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diva77

(7,643 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 12:25 PM Sep 2019

Someone asked what George W Bush has been up to lately...I found something

He's headlining the "Distinguished Speaker Series" in SoCal 2019-2020 Season and the propaganda is laughable (and reprehensible). I can see something like this for Chump's future if he's not impeached.


https://www.speakersla.com/speakers/george-w-bush/

President George W. Bush
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President during a momentous period in American history, George W. Bush offers his thoughts on eight years in the Oval Office, the challenges facing our nation in the 21st century, the power of freedom, the role of faith and other pressing issues. “The advance of freedom is the calling of our time; it is the calling of our country.”

George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, was sworn into office on January 20, 2001 and served as Commander in Chief for two consecutive terms. Before his presidency, he served for six years as Governor of the State of Texas.

As Commander in Chief, President Bush worked to expand freedom, opportunity, and security at home and abroad. His Administration reformed America’s education system, restored robust private-sector economic growth and job creation, protected our environment, and pursued a comprehensive strategy to keep America safe after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

His first initiative as President was the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan measure that raised standards in schools, insisted on accountability in return for federal dollars, and led to measurable gains in achievement–especially among minority students. Faced with a recession when he took office, President Bush cut taxes for every federal income taxpayer, which helped lead to an unprecedented 52 straight months of job creation. President Bush also modernized Medicare by adding a prescription drug benefit that provided access to needed medicine for 40 million seniors and other beneficiaries.
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I wonder what the honorarium is for war criminals.
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Someone asked what George W Bush has been up to lately...I found something (Original Post) diva77 Sep 2019 OP
LoL that's all they have Baked Potato Sep 2019 #1
He should stick to painting. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #2
+1 diva77 Sep 2019 #6
Saw the plane hit the first tower on 9-11 keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #3
If they allow audience questions, he'll meet his comeuppance. Karadeniz Sep 2019 #4
They'll probably have shills asking the "audience" questions diva77 Sep 2019 #7
what ever happened to Gannon, that fake reporter Demonaut Sep 2019 #11
Ah, yes, "Hot Military Stud, Cub Reporter" hatrack Sep 2019 #18
rewriting history to say his tenure "restored robust economic growth and job creation" wishstar Sep 2019 #5
RIGHT?? I almost spit my coffee! nolabear Sep 2019 #8
+1 !!!!!!! diva77 Sep 2019 #10
Might have been me. He's been missing from the Texas tragedies. nolabear Sep 2019 #9
wtf Demonaut Sep 2019 #12
Also no mention of notinkansas Sep 2019 #16
"No Child Left Behind"... llmart Sep 2019 #13
I like this bullshit the best... GReedDiamond Sep 2019 #14
maybe he figures no one will notice while all the attention is focussed on Chump diva77 Sep 2019 #15
Oh, look, Bush (via his PR copywriter) pulling a Soviet-grade airbrushing of history JHB Sep 2019 #17

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
1. LoL that's all they have
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 01:00 PM
Sep 2019

Weak sauce. Just some mind salve for the old, depressed, and disillusioned republicans. Maybe he can get a wooden dummy sidekick and throw in some vaudeville. Bush and Rummy could do an Abbot and Costello.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
2. He should stick to painting.
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 01:03 PM
Sep 2019

He's not a distinguished speaker by any stretch of the imagination. To say that he's a bit more coherent than Trump isn't saying much.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
5. rewriting history to say his tenure "restored robust economic growth and job creation"
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 01:18 PM
Sep 2019

But Repubs would have us believe the Bush crash happened after Obama was Pres.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
8. RIGHT?? I almost spit my coffee!
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 03:36 PM
Sep 2019

Jesus, should we be creating some kind of bunker library where actual history is preserved? 🤦🏼?♀️

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
9. Might have been me. He's been missing from the Texas tragedies.
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 03:37 PM
Sep 2019

Apparently he’s been busy rewriting history.

Demonaut

(8,919 posts)
12. wtf
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:04 PM
Sep 2019

" also modernized Medicare by adding a prescription drug benefit that provided access to needed medicine for 40 million seniors and other beneficiaries."

omg!

no mention of holding the vote open to get to switch the stragglers, no mention of the donut hole..but he is preferred over tRump any day

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)
16. Also no mention of
Tue Sep 17, 2019, 02:10 AM
Sep 2019

prohibiting Medicare from negotiating on drug company pricing.

How blatant a giveaway was that?

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)
14. I like this bullshit the best...
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:16 PM
Sep 2019

"...restored robust private-sector economic growth and job creation..." which resulted in the Great Republican Recession.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
17. Oh, look, Bush (via his PR copywriter) pulling a Soviet-grade airbrushing of history
Tue Sep 17, 2019, 06:02 AM
Sep 2019

Again.

Remember when he suddenly started claiming that Saddam had kept inspectors out, and how many people dutifully forgot why they'd ever heard of Hans Blix.

Of course, that's tiddlywinks compared to they way he interwove talking about 911 and Saddam, but never directly connected them (just implied it, and left it to RW pundits to say directly). He and his officials did that consistently over the course of months and years. Very, very deliberate editing in order to push their pet agenda items.

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