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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:27 PM
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The GW Bush National Disaster Legacy in Pictures
Be sure to spread this around!



August 30, 2005 During what is probably the worst natural disaster in U.S. History, Bush plays a guitar with Country singer Mark Wills after giving a speech in San Diego in which he compares the Iraq War to World War II




September 11, 2001 (Both images taken at 9:03 a.m) Bush reads The Pet Goat to a group of school children, and poses in a meaningless photo-op with an elementary school teacher, after he's recently been informed that the country is under attack

No one could have predicted that presidenting would be such hard work.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:29 PM
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1. The "Disaster pResident" (spread the word...). :-/
Recommend for Greatest.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:32 PM
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2. Thanks!
The American public should be reminded of Bush's inability to do a damn thing during a national crisis.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:44 PM
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4. Same here
Simple, precise, truthful, and devastating.

Definitely voted it for Greatest. Thank you.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:49 PM
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5. Thanks!
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 04:59 PM
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7. Thanks! I admit reading it here yesterday (it ain't from me) but
I didn't have enough time on my hands to help spread the word then (but I think I did nominate it). And when I saw the OP, my memory cells flashed back the "Disaster pResident" original post almost instantly! Let's "stick" it on this **failure of humanity. Once it's in, it's hard to forget!!

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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:51 PM
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10. I hope people will start linking his failure in New Orleans...
to his inaction after 9-11. He didn't deserve any praise then, and he sure doesn't now!
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:32 PM
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8. The Great Procrastinator,
Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 05:49 PM by KCabotDullesMarxIII
and his Mananaco of cronies. It was Mananaco who kinda fell a little behind when it came to supporting the troops and vehicles in Iraq with armour. But with Mananaco, it's the thought that counts. At least until "manana".

It may sound a tad xenophobic or racist but, sometimes, when dealing with low-lifes, within obvious limits, you need to use their own weaknesses against them.

To inept goofballs such as Bushco, who pride themselvs on being "can-do" kind o' folk, the constant use of "manana" in names and phrases would humiliate and rile the hell out of them. "We just speak the truth to them and they think it's hell".

If you really insult them, they would take it as a compliment, precisely because their actual, as opposed to pretended, "values" are absolutely contrary to human decency.

Take "Billionaires for Bush". Now to us, that's funny. But to them, in its beauty(!) actually, it would approximate to something like a hymn or a Gospel Beatitude. Their gripe with it would be that it attacks and undermines their absolutely essential panoply of lies, their most basic propaganda: "Gee, we're on your side, little guy!"
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:38 PM
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9. I can't believe Shrub wasn't immediately at the hurricane/flood site...
just to get in a good photo op! I mean, this guy is the king of feel-good photo ops. They're really the only thing keeping him afloat! The White House COMPLETELY blew it!
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 06:02 PM
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13. I'm afraid it's a parallel and very different universe
they live in, which is bound to defy comprehension.
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 11:40 AM
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19. Yep, what a missed op!
Just being there... appearing there for twenty minutes!
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 07:02 PM
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17. So true
And the photo-op president.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 03:43 PM
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3. Bump!
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 04:18 PM
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6. Another Bump
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:54 PM
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11. This one headline put it in perspective for me
Gore airlifts victims from New Orleans

The man who should be President spent his own money and saved 270 victims, while Bushshit ate cake with McCain.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:57 PM
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12. President Gore is an American Hero
and so are Sean Penn, Oprah and all of the others who could afford to pitch in and help.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 06:11 PM
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14. And, he IS the President of the United States, indeed.
Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 06:16 PM by Amonester
I'm pretty sure N.O. would have been damaged by that monster hurricane, but not as much for the levees would have been funded properly since 2002, because he would not have "missed" the 2001/08/06 "OBL determined to strike..." or he would have debunked Atta&Co (Massaoui-FBI & Able Danger) way before that (= no new PH). Two Hundred Billions wouldn't have been squandered in Iraq and the NG would certainly be there en masse. How many other positive policies would now be effectively helping to reduce global warming, thus the force of all TS (or stabilize them).

So many other good stuff. Health-care for everybody too? :thumbsup:
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:31 PM
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18. Can you imagine what his response would have been in an election year?
Quite different
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Prodemsouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 06:42 PM
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15. I would like that made into bumper stickers. Could someone
please do it, willing to pay. Nero II on it. The one with Bush and Guitar and the flood.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 07:01 PM
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16. That would be a great idea!
I also like the photoshopped picture of the Bush father and son fishing in the middle of the flood waters. It's very effective.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 12:28 PM
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20. Bumping for the 9-11 Anniversary
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 12:32 PM
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21. Looks like he even wore the same suit
for the occasion.

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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 12:50 PM
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22. I guess it's his "lucky" suit
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 02:22 PM
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23. He almost had another trifecta
but he didn't quite make it.

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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-11-05 08:31 PM
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24. I can't remember...what made up the "trifecta" again?
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-05 11:04 AM
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25. If any of the photos aren't showing...
Edited on Mon Sep-12-05 11:05 AM by West Coast Democrat
they're on my blog as well.
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