Comments on: The FIGMO Presidency

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:44:07 +0000

??? Rudi, I was not defending Bush, but correcting the ridiculous mis-description of him by others. In no way does the latter constitute any kind of defense of Bush, or any kind of claim that he has been a decent President. (You know, Bush, the guy I normally confuse with Buchanan these days, as in post-1860, not Patrick J. Although Bush is probably doing nothing on advice of his inner circle, to make it more difficult for the Dems later to do what they would like to do after next January. In another 20-30 years we'll learn if Bush is in the fourth or, probably still, the fifth quintile.)

I actually consider “the problem” (making us worse off now than eight years ago) to be broader and deeper than the ineptitude of Bush — it lies with the GOP overall, and with US conservatism.

By: Rudi

Rudi — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:27:45 +0000

DLS – Please list the accomplishments of W versus his FU's. Even Liebrul Demonocrats will admit to the Carter failures. To say either Carter or W was a decent POTUS is absurd and delusional. As Reagan said, “Are we better off today than eight(four) years ago?”

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:12:36 +0000

The Bush-bashing that started this thread is tiresome, and parroting "NPD" about someone who has never demonstrated the disorder, because one Discovers [tm] something interesting while using Google, is also self-discrediting.

Now what _is_ of interest is this:

"he was recently caught downing pisco sours (a cocktail containing a Peruvian brandy, lemon juice, syrup, and regional bitters)"

Has Bush not waited to go back to Crawford before starting to drink again? Must be a bad legacy.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:49:14 +0000

In addition I must suggest Molly Ivins' excellent books “Shrub” and “Bushwhacked”- to find out what really happened first to Texas then to the entire US during the reign of King George, the corporate shill.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:46:58 +0000

I listened to an interview with Karl Rove this morning. When asked if Obama was elected because of what went wrong with the Bush administration, Rove predictably switched the topic to what went right. Had to laugh, because what went wrong outweighed what went right by about a 10:1 margin. Who is better off besides Pumpkin the turkey?

By: TerryOtt

TerryOtt — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:26:14 +0000

I think we have been NPD'd for about 16 years now.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:44:34 +0000

The best acronym that describes bush is “NPD”.

Google it.