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malaise

(267,815 posts)
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 10:34 AM Jun 2013

All the effin' Bushes are the same effin' scumbags - All the worst to all of them

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/all-the-best-george-bush-my-life-in-letters-and-other-writings-by-george-hw-bush/2013/05/31/8448833e-ae89-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html
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In 1999, just as his son George W. Bush was launching a bid for the presidency, former president George H.W. Bush was launching a bestselling book, “All the Best: My Life in Letters and Other Writings,” which reintroduced Americans to the 41st president and his family. Now, with son Jeb weighing a bid for the presidency in 2016, the senior Bush has released an updated version of “All the Best,” complete with new letters, new photos and new insights into one of America’s most prominent political families.

One could dismiss this volume as an unnecessary investment for all but the most ardent followers of the Bush dynasty. It contains only about 70 new pages of letters — some of them short and laced with anachronistic, even corny humor. One could also dismiss this edition as self-serving penmanship: Did the former president know that he planned to publish some of these letters at the time he wrote them to people like Time magazine writer and presidential historian Hugh Sidey? At least in some instances, the answer appears to be yes.

After the election, Bush 41 seems content to stay on the sidelines. Except when his son is being unfairly treated.

In a speech delivered in Houston in November 2002, the elder Bush defends George W.’s threatened military action against Iraq’s dictator, Saddam Hussein. He invokes the imminent danger of WMDs, a position that came to haunt his son’s administration: “I came to assure you that our President does not want war, does not want a conflict where innocent people lose their lives. What he wants is to make Iraq’s brutal dictator give up his ruthless quest for weapons of mass destruction.”
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Yeh right!!!
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All the effin' Bushes are the same effin' scumbags - All the worst to all of them (Original Post) malaise Jun 2013 OP
The most hateful American Dynasty, (and this is from a distant relative). gordianot Jun 2013 #1
Well of course they are and they are working hard (and covertly ) for Jeb 2016 graham4anything Jun 2013 #2
I will join you, malaise... Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #3
May none of them ever be President again treestar Jun 2013 #4
Was Poppy the only CIA Director to become President? malaise Jun 2013 #5
No country wants them treestar Jun 2013 #7
Yes I remember the Paraguay water story malaise Jun 2013 #10
"...one of America’s most prominent political families." Frustratedlady Jun 2013 #6
That should read "one of America's most prominent crime families." n/t HangOnKids Jun 2013 #8
most of the nation's disasters for the last century have involved Doctor_J Jun 2013 #9
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
2. Well of course they are and they are working hard (and covertly ) for Jeb 2016
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 10:48 AM
Jun 2013

and any vote not for the democratic ticket is a vote for Jeb 2016
Because to the republicans it is gaming the system for Jeb.
(yes, rand Paul works for Jeb too...they know any splinter vote for Rand is a vote less for the democratic party).

treestar

(82,383 posts)
4. May none of them ever be President again
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 11:29 AM
Jun 2013

I'd rather have Mittens than one of them. Move to Paraguay, all of you Bushies. Enough of you in power! Enjoy your ill gotten gains somewhere else!

malaise

(267,815 posts)
5. Was Poppy the only CIA Director to become President?
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 11:40 AM
Jun 2013

Wasn't he VP during Iran-Contra and most of the Latin American atrocities ?

South America doesn't want them.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
7. No country wants them
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:10 PM
Jun 2013

But I recall they had bought some land in Paraguay, because of their business foresight - they knew they could get ownership of water there, apparently, and that it would eventually be needed, and they'd own it.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
6. "...one of America’s most prominent political families."
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 11:45 AM
Jun 2013

They should have added "reviled"...even by Republicans.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
9. most of the nation's disasters for the last century have involved
Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:30 PM
Jun 2013

the Bush family. Kennedy assassination, Iran contra, the s&l ripoff, the October surprise, 9/11,Iraq war, and of course Prescott was one of Hitler's supporters. Hopefully if the fat one runs in 16 the democrats will pound the entire family.

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