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(85,986 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:12 AM Jul 2012

Bush Says He's Got Better Stuff To Do With His Time Than Rally For Romney



July 22, 2012|10:37 am

Former President George W. Bush is respectfully declining his invitation to attend the Republican National Convention next month in Tampa, Florida. In an email sent Friday to the Associated Press, Mr. Bush’s spokesman, Freddy Ford, said “President Bush was grateful for the invitation,” and he “is confident that Mitt Romney will be a great president. But he’s still enjoying his time off the political stage and respectfully declined the invitation to go to Tampa.”

In a recent interview, Mr. Bush shed some light on why he has decided to reject the invitation.

“Eight years was awesome, and I was famous and I was powerful. But I have no desire for fame and power anymore,” said Mr. Bush in an interview with the Hoover Institution’s Peter Robinson. “I’ve crawled out of the swamp. And, I’m not crawling back in!” he said. “I’m interested in politics. I’m a supporter of Mitt Romney. I hope he does well. But he can do well without me.”

___ According to this month's CBS News/New York Times poll, more voters say Bush deserves the bulk of the blame for the nation's economic downturn than think Obama bears most of the responsibility. Almost two-thirds of voters think Romney's economic policies would somewhat resemble that of Bush's.


read: http://www.capitolcolumn.com/news/report-a-grateful-george-w-bush-declines-invitation-to-rnc/

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Bush Says He's Got Better Stuff To Do With His Time Than Rally For Romney (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2012 OP
"You got your elite Republican 1%. Then you got a super-elite Republican .001%." - George Bush (R) Berlum Jul 2012 #1
no slumming for him bigtree Jul 2012 #2
"Smirk-Smirk." - Republi-Wankers Berlum Jul 2012 #4
GOD DAMN IT !!! From now on, I require a 72 hour notice before russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #13
Interesting. Either the GOP as a whole recognizes the Bush name is still toxic and don't want him Mayberry Machiavelli Jul 2012 #3
negative for GB#1 bigtree Jul 2012 #6
This leaves open a "video address" BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #5
A lame excuse from a lazy, narcissistic chicken hawk war criminal Siwsan Jul 2012 #7
Bush gets a third term if Romney wins ... napkinz Jul 2012 #8
Yeah, that's what I was thinking....Protesters should stand near the FLA convention with. Tikki Jul 2012 #10
business experience bigtree Jul 2012 #11
Hush. Quiet. You're not supposed to know that. Bush. Bush? Who was he, Never herd of him. wandy Jul 2012 #17
Fuck yeah! There's booze to drink, blow to snort, and pretzels to choke on. 11 Bravo Jul 2012 #9
I think Romney asked Bushit to butt out. Stay away MiniMe Jul 2012 #12
That's EXCACTLY what is going on. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #15
EVERYBODY has better stuff to do with their time than rally for Rmoney! eom Maeve Jul 2012 #14
He's turned everything he touched into a swamp he managed to then crawl out of lunatica Jul 2012 #16
Shrub looks loaded in that pic. Skipping the convention to spend time with his friend Jack Daniels, NYC Liberal Jul 2012 #18

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
1. "You got your elite Republican 1%. Then you got a super-elite Republican .001%." - George Bush (R)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:14 AM
Jul 2012

"All of us are on the same page when it come to Catapulting the Bullshit Propaganda to the Great Unwashed RepubliProles who listen to Rush and Bill-O and who watch Fox. Suckers. But frankly...Willard and his Mormon Horde --- you know, 'those people' -- frankly just aren't up to our super-elite Republican specialness.

"I'm not going to lift a finger, of course. In fact, I'm going AWOL on the whole Republican-corporate electoral shitfest. Still, I am glad the WannaBe Republi-Wankers are continuing the onslaught, smothering the pathetic RepubliProles in Grade-Z mindfucking propaganda. Ha ha. Suckers."

- George Bush (R - .001%)

russspeakeasy

(6,539 posts)
13. GOD DAMN IT !!! From now on, I require a 72 hour notice before
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:06 PM
Jul 2012

you post this bastards picture. I try to eat at least twice a day and am unable to, after being exposed to this cesspool of decay.

Pictures of a slaughter house, I can tolerate, but this is just too much.

Mayberry Machiavelli

(21,096 posts)
3. Interesting. Either the GOP as a whole recognizes the Bush name is still toxic and don't want him
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:27 AM
Jul 2012

popping up on TV during convention time and motivating the Democratic base, or there is some bad blood between the Bushes and Team Romney.

Is Bush I going?

BumRushDaShow

(128,815 posts)
5. This leaves open a "video address"
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:30 AM
Jul 2012

I believe he did that back in 2008. That way rethugs can have their cake and eat it too and the media can act "surprised" (and assume that we should be "surprised" too) that he "did appear".

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
7. A lame excuse from a lazy, narcissistic chicken hawk war criminal
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:32 AM
Jul 2012

This is a nose thumb at his entire political party. What a waste of cell structure!

Tikki

(14,556 posts)
10. Yeah, that's what I was thinking....Protesters should stand near the FLA convention with.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:42 AM
Jul 2012

big ole blown up size posters of GW Bush with: "4 MORE YEARS..the NOT new GOP" on them.


Tikki

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)
12. I think Romney asked Bushit to butt out. Stay away
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:59 AM
Jul 2012

The repukes don't want W to remind people that policies like Romney's are what happened to the economy in the first place.

GoCubsGo

(32,079 posts)
15. That's EXCACTLY what is going on.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:09 PM
Jul 2012

Romney's platform is Dumbya's, but on steroids. And, they don't want people to remember what things were like under Dumbya.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
16. He's turned everything he touched into a swamp he managed to then crawl out of
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:12 PM
Jul 2012

Hopefully he'll also be the kiss of death for Romney who seems to have a swamp thing going too.

NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts)
18. Shrub looks loaded in that pic. Skipping the convention to spend time with his friend Jack Daniels,
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 02:11 PM
Jul 2012

I presume.

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