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Miss Modular Apr 22nd, 2008 06:59 PM

Looking forward to looking back on the Bush Administration
 
For the past several days, I've been thinking...even if John McCain is our next President, I'm going to be looking back a year from now wondering how we survived eight years of this farce.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

Tadao Apr 22nd, 2008 07:34 PM

What makes you think the next President is going to do you right? You guys are so gullible. Wait till you have been through a few Presidents. Nothing is going to get better folks.

Miss Modular Apr 22nd, 2008 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tadao (Post 551140)
What makes you think the next President is going to do you right? You guys are so gullible. Wait till you have been through a few Presidents. Nothing is going to get better folks.

I'm not talking about the next president. What I'm talking about is how this president is going to look in retrospect.

Pub Lover Apr 22nd, 2008 11:11 PM

Like a true American Hero.

mew barios Apr 24th, 2008 07:39 PM

wachu gonna do when john mccain and all his mccainiacs run wild on you

Grislygus Apr 25th, 2008 02:47 PM

I really, really like the idea of Bush squirming and flaccidly trying to justify himself for the rest of his life.

Here's to the hope of memoirs!

Colonel Flagg Apr 25th, 2008 05:13 PM

Any "G-Dub" memoir would have to be ghost-written. He has the writing capacity of my 5-year-old daughter, and much less ability in the way of thoughtful dialogue.

I read somewhere that they tried to estimate the IQ's of the presidents over the past 40 years or so judging only by the quality of their attributed writings. They had a lot of trouble finding enough writings attributable solely to Jr. , but the estimate was by far and away the lowest in recent history.

I'm not surprised.

Dr. Boogie Apr 25th, 2008 06:59 PM

I don't think he'll do too much squirming trying to justify himself. I think what we'll see is that there will be two separate histories: one that remembers him fondly, and one based on actual events. He'll just stick to only doing functions for those that were supportive of him through and through, and he'll likely end his life comfortably and sure of himself.

Really, I think the only kind of backlash story we can expect is some nut throwing a pie at him, or some similar event.




But I'm no pessimist.

Tadao Apr 25th, 2008 07:10 PM

Men of Oil do not squirm.

Dr. Boogie Apr 27th, 2008 04:10 PM

Not while there are milkshakes to be drunk.

Miss Modular Apr 27th, 2008 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Boogie (Post 551686)
I think what we'll see is that there will be two separate histories: one that remembers him fondly, and one based on actual events.

Bingo!

Harry Paget Flashman Apr 28th, 2008 02:01 AM

Bush's legacy will be that he never got any drilling done in ANWR or in the Florida littoral. With gasoline at $3.50 and rising it is a sorry legacy. Does anybody know the utility of narwhal, manatee and caribou in bio-diesel manufacture? I'm thinking that they are at least a renewable resource being mammals and all.

Colonel Flagg Apr 28th, 2008 04:33 AM

With all due respect, I look at it as a legacy that took our dependence on foreign oil to new heights. Rather than demand improved fuel efficiency from car manufacturers and encouraging research in alternative propulsion and alternative energy, he instead whined about Congress not allowing him to drill a hole in every nature preserve looking for more oil. This is not the legacy of a leader, but that of a puppet.

And Exxon/Mobil set another record for profits in a quarter. Everyone happy about that?

Tadao Apr 28th, 2008 12:44 PM

No one really cares about the "sacrifices" of our freedoms we gave up during his reign? You guys remember that daddy was head of the CIA before he was vice president to Reagan right?

Harry Paget Flashman Apr 28th, 2008 02:33 PM

We depend on foreign oil because no one wants to ride public transit despite the fact that that's the best way to meet the nicest people. We deserve high energy prices as long as we cry "NIMBY".

We can all help by recycling. Why toss a used tire into the landfill when you can burn it in your fire place in the Winter?

Tadao Apr 28th, 2008 03:31 PM

crude oil is used for more than gas btw.

Colonel Flagg Apr 28th, 2008 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tadao (Post 552131)
You guys remember that daddy was head of the CIA before he was vice president to Reagan right?

Yes, all too well. Makes me nauseous.

Colonel Flagg Apr 28th, 2008 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman (Post 552140)
We depend on foreign oil because no one wants to ride public transit despite the fact that that's the best way to meet the nicest people. We deserve high energy prices as long as we cry "NIMBY".

We can all help by recycling. Why toss a used tire into the landfill when you can burn it in your fire place in the Winter?

Wow. Non-sequitor city.

Colonel Flagg Apr 29th, 2008 01:23 PM

Whining about Congress again. Why doesn't he step up to the plate and work WITH the Senate and House for a change?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/...omy/index.html

Harry Paget Flashman Apr 29th, 2008 08:52 PM

Non sequitur city
 
There once was a Non-sequitor city
Where spelling was singularly shitty
And though it does not follow dear Colonel
That that your post was infernal
It did give rise to this ditty. :)

Harry Paget Flashman Apr 30th, 2008 10:00 PM

Points to Colonel Flagg who one-upped me in private. :)

ziggytrix May 4th, 2008 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Modular (Post 551131)
For the past several days, I've been thinking...even if John McCain is our next President, I'm going to be looking back a year from now wondering how we survived eight years of this farce.

Does anyone else feel the same way?


in the papers a couple weeks ago:
Quote:

"You have a real choice in this election. Either Democrat would be better than John McCain," Obama said to cheers from a rowdy crowd in central Pennsylvania. Then he said: "And all three of us would be better than George Bush."
I think it's a popular sentiment.


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