Thinking about George W. Bush:

[Blaise (imported)]

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Eric Hoffer

[strassenbahn (imported)]

But Bush, in his stubbornness -- which he mistakes for Churchillian resolve -- does not see himself as the pathetic failure he in fact is. I am convinced he believes that history will see him as a Trumanesque "near great" President, all tragic evidence (in the form of wrecked young lives) to the contrary.

[sag111 (imported)]

I see things a bit diffrent here as I look at our congress in Washingtion i see everyone up their a failure.When everyone pulls togeather for the good of the country things work but when everyone pulls in their own direction we will fail.Bush has made so big mistakes and I surley will mnot give him my pass on them.But as i watch this congress I see their part in this failure as if they were doing their best to see that this country will fail so they will look better for better or worse.Trust me we will all fail when this happens so we need not feel to good when things dont go right for the republicans.

[DeaconBlues (imported)]

Well, I am NOT certain just what it is about Bush(2) that I hate the most. I AM CERTAIN that...

First - I was paying LESS than one dollar for a gallon of gas when he took office. Since he has taken office, lots of his friends in the oil industry seem to have seen their already great fortunes grow to obscenely huge size. Meanwhile, men and women who were honest hard working professionals working for years saw their pensions STOLEN by Ken Lay and his band of pirates (most of the thieves got away "Scot Free").

Second - The economy might have been going up, down, or any other direction and I do not care one whit what the damn "Dow-Jones average" is, but I know that I was much more comfortable living on what I made BEFORE Bush(2) took office. Today, I really am in a "too much month at the end of the money" situation.

Third - His voiced opinions on immigration are JUST WRONG. The immigration system was always a horrible, inept bureauracracy that punished the innocent and rewarded the guilty. Unbelievably, Bush(2) made the situation worse.

Fourth - He got us into a situation in Iraq. THAT was either and outright lie, or increadible stupidity on his part. The "intelligence" he cited for justifying the invasion of Iraq was horrible, unconfirmed, and just tailored to tell him what he wanted to hear. Now, we are watching our U.S. tax dollars fund a war that does not in any way further our national interests or security. Every day, more of our best young people are sacraficed there, for WHAT? Iraq will NEVER become the idylic democracy, no, it will be a bleeding bowl for the U.S. until we leave, then it will become another Islamofacist "theocracy" like Iran.

I know, by now, you are probably shaking your head saying "Deacon is so damn wishy-washy, can't really tell how he feels on the subject..." But I have a soft spot in my heart for "monkey boy George," can you tell?

[devi (imported)]

There was an incredible amount of packaging that went into this presidency. The wizard of oz was more impressive than this cowboy from Texas. His "ranch" most of us call an estate and was not passed down from a ranching family. Despite his accent (which actually sounds very faked to me) he was not born in Texas or even the south. How about, --well not quite New York City instead Connecticut which is actually the rich section of New York City. He should have been able to have easily earned his degree at Yale before his presidency afterall his grandfather generously supported that institution and he had had attended a prestigious prepatory high school in Massachussets beforehand. However if he did show up for classes he was already drinking and simply stopping by on his way to party hardy at his grandfather's summer estate in Maine for the weekend drinking all the way. He was basically given a great business venture on a silver platter from his family and the ben ladens and yet somehow he had actually managed to have run it into the ground. I don't know how. So to get him elected time after time they created the ultimate packaging based on the principle that people will eat lots of pig's guts and fat with a bunch of salt and spices and absolutely love it and beg for more. Balogna anyone? And thus enough people wanted to believe that he was an honest common man with humble roots to get him elected (along with a little cheating). But the humble roots that he came up with will make us a whole hell of a lot of humble pie to eat up for years and years to come as those tiny little truths keep coming out about all the conniving that had been going on. Oh yes and that Lilliputian war might cost us a little bit too.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Dev, I think you may be getting Bush 1 and 2 confused, Bush 1 was born in New England and did attend Yale, served in WWII in the pacific. Jr was born in Texas was a cheer leader with a c average. Sr was born to a rich family and added to it being in the Oil business, Jr is a tag along.

Our government works best when both sides of the house compermises, this president has never compermised on anything at any time in his life. Right now he is blaming the Democrats for not doing what he wants, but is not willing to bend in any direction.

I do believe history will show this president as one of the three worst we have ever had. I will make another prediction, as he leaves office and more and more comes out as to what he and his buddies did to this country the truth will kill him. I see him dead within 10 years of his leaving office, dieing as a broken man.

River

River

[DeaconBlues (imported)]

Sorry dear friend Riverwind, but my crystal ball shows me a different picture of Bush(2) after he leaves office. I do not believe the truth will kill him, he has up to now deftly avoided any confrontation with reality, his delusional world it where he lives. I figure he will live for a L - O - N - G time after he leaves office, he will continue to amass money, money, money, he will sell books telling how much of a "jeenyus" he is, and he will do the lecture circuit at ultra-rich gatherings and colleges.

[sag111 (imported)]

If this amnesty bill goes through as he is proposing he just might have a rough time of things when everyone finds out how he sold this country down the drain for votes.But lets not get to giddy because we are also going down that river.

[Falcon (imported)]

Sorry River ! George Dubya was born in Connecticut, and moved to Texas with the old man when he was two. I think it's reasonable that someone who lived in Texas since such an early age would have an accent, although Dubya's accent seems to thicken with the occasion.

Terry

[A-1 (imported)]

But Bush, in his stubbornness -- which he mistakes for Churchillian resolve -- does not see himself as the pathetic failure he in fact is. I am convinced he believes that history will see him as a Trumanesque "near great" President, all tragic evidence (in the form of wrecked young lives) to the contrary.

What horrible U.S. President can compare with the pathetic George W. Bush?

Bad press for the President

Accused of changing the rationale for 'his' war, and hounded for mismanaging it. Derided as an uninspiring public speaker. Belittled as an idiot. Blamed for dividing the nation. Charged with incompetence in his administration. Accused of trampling on the Constitution. Engaged in censorship and manipulation of the press. Mockingly compared with lower primates. Pressured for a key Cabinet Advisor's resignation...

This Dubya, I tell you, he compares to few, Winston Churchill having already been mentioned...

Got into this war, but it was said that we...

had vastly superior resources and therefore were expected to win the war with dispatch, if not ease.

...and

Bizarre circumstances surrounding his election...

...and The Los Angeles Star said...

“We think the inaugural address of XXXXXXXXXXX a great failure... The declarations it contains are so contradictory, that while some construed them as threatening... others considered them as merely harmless [bravado]...”

...and a New York newspaper said...

the New York World said: "President XXXXXXXXX and his chosen advisers must be made to... respect the rights of the people, and to treat the people as their masters and not as their servants."

...and another newspaper said...

“There is no act of tyranny more odious than that which strikes at the liberty of the press—the freedom of thought and speech... for all time to come, history will point back to the reign of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, as having displayed a timidity most ludicrous, a terror most abject, a despotism most foul and hideous, a tyranny utterly regardless of all moral considerations, trampling under foot all the guarantees of a written Constitution, which he solemnly swore before God and the world, to maintain, revere, and support.”

...and a REPUBLICAN attorney said...

In “Away With the Constitution!”, the July 18, XXXX Star reprinted comments made in a speech by XXXXXXXXXXXXX, a prominent Republican lawyer, in which he denounced the Constitution: "This is no time to inquire into the constitutionality of any measure proposed by the government for the arrest of the rebellion. What are Constitutions? Documents that may be made and destroyed at will. Away with the Constitution— push on the war." [Great applause.]

In “Republican Mismanagement”, the same issue reprinted an item from the New York World that questioned the constitutionality of some of XXXXXXX’s acts, which "outraged and insulted every man in this community.”

also...

A liar, and a tyrant.

The October 25, XXXX Star commented on the approaching congressional elections, condemning the Republican Party, which “recognizes no loyalty but party loyalty, no constitution but a party platform, no laws but party dogmas.”

On November 7, XXXX, under the heading of “XXXXXXXXXX”, the Star took to task those who believed that “XXXXXX is honest, if nothing else.” Said the Star: “No greater fallacy than this ever found lodgment in the brains of sensible men.” The paper declared that every act since the day he left XXXXXXXXXXX was filled with deception, and it confessed ignorance of “a single honest action” since he became president. Even though “XXXXXXXXX had a reputation for honesty before he became intoxicated with the maddening cup of power... since his advent to high position, the tyrant has developed itself in his nature to an alarming extent.”

Mocking the justification given for the war.

Go HERE (http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/2005/0 ... ident.html) to see the identity of this horrible idiot whose presidential administration possessed many parallels to the George W. Bush presidency...



Like that? Then you'll REALLY LOVE THIS! (http://blog.oup.com/2006/03/lincoln_vs_geor/)

...it's about the suspension of Habeus Corpus during the war...