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StevieM

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72. Now I am curious. Can I ask how old you are?

Fri Mar 3, 2017, 08:14 PM

Mar 2017

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I have seen posters here who cannot remember the Reagan years, but I think you are the first to say that you are too young to remember George W. Bush.

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So some on this site [View all] choie Mar 2017 OP

Yep. demmiblue Mar 2017 #1

Amazing how he has been rehabilitated. dhol82 Mar 2017 #2

I don't think we're forgetting he was the worst president we'd had Warpy Mar 2017 #55

It's crazy bravenak Mar 2017 #3

He was also a popular vote loser who stole an election through underhanded tactics. LisaM Mar 2017 #37

Yep, I never felt like he was legitimate bravenak Mar 2017 #45

Yes. murielm99 Mar 2017 #60

Yup and I didn't forget about this either NWCorona Mar 2017 #48

What a fuggin weirdo bravenak Mar 2017 #69

I will not speak well of him. MineralMan Mar 2017 #4

I'll say that at least he was man enough to take the roasting at the Correspondent's Dinner. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #33

When you stand him next to Don Juanabe TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #5

No he's not choie Mar 2017 #7

he still thinks what he did was right. Cobalt Violet Mar 2017 #65

He is a war criminal, but the current asshole is a couple orders of magnitude worse. nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2017 #98

I'm not old enough to have a first-hand opinion of what life was like under GWB butdiduvote Mar 2017 #6

Tell that to choie Mar 2017 #9

And the people who lost their houses to foreclosure, and people who lost jobs, LisaM Mar 2017 #42

I was 18 when we lost our home to Katrina. Norbert9 Mar 2017 #54

I guess I hate DT as a person more. LisaM Mar 2017 #57

I know what you mean.. coco22 Mar 2017 #83

Now I am curious. Can I ask how old you are? StevieM Mar 2017 #72

I'm not too young to remember him butdiduvote Mar 2017 #75

OK, thanks for explaining. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable by asking your age. I was curious. StevieM Mar 2017 #77

I hate him by the thousands eleny Mar 2017 #8

Hey, I had the "impeach W" bumper stickers ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #10

This. I wanted W behind bars. I will CELEBRATE the day DFT dies. Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #47

The whole world will rejoice with you. dalton99a Mar 2017 #91

All things are relative... MedusaX Mar 2017 #11

Bush's action were choie Mar 2017 #14

He also caused Trump to be elected, in a roundabout way. LisaM Mar 2017 #46

No. I have seen qualified comments, emphasizing that ONLY in comparison hlthe2b Mar 2017 #12

So a war criminal choie Mar 2017 #13

You have a very strange sense of relativism... hlthe2b Mar 2017 #16

Look up the definition of war criminal choie Mar 2017 #23

I am defending no one, newbie hlthe2b Mar 2017 #25

I have been here for over a decade... choie Mar 2017 #30

The idea that W is more palatable than Trump, advanced seriously, Occulus Mar 2017 #78

Putting false words/attributions in other DU's "mouths" is a very RW thing to do hlthe2b Mar 2017 #85

It certainly seems to be an issue for you.... Occulus Mar 2017 #87

Again, you are being intensely disingenuous and disrespectful hlthe2b Mar 2017 #88

I'm just saying it's disgusting to be favorable to either compared to the other. Occulus Mar 2017 #89

Just because they are both contemptible, does not mean that there are not differences to consider... hlthe2b Mar 2017 #92

Anything can be overdone, even absolutism. :) Hortensis Mar 2017 #18

W wasn't a war criminal in his 1st six weeks in office. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #44

Yes, because Trump is a fascist and W was not. alarimer Mar 2017 #81

Yes, he is a war criminal fun n serious Mar 2017 #15

Be that as it may BainsBane Mar 2017 #17

I still feel the same way about him and the rest of his administration Solly Mack Mar 2017 #19

Amen, Solly N/T choie Mar 2017 #32

Thank you, choie. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #93

Exactly. Phentex Mar 2017 #38

Me, too. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #90

OH MY GOD THANK YOU for being ever so right dembotoz Mar 2017 #20

Bush himself seems to be enjoying his reinvention leftstreet Mar 2017 #21

45 is the best thing that ever happened to 43 Cosmocat Mar 2017 #52

Yep - it's beyond shocking malaise Mar 2017 #22

It's a matter of degree rock Mar 2017 #24

he was also quite possibly the worst president ever. unblock Mar 2017 #26

I don't disagree that Bush was a terrible president but I think what people are trying to say StevieM Mar 2017 #73

He and Michelle are good friends....so weird HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #27

Sad when we thought nothing could be worse than bush and now we have hitler II liberal N proud Mar 2017 #28

It's just an illustration of how far we've sunk with Dump. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #29

All the men, women, children and babies that were killed under his 8 years in office. caroldansen Mar 2017 #31

It's just incredible... choie Mar 2017 #34

hey HEY Skittles Mar 2017 #41

K & R!!!!!!!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #35

At my age I thought nothing could shock me, but posts extolling the glorious procon Mar 2017 #36

THAT HAS TO STOP Skittles Mar 2017 #39

Well... ananda Mar 2017 #40

Unlike Trump he does have nocalflea Mar 2017 #67

YES, he is a WAR CRIMINAL and he joked about it. Tikki Mar 2017 #43

I only wanted Bush tried, convicted, and imprisoned. 11 Bravo Mar 2017 #49

This! smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #100

Thank you lunatica Mar 2017 #50

Relax... FarPoint Mar 2017 #51

He's no better than he ever was. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #53

It just proves that everything is relative world wide wally Mar 2017 #56

Yep. Iggo Mar 2017 #58

In the immortal words of Neil Young... WheelWalker Mar 2017 #59

Truly, it's just the symptoms of trauma. byronius Mar 2017 #61

This. Silver Gaia Mar 2017 #63

Dubya's military leadership skills led America into 9-11 and his business skills left our economy in keithbvadu2 Mar 2017 #62

it has more to do with how bad trump is JI7 Mar 2017 #64

Yes, and it lowers the bar for the next turn of election fraud. gordianot Mar 2017 #66

who on this site is speaking of GWB in KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #68

The OP is a reaction to this thread SecularMotion Mar 2017 #71

I'm not and never will, but I can understand the sentiment, given such photos as: WinkyDink Mar 2017 #70

There would have been no 9/11 and no Iraq war under President Gore. Tatiana Mar 2017 #74

He is, indeed. If he wanted to rehabilitate his Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #76

Kick,kick,kicked&Recommended! coco22 Mar 2017 #79

I haven't done that but who the hell are YOU to play board nanny scolding others KittyWampus Mar 2017 #80

Thank you. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #82

Who the hell am I? choie Mar 2017 #97

TRUE, fuck bush, trump, cheney heaven05 Mar 2017 #84

Like I said before, mountain grammy Mar 2017 #86

not incompatible statements: 1) Bush was awful. 2) Trump is worse. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2017 #94

+1 dalton99a Mar 2017 #99

He is. Shouldn't be out making the rounds on talk shows like he did nothing. Shameful. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2017 #95

I don't necessarily agree with you about people on DU, but... herding cats Mar 2017 #96

It just shows how fucked up things are Lotusflower70 Mar 2017 #101

Thank you for having the guts to post this. He is a fucking akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #102

a sad but ugly fact DonCoquixote Mar 2017 #103

An objective 'compare and contrast' between two negatives will LanternWaste Mar 2017 #104