Bush on bin Laden: ‘I guess he is not dead.’
Bush on bin Laden: ‘I guess he is not dead.’
Eight years ago, President Bush asserted with great bravado that al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden would be taken “dead or alive.” “I don’t care, dead or alive — either way,” Bush said at the time. This weekend, while attending a conference of business leaders in New Delhi, India, Bush struck a different tone:
Asked whether al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden could be alive, Bush said “I guess he is not dead.”
He, however, noted that Laden is hiding and “not leading victory parades” or “espousing his cause” on TV.
He expressed confidence that Laden will be brought to justice which “he deserves to be” and it was a matter of time.
Bush, who failed to properly resource the Afghanistan war over the term of his presidency, had some advice for Obama as he considers whether or not to send more U.S. troops into that conflict. “I hope we don’t abandon the people of Afghanistan,” Bush said, adding that U.S. withdrawal would cause the return of “brutal tyranny” in the nation.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 10:45 amThis defines the bush admin forign policy.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:46 amHmm, one would almost think that Osama bin Laden wasn’t really a priority but more of an opportunity for the Bush Regime and once his use as an opportunity as exhausted, bin Laden was forgotten.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 amK Street Whore
You should be more worried about what Obama has in mind for you next. You should wake up and smell the coffee. You are being outplayed at your own game.
The right’s embrace of Hoffman is a double-barreled suicide for the G.O.P
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:48 amRemember in a candid moment when Bush said he really wasn’t really worried or looking for him or something? Bush’s aim was Iraq. Never Bin Laden.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 amSo Bush’ advice to President Obama is “Do as I say, not as I do.”
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 amBush on bin Laden: ‘I guess he is not dead.’
– - Nothing escapes the steeltrap mind of #43.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 am. . . while attending a conference of business leaders in New Delhi, India, Bush . . .
Hey, India! You know all that foreign aid and out-sourced jobs that we’ve been sending you?
Time for you to repay us — keep GDumbya. Please!
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 amK Street Hick will be soon posting that capturing or killing bin Laden is not important.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:53 amwhore voted me down. heh, How petty.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:53 amBad@8, Yeah, He’s really articulate isn’t he? From the ‘Internets’ too all the other stupid crap he has said over the years. He is cringe-worthy.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:53 amMy God, what an astute military mind this man has lol…
Any wonder why we invaded the WRONG freaking country?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:53 amHey Whore, do you have any evidence of a correlation (not to even request causal link) between “bad brewing in the white house” and TP threads on Bush?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:54 amVoted down in under 7 mins. I think we have a new record folks!
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:54 amFred@11, I guess he thinks the only way to get his point across is to vote us down. After all, he can’t use his pathetic arguments, can he?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 amLooks like k-street skank has voted down some posts.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 amNever fear, I voted up those posts to thwart the kunt.
Three choice words for you, GW Bush.
Tora
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 amBora
Loser.
“I hope we don’t abandon the people of Afghanistan,” Bush said, adding that U.S. withdrawal would cause the return of “brutal tyranny” in the nation.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 amAs opposed to the tyranny in our nation while you were in the White House?
Bush giving advice on the war in Afghanistan is laughable after his disastrous performance as POTUS! Bush should have a hot cup of STFU.
Considering that the Bush’s have been business partners with the Bin Ladens in the past, I suspect Bush knows whether Osama Bin Laden is alive. Call me a moonbat – I’m just sayin’!
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 amThe Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m not dead.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 amThe Dead Collector: ‘Ere, he says he’s not dead.
Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m not.
The Dead Collector: He isn’t.
Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he’s very ill.
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t: I’m getting better.
Large Man with Dead Body: No you’re not, you’ll be stone dead in a moment.
tom says: Hey, India! You know all that foreign aid and out-sourced jobs that we’ve been sending you? ime for you to repay us — keep GDumbya. Please!
I know cows are sacred in India. Are bulls? If so, Bush could be like a god in India.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 amI hope we dont abandon the people of Afghanistan
Like we abandoned millions here? And we didnt go into Afghanistan because it was a brutal tyranny but because of Al Qaeda training camps.
I think GWB confused his Iraq talking points
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:57 amThe reason given to basically abandon Afghanistan was because Bin Laden went to Iraq even though they didnt care where he was.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 amO/T: Democratic consultant receives multiple death threats after appearing on Faux
Shocking.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 amNumber of terrorist attacks on US soil stopped during Presidency:
Bush 0
Obama 2 (so far)
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 amTP: PLEASE stop showing pictures of this man. I’ve worked hard to erase his image from my brain after eight long years, and before I’ve had my breakfast, there he is. Now I’ll be nauseous all day.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 amAnd and and according to Bachmann we have a tyranny here we must attack cause the new president has the same powers as the old one.
What is wrong with these people?
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 amThe difference between terrorist Bin Laden and terrorist Limbaugh: Bin Laden is not “espousing his cause” on TV, Limbaugh did, yesterday, on Fux Noise, Chris Wallace interview.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 amThis one is too dumb to even understand the topic. check out this post of whore’s and be sure to read the topic of the thread.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/02/dhe-individual-market/comment-page-1/#comment-5867816
here’s my response which whore seems not able to cope with:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/02/dhe-individual-market/comment-page-1/#comment-5867822
whore really isn’t good enough to even be here. I’d be embarrassed to put her in the game.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 amHe still has that look doesn’t he? The same smarmy smile. As if he doesn’t think of the thousands dead and the chaos he and Cheney wrought. Unreal.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 amK Street Hick says:
It’s a sure thing those death threats are coming from teabagging terrorist hicks like yourself.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 amk street whore? LOL!
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 amIs ‘Double U the Dumber’ getting a cool $100K for this, too?
He’s at a gathering of business leaders.
He’s completely ruined any business, including the USA, he’s managed.
‘FreeDumb’s on the March; I’ve got to make some cash…’
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:03 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Why wasn’t he arrested already? It’s hard to believe he is now giving advice on a war he started but ‘deliberately forgot to finish’ since he wasn’t doing anything at all to help Americans.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 amWhat would our troll whore do without TP? Seriously, this person might actually have to find WORK to do or something?
Back to the disastrous Bush.
He guesses that Bin Laden is not dead?! Does he have any idea how stupid that sentence makes him sound? Probably not of course.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 amwhore = twajie
And we all know how stupid twajie is.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 amToo bad Bush didn’t declare Afghanistan as ‘Mission Impossible’ either…
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 amThe difference is, Beefswallower, Fred actually makes good arguments and posts thoughtful comments, and Twajie votes them down because he has no other recourse.
You, on the other hand, drop little turdlets of wingnuttery and the collective judgment of the TP is that they’re really not worth letting them remain on the floor, stinking the place up.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 amI can’t believe how MSM is ignoring the story about Bush Sr. It seems that Bush Sr. slammed Reagan and his fellow ‘Conservatives’. To me that is big news. After all, ‘The Gipper’ is still the Repugs ‘God’.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 amturdlets of wingnuttery lol, good one Ralph. So true too.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 amP.D. says:
I can’t believe how MSM is ignoring the story about Bush Sr. It seems that Bush Sr. slammed Reagan and his fellow ‘Conservatives’. To me that is big news. After all, ‘The Gipper’ is still the Repugs ‘God’.
I was wondering the same thing P.D. – and we all know what would happen if someone other than a Repug had said those things! It’d be all over the place and Rush would devote an entire week to ranting about it.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 amZimzone says: Is ‘Double U the Dumber’ getting a cool $100K for this, too?
Probably going for his new rate of $19.95 per office…
Palin’s so-called best seller is already going for $4.95.
Wonder which of them will be “free” first…
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 amHA HA HA
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 amZimzone says:
Is ‘Double U the Dumber’ getting a cool $100K for this, too?
He’s at a gathering of business leaders.
He’s completely ruined any business, including the USA, he’s managed.
‘FreeDumb’s on the March; I’ve got to make some cash…’
you have to ask your self this as well is not palin getting 100k per speech as well. whats that say about the ex president.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 amLOL
We are being haunted by a Vote Down Troll (VDT.)
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 amAmazon has already discounted it 69%….and it hasn’t even been released yet. HA HA HA x2
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 amI’ve worked hard to erase his image from my brain after eight long years
Too bad you’re not a right-wing wack-job. They easily forgot about GDumbya by mid-November and started claiming everything was Obama’s fault even before he was inaugurated.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:14 amyeah, everything was going just GREAT before Obummer the party pooper showed up.
remember when stupidity was the new black?
ah, good times.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:14 ammary@46, You are right. If a Dem said such a thing, Rushbo and the Zealots would gather pitchfords and fire. Hypocricy in the Repug Party has no bounds.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:15 amYeah? And whose fault is that, assh*le??
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:15 amK Street Hick says:
Teabagging Terrorist hick alert…
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 amFred is right. This troll is pathetic. One sentence comments and no point to make.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 amGood one, Twajie. Please point to a post that I’ve reprinted that has been voted down as of the time of my comment?
And, as I’ve made clear many times, my position is that sometimes a foolish comment from a troll (read: YOU) is so much more effectively ridiculed when it is repeated, then dismantled.
While the comments of you and your fellow trolls may be in some sense toxic, they are not really damaging to anyone, just amusing or annoying. Thus my repeating them in the context of ridiculing their content isn’t really doing you any favors.
So how about throwing a few more insincere LOL!s out there? Maybe you’ll convince yourself that we’re really laughing WITH you.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:18 amHey dixie blood, look out…. twajie is threatening to “sock you”.
Yeah, I know… it’s not like the pretend Latin King could actually hurt you, I just didn’t want you to be surprised and spill your coffee.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 amP.D. says:
By today’s Republic party standard, Ronnie Ray-gun would be considered a heretic. He raised taxes, “cut & run” from Lebanon, and actually did seek real bipartisan support for his agenda(as wrongheaded as they were).
Saint Ronnie would be labeled a RINO, by the Becks, Palins, & dittoheads.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 amOh yes, it is so nice to have a functioning human being in our White House. Doesn’t he have some brush that needs cutting? Or does brush only grow while W is POTUS? Pi$$ off phuck face.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 amyep, no one dumber than trajie is there Ralph? I wish we had just one that could maintain some kind of front. They fail every time.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 amDr. Hussein Matt says: Amazon has already discounted it 69%….and it hasn’t even been released yet. HA HA HA x2
Like Conservatives read… I bet they will be giving copies away by Xmas.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 amK Street Whore,
Does your owner walk you on a leash or just let you out in the back yard to take care of business?
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 amThe teabagger crowd had no problem with voting for that moron twice.
So much for the teabagger “wisdom…”
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 amHe, however, noted that Laden is hiding and “not leading victory parades” or “espousing his cause” on TV.
…So, what are all those videotaped messages we’ve seen over the years with him saying “Death to Americans” supposed to be? Those seem to get played pretty frequently whenever they come out.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 amBush is a TREASONOUS little punk.
Burn well, NaziBoy….
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 amhey dubya, got any blow?
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 amWhy isn’t Bush facing criminal charges for his war crimes and his attempts to destroy our constitutional freedoms?
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 amIt is kind of strange and pathetic when a troll shows up, posts a bunch of irrelevant nonsense and thinks he’s doing something. It tends to make me think we’re not really dealing with a sane person.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:30 amUncle@62, Excellant point. The Becks and Palins would have nothing to do with Ronnie now. That is why I’m curious how the election will play in NY. These people are no longer to the Right. They are a Radical Fringe that is overtaking the entire Repug Party.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 amBush & Bin Laden are opposite sides of the same coin. Both have lived in bubbles of Oil wealth/religion that has allowed them to develop their own oddly misinformed views of the world. Both are willing to kill innocent people to further their delusions.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 amHe’s just the worst, most incompetent, least curious, least gifted, least intelligent President we’ve ever had, that’s all. It’s not surprising that the Nobel committee gave Obama the peace prize partly for not being Bush.
Before the next ten years is out, the committee which reevaluates presidential rankings is going to have GW Bush at the very bottom of the list – the worst president in history.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 amIf our simple minded troll is indeed Twajie (aka Rick Martinez from Tampa), then we are dealing with a very sick man who needs psychiatric help.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:35 amBush on bin Laden: ‘I guess he is not dead.’
The most pathetic thing about GDumbya’s latest pronouncement is that it is as vapid and useless as so many actual or fictional statements that capture the nature of his entire (p)residency:
On Katrina (after landfall) — “I guess some water did come through the levees in New Orleans . . . we better get on that one.”
On his economy (in 2009) — “I guess it does suck . . . we better get on that one.”
On Kerik (after his nomination as Homeland Security director) — “I guess he is a crook.”
On Harriet Miers (after nominating her for Supreme Court judge) — “I guess she is unqualified.”
On Saddam (after the start of GDumbya’s dirty little war in Iraq) — “I guess he really didn’t have WMD.”
The list could go on and on and on . . .
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:39 amBush uses the qualifier “I guess” in the exact same way that Dick Cheney uses “I think”….
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 amAnd, what the hell is he always smiling about. He screwed up the country and set the world on fire and he sits there with this cat-bird smile on his face. It’s disgusting. The man has no shame.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:58 amWhat an utterly unforgivable bastard…George W. Bush drips with blood and reeks with the stench of rotting corpses.
That’s his legacy.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pmHe is hiding and “not leading victory parades” or “espousing his cause” on TV.
Of course, I am referring to George W. Bush.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 pmtom says:
The list could go on and on and on . . .
_____________
You forgot one of the most important ones, Tom…
On the American public (after leaving office…)–”I guess they didn’t like me after all.”
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 pmGeorge says – Hehehe, Bin laden isn’t dead, hell we have keep him alive to do our biding, we need to fear up the citizens here, FEAR…BOO…hehe, we have to keep the republican base all feared up, that makes them vote against their own well being….BOO….see I did it again, made you all afraid, MUSHROOM CLOUD, see, that works also, DEADLY CHEMICALS…BOO….hehe, I could do this all day, it’s real easy, hell, I did it for 8 years, and it worked every time, when some bad press was gonna come out I’d just have a Orange Alert, hehe, worked every time, and we are never going to bring Bin Laden to justice, hell no, you think if this Administration can’t bring ME and CHENEY to justice, do you really think they would do all Bin, besides Bin Laden had nothing to do with 911 anyway, right Dick?
Dick says – Bring me fresh blood from cute kittens and puppies, and some explosives for building 9.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pmHa, LOL, nice one GeorgeandDick.
Good to have a giggle in the morning.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 pmAh, thank you for your insight into this problem, Mr. EX-President Shrub. Where ya been for the last eight years? Clearing some brush while DarthBarney Cheney took care of business in his own inimitable style? Nice taxpayer paid vacation ya had there; ya look tanned, rested, and ready for another nap.
Arsewipe.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 pmDid bin Laden EVER do any of those things?
I seem to recall him always operating in the shadows, so Bush’s crowing about his adversary “not leading victory parades” is pretty damn lame.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm@ 6. P.D. says: Remember in a candid moment when Bush said he really wasn’t really worried or looking for him or something? Bush’s aim was Iraq. Never Bin Laden. November 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Dang, P.D., ya just had to go dragging the truth into it, didn’t ya?
IM(not very)HO, 9/11 and Afghanistan just got in Shrub’s & Darth’s way. They would have invaded Iraq without any of that happening because taking down Iraq and Saddam Hussein was a priority order-of-business item from the day they took office. 9/11 just gave them an excuse; that event provided a means of getting into Iraq sooner.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm@ 75. NinerFan says: He’s just the worst, most incompetent, least curious, least gifted, least intelligent President we’ve ever had, that’s all. It’s not surprising that the Nobel committee gave Obama the peace prize partly for not being Bush. Before the next ten years is out, the committee which reevaluates presidential rankings is going to have GW Bush at the very bottom of the list – the worst president in history. November 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 am
Maybe, but probably not. He’ll be talked up as ‘worst’ for three or four generations, unless we manage to elect a new and improved doofus that swamps his rep. After fifty to seventy years, like some of the idiots and non-entities that were elected in the 19th Century, he’ll be forgotten, except as a footnote – son in another father-son pair, as per the Adamses.
Other than that, your assessment is right on the money, ninerfan.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 pmVirtual Pebble: “After fifty to seventy years, like some of the idiots and non-entities that were elected in the 19th Century, he’ll be forgotten, except as a footnote – son in another father-son pair, as per the Adamses.”
The mediocre ones are forgotten. The truly horrible and the marginally great are remembered. Why would people still talk about Buchanan if he wasn’t thought of as the worst or close to the worst? Why do people still talk about Hoover? Because he was horrible.
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pmGeorgeandDick says:
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George says – Hehehe, Bin laden isn’t dead, hell we have keep him alive to do our biding, we need to fear up the citizens here, FEAR…BOO…hehe, we have to keep the republican base all feared up, that makes them vote against their own well being….BOO….see I did it again, made you all afraid, MUSHROOM CLOUD, see, that works also, DEADLY CHEMICALS…BOO….hehe, I could do this all day, it’s real easy, hell, I did it for 8 years, and it worked every time, when some bad press was gonna come out I’d just have a Orange Alert, hehe, worked every time, and we are never going to bring Bin Laden to justice, hell no, you think if this Administration can’t bring ME and CHENEY to justice, do you really think they would do all Bin, besides Bin Laden had nothing to do with 911 anyway, right Dick?
Dick says – Bring me fresh blood from cute kittens and puppies, and some explosives for building 9.
Sad thing is – it is the truth!
Bin Laden is a Boogeyman that Bush utilized.
Re-investigate 911 but this time do not let a suspect run the investigation.
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pm“I hope we don’t abandon the people of Afghanistan.” __George W. Bush
The former Pressident meant to add the words “…like Vietnam”, but forgot the name of the country.
To prove his devotion to the people of Afghanistan, President Bush promised to collect a million dollars apiece from all his rich friends that will go towards feeding their poor.
“It makes me proud to announce that Laura has volunteered to work in an Afghan soup kitchen,” he said in a press release to the Vatican.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pmI notice our guys haven’t been leading any victory parades either, including Mr. Bush. They keep trying, but no one shows up.
Why is it that years ago, when very wealthy and powerful families had an idiot child – a buffoon – a jester – a retard = a pinhead…they hide them instead of parading them before the public? Why is that? That’s not progress.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:56 pmStill sharp as a mesquite bush! I see his new career as a motivational speaker hasn’t dulled his mind any further.
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm“Palin’s so-called best seller is already going for $4.95. Wonder which of them will be “free” first…”
There is already free book offers from Regnery Press website. Sign in for their newsletter at 60% off, and get Rogue free!
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:49 pm@ 89. NinerFan …
well, ya got me there, Niner, but …
consider that the Shrub is just the worst to date. if Rupert “Merde” Murdock and Roger Ailes succeed in getting Sarahcuda elected, we could get much much worse than the Shrub. it’s hard to beleive that anyone would want that and it’t one hell of a low probability event, in my estimation, but there are people out there that are much worse than Shrub and who, under the right circumstances and with enough money and media time, can be elected. could come as early as 2012, becomes somewhat more likely in 2016.
Sarah Palin 2012 – Pullin’ the Plug on America*
*candidates courtesy of Rupert “RunYouOver” Murdock and the Fux Noise Conspiracy
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:19 pm@ 95. Correction … should be “… believe that anyone would want that and it’s one hell of a low probability event …”
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:32 am“I guess …”. Eight fracking years of this man’s BS and noxious abuse of power and the best he can do is “I guess…”? And he was elected because a bunch of ‘necks and psuedo-cons thought a dry drunk would be a good ‘un to have a cold one with? Dang, must have landed in Lower Buttfrackia again, so goddamn many morons…
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 amYou know something monumentally STUPID is about to follow when KstreetMORON posts
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:27 amAt least Clinton’s insistence that the Pakistani government surely knows where bin Laden is hiding represents progress towards finding him.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 amrepublicanSScareme says:
I notice our guys haven’t been leading any victory parades either, including Mr. Bush. They keep trying, but no one shows up.
Why is it that years ago, when very wealthy and powerful families had an idiot child – a buffoon – a jester – a retard = a pinhead…they hide them instead of parading them before the public? Why is that? That’s not progress.
The corporate media message: “Don’t vote for the smart guy. Who would you rather have a beer with, some egghead who doesn’t really drink or a regular C student and fun loving ‘dry drunk?’ alcoholic.”
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:01 pm