The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace
Thanks Mr. Shapiro for calling Americans what we have surely shown to the world that we are - petty, disloyal, and short-visioned. Why Americans are so shallow as to place all the hopes, blames, and problems upon a single man - the President - is beyond me.
I hope Americans grow up and stop looking for a father-figure to solve their own problems. Unfortunately, Obama has taken his new post on that very platform - that things have been very bad for us and now "change" has come in the form of a black messiah.
I guess we'll find out soon enough. I hope Obama remembers how fast the public turned on Bush from a 90% approval to 20% over matters mostly beyond his control.
Americans should be proud that we have come such a long way that we can elect a black President. We should be ashamed again for our past for so easily disdaining a man like George W. Bush.
posted by Mitch "Whiteboy McCoy" Sanders at Thursday, November 06, 2008
2 Comments:
wow, it's this article that's disgraceful. I co-sign the following comments:
"President Bush lied to our country and helped convince Americans that we had no choice but to wage war against Iraq. Thousands of Americans have been killed and maimed and over a hundred thousand Iraqis have been killed and maimed. His doctrine of pre-emptive war is a farce, his management of the economy is sub-standard, and as far as I can tell, he practices Dominionism, which he has used to subvert our constitution.
We are now a country, like North Korea, Iran, and Columbia, that uses torture and spies actively on its citizenry."
"I have never heard such hogwash in my entire life. Bush was the disgrace. He engaged in every type of divisive politics he could get away with. He used dirty tricksters like Karl Rove to twist the truth. He buried anyone who dared to disagree with him. He hid behind the Iraq War while he pushed his real agenda of far right extremism. He did everything he could to pervert this country into a radical right wing extension of ego.He should have been jailed for outing a covert CIA operative and continued to slander her knowing full well that the true nature of her CIA status couldn't be revealed because it would comprimise sensitive ongoing operations. Bush is the worst president we have ever had and should be remembered in history with nothing but derision and scorn."
"The treatment of Bush is what he deserves for leading us into a war of choice in Iraq, the failure to defeat Al Queda and kill Bin Laden and the destruction of our economy. His legacy consists of leaving the next president to deal with two wars and an economy in ruins. For that he deserves all the opprobrium that he is getting. The author's argument that none of this is Bush's fault is a weak argument that says he has no responsibility for the leadership of the last 8 years. Shirking responsibility for one's actions is a major problem in this country."
"Are you serious? Bush was the worst president in history. He led our country into a war based on lies (Weapons of Mass Destruction), putting our troops in harm's way and costing thousands of lives...while his cronies made billions cleaning up the mess in no-bid contracts. He favored deregulation and special interests while the rich got richer and the poor (and middle class) got poorer, until the nation was in the worst economic shape in a century. A common barometer when evaluating a president is, "Were you better off four [or eight] years ago?" Clearly, most people were far better off when Bush was NOT president. For you to suggest that he deserves better treatment is absurd. WE deserved better treatment."
"I voted for Bush in his second term. After he tried to ram illegal immigration down our throats, and was finally defeated by Congress, I began to ask myself why, if we are fighting a war in the name of "Homeland Security" is Bush so willing to allow 30,000 illegals a month to come across the border undetected. It was then I began to research his policies in earnest. It was then I saw he had, in fact, lied to us about thewar in Iraq, was in the process of destroying our economy, and called the Constitution a "G-D piece of paper." It is beyond me how you can say the American people are wrong in showing this man disrespect. He should have been impeached long ago. He has turned the country into a police state and the Republican Party into a laughingstock."
What is Mr. Shapiro talking about?
"Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country's current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control." We had not invaded Iraq before Bush was elected, was it beyond his control?
"Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman's presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years -- and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks."Just what has he accomplished? Failing to find Osama? Allowing a non regulated derivative market to bring about a near world wide financial collapse?
What Bush had NO CONTROL over!
1) The almost near collapse of Wall Street, of the Clinton-exit years of the DOT.COM bust. The billions and billions of dollars investors lost due to unprotected regulation. Thx Clinton.
2) 911. Self-explanatory unless you fit in the category that Bush concocted the scheme himself. THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS are the buildings that fell. Have you forgotten?? Do you even understand what that means?? Instead of raising taxes (i.e. typical democrat immediate response) a stimulus check was dished out to ALL MIDDLE CLASS AND LOWER. Don't know how the rich got richer, but hooo-ra.
3) Enron. The shame of Houston Texas racketeering billions and drop-kicking the economy in the face. Unless you link Bush to Texas and thats his fault also! Still taxes were cut and somehow the economy came back strong. If a worldwide company pulls maneuvers like that many jobs will be lost...but Bush really deserves that blame!!
4) The pathetic-ness of the United Nations!!! These guys were pussies. Saddam Hussein ran circles around them. NEVER gave them anything or listened to anything they had to say! Bullied them to the point of Bush finally taking the stand. Remember U-day and Qusay..Saddams maniac sons. Watch the Saddam history channel special. Meat-grinders, systematic rapes and torture rooms of innocent POOR people. I guess Bush drove them to it!! Saddam was hanged!! I blame Bush!!! lol
5) Tsunami in Indonesia. A worldwide outreach of hundreds of millions dollars OUR economy helped pay for. The uncannyness of our resources to help them people. Yet the economy still flourished. Lets remember HOME OWNERSHIP which reached an ALLTIME high under Bush. Never before had it ecliped under the 5% interest rate. Which was at 22% in the early 80's.
6) Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and four hurricanes that slammed Florida back to back. Katrina for sure is the stand out. Sure the 'lack' of response was significant. But...I live on an island. All city-state have hurricane outlines and disaster plans already in place for such emergencies. The local gov't has ALL the blame. Over 500 school buses sitting flooded in a parking lot...darn you Bush, shame shame.
7) The complete lack of help of the democrats who self assuredly did everything possible to make this presidency the worst they could. Shame on them. The hope for the worst for their benefit. I think obama is a douche, but I still hope he does positive. I mean, the Muslim faith is counting on it!!
8) Back to Iraq. It should be understood that Bush couldn't 'go alone' on this topic. Yes he made the decision to go in. A tough decision to make for sure. And so be it.
I have more, just tired of typing...Tone
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