How not to make friends
By Steve Benen Sunday Aug 12, 2007 1:25pmJonathan Chait passes along an interesting anecdote about the personalities inside the Oval Office.
Dick Armey, the House Republican majority leader when Bush took office (and no more a shrinking violet than DeLay), told me a story that captures the exquisite pettiness of most members of Congress and the arrogance that made Bush and Rove so inept at handling them. "For all the years he was president," Armey told me, "Bill Clinton and I had a little thing we'd do where every time I went to the White House, I would take the little name tag they give you and pass it to the president, who, without saying a word, would sign and date it. Bill Clinton and I didn't like each other. He said I was his least-favorite member of Congress. But he knew that when I left his office, the first schoolkid I came across would be given that card, and some kid who had come to Washington with his mama would go home with the president's autograph. I think Clinton thought it was a nice thing to do for some kid, and he was happy to do it."
Armey said that when he went to his first meeting in the White House with President Bush, he explained the tradition with Clinton and asked the president if he would care to continue it. "Bush refused to sign the card. Rove, who was sitting across the table, said, 'It would probably wind up on eBay,'" Armey continued.
As Chait added, "When I wrote an article several years ago defending Bush hatred, numerous conservative critics were incredulous that I could find the man personally distasteful. Everybody knows Bush is a great guy! This just showed what a crazy liberal I was! But Bush isn't a great guy. He's a jerk."
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FRIST!
Bush? A jerk? No way!
He increasingly reminds me of the bully in Calvin & Hobbes. Dumb, malicious and easily manipulatable.
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Oops. Not frist. But yes, Bush is a jerk. And definitely NOT a compassionate person. He has a very bad mean streak in him, like the bully who beats you up behind the back of the teacher, but puts his arm around you when the teacher is looking.
And Bu$h is a frickin' a$$hat and a monkey too!
Many Bush fans said they like the guy because he was the sort you'd have a beer with. I guess nobody told them that Bush would piss in that beer.
The entire White House is made up of crooks. New confirmation: Dick Cheney's revelation he knew every detail about what would happen in Iraq. A must-see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
The republicans have a lot of guys who just so happen to go by the name Dick. Dick Armey. Dick Cheney. Dick Nixon. Dick Lugar. I'm sure I'm leaving out a few Dicks.
In a town hall meeting I heard Dick Armey say...
"I'd rather do the wrong thing for the right reasons, then the right thing for the wrong reasons."
Then he signed a bill that shipped thousands of area jobs to India, and then he promptly moved to Hawaii.
The other fans love him because he's a man of god.
How stupid/delusional does one have to be to believe that?
Bush a jerk?
I'd rather call him what he really is: CRIMINAL.
'Nuff said.
In their defense, George Bush's autograph probably will be worth big money someday...after they hang him at Nurenberg. I hear Nazi and Manson paraphenalia brings in a lot too
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I was always incredulous that anyone could think Bush was the "sort of guy you could have a beer with" which I always - correctly - knew to be a phony media image, manufactured courtesy of Tweety, Rove and others. I always thought he was a sociopath and found him extraordinarily creepy from the start. Anyone else who is not stupid felt the same way.
those that think bush is a "swell guy" are the same ones wondering whether or not their fillings will go with them to heaven when they are "raptured away"....
any video of dumbya from the 70/80s will show a highly egotistical, cocky, half-drunk/halk-coked, asshole.
then rove sunk in the talons and bush went from a regular fucker to a rove (think frankenstein) creation. he still is a class-a dickhead, but--thanks to the helpful MSM--we are shown the bush that his handlers created out of clay, chicken shit and raven's blood.
What an incredible ego to think someone would actually be stupid enough to buy herr dubyah's autograph.
"jerk" is WAY too nice
He's an Class 1 ASSHAT
of course what do people expect when dealing with elitist trust fund babies
Clinton had a heart, Bush is a ***hole.
Two contrasting incidents that tell volumes.
Clinton was shaking hands once with an crowd. He came across a family with two children, the younger child quite obviously phsically and mentally challenged. President Clinton shook all their hands and and then siad to the older child told him words to the effect that his parents were obviously quite busy with his younger brother but never forget how much his parents loved him.
Bush in an interview with Tucker Carlson mocked the voice of soon-to-be-executed Texas death row inmate Karla Faye Tucker having her beg for mercy.
Which president brough more respect to the presidency?
This story isn't a blockbuster, but it does add the mystery of why people think Chimpy is such a wonderful, down-to-earth, folksy charmer. HUH????
I just don't get it. He's ignorant. Cocky. Pampered. Stubborn. Ill-mannered. And boring. Get him off the topics of cocaine, beer, or baseball....and he has nothing to say.
Can't imagine having to spend five minutes with that clown.
What a sweetheart. Reading about Bush is sooo depressing. Too stingey to waste ink? Too lazy to sign his name? Too hard hearted to get a souveneer to a schoolkid? Tha man is unfit to be dog catcher!
Doug @ 5:
Doug @ 5:
Actually, many of the people who would have a beer with Bush drink beer that tastes like piss, so they probably wouldn't notice the difference.
Yes.... Bush is a jerk.... I'm not surprised at this revelation but would someone please alert the media? Seems they have spent the last six years and going laboring under the following false illusions...
1. Bush is a nice guy, someone you'd want to have a beer with...
Stupidly false....
2. Bush was/is a world leader....
Hahahahah, I defer to Madam Sarkozy's view which I suspect is similar to mine... Laughably false....
3. Bush actually knows his ass from a hole in the ground...
I'll just let the record speak for itself...IRAQ!!!!!
Yes, the media of the MSM variety definitely needs a wakeup on this fool...... I find it hard to believe that this fellow Chait, myself, and a handful of others were/are the only people to see this moron for what he was way back at the beginning...
It's not like anyone was really trying to hide this mans lack of maturity or anything... Spin? Yea, but they didn't do it too damned well... I mean I saw thru this fuckers bullshit as well as others... So why are we in this boat with that jackass?? I mean other than the fact that he stole that 2000 election with the willing assistance of the U.S. Supreme Court that is...JD
Same as serving hot dogs and hamburgers to the French President for a "casual lunch". Bush probably thinks he being funny (frat boy humour) and attempting to establish dominance but I think any Frenchman would probably feel insulted. Plus even "casual" american cuisine is more than hot dogs and hamburgers (even the organic, free range, $15 restaurant kind).
I have a good friend who knew Bush before he was president. He confirmed that Bush is not only a jerk, but also boring and a bit dim.
Blue Buddha @ 20:
:lol:
See, President Clinton could reach across to guys he totally disagreed with. Such as the little card he would sign and allow Armey to give the card to some kid. He found ways to connect with even the people who didn't like his politics. It seems Armey remembers those times with affection.
Bush on the other hand could give a royal shit about anyone who isn't kissing his ass. He has no feelings other than his own grandeur.
dee @ 22:
Bush probabaly thought he was serving him French food: (fries).
Samson- @ 13:
Well said!
Jerk seems to kind a word for him, in my opinion. Some of my favorites are in the above comments.
If Bush wasn't trying to insult them, then chili might have been a food more representative of the US.
Jack Damage @ 21:
Don't forget, herr dubyah is also the great uniter.
Clinton was respectful and flawed.
Bush expects respect despite his flaws.
Holy Shades of Saddam!!!
Cheney Statue Toppled In Wyoming
Check out this video of Big Dick Cheney's neighbors in Jackson Hole, topple his statue in protest.
This happened on August 11th, right in front of his house, and you'll notice that the Sheriff didn't even try to stop them.
Might want to pass this along to any mouth-breathers that think these are 'nice guys' or 'well-liked,' by anybody.
~Nyc
Speaking of my least favorite People... "The image I see of Karl Rove as he leaves Washington is of a man carrying a gas can and a box of matches as the city burns behind him..."
Dr. Matt @ 30:
Yes, he's uniting the world against him.
I bet a nice chilled lobster salad with some sort of white wine might have been more appetizing than junk food. But I'm just guessing. ;)
I read once that one of lil' george's favorite "jokes" is to fart when new aides are introduced to him.
To some that's just funny "frat-boy" humor.
To others, it shows a sick personality that manifests itself in denigrating others.
I heard a rumor in Oklahoma about when Bush rented an apartment (must've been somewhere in Texas) when he was younger, pitted it out, and left it trashed, stiffing the owner. His parents were notified and they never forked over any money to cover the damages either.
If it ain't true, it's believable. ;-)
pissed off patricia @ 35:
I get the feeling that Bush doesn't eat sissy food. He probably only eats hotdogs and peanut butter sandwiches with the crust removed.
Bush Jr. was probably the kind of kid parents hoped their own kids would not invite to their birthday parties.
Nyc W. Alberts, that video you linked was such fun to watch. I loved it when the cops stopped, looked at what they were doing and drove along. It fell exactly the way the Saddam statue fell. Excellent work.
"But Bush isn’t a great guy. He’s a jerk."
Indeed, and a very dangerous jerk who sold out America to the Military Industrial Complex.
There are not enough negative adjectives in the english language to fully describe the kind of human being shrub is.
Weaseldog @ 38:
....and cut into triangles.
Maybe that's another one of the essential traits that distinguishes people -- and perhaps helps to explain why one group just can't understand the other's politics. While some of us can see through the beer-buddy bullshit, others can't. They just can't. So they're easily impressed, swayed, seduced, won over, swindled, hoodwinked, bamboozled. And that's how Bush got to where he is -- from Andover right through to Pennsylvania Avenue.
dee @ 22:
Actually, we had a couple of French guests this summer at our house and they were very excited to hear that we were serving hot dogs and cheeseburgers for lunch one day. Of course, they were 13 years old.
I suspect chimpy's tastes aren't any more refined than our guests'.
Funny, Bush made the very same Ebay comment when he met with some parents of Iraq war casualties recently.
He handed out commemorative medallions specially made for families of soldiers - basically cheap trinkets for the relatives of the dead and maimed (who thought that one up?) - and commented in his speech that some of them would probably end up on Ebay.
What a cheap, heartless bastard. That's what he thinks bereaved people do with the honours given them by a president - sell them off quick. He probably pawned Bush 41's war medals for beer money when he was in prep school.
Yellow Elephant Safari @ 45:
Maybe Bush thinks French Fries are a French delicacy.
http://www.jess3.com/blog/2004/09/what-dubya-was-doing-when-he-was.html
This tells about a trashed apartment.
what, no cheeseburger pizza?
i just hope bush didn't 'fart for laughs'.... again....
Ask any waitress at the chat n chew in Kennebunkport they will tell you what a bunch of a-holes they are..especially W's dad Barbara
I can understand wanting to have an American style lunch and all, but there are other things Americans eat besides junk food. Who makes out the menu for things like this and who has final say. I'm guessing Laura has the final say and she should know better. At least I would hope she would. Okay, maybe she didn't.
What the fuck would that dumb fuck know about eBay? He probably thinks it's pig latin.
If boosh went to Spain, he'd complain that his gazpacho soup was cold.
Dr. Matt @ 43:
And we all know triangles are occultic.
LOL, Dale, the same thought just cruised through my head. What the hell is it about ebay?
Curent number of pieces of George Bush autographed memorabilia on E-Bay: 2
Current number of bids on George Bush autographed memorobilia: 0
Highest E-Bay asking price on George Bush Autographed Memorobilia: $0.99
Look on Karl Rove's face when he quit this morning: Priceless!
pissed off patricia @ 55:
Presidents are often given gifts from visitors, whether they be distinguished guests from other nations, or folks from the U.S. Maybe eBay is where all of those gifts to President Bush wind up. Thus explaining his knowledge of the online auction site.
There were a few things President Clinton did that I sure didn't agree with, but I never doubted that he was a sincerely nice man. Sure we all have our temper moments and I'm sure he had his, but I believe inside he is a caring good person.
Ozymandius @ 19:
Don't think the First Lady of France thinks he's too hot.
Waddya bet boosh was the kind of little boy growing up that insisted on chunky peanut butter sandwiches
With the peanuts removed?
Doug @ 5:
and stick you with the tab.
Dale, around St Patrick's day next year, watch ebay for a crystal bowl filled with shamrocks. If it's there your theory is correct. ;)
I guess it would be possible to believe that Bush is "a great guy" IF you were predisposed to believe it and IF you paid attention to his words but ignored his actions. Yet anyone who has paid any attention to this man's press conferences and rare unscripted moments cannot help but recognize an ill-at-ease social human who compensates by embracing the ethos of fraternity life -- the joking put-down, the us-against-them mentality, the peevishness and mean spirit.
Okay, maybe those last two aren't really part of the fraternity ethos. Bush brings them all on his own, courtesy, I'm guessing, of his parental influences. The former is paternal, the latter, maternal.
pissed off patricia @ 58:
I've heard that both Hillary and Bill were known for yelling, and he for banging his fist on the desk.
That's why Monica had to wear those berets, to hide the bumps.
Can I just say that "Dick Armey" is going to be my new online alias next time I sign up for something. Best name ever!! ;)
Biggus Diggus @ 7:
I'm guessin' that Dick rhymes with prick for a reason... pretty much!
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
pissed off patricia @ 63:
I wonder what his feedback rating is.
I believe I saw the U.S. Constitution up for auction on eBay.
No reserve.
If Dubya was a movie character, he would probably be a cross between Stiffler from American Pie and Greg Marmalade from Animal House.
A snotty rich kid who tries to humiliate and embarrass other kids just to hide his own massive insecurity.
If you look at his failed businesses, he didn't really run them, he just started them and expected others to run them for him. Then when they failed, he got his daddy's friends to bail him out.
He loves the perks and privileges of wealth and power, but avoids the responsibility. He's like an older, male version of Paris Hilton.
The perpetuation of the myth of Bush as a regular guy is one of the great mysteries. I know George Bush, and believe me, he's nothing to write home about.
Fanon @ 62:
If Bush buys you a beer, it's a good bet that he'll pass it through his kidneys first.
myiq2xu @ 70:
REALLY makes me pissed off with Bar & Sr. for creating this monster and putting him in power.
You know when animals are routinely frightened by someone you're dealing with a creep.
He'd never piss in your beer because you might sell THAT on eBay.
Samson- @ 13:
Thanks for the laugh!
That is about the funniest thing I read in a while!
Fyi Bob Murray is about to give what will probably be another one of his non news, news conferences about the miners. He's all cleaned up for this one. Guess someone told him he looked like an escaped convict at the other ones.
I think that this administration has a slightly inflated sense of self worth. :-p
Shocking! /snark~
I guess it's safe to say that this really is Clinton's fault (Tm)?
I have never bought nor sold anything on ebay, so the idea of doing either seldom crosses my mind. Okay, every time I see the vision on jesus on something, I'm tempted to figure out how things work on ebay. ;)
I have never understood how so many people percieve Bush as likeable or even remotely nice. I have nothing but intense loathing for the guy, which really isn't like me and didn't happen over night. All you have to do is watch the way he interacts with the press, with other people, all his little condescending nicknames, and his total lack of compassion. Just read up on his history. He has a true sadistic streak. The guy, in addition to his many other short-comings, is a total A-hole. I have no doubt he has a major personality disorder-narcissistic, sociopathic-who knows for sure, but there is something terribly wrong with him. It could be a combination of things or even something organic from years of alcohol abuse. Why oh why has this very deranged and dysfunctional individual been allowed to run this country for 6+ years????
pissed off patricia @ 40:
Thanks, but I can't take credit, a friend passed it along and I posted it here in the hope that it will go viral.
As many people need to see it as watched Saddam's statue go down, just to keep things fair.
Also I've posted this pic of Herr Busch delivering an illegal sucker punch during a Rugby game at Yale here before but I just found a version written by Bob Harris on Tom Tomorrow's website that tells the back story behind it, so I'm reposting it, since it fits this thread about Busch's shabby character as a human being.
You can tell a lot about a person by the way they play sports and Busch has always cheated and fought dirty, his entire life, attributes he most certainly brought with him into the White House.
~Nyc
What a colossal PRICK and JERK!
As IF his crayon-on-bag scribbling would ever command the settlement of the national debt Monica's blue dress would on ebay!
What's this idiot clod got to say now that his speechifying has broken the $4000 a pop threshold and Roving Turd Blossom has graciously labeled him a LOSER TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS, abandoning that hecovajob to roll with Ugly Freddy in the little red Ford Ranger?
What a fake cowboy talking Andover Prep Yalie blueblood is not authentic? Whodathunkit?
Interesting that Bush would not sign the name tag but was more than happy to desecrate an American flag with his signature. I wonder whether it ended up on Ebay.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushflagdesecration.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlfZxygwY
Tim @ 74:
It takes effort to get dogs to routinely run away from you.
I've never liked anyone that dogs don't like.
Turk Meister @ 85:
Add this to the list of illegalities committed by Busholini.
Weaseldog @ 87:
Even Barney doesn't like Bush. They have to hang a porkchop around G-Dub's neck to get the dog to play with him.
according to the gold star families speak out website, bush handed presidential coins to the families of soldiers killed in iraq, saying "don't go sell it on ebay." (audio story on npr)
this could just be more bush contempt for the "internets", or else he and rove have ebay issues (maybe they were outbid on an auction for a condie rice bobblehead doll).
whatever his twisted reasoning, how arrogant and petty must a man be to begrudge the possibility that some token of his would be a windfall to some commoner, or worse the parent of a lost soldier?
innocent bystander @ 90:
Good thing he wasn't handing out checks for death benefits. I can hear him now, "Don't spend it all in one place, yall hear?"
"Rove, who was sitting across the table, said, ‘It (the signature) would probably wind up on eBay,’”
I'm not a shrink, but this sounds like a classic case of projection to me.
Karl Rove figured it would end up on Ebay because HE would have put it on Ebay, given the opportunity. These people are incapable of imagining beyond their own greed.
Wasn't there something in history called The King's Mitre? I remember it being a coin probably of not great value that showed you visited The King.
What is Bush's autograph? An "X" and two witnesses?
Samson- @ 13:
My sentiments exactly. Even in the 60's. Example: The illegal sucker punch photo:
http://www.monkstownrugby.com/dubya_punches.jpg
He is a vile man and the ignorant fools who supported him were gullible on dangerous level.
Have seen people in the blogoshere be bigger jerks than the President. "Oh, my -- the President won't sign a name plate." Upset the "wrong" people, might get something serious.
Dr. Matt;
I stand corrected doc... Totally forgot about that uniter bit.. Yea, totally uniting everyone paying attention... Against us..Another mission accomplished moment??? About the only thing he ain't screwed up lately is that brush on his ranch.. But he is taking a vacation so I imagine he'll get around to fucking that up too......
Nyc W. Alberts;
Loved that utube vid.. One of the best vids I've seen in awhile... Guess maybe the good folks out in Wyoming aren't fixing to welcome back their prodigal son after he's done wrecking our nation so it would seem... Byhahahahahahahaha..... Well, Dick? Hope you bought that little plot of land down in Paraguay...Don't think you're going to be welcomed back home after all... Shouldn't be a problem for ya, you sick fuck! Ya made enough money thru Haliburtin off the backs and graves of the rest of us to do it... Better hope you got yerself enough batteries for that pace maker thingy of yours.. Don't actually look like you'd be able to buy any around here later.... Not sure what the healthcare situation or the battery situation is down there... I'm sure they have batteries but will they fit the U.S. gizmos in your chest keeping you alive???
Thinking people can only hope not!!!!
I especially liked the horn honking sherriff... Guess he ain't no dummy either.. Didn't want no part of law enforcin that scene..... That vid should be spammed to all the MSM outlets on a heavy repeat send..hahahahahaha, let em spin that shit!!!!! Comeon, I want to see Tweety homina homina wha... wha..But but Bush is... sputtering his nonsense on that one....Hahahahah JD
Ha ha! Good story. It shows Bush as the arrogant, paronoid shit that he is. But, it also shows the servile, boot-licking Congressional Repugs for what they are.
CraigJohnson @ 95:
holy frijoles, whatta picture!
i must admit i haven't seen that one before.
but it did remind me of a story in one percent doctrine (a must read, IMHO):
The game was tight. The other team's captain, Gary Engle...went up for a shot. Bush slugged him — an elbow to the mouth, knocking him to the parquet. "What the hell are you doing?" Engle remembers saying. "What, you want to get into a fistfight and both of us end up in the fucking emergency room?" Bush just smiled.
Moments later, at the other end of the court, Engle went up high for a rebound and felt someone chop his legs out from under him. Bush again. Engle jumped up and threw the ball in Bush's face. The two went at it until two teams of future business leaders leapt on their captains, pulling them apart. Engle, angry and vexed by what had happened, began wondering why the hell Bush would have done what he did. He lost his composure, and his team lost its leader.
A few years later, Engle...bumped into Jeb Bush....Engle, a Republican contributor, had thought from time to time about his game against George. Nothing like that had happened to him before or since. This was his chance to get a little insight about it. He told the story. Jeb kind of laughed, Engle recalled. "In Texas, they call guys like George 'a hard case.' It wasn't easy being his brother, either. He truly enjoys getting people to knuckle under."
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_06/009095.php
I'm sure Bush only protested once he found that the kids are not paying for the autographs and figured what is the point if there's not dollars to be made.
Bush is more like the type of guy you have a beer with and like until you realize he's left and you have to pay the tab
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The correct descriptor isn't "jerk", it's "sociopath, borderline psychopath".
7 Biggus Diggus Says: The republicans have a lot of guys who just so happen to go by the name Dick. Dick Armey. Dick Cheney. Dick Nixon. Dick Lugar. I’m sure I’m leaving out a few Dicks.
Well if the Republicans are to rescue their party, the remedy is clear.
They have to cut off their Dicks.
Bush a great guy...I guess you can get the public to swallow anything if you know how to frame it.
(maybe they were outbid on an auction for a condie rice bobblehead doll).
Why bother buying a doll when Condi would be happy to bobble her head for W any time he asks?
Samson- @ 99:
The Chait article is available without a subscription here. I wonder how Chait feels about those "fringe" liberals who hate Bush now that they aren't just liberal and are a large majority?
I hate bush first and foremost because he stole the 2000 election. I hate him for his stagemanaged appearances like Mt Bushmore, or the chosen one or commander codpiece. I hate the MSmedia because of the way they fawned over him in his codpiece...I hate Bush because, imo, he is a war criminal and should be tried as one. Chait fails to make the case against those who opposed the invasion of Iraq, btw. but that was typical then. Does he still support the invasion and occupation? If so, Chait needs to stop drinking that denial. Funny how those "fringe" elements had a more hardnosed view of world politics that the "hawks." I hate Bush because he has made us a nation that openly codifies torture. (not that secret torture is any better...maybe I hate him because he has shown how repulsive the american character can be. I hate him because he doesn't deserve anything he's been given. I hate him because he hates the poor...but his momma is just as bad. I hate him cause his daddy's friends bailed him out of Harken. I hate him because he has brought the talibornagains into the govt in unprecedented ways...and I hate him for the stupidity of his supporters and the bullshit like "the grand canyon was created by Noah's flood." I hate him because he is the bastard child of Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh. And as far as the Clinton crap the republicans dished out... payback is a bitch, baby. I think Bush will go down, but only in history, as the worst president since FDR. Suck on that, right wingers.
but other than that... no problem. :/
Thank you,C&L for giving us a forum to vent our feelings for this self-absorbed twit of a criminal.Too bad for Carla Faye that she asked a heartless thug for mercy.I wonder what we would come up with if we channeled her.Maybe the forgiveness he would not show her.Maybe not.
Great video of the Saddam topping!!
Can I get a book deal? A tome retelling all of these charter flaw stories? You know, just quick reads; your George Bush is a prick daily reminder. In fact, that would be a great desk calendar. Get after it, John!
I lost my son last year in Iraq to these criminals. Another mother I know who lost her son, was given some kind of coin by Bush in some ceremony. Incredibly, he leaned over to her and laughed, "Now don't go sellin' this on ebay!"
ghibellina @ 112:
I'm sincerely sorry for your loss.
Bush constantly jokes at the expense of our fallen soldiers.
"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," Bush joked. "Nope, no weapons over there ... maybe under here?" (Bush pokes fun at himself at dinner)
Here is a quote of Bush joking at an army hospital wing after visiting wounded veteran with amputated limbs:
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself -- not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch. As a matter of fact, the Colonel asked if I needed first aid when she first saw me. I was able to avoid any major surgical operations here, but thanks for your compassion, Colonel." --George W. Bush, after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
This is clear evidence that the man is a sociopath. His lack of empathy regarding such serious subjects that compel him to make jokes is classic sociopath behavior.
I never thought anyone could be worse than Nixon and his gang. I turn the channel any time I see any of them on TV.
The Political Junkie @ 10:
I second that.
MargeAggedon @ 42:
Who says he's human?
Weaseldog @ 87:
If dogs have that kind of reaction to him, I seriously wonder how cats(particularly Siamese) would react to him?
Like mother like son. Threre are quite a few stories out there about who wears the pants in the family, and how much of a mean prick Babs is.
History will show that Bill Clinton was a far better man and president than Bush Jr.
McC @ 118:
Remember, there's a famous quote of Dick Nixon regarding Babs: "Now there's a woman who knows how to hate". Can you imagine? Dick Fucking Nixon said that - about Barbara Bush!
That Babs called Hillary a bitch suggests the junior senator from New York is worthy of the office of president.
She likes her retard son but detests Clinton. Hmm? That alone qualifies the former First Lady.
Now, that Dick Armey found Bill a more noble president than W and his jerks...?
C'mon Republicans. We accept your endorsements.
Or we could always have Larry Flynt look into things if you don't come clean.
My late mother - in the throes of Alzheimers - used to say she liked Barbara Bush.
Of course, she liked everyone at that time.
Nonetheless, and only in the case of Barbara Bush, I would say, "Mom, she is the biggest piece of sh*t First Lady our country has ever known.
And with the (s)election of her son and everything since, I stand by that comment.
CraigJohnson @ 113:
he sleeps more hours per night than any adult i know while racking up a body count that makes ted bundy look like a boy scout, but what really stumps me about gw is that, while other pols pander and flip-flop, he does (or orders others to do) whatever he pleases without regard for domestic opinion, the global reputation of the united states, or even his own legacy. then i look at a list of sociopathic characteristics . . .
1. a grandiose sense of self
2. glibness and superficial charm
3. shallowness, callousness and lack of empathy; a reckless disregard for the safety of others
4. deceitfulness
5. secretiveness and paranoia
6. aggressiveness and an inability to conform one's behavior
7. early behavior problems or juvenile delinquency
8. impulsivity and a failure to plan ahead
9. lack of remorse or guilt, and failure to accept responsibility for own actions
10. an inability to perceive that anything is wrong with oneself
the eerie alignment of this list and gw's more puzzling behaviors makes me wonder: has no one around this man noticed that he is not right in the head? or -- here's a bone-chilling thought -- has bush managed to surround himself with other sociopathic personalities who cannot see that his behavior is out of the ordinary?
A Jerk?
He's a freakin sociopath/pathological liar, guilty of mass murder in Iraq, guilty of breakin Geneva Convention on Torture, guilty of subverting the United States Constitution that he had SWORN to uphold, guilty of treason in the outing of a covert agent of the CIA, guilty of massive elction fraud while stealing several national elections thereby subverting the sacred right of the vote of millions of American citizens, guilty on all counts.
And the punkiness of Dick Army to be such a pain to Bill Clinton and dislike Bill that much.
That Dick Army was still arogant enough and self centered enough to keep getting Clinton to sign that Dick could play the important person he thought he was simply because of his position in Congress. And Dick Army waiving bragadocious over kids..................pethetic
I've had the weeping virgin mary cradling the baby jesus on the tip of my penis ever since I can remember, but only when it's erect. It looks like a squished garter snake on the highway when it's not.
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To me he's ALWAYS come across as smug and arrogant.
I see him as the Frat guy that shows up (with a friend of a friend) at your party, takes a leak on the couch, then leaves, complaining that the couch smells.
Bush is without a doubt the worst human if you can call him that on earth.
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