It sure sounds like he is disagreeing with Romney, who is clueless in foriegn affairs. Heck, even "W" is better informed that Romney according to this article. If Romney had lived during the American Revolution, he would have sided with George III because our new nation was "out of control."

So how are things going in Libya?

Seems we spent a ton of cash and went through a few of them million dollar Tomahawk missiles.

And?

And how 'bout Egypt? Sad the we root for the Muslim Brotherhood now because the Salfist alternate is even worse.

Bye the way, in how many Arabic/Muslim countries are women allowed to vote? Allowed outside without being 'covered.'

Yeah, this stuff is important, cause as we have seen, bringing these folk into modern times from the 7th century is easy.

Feisty, as much as I agree with you like 99% of the time, despite GW's failed presidency, I think GW actually showed some courage and wisdom bucking the trend of the GOP right now.

I just wish he had been smart like this when he was actually President.

On top a huge heap of other things of course.

Bye the way, in how many Arabic/Muslim countries are women allowed to vote? Allowed outside without being 'covered.'

Here's a radical notion: Why don't we let them determine how they are going to rule themselves after they get rid of their dictators?

Gosh, sounds like Spanky doesn't agree with George W. Bush.

(Does anyone else ever wonder about all that "we must get them over there before they get us here" rhetoric? You know, those Republican arguments we heard for eight years, that Democrats were trying to "cut and run" from Iraq, that "the surge worked!" that "freedom isn't free" that voting for Republicans would "keep us safe?")

Could this be a feeler by Pres. Bush asking whether anyone needs an endorsement or a stump speech? I'm thinking the answer is still no, just like in 2010. Wait by the phone, though.

Yeah this foreign stuff is tricky. Like for instance the run on the banks in Greece has started. Bad news as it looks like Greece will give up on the EU, followed by Portugal, Spain, and Ireland. You'd think this would come up on Obama's interview on The View, but yet those hard hitting journalists could only find the time to ask "Do you think you will win?"

This is what happens when a government goes broke.

I would think Liberals would cheer GWB, as he is the second most liberal President behind only Obama.

"W" crawled out from under the same hand that controls Obama.

Personally, I wish people would understand that.

Amazing that George W. would comment and my guess is the GOP is reeling!

JAS - you just can't stay on topic when it doesn't play into your hatred can you? You must be a very difficult person to be around since all you can do is spout your negativity - even in the face of facts proving you're wrong. I actually feel sorry for you. My guess is you're a very lonely person because of your intense hatred and what I have to assume is hidden disgust for yourself!

Interesting dialogue, but I think all of it misses the point. We need a new, tougher foreign policy coming from whomever our president will be:

If we (the U.S.) discover that terrorists are planning/organizing against our country inside the borders of your country, you have one week from the time we warn you, to show that you are seriously dealing with the problem yourselves.

If you do not, we will, and we will not be gentle or PC.

We will completely destroy them. We suggest you get out of the way and don't let them hide out amongst your citizens.

We will not stay and rebuild your country.

We will leave immediately when the job is done, and if you are foolish enough to let them back in, we will show no mercy when we come back in.

Your country is your responsibility, not ours, unless you threaten us. Please inform your citizens.

WE WILL NOT APPOLOGIZE!!

Otherwise; we are done propping up, tearing down and cleaning up. You're on your own, choose wisely.

Interesting; all the whining about Bush. Obama campaigned against his foreign policy, then proceede to pretty much followed suit.

Who is George W. Bush?

Tod, you stopped thinking on 9/11, or maybe you haven't kept up with the news. We cannot go to war without reason or because our emotions have gotten the better of us, which caused a major war in Iraq that killed our people, their people, and our economy. Romney obviously feels war is the answer, just because President Obama is working for peace. Romney just has to be the opposite on everything. I hope he keeps rattling his unblooded saber. We are sick of war, and the disaster in Iraq didn't do us one bit of good.

I wish somebody was embracing his ass in jail!

Bush may have been a baffon but he has shown a lot of class since he has been out of office, unlike Darth Cheney. Have another drink on me George!

American Fable

I wish somebody was embracing his ass in jail!

The way Bush is "respected" by his own party is worse than being embraced by a jailhouse boyfriend.

Wayne,

Calm down and read my post. You are assuming I am a war monger interested in war without reason?

'Without reason"

"If we (the U.S.) discover that terrorists are planning/organizing against our country inside the borders of your country"

With congressional approval, legally, get it? (Iraq and Afghanistan had both, but that's a different argument, is it not?)

I would argue that had not Iraq occurred, then that "Arab Spring" would not exist today.

Ouch - that is quite the claim. Sounds like something is stretched a little to tight, making you see stars. Are you going to tell us next that if the Bay of Pigs had been successful, Mexico would have willing ceded to the US?

I thought we were done with the "BushyDick" administration, seems now that it has a new heart and is sober they think they still speak for America. Not so fast boys - you sure as hell NEVER spoke for me.

But, But, he is right on, "keep the Republican stability" and "corporate control of Government" and of "medical", "retirement", "College Education" and "Food" never mind the media, to keep you "informed", and not so fast on Democracy!---that is not in Libya, but in USA!--look out the window--But we are busy teaching other countries Democracy by killing over a million, and so far we only have Democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan on paper!--Never mind all the other country attacks upon Freedom!

Bush aught to just keep his trap shut, Jez- what a loser.

Bush said "Problems once kept submerged by force must now be resolved by politics and consensus."

If this doesn't get the GOP upset I don't know what will. Politics and consensus are needed both by foreign policy makers, and by Congress. While Bush was in office he pretty much took the "my way or you're an enemy" approach. It's good to see him realizing the real world isn't like that.

Strangely, at this point Bush is nothing but a RINO in the Republican Party. I see the previous comments calling him as liberal as Obama, which is funny considering how far to the right (but still left of center) Obama has moved since taking office. If Reagan were alive he'd be even more of a liberal, and chastising the GOP for their foreign policy stance, among other things.

[Amazing that George W. would comment and my guess is the GOP is reeling!]

My guess is the GOP is cringing...this man can't string two intelligent sentences together without cue cards...and he even screwed that up...

former President George W. Bush said today the world is in an "extraordinary" time for freedom

The last time that this man said that, he started the war that destabilized the WHOLE Middle East, and threw the whole WROLD into a recession. He is in lala land. Needs to have his head examined.

Hey, Ouch! Thanks for the comment; now you can go back to eating Ann's c***.

I find it interesting that conservatives have no problem calling out the nuts in their midst. But Liberals can't summon the courage to do the same to their own.

So, anyone gonna callout max for his nutty comments, or is it that you actually agree with him?

Actually, not only is this the most articulate I remember him ever being, he has a really good point. So what happened? Is W too liberal for the GOP now?

All Hail the Nasty Redhead from Chicago. I lived in Il. For 23 years, Corruption is the norm as Nasty Redhead proves living there SUCKS.......

I find it interesting that conservatives have no problem calling out the nuts in their midst

Really?

Cause see the problen with that is, I've been on First Read for over 4 years and have NEVER seen a wing nut call out another - if anything they double down on stupid!

Can you give me an example to back up your comment?

Bush: "We stand for freedom -- and for the institutions and habit that make freedom work for everyone.", but he (and his family) supported the Saudi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Morocco anti-freedom monarchies and Egypt and Yemen anti-freedom dictatorships.

Hey GW, how is that war crimes conviction working out for you? Terrified to leave the country much?

Bush was a better person when he was merely a drunk ... then only the folks on the road had to worry about him taking their life ... how can he come out in public and philosophize after causing so many deaths with his past policies??????

Hey, let's give GWB credit when he deserves it. This is reasonable! Imagine! And as said before, where was this wisdom when he was president?

Here is a guy who was unprepared for the job, not like Obama who has demonstrated significant wisdom in many (but not all) areas.

Bush the intellectual? Who woulda thunk it.

Gulf, be polite.

Tis true, I have read some nasty posts of hers, but mostly its just Foolish Rhetoric, and not really worthy of comment. Besides, I suspect half the posters (lemmings) on her threads are actually her, so let her have her fun. She so desperately craves the attention.

The only thing more usless than Bush's thoughts, are feisty's thoughts, at least she was smart enough to start saying W's thoughts, instead of her usual 'Bushes thoughts'

You spend too much time propaganda blogging to not understand that 'bushes' means multiple plants, so thats a good change since you couldnt figure it out.

Tod, we use to get attention whores like feisty to come over on AOL messenger, it was a good time for all, chicks with low self esteem rock.

"Some Republicans presidential knocked Obama for not intervening, and then others criticized him for getting involved at all. Newt Gingrich did both. "

and there you have it right there. they want it both ways.. either way.. as long as its against their leader obama. liars and hypocrites.

Romney on a radio program in October called the Arab Spring "out of control." “We’re facing an Arab Spring which is out of control in some respects," he said, "because the president was not as strong as he needed to be in encouraging our friends to move toward representative forms of government."

ahhh both ways romney.. does anybody out there really think this guy has a clue?

STAY THE COURSE! CAN'T CHANGE HORSES MID-STREAM!!!!!

remember that? get used to hearing it.

and yes, oddly this sounds by far the most coherent thing w. ever said.

the gop loves him.

now go spend some more taxpayer money! dont worry, while the pubs will cry about obama going golfing or taking vacation, they wont say a WORD about you, who spent more time than any president before you on vacation "clearing brush" at crawford ranch. the tea party wont mention it.

All Hail the Nasty Redhead from Chicago. I lived in Il. For 23 years, Corruption is the norm as Nasty Redhead proves living there SUCKS.......

Says the poster boy for PTSD...

Seek help before it's too late Gomer!

She so desperately craves the attention

Toad,

Why does it come as no surprise you aren't men enough to take the challenge! lol

a comment that Bush is like Hitler...that should have been Obama is like Hitler...read his books and tell me that ain't true. Would have been interesting to see Obamas stance if he was prez on 9/11...thinking the outcome might have not been much different...all you libretards would be messing your panties.

Well redd, Obama governs with propaganda and rhetoric, and 'the other guy' may also have used those tactics, so im not making the comparison, im just comparing common devices.

It's no surprise to me that George "Curveball" Bush would be out there talking up his Oil buddies he grew up with all his life, and the ones who hit us on 9/11.

It sure didn't take Bush long to "forget".

Uh justredd - The reason that 9/11 succeeded was because Bush was in the White House. The hi jackers had inside help and it was people in the Bush administartion that helped, as well as our friends in Israel.

I think Bush has begun to realize he was snookered and used to facilitate the Iraq war.hat war will cost America upwards of 3.5 trillion dollars and you call us libtards. Anyone who voted for George Bush twice has no right to denigrate anyone else. You cannot get any dumber then that.

I would argue that had not Iraq occurred, then that "Arab Spring" would not exist today.

That'd be a great argument if it were true.

Too bad it's not.

LOL ralph, your post wasnt up long enough for someone else to uprate it, dont rate your own posts, you just look like the fool you already proved yourself to be.

I really wish the low IQ angry while male tea party would make up their minds, is Obama a socialist or like Hitler? Hitler was a fascist which is the extreme right wing, the other end of the spectrum so to speak.

Socialism- favors consumer interest-creates a population of welfare

fascism-favors corporate interest-creates corporate welfare.

Neither are sustainable in the long run, you have to find a balance

Jan, dumbass, fascism is political, socialism is economical, learn what they mean.

you just look like the fool you already proved yourself to be.

Ummm... loudmouth - I was the one who voted for Ralph's comment!

Who's the fool now?

tru dumbass, both are political and economic

tru-please tell me if the republicans have all the answers, why is it that red states have the most people on welfare, the lowest education rates, the highest teen pregnancy rates, and take more federal aid?

Oh right, because being stupid is celebrated in your circles.

No jan, they arent, fascist are actually more socialist in theory, though they dont like the label. They believe that the market is there to support the 'government', whereas, socialism believes the earners are there to support the governments ideals. They are very similar concepts.

Fascism is a military ruled society, political. Socialism is a collective economy, economic. Again, learn what they mean.

Feisty, you just made him look more a fool by saying something that your propaganda spewing ass agrees with.

Damn jan,. didnt even read your last post...so please explain the liberal failed experiment called California to me?

You see tru, I do know what they mean and you are giving a very limited definition of both to make your point and not taking, the favoring corporate interests in fascism which by the way is true!

Then again you are so smart, please give some real answers to the problems, I certainly haven't heard them from anyone in D.C. or any republican.

Romneys slash taxes to the wealthy, war with Iran, and this flirtation with theocracy, make me want to vomit all over republicans. I am tired of you all telling people what to do based on THEIR religious beliefs. The constitution has lost all meaning with republicans. Obama has crossed some lines I don't like but I have no doubt that your corporate puppet Romney will squash the constitution.

tru I pointed out that socialism isn't anymore sustainable than fascism. California is way too liberal for their own good, what happened to a balance between the two interests that we used to be able to find?

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Dubya without Cheney around has found a voice of reason. He's smart enough to hope that with time his legacy will improve and he won't go down in history as the worst POTUS. But he and other pre-Teabagger Republicans are appalled at the new extremism in the GOP/TP, and know Romney is inept in foreign policy -- A Cold War, for Pete's sake -- They are worried.

Ultimately look at the Republican Party in 2000/2004 election compared to 2008 with McCain, and now 2012 with Romney the apparent nominee, and how far to the Right their ideology has moved with each election.

Tod-2791955 -- "No apologies" is a rightwing lie that further shows your incapability for doing any critical thinking on your own.

trudat6445 -- Romney is a socialist who believes the tax payers are there to bail out corporate raiders and Wall Street.

Truepatriot, being convicted of war crimes is going to probably give Bush the title the worst POTUS. The tribunal found Bush/Cheney guilty mostly to mark their presidency historically, as they can't really enforce it.

Of course they are worried, Karl Rove may be a scumbag manipulator but he knows what it takes to win elections and the tea party wants nothing to do with him. This hard right turn isn't doing them favors.

Perhaps it's best for Bush to continue his 'low profile' and let Obama continue to be the one 'making all the wrong moves'.

I do think that Romney's approach of a 'gradual transition' to representative governments would have been a much wiser approach than Obama's pulling the rug from under our allies in the region. Obama's approach has opened up the opportunity for hard-line Islamists to take over the Middle East.

There isnt enough space to explain how to fix things that the government has F'd up in a post on firstread. But there is time to say that it's the government that created this mess and more government will NOT fix it. Despite what libs want to believe, we are more socialist than we'd like to be, we give away to anyone that holds their hand out, that has to stop, especially with illegals, but also with millions of other dregs that CHOOSE not to work, most on wlefare are just lazy, they are not at all what the programs were setup for.

Want to fix the fed gov, get it the hell out of state affairs, if the government forces all state to run by the rules that the fail states govern by, then all hope is lost. Obama wants the US to be like CA, he only hasnt done it because of the balance of power, yet libs hate the balance when it doesnt meet their agenda.

Far right wingers may be far too conservative, but even libs that think they are centrists are far too braindead.

And yes, the eventual path of socialists and fascist do end up in the same place, to support the state through private industry, one does it through military rule, the other through peasants.

Just what we need, "W's" thoughts on foreign policy! I mean he was super effective when he was in office... right?

Perhaps you are correct about W but I would prefer old Billy boy to expound on his top 10 uses for cigars and his outside the box thinking on his favorite duties of female white house interns. I am sure old pants suit could add some useful tips on how to effectively neuter a sitting president while keeping her political carpetbagging career alive.

For my money I much prefer those thoughts than W's thoughts on foreign policy.

jr, to big billy 'box' is just a euphemism.

For my money I much prefer those thoughts than W's thoughts on foreign policy.

That's cool - I see you have NO problem with the 10's of thousands of lives lost thanks to the bumbling idiot!

Did you really just bring up Clinton? lmfao!

tru and a democracy that is rooted in capitalism does find that balance between the interests.

One though is bleeding the nation to death by not allowing private corporations to keep the economy and jobs flowing in favor of giving out handouts. There should be some welfare, there should be a safety net for for families.

I don't know how anyone who listened to Norquists speech at CPAC could justify a vote for Romney, he basically said that Romney will be five fingers to sign what he wants into law. That he didn't need a hero or a thinker, just someone to sign what he wants. Corporate patsy and honestly how can anyone trust someone who lies just to lie about things that have no reason to lie about?

Bush steals the 'change' slogan from O'Bama ... Bush still a thief 4 years later?

Once a commander-in-thief, now just a street thief

More Hitler blather,

I hear Hitler, and I dismiss you as an ignorant overstater no matter what side you are on.

Foolish Rhetoric, I really get a kick out of how you "LOL" at all the nonsense you post. From now on I'll desparately try and be men enough (though who knows what challenge you are refering to?)

Oh, I know; its late afternoon, and your usually wasted by now. This aught to be fun!

Yes true, "No apologies" is a right wing lie. Now I can think critically, thank you so much. Your wisdom is unparalleled.

I hear Hitler, and I dismiss you as an ignorant overstater no matter what side you are on.

Just as I suspected - you throw out baseless comments & when challenged on it, you wimp out & twist yourself into a human pretzel! lol

Well, I guess the good news is, you've been proven to be the liar we have suspected all along!

There is something known as a credibilty factor which you have failed in EPICALLY!

SWEET!

My job here is done!

What was it "W" said?

Oh yeah... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! lol

There is something known as a credibilty factor which you have failed in EPICALLY!

LOL, the queen of failing on credibility factor, 'if i see a topic i dont like, i spew propaganda about something unrelated' yep we're on to ya sugar, stop feeling smart, it only works on your lemmings.

There should be some welfare, there should be a safety net for for families.

Jan, a safety net should not mean you teach your family that the government will support you forever, a safety net means something to support you till you get back on your feet. That is the liberal abomination of welfare, support families forever.

Oh, just this gem from FR:

"Cause see the problen with that is, I've been on First Read for over 4 years and have NEVER seen a wing nut call out another - if anything they double down on stupid!

Can you give me an example to back up your comment?"

I probably did it on 3 stories today alone, go ahead check my back posts. I call out right wing morons all the time. Libertards, Nobama, Obummer, racial slurs, overstated nonsense. You name it, that foolishness is not helpful from either side.

I know you take pride in your collapsed comments, but seriously, the reason you are collapsed is the same reason right wing nuts are collapsed; you are never civil, and your over the top Foolish Rhetoric is needlesslyoffensive to 1/2 the country. You never have anything wise or constructive to say, never! Even those lemmings (who are not actually you posting as someone else) who used to follow you have seemingly disappeared. Wake up, you're not the star you think you are.

I repeat Feisty: YOUR MIRROR IS BROKEN, DON'T TRUST IT!!

I probably did it on 3 stories today alone, go ahead check my back posts.

No thanks - time to either put up or SHUT up!

Oh my little Toad - you certainly have a mighty high opinion of yourself. lol

Only problem is - YOU are the only one who feels that way!

Like I said, until you prove otherwise, you have been outed as a pathological liar and my job here is done! LMAO @U...

I know you take pride in your collapsed comments,

OH you bet I do - see cause when the collapse Nazi's start playing their silly games, my vote totals go through the ceiling, sweetcheeks!

Wake up, you're not the star you think you are.

On the contrary you impotent fool - my friends say otherwise! The best part is seeing how much it bugs the @!$%# out of YOU! lmao

Keep sitting on the sidelines Toad and praying someone will come along & kiss you into a Prince!

Lot's of f@cking LUCK with that!

Next time you feel the desire to swerve into MY lane, will you at least attempt to bring your "A" game?

my friends say otherwise!

LOL, like i told you Tod, Feisty was a dime a dozen on AIM, she was what we use to call a DDT 'definite doube team', all the low self esteem attention whores are.

god bless you george w....thankfully you have found your peace from all of this.

And there you have it.

The more she drinks, the nastier she gets, and the more she reveals her true motives. Its a sad life lived for false MSNBC poster glory.

You see "sweetcheeks" I really don't care what people think of me (votes, thats funny), if I did I'd try to be on top every time, now would'nt I? Have another one FR, it'll help you sleep at night.

Fire crotch, you could be the most delusional person on 1st read... no I take that back you are the most delusional person on 1st read. I see after almost every comment you make or every insult you try and make you laugh at yourself. You do know that when a person thinks they are funny and has to laugh at their own remarks it is a sign of insecurity. You really need to see someone for your condition although I am not sure there is anyone on record of having been cured of being a moronic a**hole. Well good luck with trying to find a cure.

And there you have it.

Absolutely right Toad - you got spanked & personal attacks is the only way you can counter!

Obviously, I intimdate the @!$%# out of you or you would quit while you are behind, rather then make a bigger ass out of yourself!

You remind me of the old saying, never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and then try to beat you with experience! ;o)

Fire crotch, you could be the most delusional person on 1st read

Is this the part where I'm supposed to be insulted?

Would you remind me again why I care what YOU think? lol

You do know that when a person thinks they are funny and has to laugh at their own remarks it is a sign of insecurity.

thats what ive been saying jr, she's LSE 'low self esteem', its a great attribute in chicks for college guys.

thats what ive been saying jr, she's LSE 'low self esteem', its a great attribute in chicks for college guys.

tru,

It has been a few years since my college days but based on my mental image of FR I couldn't imagine even in my most comatose drunken state while having the thickest beer goggles, I am not sure I could...

Yea, jr, but my friends would, lol

she'd be all about my non-discriminating friends

good stuff tru, thanks for the laugh.

"Obviously, I intimdate the @!$%# out of you or you would quit while you are behind, rather then make a bigger ass out of yourself"

Nice try FR, but not my quote.

P.S. not a big fan of those insulting your looks (which obviously I have no clue) or your sexual desireability (though neither have been topics that you've sheid away from when describing others). The only thing thats revealed to me is your obvious insecurity, and your inability to have a civil discourse with anyone who does'nt have your far-left wordview.

Little boyz - it has been fun - but my work here is done!

Have a nice evening... lol

Go soak you fat asses which have been thoroughly handed to ya all!

When all you have left are personal attacks - YOU have lost any credibility you might of had!

I only use personal attacks with libs, otherwise its like explaining the obvious to a monkey, no matter how well i explain it, ill just get feces thrown at me.

"otherwise its like explaining the obvious to a monkey, no matter how well i explain it, ill just get feces thrown at me"

Funny!! And unfortunately contextually true.

Feisty writes:

Just as I suspected - you throw out baseless comments & when challenged on it, you wimp out & twist yourself into a human pretzel! lol There she is laughing at herself again.

Well, I guess the good news is, you've been proven to be the liar we have suspected all along!

There is something known as a credibilty factor which you have failed in EPICALLY!

SWEET!

My job here is done! No it's not, you always say that but it's just your blathering ego thinking you're something that you absolutely are not. You never "finish" anything nor could you.

Then in another she says "time to put up or shut up", Well feisty it looks like you need to shut the fu#$ up then because you haven't put anything up with the exception of copying a NYT or move-on article.

Feisty when the Fuc$ have you ever come back with a substantive argument about anything? You are so full of shi$ even barack is amazed at your spin and dodge ball ability. You've got zero room to say anything about anyone not stepping up to a challenge. I have yet to see you do anything except blab on about how superior you are when challenged with legitimate opposition. To use a term you're very familiar with; when it comes to the vine you are a total bully but the reality is you're the biggest candy azz on here. Presented with anything logic related and you run like a sissy...Frickin' COWARD!

The blood pressure seems to be up quite high among the usual suspects. I think we need GWB to come out more often and maybe we'll get lucky and weed out a few of the really weak ones like you feisty.

You got here first, good job girl, now sit...roll over...beg (I know you like that one)....play dead (more like brain-dead)...okay girl time to go back to your snake pit. You think you're so bad but you're a complete pushover...no wonder you love pointing at people and calling them bullies...you hate to share the spotlight.

And again here she is; the "dumb fux" herself; Feisty dead-head

Little boyz - it has been fun - but my work here is done!

Have a nice evening... lol She's so simple it takes nothing to make her giggle, the ego is astounding

Go soak you fat asses which have been thoroughly handed to ya all! Not even close to true but in your pea brain, you're the queen of the world and I think you truly believe this. You're like the village idiot who stands in the corner throwing out insults, laughing to yourself and thinking that you just got the best of someone.

When all you have left are personal attacks - YOU have lost any credibility you might of had!

Do you actually read what you write? I swear you're one of the biggest cases for psychiatric evaluation I've ever seen. I don't know that I've ever seen such an ego on an undeserving person. You make David Lee Roth seem like a humble awkward little school boy. Someone needs to study you, bottle whatever poisonous chemical flows through what little brain you have and then inject it in people with zero self esteme. Nah, even starting with no self esteem we'd have bunch of ego maniac ass holes running around. Popular isn't necessarily a good thing crusty dead-head. Genghis Khan was a pretty popular guy. Daaa-oooosh

Looks like you guys will be joining me on Feisty's "exclusive ignore list". Yeah, I don't know either but it must be special because she sure talks about her "exclusive ignore list" a lot. Not sure if you're on it yet but I'll pre-empt by saying welcome aboard boys. Once she concedes to having the snot kicked out of her both above her level and at her level she will dump you to her "exlusive ignore list" where she'll pretend not to pay any attention to you. But she will.

It kind of sucks always having to get wayyyy down in the pit that she dwells in but at the same time it's pretty fun. So I guess you could call it a guilty pleasure. But beware, you've got to come out once in a while and find a worthy adversary to take part in some honest debate with. (There are actually some well thought out arguments to be found on the vine) Because if you don't it will be like the black suit spider-man and evil will start to consume the good.

Enjoy

Yeah, Change, it's easy for Bush to say - but the House of Bush had always supported the House of Saud in NOT changing its brutal medieval monarchy - which produced so many unsavory events and personalities, including bin Laden.

Rightwingwac

While everything youve said is true, youre saying it all to a parrot, theres no reason to attack feisty, technically it would be considered bullying because youre attacking a weaker person with lower self esteem. Just leave her alone. All she has is this blog, it's not like anyone with intelligence cares what she says, some people just humor her so she doesnt jump off a bridge. Let her live her own delusional life while pretending she has influence over others, because anyone with any self-respect wouldnt believe a thing she says.

This is what happens when a government goes broke.

You honestly have no concept of how the government of the United States functions do you?

The government isn't a person that can go 'broke' because it lives forever.

Looks like George is just saying the obvious. Whatever happens in Libya , Egypt, Syria, etc is pretty much out of our hands and control. We can influence the events slightly and only slightly in those counrties. We can't invade them all. To bad he did see that earlier.

Chinese Credit Card? Where did you get that from?

ChinaAid is a Chinese Christian Group that does humanitarian aid.

No WOW just WOW that some moron can be so uninformed, just come out of the closet and wear your white sheets proudly.

bo the dog: please dude go finish your GED before posting, and PLEASE don't vote...

This from the guy with a pot leaf logo

What...you don't have any input about the article? Just bash everything this guy does, huh? PATHETIC!

You might want to smoke what that logo represents Bo, it might open your mind.

Watching Fox, or listening to Limbaugh will cause extreme stupidity, it is reversible in some cases.

Bush might be so sick of the GOP today that he won't endorse anyone.

Now I don't watch Fox, or Limbaugh......and to be honest I try my best to stay away from politics in general. But i must say this....The greatest cause of extreme stupidity comes from reading your posts (and to be fair many others here as well).

I am so sick of this left vs right garbage. Unless you have millions of dollars to offer....it is unlikely that the Dems or the GOP care about your best interests. So cut the us vs them crap.I really don't understand the extreme loyalty to one side or the other?

Also this country did not get to where it is by the actions of any single president....be it GW Bush, or Barrack Obama. People on the left seem to forget that GW got Congressional approval to go to war with Iraq. That approval included support from nearly 40% of the democrats in Congress at the time. People on the right seem to forget that the country fell much further into debt under GW Bush's watch then it did when Bill Clinton was president. So enough of the left vs. right garbage. PLEASE!!! Finger pointing will solve nothing and both parties are responsible for the problems we face today.

John, GW did endorse Romney today....the Kiss of Death!

So UAW, It was good to hear from the man who tanked the economy, soiled the reputation of the United States overseas, and started an unnecessary war in Iraq because of a death threat to his daddy. Bush needs to return to the cave he crawled out of and stay there.

This is sarcasm? "A true statesman" caught me off guard, there. I must know, are you being serious?

I think you must be. And, as such, I thought your kind stopped using terms like "hunt down" after the Gabby Giffords hit. That talk is back on again?

A true statesman that left office with two unfinished wars, and the worst recession in over 70 years. Please let him go back to texas to play cowboy with his buddy Dick.

Pretty funny, UAWPleeeease, you accuse President Obama of blaming Bush for the financial crisis, then turn around and try to pin the blame on one little Representative of the House.

Don't be blind! YOU people have nothing to add about the article except to BASH the president at all costs. Keep THAT nonsense up and he'll be re-elected for sure!

Hate to break it to you Amy, but good ol Barney pretty much single-handedly took down the nation's economy from the "little" post he held in the house. Housing bubble, legislating risky mortgages, any of that ring a bell?

The rest,

Is it really shocking news to you that Obama is a blameshifter? Seriously guys, its embarrassing. I respect the office, but the guy can't seem to take responsibility for anything. I'm not abig fan of many of Bush's policies, but the man was, and continues to be, respectable and principled.

I love how all you idiots blame just Bush saying "He" tanked the economy, go back and check some history and quit blaming a person from a group that has been in the political minority in Washington since 2006. Since libs choose to ignore facts and truth over your delusional "We'll pay for it with Unicorns crapping rainbows made of money" fantasies. How can you have conveniently forgotten Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, the Democrat controlled House and Senate, yet somehow a republican minority for the first two years and a sole Republican controlled House undermined every stupid idea from The Obama. You should place the blame where it belongs, you look stupid still blaming Bush.

I thought UAW lost their power years ago during Reagan (I was in Toledo and Michigan at several places making fully automatic car factories), so why on earth would you like Republicans, or did you forget to take your meds too?

---And Bush during his own presidency already got several hundred billion to bail out "private industry/banks", so what is it with your memory? is it those plastic lined dog food cans that got to your head creating Alzheimer's, or hormone imbalance? --Or is it just the Fox news media programming you?--I do not care about politics as a super engineer, we do not deal in opinions or politics, rest assured your computer chips manufacturer (IBM) would never have worked if I had taught them with a Republican or Democrat slant!!!!

Come on Liberals take some freaking responsibility here. Do any of you remember this? Jeeeesh!

In 2003, while the ranking minority member on the Financial Services Committee, Frank opposed a Bush administration proposal, in response to accounting scandals, for transferring oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to a new agency that would be created within the Treasury Department. The proposal, supported by the head of Fannie Mae, reflected the administration's belief that Congress "neither has the tools, nor the stature" for adequate oversight. Frank stated, "These two entities ...are not facing any kind of financial crisis ... The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."^[47] In 2003, Frank also stated what has been called his "famous dice roll":^[48] "I do not want the same kind of focus on safety and soundness [in the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] that we have in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office of Thrift Supervision. I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation towards subsidised housing."^[49] In July 2008, Frank said in an CNBC interview, "I think this is a case where Fannie and Freddie are fundamentally sound, that they are not in danger of going under. They’re not the best investments these days from the long-term standpoint going back. I think they are in good shape going forward."

Anyone here defending any of these politicians for the state of our country and world are uninformed.

Please search the "Federal Reserve" and read up on who really controls our foreign policy and our domestic policy. It isn't Barney or George or Barack. It's the Corporations. I'm really not trying to be critical, but this back and forth about who's to blame is exactly how the puppet masters want it.

If we were really free and in a great place, why are the Feds having to create and foil terror attacks so they can implement the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, etc. ? Why did the DHS just buy 450,000,000 hollow point rounds? Who are they going to be using them on? How much do all those rounds cost? These are questions that don't have fun sounding answers. U.S.Citizens are being set up by the Banksters. United States of Goldman Sachs!

Stone, There are liberals and then there are you conspiracy theorists. I'm not sure which hurts the country more....

Wayne, I get tired of people like you. I just wish I could of taken a picture of all the Iraq people that begged us for help. Which went against UN Sanctions. The Orders to move my Hospital to Turkey to help the Kurds. The plea's to Congress to do something by the Liberals....

Barney Frank created the housing bubble! Barney Frank declared two wars while cutting taxes! Barney Frank lost millions to fraud in Iraq! Barney Frank shot his friend in the face!

AUWPLeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese........You are ABSOLUTLY CORRECT but, rock-head liberals can't read your post nor do they believe it. It is true.....I did the research but they won't. Dodd-Fwank ALLOWED the Fannie mae Freddie mac downfall.

UAW, there is nothing that hurts this country more than wing-nuts who rely on Focked News for their information.... But that's how Republicans "do their thing"... screw everything up and let the lies from Focked tell the sheep how good the GOTEAParty is

Which one? Boehner? Could happen. I hope so, too.

JFK-2112 - we ALL want Boehner out. Keeping our fingers crossed for November! But, at the very least, he won't be Speaker of the House anymore!

Which one? Boehner? Could happen. I hope so, too.

While we are at it, let's add McConnell and Cantor to the Clown Car and ship them off to Guantanamo Bay for acts of treason. Intentionally destroying the economy and the jobs market, and ruining millions of American lives to further their political careers sounds like high treason to me.

JFK do you remember the sound Charlie Browns teacher made when she talked, she made more sense than you do.

YOUR President of the United States WILL NOT be voted out...mark my words!

While we are at it, let's add McConnell and Cantor to the Clown Car..

I'm fine with that. I can't begin to describe my dislike of Eric Cantor. Predominantly because I live in Virginia and get to hear him spread his inane babble in both National and State media. I'm extremely thankful I don't live in his district.

The sad reality is we have another guy just like Cantor currently in State government who also aspires to be on the National stage: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

--If you are talking about the current USA president, he was "voted in"--and will be "voted in" again, so you better move to La-La Land now! (Crawford Tex, I heard they are making a theme park!)

--Hope he gets a new VP, Beiden is too old!

ButtGuard.. Obama's clown Biden opened his mouth and sealed Obama's Legacy as the first GAY President.. Look at Obama's face when he makes his speech....

@Gulfwar9091

If you mean supporting freedom and equality for all, then yes, he is one of the few president that ever did that.

In case you didn't know about marriage license, it was first introduced to prevent "inter-racial" and "inter-faith" marriage. Guess it doesn't work out as they plan, right?

So, Christian law is better, which one of the 10,000 registered Christian religions in NY State alone (most for tax write offs)? the Christians have the last 10 years killed over one million Muslims, looks like my old friends the Vikings a thousand years ago!

joel

failure? Compared to Obama, Bush is a great president.

1. Saddam Hussein and his sons will never kill another American or anyone else

2. Record income tax revenues under Bush

3. Low unemployment

4. Captured the mastermind of 9/11 and the man who beheaded Daniel Pearl

5. Appointed two stellar Justices to the Supreme Court

Yes Bush was a flawed president, but he stands as someone so much more competent than the community organizer

2. record income tax revenues under bush? LIE outright LIE

3. How low was unemployment on January 20, 2009? another LIE

5. Stellar Justices? you mean the two CONS that ensured corporations and foreign countries have unfettered access to US elections? Oh, yeah, those two.

larry: yeah, hussein is gone..at the cost of a trillion dollars and uncounted dead and injured americans.

since he wasn't a threat to the US in the first place, iraq was stupid..but larry, you keep pushing it like it was wonderful!

and obama's record against al quada is much better than bush's..but you keep ignoring that too larrry, shows you what a partisan hack you are.

low unemployment? yeah, thanks to a housing bubble..which crashed underneath him..Keep cherry picking facts larry.

larry, you are so biased its almost amusing. But hey, you're running away to south america, so that shows you what you think of america. how pathetic.

sam e

here you go; straight from the CBO historic tables

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/historicaltables[1].pdf

Low Unemployment under Bush???????

What country were you living in during 2008-2009, Larry?

This is more like the way most people remember those terrible times:

"Employers slashed another 598,000 jobs off of U.S. payrolls in January"

"The latest job loss is the worst since December 1974, and brings job losses to 1.8 million in just the last three months, or half of the 3.6 million jobs that have been lost since the beginning of 2008."

"The loss since November is the biggest 3-month drop since immediately after the end of World War II, when the defense industry was shutting down for conversion to civilian production."

"The unemployment rate is now at its highest level since September, 1992."

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/06/news/economy/jobs_january/index.htm

P.S. - Your link to the CBO site just takes you to "Requested page not found"

and who can forget bush trying to appoint miers to scotus: "On October 3, 2005, Bush nominated Miers to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Miers' nomination was criticized by people all over the political spectrum based on her never having served as a judge, her perceived lack of intellectual rigor, her close personal ties to Bush, and her lack of a clear record on issues likely to be encountered as a Supreme Court Justice. Many notable conservatives vigorously criticized her nomination, and numerous conservative groups normally considered part of Bush's political base planned to mount an organized opposition campaign."

yeah, some "competent" person he was. lol. even the conservatives were laughing at him.

Vermontguy

Saddam Hussein paid out over 35 million dollars to Arab jihadists for killing Jews and Americans. The following Americans were killed by those who took Saddam's blood money. Leaving aside all other reasons, this alone was sufficient reason for the US to take out Saddam Hussein

According to employees of the Iraqi Central Bank and the Rafidain Bank, the former Iraqi ambassador to Jordan, Sabah Yassen, withdrew money from the accounts to make payments ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, Hyde said.

Palestinians have said Saddam paid more than $35 million to families of Palestinians killed or wounded in the conflict with Israel that began in September 2000.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500257_162-656284.html

November 4, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of Queens, NY was killed in a shooting at a bus station. U.S. citizen injured: Shlomo Kaye.

December 2, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Ziv Brill, 17, of West Hempstead, Long Island, NY, Temima Spetner, 19, of St. Louis, MI, Jason Kirshenbaum of New Rochelle, NY, Israel Hirschfield, 18, Joseph Leifer, 29, of Borough Park (Brooklyn), NY.

December 18, 2001, shooting on the Jerusalem-Shilo road. U.S. citizens injured: David Rubin, 44, of Brooklyn, NY, Asher "Ruby" Rubin, 3.

January 15, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank. Avraham Boaz, 71, of New York, a dual Israeli-American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala and murdered.

January 18, 2002: Shooting in Hadera. U.S. citizen killed: Aaron Elis, 32, son of Chicago family.

January 22, 2002: Shooting in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen injured: Shayna Gould, 19, of Chicago, IL

January 27, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. A Palestinian woman triggered a massive explosion in downtown Jerusalem killing one elderly Israeli and injuring more than 150, including American Mark Sokolow, his wife, and 16 and 12-year-old daughters. Sokolow had earlier survived the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, escaping from his law office on the 38th floor of the South Tower before it collapsed.

February 8, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Abu Tor Peace Forest Jerusalem. U.S. citizen killed: Moranne Amit, 25

February 15, 2002, near Ramallah, West Bank. Lee Akunis was shot to death.

February 16, 2002: Bombing in Karnei Shomron. U.S. citizens killed: Keren Shatsky, 14, of Brooklyn, NY and Maine, Rachel Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, MD. U.S. citizens injured: Lior Thaler, 14, of Baltimore, MD, Hillel Trattner of Chicago, IL, Ronit Yucht Trattner of Chicago, IL, Chani Friedman of New York.

February 19, 2002: Shooting near Neve Dekalim. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Saperstein of New York.

February 25, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed to death in Abu Tor Peace Forest in Jerusalem.

March 7, 2002, Eshel Hashomron Hotel, Ariel, Israel. A Christian tourist from Arkansas lost her right eye in an attack by a suicide bomber.

March 21, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on a Jerusalem street. U.S. citizens injured: Alan Joseph Bauer, 37, of Chicago, Yonathon Bauer, 7 (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship).

March 24, 2002, Ofra, Israel. Shooting near Ofra. U.S. citizens killed: Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly of Chicago, IL.

March 27, 2002, Netanya, Israel. U.S. citizen Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in a suicide attack at a Passover Seder.

March 31, 2002, Efrat, Israel. Bombing in Efrat. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American citizen.

June 18, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Angeles, CA was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem.

June 19, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Gila Sara Kessler, 19, whose family came from New York, was killed in a bombing at a bus stop.

July 31, 2002, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Nine people were killed when a bomb exploded in the main cafeteria at the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem. Five were U.S. citizens: Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of MA; Marla Bennet, 24, of San Diego, CA; David Gritz (also a French citizen), 24, of Peru, MA; Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, PA; and Dina Carter, 37, of NC. Israelis David Ladovsky, 29, and Levina Shapira, 53 also died in the bombing. U.S. citizens injured: Spencer Dew, 26, of Owensboro, Kentucky; Zeev Spencer; Harris Gershon; Jamie Harris. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 5, 2003: Bus bombing in Haifa. U.S. citizens killed: Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

March 7, 2003: Shooting in the victims’ home. U.S. citizens killed: Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, who grew up in Chicago; Dina Horowitz, 50, who grew up in Florida

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/usvictims.html

Way to go Larry Robinson, hit them with facts as they like.

sam e-1288771, where do you get your facts? I think the dictionary on how to spell the word Lies.

JoAnne,

If you copy the whole link and paste it into the browser, it does link to the chart. All things considered, just on a cursory look over the Bush years, year 1, positive, year 2, (during 9/11) negative, years 3-8, larger negative, but fairly steady considering two wars. Whereas Obama years 1 and two, doubled the net negative while ending wars.

larry: what can I say? the iraq invasion was justified on nukes and bio weapons,. People have died in isreal from terrorist attacks before, during, and after saddam. nice cherry picking of random deaths.

again - iraq was one of the biggest fiascoes in american history, and your attempt to make it heroic is stupid.

and the rest of your "glory" of bush is just assorted cherry picking of facts. lol.

---And USA paid almost 1 trillion US to kill ONE MILLION on IRAQ directly and indirectly!--- you want to list the names of my friends in the military-who never came home----By date--- or is it enough when they get a flag in a box?--please get with it will you!

vermontguy-

The Iraq was was justified on Material Breach; a MB stated by the Clinton Administration and the UN. That additional fact fully justified the resumption of hostilities from the 1992 Gulf War Cease Fire Agreement under international law.

Two of the Three parties to that Cease Fire Agreement (signed by Gen Norman Schwarzkopf) were the US and UK who legally resumed military action

bill clinton spent 1 trillion us dollars "containing" sadaam from 1993-2000

...during this time 1 million iraqis were killed with sanctions and bombing

george bush spent 1 trillion dollars liberating iraq...and killing sadaam

.....during this time 150,000 iraqis died as a result of the war.

Romney on a radio program in October called the Arab Spring "out of control." “We’re facing an Arab Spring which is out of control in some respects," he said, "because the president was not as strong as he needed to be in encouraging our friends to move toward representative forms of government."

Willard "Mitt" Romney, the US has no friends in the Arab Middle East...we have "suppliers", but not friends. The sooner you realize that, and get your head out of your butt, the better off we'll all be. Mistaking suppliers as "friends" is what Republicans do best and is what costs the rest of us.

Ah yes, the good old days when terrorists flew planes into our buildings, when we waged wars in countries on a fools mission to find WMDs, the fun times of one of the worst stock market crashes known in modern times, massive debts that extrapolate to GDP percentages not seen since prior to world war II. Thanks, but I'll pass.

yeah, a giant imbecile. iraq will go down as one of the biggest fiascos in american history..regardless of what partisan hacks like larry think.

vermontguy, I knew you had a lot of anti-american sentiments, but try reading the names of all the American citizens killed by Saddam Hussein's blood money in my post at 2:10 pm and then spout your nonsense.

I'm proud of the Iraq War; I'm proud that one of my sons was in the Marine unit that first crossed into Baghdad; I'm proud we took out Saddam and his two sons.

Yea! Just what we need. He murdered my only son and 4500 other brave souls whom he sent in search of WMD's that existed only in his demented mind. This man should be in prison for crimes against humanity. You must be as damned crazy as he was. Were there any justice in this world bush, cheney and rumsfeld would have climbed the gallows following Sadam. They were all evil dirty little men.

Larry, are you referring to the same Saddam Hussein that Bush's Secretary of Defense personally met with and provided WMD to? That would be Rumsfeld, who was Reagan's goto guy for supporting the very same Saddam Hussein you credit Bush with killing. And how many innocent people died along the way of finishing off this one person? Why didn't you list the dates that they were killed, just to "protect them" from Hussein? And how many innocent people in Baghdad did your son "take out" to accomplish that?

larry: anti-american? lol, you are the one running to south america. :)

proud of iraq? its a fiasco. You can be proud of our soldiers, but the war itself was a disaster, and all your posturing won't change that.

Atlas I am sorry for your loss, But I was there both times and there was WMD(just not Nuclear) Try Google the UN and Iraq(WMD)

Mr. Robinson...

If baffoon-in-chief bush was such a great president, why is it that NOT ONE republican presendential candidate wanted him within 1,000 miles of his campaign?

Larry

And Iran is also grateful to President Bush Jr. for taking out Sadam Hussein, the primary check on their mid-east hegemony ambition. They now have significant influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. By shifting attention from Afghanistan to Iraq, he transformed a righteous campaign in the middle east to an unpopular "anti-Muslim" crusade.

a Romney administration will pursue a strategy of supporting groups and governments across the Middle East to advance the values of representative government, economic opportunity, and human rights, and opposing any extension of Iranian or jihadist influence.

Mitt the Barber's primary contest rhetoric was to outboast Gingrich on who would be the first to invade Iran, expressing John Bolton's extremely narrow view of the complexities of the disparate middle east actors.

Bishop Mitt will signify his success in the novel strategy of promoting human rights and containing jihadist influence by causing a bush to burn in Horab.

It is people like you who I tried to tell how bad bush's 2nd term would be but you would not listen. I will do everything I can to see we don't make the same mistake with romney.

Don't be so knee jerk political. Bush has a good point, and I think he's right on this issue.

And WHO is running with the football now??? The Democrat's and they are Marching full steam ahead..

Full Steam into the GOP Wall. Or did you forget the senate filibuster and the GOP controlled house? Anything good the President might get done is being blocked for pure political reasons. Everything you try to pin on Obama, is really something Congress did. Congress is supposed to pass a budget. Failed. Congress worked out the debt dea. Blown. Congress wrote the laws that spent the money that we need to now borrow, and Congress declared the subsequent debt ceiling issue a crisis. Total Manufactured Fail. Congress got our rating dropped. Epic Fail.

How many of our troops died fighting in Libya? Well done Preident Obama. That filthy little whelp that preceeded you would have been sneaking coffins into Dover at night just like he did with my son in Iraq.

He should be in prison with the rest of his serial killer enablers like coward dick cheney and incompetent rumsfeld and wolfowitz. History is judging these dirty filthy little men. Hell cannot be hot enough for any of them.

The victors always get to write history as they see fit. Didn't you know that? Always has been that way, because wars are always in the end political, no matter what anyone says. This is only an early draft. You can expect more rewrites in the future. If you think there is some golden, pure "truth" out there in history, you are quite naive, or at least greatly mistaken.

Not that you are right. It is our world right now and our voice should be heard Mr. History. You are totally naive when you think history books are only written by cheaters. Read the novel 'Twins in Arms' that might elite you to the truth of what false history lead to.

lol - never said it was right. Just said that the peole who win always get to write the history, and they will always put themselves in the best light. Always. Its universal human nature to disregard the bad things you do in light of the benefits produced. And I never said such behavior doesn't have a bad effect. That's why we keep on making the same mistakes over and over and over again. Call me cynical if you like, but I tell you it is how the mind works.

Atlas - Very good response to nothing that was written.

IMO, he should take a page from Carter.

By that I mean GWB should sit down and shut up for a while (more than 4 years!), let the country do its thing, let people largely forget about his terms, then reappear and start doing pseudo-political work.

Carter has completely rebranded his image from his one term Presidency by just lying low and then taking an active role as an advocate in public and social policy decades later.

Right now, no one wants to hear from GWB. Not even the Republicans who will likely try to distance themselves from this very statement. He's still too much of a negative, and polarizing, presence just as Carter was a negative, and polarizing, presence well into the 90's.

Wrong, I think anyone who loves America needs to hear from president Bush who had the courage to take out our enemies and stop their attacks on Americans.

Obama has proven that he is every bit as incompetent and unqualified to be president as many of us feared he would be.

Bush did a lot of stupid liberal domestic policy things, but even with that, he's a 1000 times better than the current occupier killing time in the White House

Bush did a lot of stupid liberal domestic policy things, but even with that, he's a 1000 times better than the current occupier killing time in the White House

And yet, even the Republican establishment wants to shove him under the rug.

Which seems to dispute your claims when even his former party wants him to go away and they take great pains to distance themselves from him.

I'm not going to say Obama's been great (far from it). Both have been equally bad as "leaders".

Newsvine double post, sorry.

Amazing how many posts here are of the form suggesting that Bush stay quiet. Interesting the same posters are not so vocal when one of their own, Bill Clinton, bloviates at a rate that is orders of magnitude greater then Bush (either one).

KJ Green, I'll take this one. I am quite used to my curious 4 yr. old grandson firing so many questions that some of them appear rather silly.

President Clinton's campaign motto was, "It's the economy, stupid". He proceeded to lead this country with methods that resulted in the healthiest and most robust economy in American history.

President G.W. Bush promised to serve as a compassionate conservative and led the country into 2 costly unfunded wars and an expensive unfunded Medicare drug plan as he depleted the U.S. treasury with enormous tax cuts (particularly for the wealthy) at the very same time FOR the very first time. This led the country to the precipice of economic disaster to rival the Great Depression in eight short years.

President Clinton proved to be an accomplished leader that led his nation to prosperity and left it at peace. President G.W. Bush proved to be an incompetent boob that left his nation in economic disaster while occupied with two simultaneous wars. The first is a valued speaker at many events by many people through-out the world. The second is rarely asked to speak at events except those sponsored by partisan fools to draw him out of the closet.

I will exit quickly now before you ask, " why is the sky blue?", to reserve my patience for a little guy that only asks such questions to satisfy his enormous curiosity instead of foolish partisan B.S.

Larry

I completely agree with you. Bush Jr. should give the keynote speech in Tampa to remind us of his contributions to America. Mitt the Barber's GOP administration will feature many members of Bush Jr's administration (like John Bolton) so we should have the opportunity to hear from the man who appointed them.

It depends what you say and where you get your information. BLOGS are not reputable and most are racists or republicans...there you have it.

PaulfromNM,

Because of stupid people like you, we are in this mess. How does it feel to be one of the idiots who contributed to the downfall of this country?

beadarg,

Don't blame us, we didn't vote for liberals and certainly not for the incompetent community organizer

No, Larry, you voted for Bush, owned by the neocons and his religious zealotry, who got us into the mess(es) we are in. Good for you, Larry, you must really hate your country.

"American's message should ring clear and strong," Bush said. "We stand for freedom -- and for the institutions and habit that make freedom work for everyone." You know, Bush has horrible foresight, but his wording is snake-like as always. He wants institutions to make freedom "work" for everyone. Freedom, doesn't "work" for anyone Mr. Bush, it's is free. The problem is that institutions teach habits that are conducive to work and label them as freedom, which is really just a dictatorship wrapped up in a pretty bow. One vote should represent one vote and not the ideas of an institution.

hahahahaha....good joke

obama's foreign policy is better than bush's. bush's economics consisted of "hope the housing bubble continues".

obama is hardly stellar, but bush was both lucky and incompetent.

Bleedingheartoo:

I miss Bush too, but for the comic relief. Even Bush admitted later, it was really more a Cheney Presidency, but Bush was more "electable."

You KNOW your talking nonsense...right? So, what's your motive?

You probably would not want Fiesty as I bet she smells as Nasty as she sound's

I don't know about that Gulfwar9091 but I'm sure you are a stupid as you do

I'm interested....and by the way...try using the spell check MORON! Ha!