Farewell Prs. George W. Bush.. and Thank You!

Yeah, we can all laugh at the "Bushisms".... and look forward to the Obamaisms to come! :~D

My favorite blonde moment was his press conference a year after Abu Ghraib and a bunch of other disasterous incidents with military contractors in Iraq, with nothing being done about it and only more contractors being hired, George Bush said that he had no idea what standards these contractrs are held to. That press conference just made me wonder what is going on in that mans mind. George Bush, what a mysterious man.

Is there anything you can find where you think he was right?

Or, I'll ask it this way... Is there anything good you can say about George Bush either as a person or as a president?

While I do not agree with you, I respect your right to an opinion. Iraq was not wrong in my opinion. It is possible to try and take care of two problems at once and Iraq was a huge problem in the making. I'm not one to want things to happen before I take action and I am not a fan of Presidents *cough cough Clinton cough* who do sit on issues until people are killed (9/11 anyone?). There are people in Iraq that would beg to differ with you .. people who are alive thanks to the U.S. soldiers who caught Saddam. Had someone paid attention to Osama prior to 9/11 .. the way Bush paid attention to Saddam, maybe.. just maybe the attack on the US on 9/11 wouldn't have happened. It's easy to say it was a mistake because Bush took action and because of that action, the war taking place did not take place on U.S. soil so American's are smug and sit back saying Bush was wrong because they have no clue (thankfully) of what could have happened had Saddam been left alone - but we can look at the action, or lack thereof, that Clinton took when he was warned about Osama and see that as an example of what can happen when people do not stand up and take action when they should. I firmly believe that had Saddam not been removed, he would have been a huge threat to this country just like Osama was. And for what it's worth, the war for Osama was still going on at the same time the war in Iraq was getting under way. One did not stop for the other.. attention was placed in both areas to try and catch a man who already attacked and to take out a man who had the potential to attack in the future. In my world, that's called multi-tasking and only a select few can do it. Peace

Yup, supporters and detractors alike can join together and laugh about his faux pas. Now he is going into history, but not to worry, we have many, many, many Obamaisms to enjoy over the next 4 years!

It is easy to be brave when you are sending other people's children into a battle. What is there not to be brave about? Did his daughters join the military and the cause? Absolutely not. He would not even allow the media to show the coffins come into Delaware that is how chicken he was. I have not seen him perform one brave act.

Then tell me kitten, how brave was it for Bill Clinton to wage an illegal war in Bosnia? He sent soldiers to die in that war even though he himself was a coward who dodged the draft and fled the country to avoid serving in the military.

Who are you to decide why we join?

Sooooo, true, those shoes would have hit most of us.

Hoo~AH!!

"ParaTed - you seem at ease in accusing people of being happy had GW been assinated. That is a horrible thing to accuse someone of. It is irrational of you to use in a discussion on this forum." It's not irrational at all. Al Franken publicly joked about helping al Quaeda assassinate George W. Bush. Since the vast majority of democrats supported and/or voted for him it seems clear that they both approve of, and support this behavior. You seem to be one of the most hateful democrats on these boards so I have no doubt you would support Franken as you would anyone else with the letter "D" next to their name. "Mr Bush will be the first President who will not have security protection as an out going President in the history of the country." Now you just continue to display your ignorance to us all. President Bush will have Secret Service protection for the next ten years as an outgoing president. That is due to a bill that was passed during Clinton's presidency.

Kitten, if we're not safe than how is it that every single attempted attack by terrorists over the last 7 years has been thwarted without a single innocent life lost? I'm sure you're blissfully ignorant of the terrorists planning to assault Fort Dix who were arrested not too long ago.

You think we are safe? You think the airports, ports, borders, and power plants are safe? You certainly are deluded. If you think that having the ability to listen to our phone conversations, our mail checked, our library records checked, and our internet records checked keeps us safe you are totally deluded. We are no safer than we were on 9-11. The so called Patriot Act is laughable. A man sat for days in the reflecting pool controlling Washington, DC, he was in control, we are safe? Washington DC was shut down completely due to a minor snow storm, that is safe? I think not.

Thank you Tasker36. I am always amazed at people that think if we only think or do nice things everybody will love us. My favorite is 'we must not lower our self to their level". If any thing this will be the wording on Americas tombstone. With all the so called sophistication this generation is supposed to have I am amazed at how naive they are. If we had been afraid in WW2 to use any thing to helps us win the war we would be speaking German. As for all our phones being bugged and big brother watching our ever move, boy I did not know that that many people worked for the government. I hope the person watching me has a sense of humor. If keeping an eye on known enemies keeps me and mine safe, they have my blessing.

Please don't be offended by this question as I certainly mean no disrespect but are you kidding me that he "isn't arrogant"? In my opinion there's one person on theis earth who is more arrogant than "the decider" and that would be the D1ck Cheney! Annie

Kitten, if these issues were brushed under the rug, why do you know about them?

I looked up the word, "arrogant." It means "haughty." I looked up, "haughty." It means, "having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain or contempt for others." In the years Bush has been in office, what disdain or contempt have you witnessed from him toward anyone? Even toward all the people who have spoke evil of him, or have slandered him, I have never heard him repay evil for evil. Bush is not arrogant, he's cocky, or as the dictionary puts it, "self confident in a swaggering way."

Thank you 6precious, very well said!

Very well said!

The only weakness we have is that freedom is wasted on the ignorant.