The 9/11 museum was dedicated today---But guess who was missing?

[kpete]

The 9/11 museum was dedicated today. Obama was there. Clinton. Cuomo. Mayors Guiliani, Bloomberg and De Blasio all there as well. Who was conspicuous by his absence? George W. The guy who stood with that bullhorn on the still smoking ruins of the World Trade Center. The guy who was actually Prez. when the whole thing went down.

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Former President George W. Bush issued a statement saying the museum “will help ensure that our nation remembers the lessons of Sept. 11.”

Wow. How long do you think that took him to write it?

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http://wonkette.com/549266/george-w-bush-probably-too-busy-clearing-brush-to-attend-911-memorial-museum-thanks-obama

[GeorgeGist]

1. That is a shameful oversight.

Without his incompetency there might not be a 9/11 memorial museum.

[Blue Owl]

2. You'd think that bullhorn guy would be there

[underpants]

3. His spokesman's actual excuse "scheduling conflict"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024958972

[BuelahWitch]

11. He had a date with Jim Beam and Jack Daniels n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Yeah, cause you know, the memorial schedule was like so last minute...

and caught him by surprise.

[malaise]

4. Well since the official meme is that Bush kept you safe and there was no domestic terrorism

during his tenure, he would have to stay away- how else can they revise history.

[whatchamacallit]

5. The two perps?

Who still walk free...

[Skidmore]

6. Wanna bet that Jeb asked him to be elsewhere?

[okaawhatever]

18. Good point. I didn't think of that. nt

[The Blue Flower]

7. Is "My Pet Goat" on display?

I saw that his bullhorn was encased on display, it only seems right that the book he was reading at the time be memorialized as well.

[brewens]

8. Didn't happen on his watch. Why should he be there? "ALWAYS FORGET!"-FOX "News". n/t

[Cleita]

9. Was he invited? Wouldn't that be the

oversight of the century if he wasn't?

[MarianJack]

10. He IS a shifty looking little shit, isn't he?

PEACE!

[madokie]

14. Not only is he a shifty looking little shit

he is a shifty little shit
Remember on that day he was all over the usa, flying first one place then the other. No one could find him for most of the day he was running so fast, like a chicken with his head cut off. His own behavior that day said he is guilty of being in on the lie that it was a terror attack by outside forces. It was a terror attack by inside forces, his and the dick of a war criminal.

[LibDemAlways]

23. Not only did he spend the day flying around

aimlessly, that night he and the missus shared a laugh at bedtime. They admitted as much in a magazine interview.

"But that day ended on a relatively humorous note"....(recounts being hustled back and forth between WH basement and living quarters) ...."we got a laugh out of it."

Lower than shit.

[dougg]

12. How long?

Less than the time he sat there immobile in fear when it actually happened.

[Ken Burch]

13. He was busy reading the rest of "The Pet Goat".

He'd been wondering how it ended.

[Bortman33]

15. Little "w" might still be pissed off at

President Clinton because Bill didn't "man up" and take responsibility for the second Trade Center bombings like all the rethugliCONs claimed or maybe he was working on revamping that hilarious and classic "No WMDs over here" routine and just lost track of time? Or maybe he was just a scared little "w", like he's always been?

[Cha]

16. Thank you, wonkette and kpete! Too many bad memories of what a fuckup gwbush was

before during and after 9/11? And, that it happened on his watch?!!!

[JohnnyRingo]

17. Maybe he forgot 9/11.

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Retirement accomplished.

It seems the only ex-presidents who actually do something constructive after office are democrats. I don't recall Poppy Bush doing anything except when Clinton shamed him into working on the Clinton Global Initiative, and Reagan just took a long nap right into dementia. I guess after spending their term fucking things up they don't want to ruin their legacy.

[hibbing]

20. Were any of the other war criminals there?

Condi, the Dick, Rummy, Colin? I wish I didn't have to see his smug face ever again.

Peace

[Jerry442]

21. I really, really hope that he didn't show because he was afraid to. NT

[cvoogt]

22. those shrubs won't clear themselves

clearing brush and painting mediocre paintings is much more important than attending the dedication for the single-most defining event in recent decades (according to shrub himself).