Former President Bush Defends Son

[Rose Siding]

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former President Bush (news - web sites) on Wednesday defended the Iraq (news - web sites) war and swiped at Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites), saying most people are grateful that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is out of power.

"Do you think it was better the way it was before the United States forces liberated Iraq and took Saddam prisoner?" Bush asked a group of business people.
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"I bring you greetings," Bush told the crowd. "My first greetings are from Dan Rather," he said, drawing light cheers and scattered boos at the mention of the CBS News anchor's name.

He tried again — "I bring you greetings from Michael Moore," inciting even more boos.

The third greeting, from Barbara Bush, prompted an eruption of applause.

Bush said the president is not one for posturing or complaining during difficult times.

"I never heard him whine once bout the difficult job he's got," the former president said. "He just gets on about his business. He calls his shots as he sees them. If he makes a mistake, fine. But the American people know where he stands."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_el_pr/elder_bush

*I recommend the whole article- the Kerry campaign sent him a response letter from wives and moms of deployed troops.

[Southsideirish]

1. Must be getting real "sceerd" to bring the old man out!

Methinks "junior" is starting to perspire a little bit~!

[mth44sc]

2. "liberated Iraq"

Now there is a news flash...

[Lefty48197]

3. JUNIOR MAKES MISTAKES?

STOP THE PRESSES!

[Demonaut]

20. I guess Dad discovered a few.......

[calimary]

39. Wonder if he realizes that every time he looks at his reckless spawn

he's seeing one of his BIGGEST mistakes...

Sorry, ghwb - your "boy" is a twerp. Just like you. Neither of you has ever outgrown it. Or risen above it.

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

4. What a bone head.

Why is he offering greetings on behalf of people who aren't present?

[Kierkegaard]

5. Mistakes are not FINE, assbag!

Mistakes at this level are to be addressed and reconciled before they become major catastrophes. As for your stupid son, we won't allow that mistake to happen again.

[Bluebear]

6. "If he makes a mistake, FINE!"

Sums up the sociopath.

[Eye and Monkey]

11. If he makes a mistake, fine - why should I bother my beautiful mind?

Together, Poppy and Babs are channelling Cole Porter.

[BiggJawn]

Once again, Poppy to the rescue!

Bailing out his shit-for-brains son after he totally fucks-up ANOTHER business venture his daddy set him up in....

Hey, Poppy, why the fuck didn't you just set the useless dingleberry up in a rancho someplace with an annuity and all the fucking Lone Star he could ever want, and spare us?

Oh, I get it, this is your REVENGE for not re-electing you, isn't it?

So how'd it feel to bust a cap on JFK, anyway?

[Bush was AWOL]

33. Bust a cap in JFK?

What am I missing here? Are you suggesting he was there that awful day?

[maveric]

49. He was. Do some googling.

He was in Dallas on that day, but cant remember where he was and what he was doing. I was 7 and I still remember.

[speedoo]

7. Oh goody. The king and queen of the BFEE defend their little boy.

We need a landslide victory to put these dickheads out of business.

How many points does Kerry need to take Florida by to end the Jebster's political career?

I say any victory at all will do the trick.

[Roland99]

8. Bush, Sr. is a decrepit old fogey...U2 exposed him long ago

I still remember how U2 would phone the White House each night from their Zoo TV and Outside Broadcast tours to try and talk to ol' Bush. Of course, they never got to.

Bush mentioned it in a brief questioning once, saying,

"The rock grop...the rock group, U2, phone me every night. <blah> <blah>"

So, I guess Bush, Jr. gets his verbal foibles honestly! :)

[tibbiit]

37. I saw that (zoo tv bush calls) in tacoma and in vancover bc

I love U2.
tib

[LisaLynne]

9. So, those people ...

will boo Dan Rather, a journalist, and Michael Moore, an outspoken film maker, but they cheer for Barbara "My Beautiful Mind" Bush? Whatever.

[BiggJawn]

10. The dreaded "Doppell-poster" again....

Get the RAID, this thing's buggy tonight...

[feistydem]

12. Are these people all high? What a baffoon!

"Do you think it was better the way it was before the United States forces liberated Iraq and took Saddam prisoner?" Bush asked a group of business people.

Duh, earth to Papa Bush... it was your fault Saddam was left in power. Or maybe you did that just to give junior something to do when he stole the election 8 years after we canned your ass.

[leesa]

30. We also put Saddam in power

These people are really scary.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. I'm sorry my son got drunk and ran over your mailbox....

Most of the neighbors thought it was getting old looking anyway, so he kinda did you a favor.

GHWB has been going through this for decades.

[0007]

14. I wanna see their ugly old faces after junior is beaten by a landslide

and when Kerry brings the bush family greetings.

[calimary]

41. ME TOO!!!! Oh Lordy, Me Too!!!

That mental image has sustained me ever since primary season.

[maxsolomon]

15. note to GOP

we voted GHWB out because we didn't LIKE HIM. trotting his tired ass out now won't help.

[Rose Siding]

34. Oh, good point!

That seems so obvious but sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees!

"we voted GHWB out because we didn't LIKE HIM. trotting his tired ass out now won't help."

[fortyfeetunder]

16. * can't take the heat, he calls his Dad

Label that picture "Delusional Daddy"

Let's see how Daddy bails him out once the royal eff up is disclosed.

[trueblew]

17. The old man forgot...

to send greetings from Kitty Kelley. Great book about this catastrophic family.

[llmart]

29. Yes, read Kitty Kelley's book....

and you'll see what a family of narcissists these people are. And, bug-eyed Babs? Well, she's the most f***ed up one of all. Pretty sad he has to trot out his Daddy to fight his fights for him. But they're both a couple of wusses anyway. The sooner we're rid of them, the better.

[brook]

18. Boo-farking-hoo.

Yes, Poppy. We do know where he stands. It's at a urinal somehwere pissing away everything this country was founded on, it's hopes and every thing for which it stands.

And maybe your dumbass son could complain if he had some basic command of the English language.

Posturing? What the h do you think his brush-cutting cuteness is? The ranchless ranch? Or the carrier stunt ? Plastic turkeys in Iraq? Or any of the bogus backgrounds that accompany every appearance? Poppy, you need to get it through your head that the rest of the country isn't as stupid as that little scion of yours.

end of rant.

p.s. I don't like that family. No way. No How. No Day.

I lied. That's the end. :puke:

[Wind Dancer]

19. * is a daddy's boy!!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy always had to take up for his poor little baby boy.

I would love to see an ad with Kerry showing examples of how his daddy always has to "save" his sorry a$$.

[aaronbees]

21. HUH????

"He just gets on about his business...." What business is that? Kickin back in Crawford? Well, he'll soon have plenty of time for that.

[Rose Siding]

35. And never whines!

It's in one of those articles- must be American born, over 35, non-whiner.

That's an important part of the job description- the absence (or rather the stated absence of whining- I think he whines all the time)

[jackofhearts]

22. The obvious answer to this question...

"Do you think it was better the way it was before the United States forces liberated Iraq and took Saddam prisoner?"

is YES...YES I DO. There would be 1040 US soldiers still alive. There would be 20000 less wounded and maimed US soldiers. There would be between 20,0000 and 30,000 innocent Iraqis still alive. There would be 100000 less wounded and maimed innocent Iraqis. There would not be hostages being beheaded on videos for sale on the streets of Baghdad. There would not be huge urban areas where anti American groups can gather and attack our under protected soldiers. There would be UN inspectors keeping an eye on Saddam as they were before bush chased them out with smart bombs.

Yes you dumb fuck...it would be a lot better.

[area51]

23. Zero sympathy for #41.

He knows Jr. is mentally ill; why try to help him finish destroying the U.S.?

[MaineDem]

24. There was a kid up the street whose Mother always came to her rescue

Her Mother always yelled at us for picking on her poor little girl. In most cases, it was the "poor little girl" who instigated whatever the problem was.

The taunt became something along the lines of "you need your mother to fight your battles".

Wonder why I'm having this flashback to my childhood? :eyes:

[0007]

25. junior's in big trouble. Trots out Laura. Trots out Karl Rove. Now

is trotting out his daddy, next will be mommy.

[Chelsea Patriot]

43. Where is the Old Sow? Her oldest shoat's in trouble!

SUE-E-E-E-E-E-E-E, Barbra!!!

I'm living to see that Sow's reaction when her delusional world crumbles.

[0007]

47. Yeah, the ol' sow cleans up pretty good, but the beautiful

mind will be shattered when junior goes down this fall.

[LynnTheDem]

26. 1100 US troops dead...FINE.

Hey we all make boo-boos. No worries.

Fucking soulless bastards, both of them.

[robbedvoter]

27. 5 minutes of hate - forgot "Greetings from France"

What a naked appeal to the basest instincts of their freepers! Will they arm they next? This sounded like a preparation for Kristalnacht!

[rooboy]

28. And after the speech, Poppy went down to the frat house...

and won back the money that Junior lost playing cards.

[peekaloo]

31. "young male prostitutes and cocaine for everyone" will replace

"a chicken in every pot".

Fuck the Bu$hes.

[Tripmann]

32. "He calls his shots as he sees them. If he makes a mistake, fine

Really. I suppose the next line should be "thats why pencils have erasers on them."

I don't know what troubles me more, juniors mistakes or the fact that most of this was probably intentional and not mistakes at all.

Tripmann

[progressivebydesign]

36. He's spent his whole adulthood defending that jackass!

What type of family dynamic is that? He spends all his time bailing out, excusing, and defending his colossel fuckup of a child. We call that enabling... It's an embarrassment to see him crawling around on his hands and knees begging for understanding of his failure of a son. He's an evil ass, just like the rest of the BFEE.

[demigoddess]

52. definitely a dysfunctional family there

letting the kids get away with anything clear up into their thirties, and making excuses and making sure they don't fail in public. Prime ground for training an idiot

[leetrisck]

38. Whine, whine, whine - "wimpy father, wimpy son"

I haven't gotten over the fact that the 9/11 Commission didn't even interview poppy - how come?

[drscm]

40. Bush I flip-flops on taking out Saddam!

eom

[deutsey]

42. Go fuck yourself, Poppy

[smirkymonkey]

44. WHAT A WUSS!!

Both of them!

[jackieforthedems]

45. If George W. Is Such A Great Leader

then why does he need defending? Especially, from his dada?!

[vogonity]

46. Lame, lame, lame

"I bring you greetings," Bush told the crowd. "My first greetings are from Dan Rather," he said, drawing light cheers and scattered boos at the mention of the CBS News anchor's name.

He tried again — "I bring you greetings from Michael Moore," inciting even more boos. "

That is the lamest line I have ever heard. All he really needed to say was the name, "Dan Rather" boooo, "Michael Moore" booo. Mindless, brainless, stupid, stupid, stupid.

It makes no sense, why would former president shithead senior bring greetings from Moore or Rather?

Hey Poopy, I bring you greetings from a majority of Kerry electors from every fucking state in the union. Hey Poopy, bring you greetings from the puke covered lap of the Prime Minister of Japan. I bring you greetings from a pretzel scarred face of a criminal.

[robbedvoter]

51. Not lame: inciting villagers to get pitchforks and torches is criminal

not lame. It was done in Germany too with predictable results.
I think groups like the KKK have been conducting their business that way.
The "kinder, gentler" criminal has just dropped all pretenses.
This was not Savage, Limbaugh or Moon, but a former POTUSm the daddy of the installed one formenting pure hatred amon their demented base.

[dolstein]

48. George Sr. to Media, Dems: "Stop picking on my boy"

Geez, how pathetic. A president who needs his daddy to protect him. But then again, hasn't that always been the case with boy George?

[SodoffBush]

50. Mr. Bush, your son is a fuckin' waste of sperm.

nftn

[RFKHumphreyObama]

53. Look at this statement

<"Most of the people are grateful that Saddam Hussein is no longer in power," he said>

As I recall it, George Bush Snr was pretty grateful that Saddam was in power throughout his time as Vice President and the first year of his presidency

Although I guess Dick Cheney is grateful Saddam is no longer in power because Haliburton gets even more contracts now than when he was doing deals with Saddam

[Bullshot]

54. First off, you phony bastard of a politician,

YOU made Saddam Hussein the menace of the Middle East that he became. Your administration and Reagan's approved dozens of licenses, via the Dept. of Commerce, for the sale of weapons technology to Saddam prior to Gulf War I. Second, you misled the Iraqi people into slaughter during Gulf War I by doing everything short of overthrowing Saddam, then telling the Shiites to finish the job and we'll back you. We didn't, and Saddam slaughtered them like lambs in a fan tunnel. Those mass graves that we bemoan in Iraq were largely the result of this.

Wednesday, HW Bush spoke in Columbus and pissed and moaned to reporters over the rough treatment his boy-blunder has received from the media. Cry me a river, Mr. Carlyle Group. Cry me another river, Mr. Iran Contra.

Geez. Somebody get that dufus out of the public speaking circuit.

[MagickMuffin]

55. What are you so worried about Poppy

Afraid President Kerry won't be funding quite as many defense contracts, so you and the Carlyle Group won't get those benefits because he will use diplomacy instead of force. If it wasn't for your war profiteering schemes Iraq would not have been in that kind of trouble in the first place.

You put Saddam in power, Manual Noriega, etc. etc.

You are quite happy with your propped up governments until they decide they don't need you anymore.

At that point you don't just get mad, you get even.