"Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me."

[Cyrano]

That was George W. Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker as she was being executed when he was governor of Texas.

Nothing more needs to be said to understand this man's character, or lack thereof.

As Molly Ivins (a dyed in the wool Texas columnist) said, "If everyone had read 'Shrub,' I wouldn't have had to write 'Bushwhacked.'"

The White House is currently occupied by a malignant disease. The cure is available to us November 2nd. And we're going to need a landslide to make sure these creatures can't steal it again.

[jjmalonejr]

1. Is there video of this?

I'd like to see it, if it's available. I've seen him quoted, and it's clearly despicable, but there's no substitute for hearing it come out of his own mouth.

[Dookus]

2. No video

it was from a magazine article written by Tucker Carlson. As far as I know, the interview wasn't filmed.

[ugarte]

3. It was an interview given to a magazine reporter

so no video probably exists, but Bush never had a problem with the reporter's veracity.

[Kurt Remarque]

6. it was in the first issue of "talk" magazine

not sure who wrote it but they were traveling with the campaign

[Shakespeare]

8. Believe it or not, Tucker Carlson wrote that piece.

And he caught serious hell from the Bushies for daring to show the chimp's true colors.

You'd think the boy would learn....

[David Zephyr]

11. Yes He Did, Shakepeare!

And Tucker even mimicked Bush mimicking her.

Glad to see others remember.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. Would that do for ad footage?

Tucker mimicking Bush mimicking Karla Faye...

[Swamp Rat]

19. Yes, it would be great if we could find it.

[Pachamama]

25. Yeah, wouldn't that be great - Tucker Carlson mimicking Karla Raye to the

Chimp as he threw the switch and said adios to her....Wasn't she also a good Christian born again? You'd think that would mean something to him?

Hi Swamp'R! :hi: Long time no "C" .....was in Seattle this weekend and very busy....wasn't able to log on to the DU....

[Swamp Rat]

27. Oi Pachamama

Bush ain't no X-Tian. He's an alien lizard posing as a Texan. These alien lizards enjoy killing humans.

How was Seattle?

[Pachamama]

30. Seattle was great...saw friends, talked Politics & had some fun....

I'm glad to say that all my friends up in Seattle are really active in getting that alien lizard posing as a texan sent back to the hole he crawled out of....Sadly, when you cut their tail off, it grows back....

It's amazing...I've never seen people so mobilized and opposed to anyone....this far surpasses the GOP's hatred and mobilization against the Clintons....People who never have cared about politics can't talk about anything else...people who have never given a dime to a politician or campaign are giving as much as possible, even if they are hurting financially...

Good news for Kerry - Bad news for Dimwit....

[bobbieinok]

4. a colleague was most upset about this; wrote letters, etc

Now is a die-hard, religious right supporter of W, Ashcroft, et al.

[CBHagman]

5. The actual account is actually more disturbing.

First off, Karla Faye Tucker was already dead when Bush made the mocking "Please don't kill me" speech to Tucker Carlson. If I recall correctly, Carlson asked Bush if he had seen a particular interview with Tucker prior to her execution. That led to Bush producing the mocking imitation. Carlson apparently was so shocked by this behavior on Bush's part that the latter abruptly changed gears, obviously realizing he'd gone too far even for Carlson.

It gets worse. In the interview in question, Karla Faye Tucker did not utter those words, at least according to my sources. In other words, Bush made the whole speech up.

No one's saying Karla Faye Tucker didn't commit a brutal murder. But she had apparently not only experienced spiritual conversion but also reformed while in prison, and even right-wing fundamentalist preachers were calling for her sentence to be commuted to life in prison without parole, in order that she might be able to assist in the rehabilitation of other inmates.

Bush, in the meantime, goes about saying Jesus changed his heart. But he certainly looks like the same vindictive sort he was before his much lauded conversion..

[mark11727]

7. Shrub's ALWAYS been a sneaky little prick...

...but NOW he's a sneaky little prick with religion.

[Poiuyt]

9. A sneaky little prick who SAYS he has religion

A true Christain wouldn't have such bloodlust

[mark11727]

23. Amen all over the place, brother pduck.

[Cyrano]

12. Thanks for the specifics

Jeeez, it really would be tough to find a more degenerate human being than George W. Bush.

I don't remember who said, "To those whom much is given, much is expected." Evidently, Bush really does think he rules by "the divine right of kings."

What a swine.

[meow2u3]

14. Bush thinks God died and left him in charge

eom

[never_get_over_it]

29. John Kennedy

said "to those whom much is given, much is expected."

[Snoggera]

10. I wonder if Pickle's ex-boyfriend had the time to say that

before she ran him over with her car.

Maybe it's some kind of family inside joke.

[Cyrano]

13. Hate to be LOL at a tragedy, but can't help it.

I guess that puts me in the Bush league. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.)

[oasis]

18. Ex-boyfriend.????

:wow:

[Cyrano]

20. She killed him while drunk driving.

Sorry, but I don't know all the details.

[riverwalker]

22. just Google it

Laura Bush auto accident
tons of stuff, except of course a "missing" police report.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. The worst part of the Karla Faye Tucker story is how Bush tortured her

Apparently, those around Bush KNEW he wasn't going to pardon her. He could have made that position very clear days before. But it has been reported that Bush waited until the 6:00 pm prime time newscast the evening of the execution to announce his refusal of the pardon, knowing Tucker was then being prepared for death, being strapped to a gurney still having hope about surviving in the moments before she died. Bush waited until the last minute for a photo-op sound byte and was accused in Texas of not only exploiting the Karla Faye Tucker incident for political grandstanding, but also of sadistically torturing this woman.

Even Evangelical Christian whacko Gary Bauer criticized Bush on this:
"I think it is nothing short of unbelievable that the governor of a major state running for president thought it was acceptable to mock a woman he decided to put to death."

[Deja Q]

16. Our re-born nitwit* needs to re-read certain passages of the Bible...

But he hasn't the emotional or intelligence capacity to learn from it.

He's a gigantic mouth on legs, nothing more.

[POAS]

21. I swear

I actually saw Bush say this on a newscast.

[fujiyama]

24. One thing

I never understood was why Bush was criticized more for this case than the hundreds of others that were executed under his watch.

To me I'm kinda reassured that she was executed. I know this may sound bizarre, but why do I have to feel more sorry for one that supposedly had a "spritual revelation". So, can anyone murder someone and then claim to be Christian and then get out of it?

I say this as someone that believes the DP is wrong, but I'm not feeling any more sorry for Carla Fay or Mumia than the hundreds of others on death row. Maybe I'm just not into the whole "poster boy" cases. I'm more concerned about the fact that he decided not to commute the death sentence of the man that had only ONE eyewitness witnessing the shooting.

[Bridget Burke]

26. Karla Faye was a pretty white Christian woman.

It was pointed out at the time that other convicted murderers had been sincerely "saved" but they didn't fit into the right categories. The "poster girl" thing is just the way humans work. I'm against the death penalty myself.

I don't think that anybody serving life in prison is "getting out" of anything. The Texas Legislature has tried to add "life without parole" as an allowable sentence; it failed because such a sentence would decrease the number of executions. In reality, parole for murder would only be offered after many years & not be guaranteed, but this fact is kept from juries. They are allowed to think that the only alternative to letting some extremely bad people out on the streets in a few years is lethal injection.

And we've had millionaires commit murder in Texas--and not even see the inside of a prison.

[loyalsister]

28. Presidential Character.......

This artical should have gotten more circulation. The whole "dry drunk" thing bugs me. It's worse than that. It started long before he hit the booze.....

"Bush told the audience and the Provo Valley Herald that even though George W. Bush is president, Neil Bush can still see in him the 16-year-old who gave him and his younger brother 10 seconds to start running down the hall before firing BB pellets at them.

Bush said he was an easy target, but said it was a learning experience.

"He is a man of faith," Bush added."

http://www.makethemaccountable.com/articles/Presidential_Brother_Explains_Presidential_Character.htm