Bartlett: Bush not sitting around thinking, ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda.’
Bartlett: Bush not sitting around thinking, ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda.’
Today, the Washington Post has a front-page story about what President Bush has been up to since leaving office. His activities include working on his book, traveling once a week to “give a speech or raise money for his $300 million presidential center,” and donating canned goods to local Cub Scouts. One thing he’s not doing? Reflecting on what he could have done better during his two terms in office:
Bush feels content with his presidency, friends said. Now he will try to explain his two terms by writing a book and building a presidential center at Dallas’s Southern Methodist University so that history will have the means to judge him fairly.
“Over the course of being president for eight years, you become, in some respects, immune to all the noise out there,” said Dan Bartlett, who was a senior aide to Bush for more than a decade. “He’s secure in the place he’s in. He’s confident in the decisions he made. There’s none of that ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda.’”
Next week, approximately 20 members of the old Bush gang are getting together for a reunion in Dallas, although Vice President Cheney is not expected to show up.
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Nope… he’s sitting around thinking, “Legos or Mega Blocks”.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:07 pm***
“…although Vice President Cheney is not expected to show up.”
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his feelings are hurt.
someone’s going to get
shot in the face for this!
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April 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pmBartlett: Bush not sitting around thinking,…
Why start now with the thinking?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:12 pmOf course, GDumbya isn’t sitting around thinking. He’s one neuron short of a synapse and drunk on his arse all the time anyway.
After all, we’re talking about a dolt who couldn’t “think” of one mistake he made as (p)resident. He and Ronnie RayGun are quite similar. In Ronnie’s case, his Alzheimer’s got him; in GDumbya’s case, it was alcoholism and an incurious nature.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:13 pm“Over the course of being president for eight years, you become, in some respects, immune to all the noise out there,” said Dan Bartlett, who was a senior aide to Bush for more than a decade. “He’s secure in the place he’s in. He’s confident in the decisions he made. There’s none of that ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda.’”
Anyone surprised?
I think Guido nailed it. The man’s a sociopath.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:15 pmAs long as things are seen his way… all others need not visit.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pmWouldn’t it be normal for someone who is supposedly working on his memoirs to be ‘thinking’ and ‘reflecting’ about what happened over the past eight years? Maybe he’s not ‘reflecting’ on them because his ‘memoirs’ aren’t going to ‘reflect’ any of the truth?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pmPuppets follow commands
April 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pmFrom the article, “Now he will try to explain his two terms by writing a book…”
LOL. That’s funny. Botch write a book? What’s the title of this coloring book going to be? “See Bush Botch“
April 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pmThe title of bush’s book will be “The View from Up Here: One Man’s Up Close Observations of His Colon”
April 11th, 2009 at 1:20 pm“The CYA Project”
whereas Carter and Clinton spend their post-presidential years helping other people,
Dubbie will spend his helping himself – the only worthy cause he’s ever really cared about.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pm“Dummies for Dummies”
April 11th, 2009 at 1:22 pmNo doubt a Karen Hughes is busy writing these memoirs
April 11th, 2009 at 1:23 pmHe’s sitting around thinking, “Whatever happened to that goat…?”
April 11th, 2009 at 1:23 pmOooh ooh… no, “Helluva Job, Dummie”.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:24 pmIn all seriousness, I sometimes wonder if Bush will do anything now that he is no longer the President. In the near future, I find it hard to envision him doing anything else, other than throwing out first pitches for the Rangers and defending himself from the courts.
Philanthropically speaking, I was quite pleased to see Bush 41 and Clinton work together for humanitarian services, but I cannot picture Bush doing anything like that, period. If he does, his reputation will only scar the humanitarian efforts that he may enact.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:27 pmI have always wondered about drunk’s…The few I have known seem to have the IQ equal to what they drink….Beer boozer’s seem to be around 13% or mental intellect set at 13, hard hitter’s can go up to 70 or 80…Wonder where bull shit bush’s spiky brain wave’s measure.?. .Then we must factor in the evil genetic predisposition of bush senior and mother bab’s..Yike’s!..Never allow our country to be run by drugged, drunk, insane mental defect’s again, voter’s..Please..P. B. & J
April 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pm“Over the course of being president for eight years, you become, in some respects, immune to all the noise out there,” said Dan Bartlett
Well, he was already immune to reality in all respects.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:32 pmPart of being deeply religious involves denying reality. Bush is a master at denying reality. He’s responsible for the murder of 1 million Iraqis and he hasn’t the slightest bit of concern. That’s the definition of a sociopath.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pmof course not! sociopaths never embrace introspection. it’s part of their mental defective disease.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pmLike we thought he’d be plagued with self-doubt?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pmIs that because no one is pursuing him for war crimes?
I would love for that to change.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pm:|
Yet another instance where Jr. here has disgraced his father. W is out raising money for his library and donating canned goods. His father helped raise millions for the victims of the 2004 tsunami and Katrina. It’s not like we live in a world devoid of natural disasters.
One would think the fundraising ability of a former American president (…any former american president) would be better spent trying to aid the victims of the earthquake in Italy or even this week’s tornadoes in the south than re-writing history and donating canned goods.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:43 pmI’m waiting for Bush to deny he was ever president.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pmNow he will try to explain his two terms by writing a book and building a presidential center at Dallas’s Southern Methodist University so that history will have the means to judge him fairly…
Which is the priority always: to egomanically maintain a flattering self-image, no matter what spin, lies or (self) deception it takes to do so.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:49 pmJust mined the photocaptions, and struck gold:
They subscribe to the Dallas Morning News, which has written about their visit to local Pershing Elementary and the standing ovation they received after finishing dinner with friends at Fernando’s Mexican Cuisine.
Trolling the local learning institutions, because they can’t say no to a former president, and going to restaurants to get noticed. I’ll bet he even stiffed Fernando’s waitress on the tip: ["... but you have my signature on the receipt. You can sell that, for a lot of money, little Missy."]
April 11th, 2009 at 1:50 pmI’m sure he’s unable to make the mental leap to the fact that his canned goods are going to people he put out of work with his policies.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pmGuido the Loving OBGYN Says: “Well he’s a sociopath. Sociopaths don’t reflect.”
I thought that was vampires.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pmThe only conservative, that I’m aware of, that engaged in reflection was the writer David Brock. He had a breakdown, repented and started Media Matters.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:52 pmHow can he “write a book” while not thinking?
Nevermind…
April 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pmBUSH BROKE WORLD!(of course he isn’t going to think about it)
April 11th, 2009 at 1:54 pmCubscout, looking in sacks: “Beets, pickled tripe, and 10 cans of Chef-Boy-R-D Turkey and Asparagus Lasagna, dated 2003. Gee thanks, Mr. President.”
April 11th, 2009 at 1:57 pmZooey, that’s what I thought. Maybe he’s having Barney write it for him?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:58 pmGood to hear War Criminal Bush is enjoying his life. His supporters wish he never left and some Americans wish he could continue this Policies until the end. I know the 151,000 Iraqis he had killed in their sleep wish him the best, the thousands of soldiers who died based his lies and then the millions of Americans who lost their homes, jobs and life savings all wish George W. Bush the best life has to offer. But for those Americans who didn’t drink the bull kool-aid they hope he wears a nice suit to his War Crime Trial.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:00 pmJust 20 people for a reunion of Bush’s “Lie’s & Thoughtless Governing.” Surely, I would have thought some “tea-beggers” would be at Bush’s reunion confab next week to raise $300 million for him, what happen? I just hope none of my tax dollars goes to fund any of this.
Beside Bush’s presidency is being “told” by Dick(Adolf)Cheney and the Lying Rove Report, Bush lacks the knowledge to write an honest book about himself, seriously.
Wonder how much SMU has/will profit from this?
April 11th, 2009 at 2:00 pmI hear that roomful of monkeys that cranked out Hamlet have a new gig.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:00 pmJane E. Schneider Says:
Zooey, that’s what I thought. Maybe he’s having Barney write it for him?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Having caught up on the comments, I see that. Great minds… ;)
Actually, I think Barney is over-qualified.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:02 pmOughta.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pmActually, I think Barney is over-qualified.
Barney is more into writing about prostitution slaves having sex with animals. Oh, wait, that was someone else in the Bush Administration, wasn’t it?
April 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pmtrying to raise 300 hundred million and donating cans of corn to the boy scouts, Bush the humanitarian giving away pennies while getting millions, what a blight on the planet, hopefully fujimori’s conviction in Peru portends Mr. Deluded’s future, 25 to life sounds about right for Mr. I don’t reflect on my crimes
April 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pmTed Bundy doesn’t feel any remorse either.
“[1]GEORGE BUSH IS MALIGNANT NARCISSIST
April 11th, 2009 at 2:12 pmby Paul Levy
Psychologically speaking, Mr. George W. Bush is what is called a
‘malignant narcissist.’ A narcissist is someone who has become
hypnotized and entranced by their own inflated self-image. They have
become so self-absorbed that not only are they not in genuine relation
with others, but they relate to others (including the environment) as
objects to satisfy their own need for self-aggrandizement. A
‘malignant’ narcissist, however, is a narcissist who reacts
sadistically to others who don’t support and enable their narcissism.
For example, instead of self-reflecting and taking in critical
feedback, the Bush administration reacts with ruthless contempt for
anyone who disagrees with them. Like a mean and cruel-spirited
malignant narcissist, Bush and Co. deny the accusation and try to
destroy the messenger. Ultimately, a malignant narcissist wants to
annihilate anyone who in any way threatens their illusory self-image
and self-serving agenda.”
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not that I would want my kid in the pack but Bush is probably capable of being a cub scout leader, maybe he’ll find his true calling now that he’s destroyed the better part of the globe
April 11th, 2009 at 2:16 pmSKdeAnt Says:
Oughta.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Perfect.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:19 pmWhat was Bush thinking…
when the hijacked airplanes were crashing into the twin towers on 9/11?
when he lied to the world about WMDs in Iraq?
when he flew over New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck and over 1,000 people had died?
when on Thanksgiving Day he went to Iraq with a plastic turkey dinner in his hands and used our troops for a photo op?
April 11th, 2009 at 2:20 pmLet’s wait and see how Bush’s Reflecting Matures,
after a few more election cycles demonstrate
what his Toxic Performance
has done to Republicans and the Conservative Movement.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:33 pmNext week, approximately 20 members of the old Bush gang are getting together for a reunion in Dallas, although Vice President Cheney is not expected to show up.
Nor will Scott McClellan or Colin Powell. Karl Rove will be there hoping to find a new gig with the next Republican Presidential contender. Perhaps John Ashcroft will show. And Gonzo. Perhaps Harriet Miers even though she was forced to resign in Jan. 2007. Scooter Libby won’t be, as he’s still pissed on being overlooked for a pardon.
Gail Norton, the former Interior Secretary, will be too busy with her new “payoff position” as Law Advisor to the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co.
Donald Rumsfelt won’t as he is STILL trying to get a book deal with a publisher. FEMA Director Michael “Heckofajob” Brown probably won’t be invited, nor will former CIA Director George “Slam Dunk” Tenet.
Even twenty (20) members of the “old Bush gang” might be pushing it.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:37 pmIsn’t lacking introspection a personality disorder? If you look inside yourself, you might have to (gasp) admit a mistake.
Republicans: We’re all about projection, not introspection.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:38 pmThe reason the Chimp is not sitting around thinking “woulda coulda shoulda” is because Chimpy is incapable of cognitive thought.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:39 pm….and what was bush thinking when he made this statement:
“They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it’s some kind of federal program.”
- George W. Bush
And he still is trying to get SS privatize, no wonder just 20 people are expected to Bush’s confab.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pmWell, he really should think about that whole wanting to privatize Social Security thing. I can offer two ways that would help fix Social Security:
1) No more caps on income. If you make a million bucks, you pay SS on a million bucks.
2) Actually fund the account with the money that is deduted from our pay checks and the amount that the employers have to match insted of putting those funds into a general account and using the money for things that it wasn’t intended to be used for.
Maybe I’m over simplying things.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:54 pm” There’s none of that ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda.”
Bush and Company has this mind set because there is no congressional hearing on presidential abuse.
If there were a independent prosecutor investigating their action. Or, if they were brought to the Hague.
There would be much Shoulda, woulda, coulda.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pmGiving can goods to boy scouts…cheap bastid.
coulda, woulda, shoulda
coulda been much better
April 11th, 2009 at 2:59 pmwoulda got bin Laden but he’s the most slippery character on the planet.
shoulda left on day two
corsair Says:
Part of being deeply religious involves denying reality. Bush is a master at denying reality. He’s responsible for the murder of 1 million Iraqis and he hasn’t the slightest bit of concern. That’s the definition of a sociopath.
GW wore his religious convictions as only one more false face; the man is absolutely NOT a Christian (in the normal sense of the word).
April 11th, 2009 at 3:01 pmOnly wise people reflect.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:02 pmReflecting makes people wise.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pmBush Senior ; Bush Jr = WAR CRIMINALS
April 11th, 2009 at 3:24 pma religious university allowing bush to put his library there.
that says it all about religious and its purity.
the industrial military complex even has the universities on its payroll.
the decline of america is on and alive and well.
the american empire is sinking slowly into bankruptcy.
ok fast into bankruptcy.
while americans slept in the greed and arrogance the republic went bye bye.
but at least the surge is working. :-) yea right just like the surge worked in nam.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:25 pmPut his lying ass in prison and let him reflect on all his crimes.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:31 pmBush joined the Christian Club, like some people join the Elks Club. Its good for business contacts and stuff. The praying just replaced the booze. Self induced delusions.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:37 pmBartlett: Bush not sitting around thinking, ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda.’
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No, he’s too drunk most of the time.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:38 pmBurning Question – Where does he get the ‘canned goods’ he’s donating?
April 11th, 2009 at 3:45 pmDid he steal them from the Iraqi people or the underfed in D.C. or Texas?
The sentence should have ended with “he’s not sitting around thinking” period — he is supposed to be writing memoirs, but we know they will be ghost-written, and I doubt that Bush is capable of introspection and reflection on his past.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:45 pmBush feels content with his presidency, friends said. Now he will try to explain his two terms by writing a book and building a presidential center at Dallas’s Southern Methodist University so that history will have the means to judge him fairly.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:46 pmForgive me for being suspicious, BUT …
April 11th, 2009 at 4:04 pmisn’t it ironic that we saw the Perfect Storm of Boy Scouts doing a good deed, a photog and Bush being ‘just folks’ at a time when his minions are desperately trying to rehabilitate his reputation. Michael Deaver would be proud.
sacopenapa Says:
Bush Senior ; Bush Jr = WAR CRIMINALS
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The whole damn Bush Family = CRIMINALS.
April 11th, 2009 at 4:05 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
1) No more caps on income. If you make a million bucks, you pay SS on a million bucks.
2) Actually fund the account with the money that is deduted from our pay checks and the amount that the employers have to match insted of putting those funds into a general account and using the money for things that it wasn’t intended to be used for.
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….and I’m sure more money would be moved off-shore albeit tax cuts so you the ‘rich’ would not have to pay taxes on that million bucks for SS while having the rest of America pay into the fund. Wall St. would be in charged of those SS funds and when the market goes into chaos again, America suffers another loss and the CEO’s would get billion dollar rewards for doing such a bad, great job? Yeah, right but no thanks.
I sure don’t want my SS funding some big CEO lifestyle while I suffer.
We have already traveled down this road somewhat before and look what happened?
April 11th, 2009 at 4:32 pm1. Old Internet Hater,
Legos shouldn’t be give to small children as they may swallow them and suffocate. Additionally, Bush has already come close with a pretzel.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:07 pm“and donating canned goods to local Cub Scouts”
Does anyone know just how long out of Bush’s busy day he has taken out to donate canned foods ? And has he given a significant amount ?
Otherwise, if this is the extent of his piety – for someone living on a rather large govt pension plus a sizeable family fortune……
April 11th, 2009 at 5:08 pmJohn Barringer Says:
Guido the Loving OBGYN Says: “Well he’s a sociopath. Sociopaths don’t reflect.”
I thought that was vampires.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well all vampires are sociopaths but not all sociopaths are vampires
April 11th, 2009 at 5:14 pmI heard they had a “Check all guns at the door” policy, and Cheney said that NOBODY takes away his guns!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:17 pmOf course he isnt sitting around thinking shoulda coulda woulda. He is sitting around trying to figure out how they can rewrite the history so he DIDN’T do the things he obviously did and how he DID do the things he obviously DIDN’T
April 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pmGeorge Bush is psychotic and doesn’t understand that the whole world hates him. He wakes up each & every morning wearing his green fuzzy footed pajamas thinking he made the world financially stable and safe.
[cue the hospital bed!]
April 11th, 2009 at 5:22 pmA man without regrets is a fool. Oh, we’re talking about Bush, sorry to be redundant.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:53 pmftfy
April 11th, 2009 at 5:57 pm….and Bush never attended a US soldiers funeral killed over in Iraq all they got was a fake turkey and he got a photo-op. And here the Cub Scouts had to beg Bush to donate canned food to help those less fortunate. What is wrong with him?
I’m sure Laura pushed him for the PR stunt, he needs $300 million.
He must have been or is paranoid that someone is coming to raw his hide. To much Fox News, perhaps?
April 11th, 2009 at 6:10 pmOh now he’s going to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of U.S. trees to cover his tragedy, please spare them. I think we’ve heard enough of this man and his congressional law circumventing collaborators, and staff of overgrown juvenile delinquents.
April 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pmThat’s exactly why he was such a horrible President.
April 11th, 2009 at 6:37 pmThe Criminal Bush should be in jail thinking about what he did, along with a bunch of other RepubliCon traitors.
April 11th, 2009 at 7:25 pmBush isn’t doing any thinking now – BECAUSE HE CAN’T AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE TRIED!
April 11th, 2009 at 8:19 pmA flipping Reunion???
WTF would they need to reunion about after approx. 80 days?
April 11th, 2009 at 8:28 pmSickupandFed Says:
They’ve got to have a get together to “keep their stories straight” for the “Bush Legacy Project.“
April 11th, 2009 at 8:38 pmMaybe if the dumbest president in the history of the Union actually HAD a brain, there would be some of that “shoulda, woulda, coulda”. This is the whole problem, Danny.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:08 pmHow is Bush in post-presidency any different than Bush at any other time in his life? People try to figure him out, analyze his motives and his psychology, etc.
April 12th, 2009 at 12:44 amWhy? His life is lived at that level where no matter what he does or says has nothing like real consequences – for him. People can scurry and scribble and speak right UP…and so what?
Hmm…don’t we see the same kind of perspective from the big financial players today?
Beck using a cable network
April 12th, 2009 at 7:25 amBush sitting around thinking would be a novel idea. Nothing to fear here because Bush doesn’t spend much time thinking.
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