Eight Years Ago Today: Bush's Broken Promise
Eight years ago today, George W. Bush uttered the now broken promise that has come to define his failed presidency. Accepting his party's nomination, Governor Bush promised to restore "honor and dignity" to the White House. But as events continue to show, a more accurate - and ironic - mantra for the lawless Bush White House would be "no controlling legal authority."
At the time it was delivered, Bush's acceptance speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia was an arrogant, deceitful broadside against the Clinton/Gore years. But the very words Bush used to tar Al Gore with the blight of the Lewinsky scandal may now constitute the epitaph for the Bush presidency:
"So when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God."
That hateful address (video excerpts here), of course, was filled with exactly the kind of lies and taunts - the smallness - that came to define George W. Bush.
His false charges about American military readiness ("Not ready for duty, sir!"), his long since abandoned philosophy when it comes to using American force ("the cause must be just, the goal must be clear, and the victory must be overwhelming"), his smearing of Al Gore that foreshadowed his own legacy ("he now leads the party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but the only thing he has to offer is fear itself") and his obscene claim to be a "uniter" ("I will not attack a part of this country because I want to lead the whole of it"), all were in keeping with the dark Bush character.
Bush broke all of these promises. But his original sin, from which all other of his crimes and errors flow, is his pledge to usher in new period of higher ethical standards as part of a "responsibility era." Bush, who previously sneered at Gore's "no controlling legal authority" defense of his 1990's Buddhist temple fundraising efforts, raised the ethical bar further that October:
"In my administration, we will ask not only what is legal but what is right. Not just what the lawyers allow, but what the public deserves. In my administration, we'll make it clear there is a controlling legal authority of conscience."
Eights years later and Bush's 2000 standard of "not only what is legal but what is right" is in tatters. Just this week, Bush's own Justice Department issued a report which concluded that Monica Goodling, the former White House liaison for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, violated federal law and DOJ policy by discriminating against job applicants who weren't faithful Republicans or conservative activists.
And that's just the beginning. Plamegate, the Libby pardon, the Abramoff affair, doctoring scientific reports, the end of habeas corpus, detainee torture, the politically-motivated firings of U.S. attorneys, illegal domestic surveillance, the theory of the unitary executive and the unprecedented assertion of executive privilege all show a President committed to doing neither what is legal nor right. And then, of course, there's Iraq.
How fitting then that Bush's would-be Republican successor John McCain, the man who promised to run a "respectful" campaign, chose this week to launch a wave of attack ads and character assassination against his Democratic rival.
Americans can't erase the Bush presidency, but they aren’t condemned to repeat it. So with the imminent arrival of the GOP and Democratic national conventions, remember that it was eight years ago that Republican George W. Bush promised us he would "uphold the honor and dignity" of his office.
Happy anniversary, America.
God wasn't much help here, was it George?
For the first time in a long time, I wish there was a God and She did help Bush uphold the laws of our land and the honor and dignity of the office of President. Or maybe God is has a sadistic sense of humor?
Just can't wait for it to end. Anything has to be better than what we have been thru.
It took me five seconds to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that dumbya was a lying sack of fermented pig turd in 2000. Why anything he says should be believed by anyone has always been puzzling to me.
"I fear for my country when I remember that God is just." - attributed to Thomas Jefferson
We can only hope that this wastrel and his cronies will meet justice before they have the chance to escape by dying.
I want to go to the innauguration in January, and I'll be yelling from the crowd "war criminal", and anything else that describes his lies and crimes he has perpetrated against the world and this once great nation.
This pig needs to pay for his crimes, one way or another. Disgusting pig!
I have never wished for winter before (I live in Ohio) but this year January can't come soon enough!
Thank the FlyingSpaghettiMonster that November comes in the middle to break things up (GObama!)
Impeach the bastards!
It's sink or swim kiddies
Most people these days can't remember what happen 8 seconds ago much less 8 years ago.
THE END IS NEAR!!!
SO IS THE BEGINNING!!!
169 Days Left of this Crooked, Smarmy, illegal, arrogant, secret and dark
administration.
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
War crimes are not easily forgotten .............
God won't bless America.. if he did Cheney would get the
Ariel Sharon treatment and the Shrub would spontaneously
burst into flames on live TV.
wow, just think of the ratings THAT would garner!!
I will say this for him.
He didn't get caught getting (or giving) a blowjob in the White House.
Too bad the Pretzel didn't work. ..................... DAMN!
oh ... wait .... cheney, ...........................never mind.
He left that up to Jeff Gannon.
The story of McCains Camp throwing out a Black Reporter should be kept in the forefront. It's up to us because the MSM wont do it.
So ,it seems God chose not to help another rich fool.
Hey, Bush managed to fuck over the office while fully clothed. He deserves credit for that; it took dry humping to a new level.
☻..Bangkok Bob..☻♫♪ Sawatdee @ 10:
On the previous thread you asked if I was in GB, what is GB?
Back before the 2000 elections a whole lot of people were talking about what a horrible gov bush had been and that he had ruined their school system. If the people who knew him best detested him, I just knew he wasn't going to be the best thing for the country. But I had no idea how awful he was going to prove himself to be.
The next Obama advertisement should be footage from Bush saying those things about honor etc, then with newspaper articles and quotations about our reduced standing in the world, economy, Gonzales, Valerie Plame, etc....followed up with the end which is a picture of Bush huigging McCain. Last words: We can't afford eight more years of this!
Just another deserter who happens to have a silver spoon in his nose. The son of privilege and the figure head of a fascist movement that is destroying everything that is good about America. Republicans should hold their heads in disgrace for trusting this fool to keep his word. But then, since when is truth and honor ever spoken of when it comes to the people who form the corrupt, criminal, crony association known as the GOP= Greedy Old People!
FastMovingCloud @ 6:
FastMovingCloud @ 6:
This embarrASSments days are numbered...can't wait!
pissed off patricia @ 19:
Great Briton ...
yes he was a schmuck before and is still. The wealthy privileged spoiled and arrogant son of a wealthy privileged spoiled and arrogant son of a NAZI supporter.
ARE THERE ANY GOOD REPUBLICANS LEFT?
Today’s Republican Party is a freak show of hate-filled sociopaths, immoral faux-religious extremists, insecure, overcompensating, dangerously incompetent, war-mongering imperialists and greedy, exploitive corporate anarchists. Just look at the odious and inadequate carnival barkers and snake oil salesmen the Republican Party had competing to be their presidential candidate. Republicans tacitly welcome homophobes, misogynists, racists, anti-Semites and messianic fundamentalist nut jobs into their party and inherently incorporate their values into their moral fabric and political objectives. Being a child of poverty raised with four younger siblings by a single mom, I’ve never agreed with social conservatives, but compared to Bush’s Republican Party, Eisenhower’s Republican Party was a liberal bastion of social and economic pluralism. Defending the actions of today’s Republican Party is advocating ignorance and evil over common sense and common decency. It would be hard to imagine that any presidential administration, Republican or Democrat, could have been as malicious, polarizing, undemocratic, corrupt or destructively pernicious to the founding causes and defining principles of our republic than George W. Bush’s. I am surprised that I am ashamed for the “good” Republicans, only because I could not have possibly imagined how “bad” some Americans were capable of being.
Well, I guess America can now say it has (just about) survived a psychopath in the White House.
What a dangerous, deceitful, deranged and abhorant individual!
“So when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God.”
Sad he couldn't even keep one of the two promises .... he has run the most despicable, secretive, and corrupt administrations the country has ever seen. May he be rightfully punished for his actions for his attempt to destroy this great nation.
Thousands dead. The constitution in tatters. Torture. Domestic surveillance. The deliberate undermining of every government agency possible...etc., etc., etc...
BUT...
not one drop of unaccountable semen anywhere.
Success!!
I am shocked to realize that a politician lied continually. It's just so unreal. A politician that once elected, lied, cheated, stole, and basically broke every law and international treaty that previous liars.....er...I mean...politicians signed. I'm in shock.
☻..Bangkok Bob..☻♫♪ Sawatdee @ 24:
Nope, I'm in Florida, USA
McCain's history is way to close to bush's. Famous dad, party boy in college, never been financially responsible for anything he's done.
And that’s just the beginning. Plamegate, the Libby pardon, the Abramoff affair, doctoring scientific reports, the end of habeas corpus, detainee torture, the politically-motivated firings of U.S. attorneys, illegal domestic surveillance, the theory of the unitary executive and the unprecedented assertion of executive privilege all show a President committed to doing neither what is legal nor right. And then, of course, there’s Iraq.
to say nothing of the blights of which we yet have no knowledge.
For example: 8 or 9 US Attys were fired for having too little appetite to serve their local political masters. There are (or were) around 100. 8 or nine were fired for, essentially, having a shred of integrity.
So what fell deeds have those US Attys done to inoculate themselves against dismissal by this most partisan, most politicizing Regime since the rise of European fascism? To what kinds of mischief and miscreance have they been up? Is anybody even looking? These guys have their scalpels on the aorta of freedom...
The Siegelman case in Alabama hints at the depths of the skullduggery in which they are capable, skilled, and eager to engage.
An Average Joe @ 26:
The movie will be amazing when we sit there and realize we lived through this nightmare. I hope I live to see it.
Let me raise a glass of mosquito-larvae infested Florida pond water, followed by a Raid chaser, in toast.
I cannot imagine that this fascist will voluntarily leave office. I fear that the worst is yet to come. And the sheeple, myself included, will do nothing.
An Average Joe @ 26:
dont count your chickens before they hatch...6 months to go...it aint over till its over!
...bird flu? ...attack/invade Iran? ...another homegrown terror attack? ....financial collapse?
If any one of these events listed above were to happen...it would be a good reason (for neo-cons) to hold off on having an election.
November surprise anyone? ...feel free to add to my list.
The all to sad truth is that as of this date, Bush and his administration have not been held accountable. Not one time in eight years. Pondering that makes my brain hurt.
Jay Severin Has A small Pen1s @ 13:
I wish he had!! He would have been impeached long ago the SOB!
Osage, here's one. ::points at himself:: I'm registered Republican but haven't voted the party line in decades because I'm appalled at what has happened to the Party that gave us Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Ike.
Mick Piobr @ 34:
I am thinking that too! Scary isn't it.
Just wait for his list of pardons!!
And that’s just the beginning. Plamegate, the Libby pardon, the Abramoff affair, doctoring scientific reports, the end of habeas corpus, detainee torture, the politically-motivated firings of U.S. attorneys, illegal domestic surveillance, the theory of the unitary executive and the unprecedented assertion of executive privilege all show a President committed to doing neither what is legal nor right. And then, of course, there’s Iraq.
And THAT's just the beginning. The busheviks have planted bureaucratic and administrative bombs throughout every branch, bureau, department, or office of government, from top to bottom, through and through. The personnel they cannot fire might still have 25-year careers ahead of them, protected ironically by the very rules they violated to get those positions. They're in the infra-structure, inside the wall, so to speak. You'd have to bolt the doors and raze the buildings to clean 'em all out.
as we get closer to the actual, putative 'election,' what worries me is what mischief have the US Attys been up to, of the kind that permitted them to keep their jobs, when the 8 or nine who were not enthusiastic enough tools of their local political patrons were fired?
but probly I'm just a worry-wart, hunh?
Jay Severin Has A small Pen1s @ 13
"I will say this for him.
He didn’t get caught getting (or giving) a blowjob in the White House."
That is probably because the only dick bush has is an old man with a bad heart.
It is SO wrong to say bad things about a sitting president in a time of war. I'm sure when Obama is president Hannity and crew will respect this mantra that they put forth so many times. Stalin would agree too. I want to go to the GW Bush liberry and take a crap in some remote corner. I encourage everyone else to do so as well. Eventually the crap pile will be so huge that the Lie-Berry will be forever enshrined in something purer than itself.. I consider myself a patriot and I LOVE America and believe in our flag. That's why I hate this crew so much- They hate America and us the average citizens..
My goals, at home and abroad, by G. W. Bush, with help from Dick Cheney:
Sink the government into a crippling recession. Check.
Kill one million Iraqis. Check.
Completely ignoring international and domestic law, engage in torture. Check.
Completely ignoring the Constitution, spy massively on Americans. Check.
Tell the stupid liberals that history will redeem my presidency. Check.
ron @ 42:
LOL!!!
What a novel idea, Ron.
Yeh but Nane Eyelavan chaynged everyfiynk.
What a tool.
ron @ 42:
Good one!!They will be afraid to open that "lie-berry"! NeoCons will be monitoring 24 hours/7 days every darK corner of that joint! :-)
My, my, what a lot of hate-filled, emotion-driven little commenters you have here. Perhaps Bush was thinking of the previous President's propensity for BJs in the Oval Office and new and unusual uses for cigars when he mentioned restoring dignity in the White House.
ron Ft Lauderdale @ 47:
I am so there, White Castle's first, of course.
It is sad that more Americans did not heed
the late Molly Ivins.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Wake up and smell the torture, Fred.
ron @ 42:
don't be surprised if, if Obama gets in, the GOPhawks suddenly seem to become a lot less truculent, and to distance themselves from what they'll swiftly and surely implant in the public mind through the instrument of their lapdog media, the idea of "Obama's War." And if he follows his announced plan, not to end US military adventurism in central asia, but to relocate the nexi of their energies, it will surely and inevitably become what the Pukes will be calling it at every occasion...Obama's pledge to get the "combat troops" out of Iraq in 18 months only means he plans to reploy them to Afghanistan...
probably--but not certainly--Obama would not attack Iran, under most circumstances; far better is the possibility that Bombin' John would...
thin gruel in the 'choice'/'change' menu...
Fred Beloit @ 48
"My, my, what a lot of hate-filled, emotion-driven little commenters you have here...."
The ill feeling for Bush have been earned by him.
If you are not pissed off by now, you haven't been paying attention.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
That's all you have? There will be volumes on how bad this administration has been. You voted for the worst president in history, of any country, twice. Congrats.
77% of those polled think thet the country is headed in the wrong direction. So, I guess that he IS a uniter.
If only Bush had enough depth of character to give a shit how he is perceived by the majority of Americans. He is truly an elitist, by the proper definition of the word. In his mind, the only people whose opinions matter are those who think he is a great and visionary leader, and misunderstood by the unwashed masses. To paraphrase Jon Stewart, he is the opposite of the man he thinks he is.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Looks like Fred's lost. You lost, Fred?
Hey, Fred, do you think Bush will ever be able to wash all tht blood from his hands? Better yet, do you think he even knows his hands are covered in blood?
Personnally, I doubt it
Milquetoast @ 35:
I believe they'll attack iran any day now. It's august. Wasn't that the rumored plan?
I think they'd like to stop the elections but will just let diebold do the lying for them. And their judges should it come to that again.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
What about the hate filled administration that has carried out everything that has been mentioned above. Do you hate America and our constitution that much? Do you condone the demise of our democracy?
An Average Joe @ 44:
Excellent post.
Also I think it's "Lie-bury" ;)
Ron @ 59:
Ron,
I don't think Fred's gonna meet us at the liberry. Perhaps he's the janitor there and you have aroused his attention.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
I'd vote for the BJ and cigar minor issues any day, than the destruction of the US on every level.
PS I don't hate GWB for all the evil he has done and will continue to do. I am trying very hard not to hate Cheny, but that is more difficult to control. I just want them both to pay the price for being the worst president/vp ever.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Fred, Fred, Fred, Fred...
if you've never savored the bouquet of a cum-soaked, pussy-juice-drenched Cohiba, you are far too naive and inexperienced to pretend to understand and comment on the behavior of your (infinitely) betters.
Or ask your mentor, Slimeball, about "smoking" the teen-age boys in Dominica.
Then c'mon back and tell us aALL about it...
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Yes, I hate a man for shredding my country's Constitution, killing millions of innocents and making the name of the United States of America a synonym for torture.
I guess that I'm just a hateful guy...
What's that?
You're right; I shouldn't be taken seriously because I'm not wearing a flag pin on the lapels of my pajamas...
No. 44 @ 43:
My goals, at home and abroad, by Nancy Pelosi (with help from the rest of do nothing congress:)
watch and do nothing as Bush sinks the economy: check
watch 1 million Iraqi people die, and do nothing: check
watch and do nothing as we engage in torture: check
help Bush spy by voting for Patriot Act and FISA: check
tell stoopid liberals that change is coming, just wait: check
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Perhaps you could enlighten us all on what Bush has done to restore integrity and honor to the WH. That would be good for a laugh. Then tell us how Bush has the right to tell his minions to ignore supeonas and the rule of law. No Clintonite ever refused one of the many many supeonas the GOP crammed down their throats in the BJ witch hunt. Bush couldn't "lead" a blind bloodhound to a pile of festering shit.
And to think that Bush told the first lie of his administration on a January day in 2001 with his hand on the Bible.
Senator John McSame
"Chains You Can Believe In."
http://driftglass.blogspot.com/
(There's no permalink so you'll have to scroll down to view the hilarious image)
Looking back I can’t help but wonder at the people who actually thought jr would be a mediocre president let alone a good one. Having watched the republican'ts morph from the party of Lincoln into the party of limbaugh I held no illusions that this chucklehead would be anything more than a crappy president, but not even I would have thought that he would be the worst ever and shit all over the Constitution.
I never believed his half-assed reasons for war with Iraq in the first place, the ease of the invasion confirmed it (if Saddam had the weapons they say he had, his paranoid little mind would have compelled him to use them to protect himself from us when it was obvious that we were coming to get HIM). The biggest disappointment for me was 2004 when the people foolishly reelected the idiot to his first real term (I do believe the 2000 election was stolen, but I don’t believe the 2004 was), I chalk it up to people being unwilling to change presidents during a war. I am personally offended by utter stupidity and I find the people like jr to be absolutely offensive; no historical perspective whatsoever beyond USA #1 and WWII which most of these people don’t understand anyway. The really sad fact is, while I am certain that I will be saluting President Obama this time next year, I do not see any kind of worthwhile change happening that will save the Republicans from the wingnut right. They will regroup and eventually retake the White House or the Congress at some point in the future and we will be right back in this same mess again. America must change and recognize these neo-Con-artists for what they are, the right wing must be returned to the infernal fringes of hell where they spawned from, otherwise our country will continue to slip towards the slippery slope of fascism.
In the Republican mind, lying about a blowjob is worse than thousands dead and a trillion dollars lost.
An Average Joe @ 61:
Ron,
BJ, cigars in unusual places and now you add the word "aroused". Fred must be hyper ventilating!!
Love this! :-)
pissed off patricia @ 30:
McCain's history is way to close to bush's. Famous dad, party boy in college, never been financially responsible for anything he's done.
Why do you think he came out of nowhere and near financial disaster in the spring to become the "comeback kid" in the GOP primaries ? Because he's a "maverick" ?
This is the mold that corporatia currently wants to lead the unwashed masses into slavery . Look at the list of GOP presidential candidates since the last one of any substance who REALLY cared about the people , Dwight Eisenhower :
Dick Nixon, Barry Goldwater, Dick Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronnie Reagan, Bush One, Bob Dole, Bush Two, McCain .
Is there ONE in there that didn't make you go " This guy is a liar/lunatic/carpetbagger/pawn/two-faced prick/ all of the above " ?
McCain's history is way t
Milquetoast @ 35:
I hope Bush/Cheney are so arrogant they believe that they are beyond prosecution for their crimes. Then they might be willing to leave office. I don't think we'll see any emergency that allows Bush to invoke his signing statement to suspend government unless they see that McCain cannot win. I don't rule out McSame winning-- the neocons successfully destroyed Gore and Kerry enough to take the office, and they are making fine progress with Obama. BTW. Bush's signing statement is not specific to the type or exact degree of the emergency required to suspend constitutional government.
I read yesterday that Bush had criticized Clinton for having no energy policy and at the time the price of oil was $31 a barrel. More could have been done by all the presidents and governments since the 1970's but that record ridiculous.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
So what will be in Bush's library? A hollowed-out Bible with a pint of whiskey inside?
The only hate is the hate you bring here. Let it go!
Fred Beloit @48
one final thought. Following the logic and thinking of the right wing for a moment. And, remembering the glory days (for the right) od "freedom fries and old europe"....
Fred your name appears to be of french origin, it might not be but it appears to be, so shouldn't you be hating yourself ? Isnt that the party line, hate what appears to be non american. or what is obviously freedom of thought that is not in line with your thinking?
just a thought
Monica (70): The trillion dollars is not lost; it has merely been redistributed from the taxpayers' pockets to worthy friends of the administration.
An Average Joe @ 57:
He can't tell the blood from the red ink:
http://stateoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/08/truth-in-comics.html
Beloit @ 48 Hey freddie! Isn't Beloit a French name? Fred! Fred?! Hmm, guess he already surrendered....
Fred Beloit @ 48:
great post fred!
yes, i am sure he was. no, of course he was. you are wise in the ways if the sciences, young knight. and your ability to grasp the obvious is of a supernatural quality.
but... of course... that does not change the fact that bush broke his promise--times 1.3 trillion. does it?
bush DID break his promise. but, so 'promise' isn't lonely, bush broke many other things too:
1- the economy
2- constitution
3- our standing in the world
this is not to say that bush broke everything, he DIDN'T break:
1- al qaeda
2- corporate corruption
3- govt corruption
i anxiously await your next wise post. maybe a declaration of the sky's color??? (my money is on 'blue')
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Blah blah blah. Putting the trolling before the important stuff: The Republican Way.
Monica @ 70:
Hundreds of thousands of innocents dead!! Not only the loss of life which is disgusting, but the financial loss is staggering too! Loss of integrity, honesty, and soiled reputation around the world for the USA.
PS
I am sure some of the lost money has made its way back into the US. hmmmmm.
Impeach this jackass and his dick as well.
trevor-es @ 74:
Bush and Cheney's energy policy was to control and raise the price of energy. Connect all of the dots.
If Bush and McSleeze are both out come January, the world needs to have one big gigantic party!
Can anybody think of a better 50th birthday present than the one I will be getting this coming January 20, 2009?
I keep the countdown clock on my work desk. I don't relish the idea of turning 50, but if it means Bush is gone, then it will be the happiest birthday I will have ever had.
Col Kilgore @ 66:
And fred one other thing you forgot
The rest of the world has written off the USA. I know myself and alot of other Canadians look at America and all we see is a corrupt soceity.
Milquetoast @ 65:
And to profit obscenely from all their crimes.
Oh well; to refer to GWB as a "son of a bitch" is a truth.
Mike the Canuck @ 86:
Watch it Mike! ...I hope you meant ..."corrupt administration" and not "corrupt society"
Mike the Canuck @ 86:
I'm not particulary sympathetic to Fred Beloit's comments, but as painful as it is to admit, he does have a very valid point. Bill Clinton did allow this easy opening for George W. Bush to exploit the shameful and embarrassing acts he carried out in the White House.
So now Barack Obama has the opportunity to exploit George Bush's shameful acts. And on and on it goes. I just hope and pray that in four or eight years we won't be sitting here bemoaning the anniversary of Obama's pronouncements that was the so-called candidate of change; not like those before him.
All politicians lie.
Most of them when they take their oath of office.
“In my administration, we will ask not only what is legal but what is right. Not just what the lawyers allow, but what the public deserves. In my administration, we’ll make it clear there is a controlling legal authority of conscience.”
Too bad the fools who voted for him/installed him didn't realize the "conscience" he was referring to was ensconced firmly in the mind of a raving sociopath!
As far as any August -September-October Surprise - I wouldn't be surprised.
Cheney/Bush and the complicit Congress have enacted too many suspect pieces of legislation, along with presidential directives, executive orders and signing statements for them to just ignore them and say "buh-bye."
Essentially, they have put in place the "legal" basis for declaring emergency powers and suspending the other 2 branches of government. Plus, the DHS has been given amazing powers in time of a national emergency - I feel better knowing that Mikey "creepy" Chertoff would be in charge. They've given themselves authority to spy on citizens, search and detain at airports, reduced habeus corpus to a joke, utilize US troops for internal security, contracted with mercenaries for internal security (Blackwater), etc., etc., etc.
Just read the docs - you can find them all on line -then you'll understand that there's plenty of reason to at least be suspicious of any "catastrophic emergency" that should happen to take place in the next 6 months.
- NSPD 51
- HSPD 20
- Patriot Act
- Military Commissions Act
- Defense Authorization Act of '06
- Homeland Secutiy Dept./FEMA docs
- Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
Monica @ 70:
Party loyalists (yes, to both parties) should do a little bit of homework before making blanket statements. Clinton killed thousands as well. Only his was from constant daily bombing runs. He was so "concerned" about these daily bombings, that he needed to get his mind off of the carnage by engaging in sex with an intern. IF the Rethugs were a different party, they sure as hell would not have gone after him over blowjobs. But alas, they are not.
mike y. @ 90:
So this adminstration's crimes are Clinton's fault. That's is just plain crazy. Clinton was not planning to open up a possibility of someone else destroying the constitution. Clinton's BJ was a human weakness. Bush's crimes were orchestrated.
Milquetoast @ 89:
You can't steal 2 elections without the votes being close, and too many people vote worldwide with patriotism instead of their brains.
A Day of Mourning, to be sure. The first sign was the lawsuit to stop the Florida recounts. That was a moment of prophecy for this administration.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
More BJs. Less greed-driven treason. This president sold his country out for his own personal delusions of grandeur. I can't think of a single BJ in the White House that caused the needless, grotesque deaths of thousands of American boys and girls. Looks like God didn't help Bush, unless God intended to expose him as one of the worst presidents in the history of the free world.
Amitola @ 92:
Keep an eye on these babies, if Obama's elected (it could theoretically happen). We know they'll be enshrined in the very entry-portals of the WHITE House if it McStain. If Obama can, and does not, repudiate these documents, and policies, wholesale, and post haste, it's a sure indication to me that any meaningful restoration of the Constitution is an election year propaganda pipe-dream...But mebbe that's just me...
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Fred just got 8 McCain Points for that one!
Keep it up, Fred! You can only get those X-Ray specs if you get up to 50 points!
I predict we will see WorldWide Celebrations like never before on this Planet.
I think old Fred Beloit came here just to get himself aroused and is now happily pounding his pud, thinking about his hit and run deed.
That 2000 RNC Convention video was devastating.
Excuse me while I get the taste of upchuck out of my mouth...
Fred Beloit @ 48:
So just WHEN do you think he'll act on that promise, Fred? He's had 8 years to restore dignity to the WH, yet he's pretty much turned it and this country into the world's laughingstock.
I'm sure it seemed a simple promise at the time-it reminds me of daddy 41's promise-"No new taxes"
Moron.
Saint Augustine @ 101:
Pounding his pud! ahahahahaha...we used to say that-I haven't heard that since I was a kid...
Good times.
Jay Severin Has A small Pen1s @ 13:
And THAT's your standard for a successful presidency???
There are no bounds to the number of ways that you are an asshole.
How on earth can you do this subject and not link to this video???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slmr024JYaA
Mugsy @ 106:
Never mind. :P
Jon Perr
(”he now leads the party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but the only thing he has to offer is fear itself”).
I am sure history will bear this out. FDR was a Democrat. Now if you are talking about the present day Democrats following him in lock step, I can see that.
NEWS FLASH:
2005-over five hundred American college & university history professors were asked to rate all US presidents. Bush came in DEAD LAST-LOSER. Why else would a COKEHEAD, DRUNK, AWOL CHICKENHAWK spend eight years in the White House?
I never voted for him-he came across as the arrogant spoiled fratboy from the very start. Read the idiots' bio and he's failed at EVERYTHING in his life.
woody, tokin librul @ 98:
Right. But wouldn't it be helpful if Obama would do a little repudiatin' right now? That would certainly give me a little more confidence in his candidacy - at least he could bring up the idea of restoring the Constitution and the rule of law a little more often.
The greatest national disappontment in modern history
I personally miss the days of FUCKING in the Oval Office !!
The days of ORAL SEX, sex toys like the CIGAR, SEEMEN FLYING all over the place, PHONE SEX and scandals, scandals and more scandals !!
Ohhhhhhhh, PARDON ME, did I offend !!
ONE MONTH AGO -- IN LATE JUNE -- A MCCAIN AD SUPERIMPOSED OBAMA'S VISAGE ON A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO MOCK HIS SUPPOSED 'PRESUMPTUOUSNESS.'
To all you self-deluding gullible Republicans who claim to believe that Obama interjected RACE into the presidential campaign by stating, "You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know. He’s risky.”, it must be humbling or even humiliating to realize how easily manipulated you’ve been. Your guy is a flat out lying SOB whose basic campaign strategy is to smear Obama and then claim to be the victim when Obama calls him out for what he’s done. MCCAIN IS A SHAMELESS LYING RACIST! And those who support him are no more honorable or worthy of trust and respect than he is.
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/setting-the-rec.html
Note that the image doesn't occur until about three-quarters of the way through the video. The way YouTube works, the default image occurs at the midpoint. In other words, McCain's campaign purposefully choose this image.
editor @ 100:
Dateline Baghdad, January 20, 2019
Iraqi leaders are hosting a party in honor of the 10th anniversary of World Happiness Day. The party is being held in the complex that was formerly known as The Green Zone during the illegal war started by the now imprisoned former President of the United States, George W. Bush. World Happiness Day began in 2009 when millions of people across the world joined in celebrating when the former President of the United States of America Barack Obama was inaugurated in his first term of office.
Fred Beloit @ 48 , there's just a tad bit of difference isn't there Fred , Clinton has an affair in the White House , Bush uses 9 11 to invade Iraq who had as much to do with 9 11 as Canada , kills a half a million Iraqi people , creates millions of refugees , thousands of our own are dead and many thousands more wounded and maimed , 9 or 10 billion a week going to Bush and Cheney's pals Halliburton , Blackwell and the like not to mention shredding the Constitution and the Bill of rights and making a mockery out of our justice system and how are the gas prices and the economy working out for you Freddy ? Friggin moron .
Mugsy @ 107:
The most interesting thing about that video to me (I certainly already knew that Bush is a sociopathic lair) is that he could actually read a speech and recite the words in a relatively cohesive way. Compare that with videos from the last few years and it's clear that Georgie has been back on the sauce or coke or some other "mind altering" substance for quite some time.
Look at all those white folks. Didn't see a black, latino or asian in the whole crowd. Though I thought I did see a white sheet over somebody's head, maybe there was a black person under there?
There was such a concerted effort to get this loser in office from the supreme court in 2000 to Tom Feeney fixed voting machines. It was so obvious he was an idiot, he went against everything he said he would not do. Look where we have come to, it's hard not think they knew we would be here at point in 08.
Oil men have done very well, shorters of stocks have done very well. Sorry I just don't believe all that has come to pass was an accident, there were smart corrupt people behind this dolt who made this happen.
Didn't the Chimp "win"? Why was he so angry?
Saint Augustine @ 113:
Good holiday, but I'm hoping GWB will be charged with and convicted for treason against this country, and will be hanged instead of jailed. So call me an optimist...
Fred Beloit @ 48:
Allow me to help you out, yes jr was refering to the overblown scandals (many of them made up by republican'ts) of Bill Clinton, our last good President. Jr then went on to make a lot of promises about what kind of a president he would be, he has since broken every one of his promises. That would suggest that he is a liar, and not just a liar, but a much bigger liar than people like him claimed Clinton was.
Can you point out one bit of dignity or respect that this worthless little man has brought to the office of the President?
Can you name anyone outside of the wingnut universe that has any respect for this drooling stooge?
Do you think America is more respected in the world now than it was during the 90's?
Bill Clinton has been and always will be a better president and leader than all of the current crop of would-be republicans who were running for president.
Do I sound like I hate Bush? I hope so, I compleatly detest the bastard. I am writing this at my work station on Camp Victory in Baghdad, and the absolute worst humiliation I can think of that could happen to me would be having to render honor to this pathetic waste by saluting him. I have no respect for the man, that went away years ago. I dont trust him and I never believe any of the words coming out of his mouth. I wish I could post a picture of myself so that it could be posted all over the internet at every progressive and wingnut blog in existance with the lable "the face of a Bush hater."
Fred Beloit @ 48:
I can't think of a BETTER use for a cigar then poking monica. Smoke it? YUK! Organic Dildo I say!
I am hoping that when Barack Obama is Inaguated he will not pull any punches in his Inagural speach:
"My fellow Americans, we have suffered untold damages to our reputation world wide over the last 8 years.
and our nation has suffered such an economic disaster as we have not seen since the great depression years.
Thanks to this knuckle head sitting behind me, the robber barons are back in control, and their friends the money changers are back in the temples of God.
Thanks to knucklehead here and his accomplice Darth Cheney we now have a solid block of Neanderthals in the Supreme Court, and the Justice Dept is full of 18th century Ludites.............(President Obama pauses to look behind him to see if Bush has left yet).
My fellow Americans, if you have done well financially over the past 8 years you have much to be grateful for, but for the rest of the 98% of Americans the Bush Cheney cabal has been an Albatross around your neck.
For you who make up that 2% it is now time to pay your dues..........(pause for wild, sustained applause),.
Did you think that trickle down economics could sustain itself forever you drunken monkey.....(again pauses to look behind him).
After 8 long years of suffering i have a gift for you, my long suffering Americans.........former President Bush, and former Vice President Cheney will now be escorted from this podium under arrest and in handcuffs"..........( long sustained applause)
☻..Bangkok Bob..☻♫♪ Sawatdee @ 10:
There are at least 75,000,000 moron's that have no clue what is going on, and will vote for Bush III! Talked with two of them last night. They think Glen Beck is an independent! No shit!
They both work for the government, and support all the repukes who want to privatize. There is no stupid like republican stupid.
And the reason the country is bankrupt according to these genuises, is because of the illegal Mexicans. When I told them the illegals make $6 bucks an hour, and that the Glen Becks use racism to deflect the light of truth from the real beneficiaries of republican policy, the super rich and corporations, they told me that's just my opinion.
This country really is screwed!
Radically Moderate @ 122:
Too good to be true!
Milquetoast @ 89:
True to that...I"m Canadian and living in NYC. Its NOT a corrupt society, but a very corrupt Administration
VegasRage @ 117:
Those smart, corrupt people are still here and they still support him. Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove were the key conduits to power of the presidency. Nothing has changed.
Unfortunately, Americans have only themselves to blame for their ignorance.
Changing the president is not going to fix America. Getting Americans to put down the chili dog and potato chips, turn off the TV, and look around, that would be a good start.
Rick @ 2:
I wish that were true. Remember, the Bush legacy.
“So when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God.”
What bible? A different one, no doubt. Maybe the bible of the Snake and Nephilim or the holy book of the Lemurians.
What if you don't know what the laws of our land are? You think they're the laws on the books of record in this country (corporation). Maybe he's talking about other laws. Hidden laws.
Honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected seems to reference to his marionettes. As in I'm going to stick to the hidden agenda and serve my overlords. And of course he says he's elected here. That is most doubtful. People can only claim that this nefarious moron was elected to be president. There is a copious amount of data that says he was selected. By Diebold, by his brother's state, Florida, and by the supreme court.
So, this is just another example of W's doublespeak. In reality, he works for a super elite, hidden from public view. And he pushes their agenda always. This man does not represent the people of this country (corporation). He never has and never will. His family is a crime family. They have been for generations. They are drug running, gun running, murdering, thieving, con men who have no right to breath the air on this planet. The people who claim they have the right to lead us are the worst of the hybrid race. They have no endearing qualities. They are all members of secret societies who run around claiming how great our culture is because it's open and free. These are Machiavellian, Orwellian maniacs. And they deserve a fate worse than death. Will they receive it? No, of course not, because Karma and or justice do not exist in this place (this Matrix). Your fairy tale God(s) do(es) not exist. No one is coming to save us from this criminal class who think of themselves as nobility. These murderers in suits.
"Evil is a relative term. Those who prosper from their evil perceive it as good, and see real good as a hampering weakness which needs to be repressed or even expunged."
Honor and Dignity. You mean "honor" such as outing an American CIA agent? Or the honor in playing the guitar and eating birthday cake with McKeating while American cities drown?
How about the dignity of naked, feces-smeared civilians in Abu Gharib? Or the dignity of groping a foreign head of state, or the dignity of saying "Goodbye from the world's number one polluter!" (punches air)
No. 44 @ 43:
Spend more money than any U.S. President ever. Check.
Lie more completely than any of my predecessors. Check
Be hyper-partisan and authoritarian. Check.
Use more signing statements than anyone!!!1 Check.
Well, wel, well.
As much as I hate this ridiculous repulsive man, I have to say: Bush, thank you very much. From the begining when he entered the presidential race, two things were obvious to me: He was a liar and he was going to win no matter what!
Even Clinton predicted the results when he said "If we win Florida, then we win th White House". Did he know something we didn't know? Well, I knew. What can you expect his brother is the Govenor of the state. Wasn't it obvious that something was bound to take place? I think most Americans ate the time, were able to sense the danger. We they choose to ignore it, because at the time we were too busy criticizing Gore as to whether he looked presidentia or notl. Anyway, I voted Democrat, but guess what! I invested Republican. Yes sir. Oil and defense. At the time, that was the future. Like "plastics" in the "The Graduate". After all, I cannot allow myself to be total loser. I hope we do better this time in November we do better than in the last two opportunities. Remember, Republicans have a lot to lose if McCain is not elected. Something like another trillion dollars. The whole Iraq investment, because, that's what this war is all about, is nothing but an investment. Fuck WMD, Democracy, Liberty, etc, etc, It is and it has been about oil from the very beginning. The Caspian oil pipelines, the oil spigot control. Two wars caused by the Bush family and twice the oil doubled and the las one quadrupled.
McCain is their man, no matter how fucking idiot he is, and they will do whatever it takes to put their man in power.
But if they aren't accountable to anyone than there is no dishonor, right?
If there are no rules for integrity anymore then how do you know they lack it?
Terrific job there Bushie boy...
Call me paranoid, but I don't believe these villians will give up power voluntarily. Very scary, and by the way Fred @48, you are an idiot.
If we knew then what we know now, it would have been the first pre-impeachment in history!
Fred Beloit@48
Almost eight years later and this clown at 48 thinks that dignity was restored in the White House. The man must be a Halliburton, KBR, Black Water, etc, etc stockholder. The only explanation I can think of. Dumb ass.
has he aged in the last 8 years those Governor looking pictures look 20 years apart of what he looks now
Of course he aged. But the millions of dollars being deposited in his secret bank accounts, make aging well worthy.
Bu$h knows nothing about honour or dignity... he needs to STFU!! We all see him for the asshole he is... as horrifying as that is.
So he put his hand on the bible and lied. Guess he's off to Hell in a handbasket, eh?
I remember the Bush promises. But who knew the Onion would be a far better indicator of the future:
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
I can't believe I actually thought he might be a "uniter". I remember thinking "good we need unity and not division", so I was willing to give this guy a chance. I did not however vote for him, but after he was "awarded" the presidency, I was willing to give the guy a chance.
Man, what a total failure he's been. Worst President Ever, there can be no doubt.
Amitola @ 115:
Not really, he is still the same moron as when he was he was selected. Nothing has changed, many people who voted for him can only now see it.
Radically Moderate @ 122:
What a great fantasy. Thanks.
Jsays (comment #20)
Email Obama's campaign immediately! That's exactly the sort of ads that they should be running, but I haven't seen any (of course, I AM a station flipper/mute button pusher so I may have just missed it).
God, I hate this guy. Every once in a while I just have to say or write this out loud.
Hate him, hate him, hate him.
Jay Severin Has A small Pen1s @ 13:
No, friend, he just screwed you and me and the entire country. Much better? I think not.
So Dubya is a crook and a liar! Wow I guess that's why we are all here. Now if we can just get the word out to all those low-information folks, we can have us a party. A bring on the change party.
Fred Beloit @ 48:
But, unfortunately, he didn't restore dignity to the office, did he? If you are living in some alternate universe where he accomplished this, please, please enlighten all of us.
I am holding my breath in anticipation of your learned answer.
I am sure you have some wrap us all in a flag answer to impart.
Celebrating the anniversary of George Bush's nomination is like celebrating the birth of Damien in The Omen.
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