yes and those he kidnapped and tortured.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:01 pmDICKERSON3870 Says:
BUSH TO CHIRAC: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East”
How in God’s Name did America elect a mindless trainwreck like George W. Bush? It’s going to take 100 years to fix the Bush/Cheney disaster.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:02 pm.
#24 backup,
While Obama has been president for ALMOST 60 days now, expecting him to undo what the Bush Administration spent ALMOST 6 years F’ing up is really an expectation unattainable by any one’s standards.
Now, when you compare what support Bush had after his election, one factor you’re missing, along with most others, is that Bush did NOT inherit an economic global catastrophe handed down by the previous Administration. May I also mention, Bush wasn’t faced with having to resurrect the Rule of Law and piece together the Constitution, either!
Oh, and lastly, Bush also wasn’t faced with an obstructionist political Party bent on keeping America in the Dark Ages of TORTURE, OPPRESSION, and DICTATORIAL powers only a KING wields.
So, backup, would you get off your soapbox and care to join Americans in restoring the Rule of Law, punishing those engaged in TORTURE, and handing back to the People of America the Freedoms and Liberties our Founders carved out? Or are YOU one of the obstructionists that HATE American Principles?
Care to answer my rhetorical questions?
You know, the redeeming qualities that you defend about TORTURE, LIES, WAR CRIMES, USURPATION of AMERICAN LIBERTIES…
… Because other than that, you’ve got NOTHING!!!
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March 14th, 2009 at 6:03 pm“Bush policy institute ‘unlikely’ to ‘emphasize’ the Iraq war.”
Go figure!?
March 14th, 2009 at 6:07 pm.
#33 backup,
Name the redeeming quality to an isolationist policy?
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March 14th, 2009 at 6:08 pmHow about the Neocon Institute Memorial to the Bush Years. SMU could call it NIMBY for short.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:08 pmMax-1 Says:
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#33 backup,
Name the redeeming quality to an isolationist policy?
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take it easy max
ba(kup just learned
to google last week.
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March 14th, 2009 at 6:09 pmAny Bush library or monument will have to have armed guards 24/7 because the American people have a duty to make sure it is vandalized, simply as an expression of free speech.
Can you imagine a million old shoes piling up in front of the doors? If you ever have the opportunity to visit the Bush lie-brary, make sure you take the time to deface it in a style befitting Bush’s legacy
March 14th, 2009 at 6:13 pm#34 Uncle Fester Lurks,
Hummmmmmmmmm …
… This points to intent to commit acts of WAR CRIMES against an innocent people.
I’ve long wondered this myself.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:13 pmdelafield Says:
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How in God’s Name did America elect a mindless trainwreck like George W. Bush? It’s going to take 100 years to fix the Bush/Cheney disaster.
im saying the exact same thing about OBAMA
March 14th, 2009 at 6:13 pmAnyone who gives Bush money for his legacy should have his or her name prominently displayed at the entrance to this complex.
The top of the entrance should be inscribed with these words, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.”
Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov’d:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
Such characters in colour dim I mark’d
March 14th, 2009 at 6:18 pmOver a portal’s lofty arch inscrib’d:
Whereat I thus: Master, these words import.
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#40 backup,
Irrelevant!
You’re inability to grasp reality has you in a lurch…
… The U.K. is pressing a case before the ICC against Blair.
Don’tcha remember the DOWNING STREET DOCUMENTS?
Collusion, my dear, collusion it is!!!
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March 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pmjoe and republic. I knew you would challenge the message if you had a rebuttal. I guess I just had to give you something to work with.
I concede it’s only been a couple of months. I don’t think the approval ratings mean much. Obama’s been dealt a very difficult circumstance. A judgement on the first 50 days isn’t relevant.
I was just checking.
And joe. About this:
I could care less when you claim I’m a racist, because I know you’re hostile and crazy. It doesn’t mean anything to me. The only problem is that, just like the boy that cried wolf, you desensitize people to the charge over time. When people really need relief from actual racists, the charge will have been rendered meaningless by people, like you, that use the charge carelessly.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:20 pmLet’s Give Bush Credit for One Important Accomplishment.
George W. Used his Special Gifts to almost Singlehandedly
UNDO the Reagan Revolution.
Some how I doubt this will Warrant A Wing in the Bush Policy Institute.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:21 pmbackup Says:
The Iraq War was terrible for Bush’s approval.
Especially among the million+ dead and millions more wounded and displaced.
What ingrates! Don’t they realize that King George was doing God’s work?
PEACE
March 14th, 2009 at 6:23 pmjoe cantwell,
March 14th, 2009 at 6:24 pmROFLMAO…
… I know. And he’s still a hunt ‘n pecker on the keyboard, too!
im saying the exact same thing about OBAMA
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March 14th, 2009 at 6:27 pmThe difference is you have no dataset to analze. Why not get back to us after about 8 years?
Bush policy institute ‘unlikely’ to ‘emphasize’ the Iraq war
It should be unlikely… the bush administration used the Iraq massacre/invasion/occupation along with 9/11 for distraction to pull off the largest robbery, screw job to the middle class and transfer of wealth in US history.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:27 pmAny thing related to the Bushies using “freedom” should be called “freedumb” to show what incompetents they are.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:30 pm“It should be unlikely… the bush administration used the Iraq massacre/invasion/occupation along with 9/11 for distraction to pull off the largest robbery, screw job to the middle class and transfer of wealth in WORLD history.”
There fixed it, sorry.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:33 pmTHIS SHORT VIDEO is really all people need to see at the chimp library.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:42 pmbackup Says:
joe and republic. I knew you would challenge the message if you had a rebuttal. I guess I just had to give you something to work with.
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Actually, you couldn’t have known whether or nit I would reply, but if it makes you feel better, you can pretend that.
So… what about the Lie-berry???
March 14th, 2009 at 6:49 pmA simple man Says:
How about the no child left behind act? Or the tax cuts?
No child left behind? More children were left behind. More are not graduating from high school.
Tax cuts along with the illegal massacre/invasion/occupation has put our country into a coming depression.
If there is anything positive coming out of the bush administration it is the fact he united US against goppers and killed the gopper party.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:50 pmFormer presidents Carter and Clinton are using their status
to raise money for worthy causes, and the first thing on Bush’s agenda is to raise millions for monument to himself.
Isn’t it enough that he’s been a monumental failure.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:52 pmA large section of the library should be dedicated to his vacations and fundraisers.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushresume.htm
Obama started his presidency with an economic crisis of unprecedented scope. Of course, he’s going to generate more controversy than Bush did early in his presidency.
March 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pmWhat else did that bunch of thugs in the Boosh Crime Family do?
March 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pmbackup Says:
joe and republic. I knew you would challenge the message if you had a rebuttal. I guess I just had to give you something to work with.
I concede it’s only been a couple of months. I don’t think the approval ratings mean much. Obama’s been dealt a very difficult circumstance. A judgement on the first 50 days isn’t relevant.
I was just checking.
And joe. About this:
…you are a liar and a racist…
I could care less when you claim I’m a racist, because I know you’re hostile and crazy. It doesn’t mean anything to me. The only problem is that, just like the boy that cried wolf, you desensitize people to the charge over time. When people really need relief from actual racists, the charge will have been rendered meaningless by people, like you, that use the charge carelessly.
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you like links throwup, let’s
let people see you for themselves.
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crazy? let’s talk about multiple
personalities; i’ve only had one name
while i’ve commented here.
how many have you had, captain?
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you were hoping we’d forget?
how many comments with your
name on it? how many hours were
you there? and i’m crazy?
when you point your finger at someone
ba(kup three of your fingers are pointing
back at you.
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March 14th, 2009 at 7:02 pmBush policy institute ‘unlikely’ to ‘emphasize’ the Iraq war.
Then… what? His bold and decisive leadership… during the awac/Chinese fighter collision and hostage crisis?
His willingness to engage in open forums, to defend his policies?
His numerous successful attempts at reaching bipartisan accord for his proposals?
His enactment of basic health and safety standards and regulations?
Or will it all just be “He kept us safe after 9/11″ on everything, including the Library’s restroom tp?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:10 pmAny truth to the rumor that they plan to name the library “The GW Bush Center for Revisionist History”?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:12 pmOr better yet: set up a stand, next to the library, on the highway in, selling Bush “condumbs,” and other memorabilia, with the trademarked, “He’s kept us safe – most of the time.”
March 14th, 2009 at 7:14 pmHow about these for consideration -
Fcukup Institute
War Criminal Institute
Destroy America Institute
Bankrupt America Institute
Rendention Institute
Cheney Death Squad Institute
Illegal Spying Institute
Anthrax Institute
Let 911 happen on purpose Institute
Jeff Gannon get blown by Bush Institute
Corrupt the Justice Department Institute
Loot the Treasury Institute
Get away with Murder Institute
Killed 1 million Iraqis Institute
So many appropriate names, so little time.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:22 pmI still think his name would look better on that sewage plant.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:24 pmSo, the whitewash continues. The fact is Georgie has screwed up everything he has touched. He was a bad student, a bad business man and a bad leader. In fact a lot of stuff he has done is down right criminal. This library is Bush’s folly. A lot like the embassy in Iraq. A big, expensive monument of failure.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:42 pmI find it… “telling”… that b-cup didn’t stick around to defend Botch on this one…
March 14th, 2009 at 7:44 pmWhat can they emphasize?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:49 pmBrush clearing? Manhandling foreign officials? Buffoonery?
I guess backup is the only token troll willing to tackle this thread.
HMMMMM
March 14th, 2009 at 7:56 pmThey can’t call it “The Freedom Institute” because every kid with a can of spray paint will turn it into “The Freedom Fries Institute” faster than they can sandblast it clean.
Perhaps SMU could be convinced to change its name to the Southern Methodist University of Theology so people could refer to the Bush library at SMUT. I doubt that they could be convinced to change the name to the Sam Houston Institute of Technology.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:56 pmI have an idea for a Bush library. Skip the books and stuff that no one would waste the time to read. I think running back to back 3 stooges clips. That would give a good feel as to how the white house was run during bushes 8 years.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:56 pmWhen this monstrosity is finally completed, it will cement once and for all, SMU’s legacy as a 4th tier school and become the laughing stock of higher ‘edakashon’.
Gonna suck to be a SMU alum!!!!
March 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pmSince I’m not a cable tv subscriber, I’m not very familiar with Jim Cramer’s show. But I don’t understand why Matt seems to think that “ordinary people” should not purchase individual stocks if they want to.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:01 pmkasinca Says:
What else did that bunch of thugs in the Boosh Crime Family do?
March 14th, 2009 at 8:06 pm“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““
Well in all fairness to Jorge Boosh he launched two successful wars against the middle class and our constitution Oh and he’s the first president in history who had a shoe hurled at his head. Dude dodged the shoe like he dodged his Air National guard duty.
94:
March 14th, 2009 at 8:07 pmAre you baiting the threads or was it an accident that you posted the exact same thing in more than one place?
Stellar list at #15, TRoS. Should we add “No Child Left Behind” [huge fiasco], 7 minutes of inaction on national TV on 9/11, inability to read from cue cards or deliver a speech, support of criminals in his administration. . .
March 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pmJust make it a gigantic pyramid of shoes…
March 14th, 2009 at 8:13 pmbackup, you really are a sorry kind of guy. You come on a thread about bush, and the way you try to defend the guy is by attacking Obama. Have the guts to stand up for your guy and tell us how he did such a great job in Iraq and for the country. If he is your guy stand up for him if you can. Tell us what he did to make him such a great President. Tell us the great job he did for the economy, Katrina, justice, no torture, no spying on Americans ect, ect. Come on big guy, tell us.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:14 pmI’m going to bet that the Bush Liebrary and the “Freedom Institute” never happen. Georgie and his criminal cohorts nearly destroyed our country – and as much as they attempt to spin and revise – the truth remains. I agree with an earlier poster, Georgie would be better off having a sewer treatment plant named after him.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:41 pmThe only thing Bush should be named for is… The worst President this country has ever had.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:49 pmangels81,
And an appropriate memorial would be a large round dish, filled with feed and water to attract the pigeons away from the other statues to real leaders so they could leave their guano behind, filling the dish with a true legacy of the Dubya regime.
Babs will be SOOOOO proud!
March 14th, 2009 at 8:55 pmupside99 Says: Good one, I laughed so hard I spilled my Bloody Mary all over my key board.
March 14th, 2009 at 8:57 pmI’m sure you would have been pleased if President Obama spent $800,000 on a gift instead, huh?
March 14th, 2009 at 8:59 pm“…and there was even talk of calling it The Freedom Institute…And (since) lots of other organizations already use “freedom” in their titles; the Bush planners wanted to avoid being confused with them.”
The Fascism Institute.
There. Problem solved. Because the last thing anyone would want to do is confuse people by associating the Bush administration with the word “freedom.”
I actually feel sorry for the students and teachers at SMU, both former and present, because erecting a Bush lie-bury on their campus would be like a Mengele Institute being built at the Harvard School of Medicine…instant degradation of the host academic setting. Having the Bush lie-bury on the SMU campus will be like having a toxic dump next door to you and your family.
I suspect there’s another reason SMU was selected. (Warning: Tin Foil Hat time…maybe.)
When a presidential library has its grand opening, past and present presidents usually attend, which will probably mean that President Barack Obama will be going to Dallas sometime during his first four years in office if the Bush lie-bury gets funded and is built during this time. I figure that it will take about 2 1/2 years to complete Bush’s Institute for Fascism, with the grand opening being held on November 22, 2011, with a sitting U.S. president from the Democratic Party in attendance…in Dallas…still one of the most racist cities in the Old South. (Hey, I visited relatives in Dallas the summer before Kennedy was assassinated, and while walking around downtown I saw a black person accosted by the Dallas police and interrogated. I asked my uncle about this, and he said that Dallas police (all white) routinely stopped any blacks in downtown Dallas because they weren’t supposed to be there, especially during daylight hours.)
Anyway, I think you see where my little Tin Foil Hat moment is leading. Dallas. A Democratic Party president. We certainly don’t want to see history repeat itself. But knowing how cracked the crackpot wingnuts are, especially of the racist kind, weeellll.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:00 pmI received this email about the Bush Library. I would post it here, but it is a little too long for a comment thread. If you need a laugh, check it out.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:16 pmSo Boosh has problems hitting his buds to fund the Liebury?
How much would it take to build a shelf for one book and box of crayons?
Seems sad that most “other” retired major political figures are championing humanitarian efforts and Boosh seems intent on erecting a monument to certified FAILURE . . . . seems Boosh doesn’t understand that the people MAKE GREAT efforts to preserve GREAT leaders and history DOES remember a bit of the TRUTH of failures . . . . but we DO have Backend here confirming that 23% is indeed a MINORITY . . .
March 14th, 2009 at 9:44 pmdbadass Says:
94:
Are you baiting the threads or was it an accident that you posted the exact same thing in more than one place?
I think whatever is posting this stuff is not human. I have noticed several posts, one by the vey articulate tombaker that were repeated by this bot, but with links to it’s stuff replacing words in the original post. Of course, I’ve had a lot of chardonnay, so I could be wrong.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:52 pmAnother Joe Says:
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THIS SHORT VIDEO is really all people need to see at the chimp library.
THAT WAS FREEAKING HILARIOUS! LMMFAO!
March 14th, 2009 at 10:15 pmWhatever they come up with will need to be fact checked thoroughly, including the context of what is presented. At one time they could have said Afghanistan but they let that fall apart too.
March 14th, 2009 at 10:35 pmWill the books in the Lie-Bury have 95% of the pages redacted?
March 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pmHey fake John Kerry who about phucking yourself you worthless piece of crap!!!!
BARACK OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB CONSIDERING THE COLOSSAL MESS HE WAS LEFT BY THE IDIOT IN CHIEF JORGE BUSH.
SO JK IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BUYERS REMORSE FOR VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED SUICIDE FOR VOTING TWICE FOR bOOOOSHH. YOU KNOW THE COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE, WHO SAID WE WOULDN’T BE NATION BUILDERS
March 15th, 2009 at 12:34 amwho=how
March 15th, 2009 at 12:34 amI doubt the John Kerry troll knows what the inside of a voting booth looks like. Nor would he know what it feels like to possess a functioning brain.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:36 amThe Bush Policy Institution also ordered all pictures of Iraq removed from every map in the building.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:41 amWhy not simply cut the bullsh!t and call it The Treason Museum?
March 15th, 2009 at 1:58 amTalk about the surge…the surge! It worked…it worked!
Talk about how you kept the economy afloat…afloat!
March 15th, 2009 at 3:31 am.
Dear John Kerry,
Ever wonder what differentiates you from us?
We don’t hope the President fails!
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March 15th, 2009 at 3:51 amThey’re going to deemphasize Iraq and concentrate on Silly Walks.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:29 amI will bring down ANY bush monument.
March 15th, 2009 at 7:23 am“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Winston Churchill quotes
March 15th, 2009 at 8:07 amJohn Kerry has long since run away but I of course would like to invite his pussy ass to share in some chicken key lime curry I am working on. Maybe John can bring on of those chinese rip off Backstreet Boys CD he hawks…
March 15th, 2009 at 10:01 amSMU is about to get collared with another wingnut institute of welfare for the stoopid. The collection of books will be dominated by Ayn Rand and a lot of stuff in German from the thirties and forties. The centerpiece of course will be the usual button men from the Rove school of fascism.
March 15th, 2009 at 11:22 amWell, if they leave out Iraq there are always plenty of other highlights of Bush’s two terms. He survived an assassination attempt by a pretzel, for example, and he beat Lance Armstrong in a mountain bike race.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pmso much for the “Central Front” in the War on Terror.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:15 pmNow wait a minute…all we heard from Bush & Co. about this “war” for nearly 8 years was what a cakewalk it would be, how we’d win it in 6 months, how the Iraqis would be throwing flowers at our troops, how we’ve “turned the corner” so many times in the war that we’d have made 62 complete circles by now, how “victory is in reach,” how the Iraqi security forces would be able to take control within 6 months, how the streets of Baghdad are safer than most cities in America, how the surge is a success, how we are much safer now, blah blah blah. And they want to downplay it? Lies, lies, lies. What a bunch of SOBs.
I KNEW Baghdad was a bust all along, but it really stood out when twice during his presidency he was asked about the proudest moments of his tenure as president: the first was catching a big fish, and the other was on Veteran’s Day last year during an interview on CNN when he couldn’t name a single effort of his presidency that he was proud of, like, oh, the War on Terror and how it has made us more safe (he was, however, most proud of our troops and the job they’ve performed).
March 15th, 2009 at 1:36 pmNot only that, Bush spent every year of this war as President trying to market it to the American people. They claimed that America supported it, yet he was always having to convince us that it was the right thing to do. Shows what an ineffective act it was, and what an ineffective president he was.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:39 pmRaise some money to help the country that you have destroyed.
March 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pmOdd? Wasn’t the Iraq war one of Bush’s great successes?
Only one person would call Iraq a success and that would be the greatest war profiteer, Dick Cheney. Dick loves all the money the little woodenead Bush made for him.
March 15th, 2009 at 3:55 pmOutstandingInMyField Says:
dbadass Says:
94:
Are you baiting the threads or was it an accident that you posted the exact same thing in more than one place?
I think whatever is posting this stuff is not human. I have noticed several posts, one by the vey articulate tombaker that were repeated by this bot, but with links to it’s stuff replacing words in the original post. Of course, I’ve had a lot of chardonnay, so I could be wrong.
I think you are correct, same URL as previous link spamming, odd link placement. FLAGGED
March 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pmOh and on that note Bcup and FJK off topic thread trolling flagged too.
March 15th, 2009 at 7:00 pmMaybe the Bushites will hire Baghdad Bob (wherever he is) to be the official greeter at his presidential lie-bury? Or maybe anyone at Faux News?
Somehow this would be so, so fitting.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:37 am“‘President Bush is leaving office and he’s not being held accountable for his offenses. There is a laundry list of things he could be charged with,’ said activist Jamilla El-Shafei, who organized the shoe-throwing protest.”
“El-Shafei inflated a 25-foot (eight-meter) effigy of Bush with a long Pinocchio nose at Dupont Circle, away from the heavy flow of tourists, and invited activists and people passing by to throw shoes at it.”
“‘I hated Bush before it was cool,’ read one banner.”
(No author listed). (2009, January 20). US activists vent their rage as Bush exits. http://www.google.com/. Retrieved January 19, 2009, from http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hub8Ww0HIvGpSGIqOyxruAZX1kcw
Activist Jamilla El-Shafei has become one of my role models.
The effigy of George W. Bush with a long Pinocchio nose at Dupont Circle is an apposite way to represent Bush.
Indeed, Bush is a liar of alien proportions.
As indicated by the banner—it is now in vogue or fashionable or cool to hate Bush.
Courageous activists like Jamilla El-Shafei add strength and decency to American existence.
The American people frown upon people who carry on with an ignoble fear of the criminal activities of Bush.
The American people have no tolerance for cowards who figuratively or metaphorically kneel before Bush’s tyranny with trembling and ignominy and in fear and disgrace.
The American people have no tolerance for cowards who obey Bush’s corrupt authority in the face of reason—under what I shall refer to as the “Milgram” psychological effect.
Stanley Milgram conducted experiments revealing that people are however predisposed to obey very powerful authority even when they know full well that what they are being told to do is wrong.
Milgram had been studying why people irrationally and blindly obeyed Hitler’s orders to kill Jews in the face of reason where they were reasonable people otherwise.
The American people must work together to put Bush behind bars.
The American people must fight without exception and seek accountability against Bush—even through the last day of Bush’s life.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2009/01/us-activists-vent-their-rage-as-bush.html
March 18th, 2009 at 2:35 amNot yet maybe, but 100 years from now when that portion of the world is safe and the President of Iran has been suppressed we’ll look back on this as a crucial moment in our success in that region of the world.
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