WP: 'I'm Doing Fine,' Bush Tells Worried Father

[DeepModem Mom]

'I'm Doing Fine,' President Tells Worried Father
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 13, 2007; Page A04

As the House gets ready to begin debating the Iraq war today, President Bush has a piece of advice for his father: Turn off the television.

It seems that former president George H.W. Bush has been getting agitated watching all the attacks on his son -- so much so that the current president said yesterday that he is worried for his father's well-being.

"I am actually more concerned about him than I have ever been in my life, because he's paying too much attention to the news," the president told C-SPAN in an interview to be broadcast this morning. "And I understand how difficult it is for a person who loves somebody to see them out in the political process and to kind of endure the criticism. My answer to him is: 'Look, don't pay attention to it. I'm doing fine.' "

That is advice he apparently intends to follow himself. Bush has no plans to watch the House debate his decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq.

"You know, I've got a full day," he said. "I mean, it's not as if the world stops when the Congress does their duty."

Besides, he added: "I already know what the debate is. I hear a lot of opinions."...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR2007021201365.html

[grytpype]

1. A normal person would break under the strain, but George is nuts, so he can take it.

[saltpoint]

2. I think Poppy and Barr always loved Jeb best. I think Dubya knows it and

thought he'd show the old man how to run a war.

Now that it's clear he's getting his ass handed to him, he doesn't want any more of a substantive discussion with his father than he ever had, and that is to say, he never had any in the first place, because it's kind of hard to hold a conversation while you're out wildcattin' in West Texas snorting blow up your arrogant nose.

It's a damned poor commentary on American public life when a sub-mediocre president has to ask into the well-being of a disastrous one.

It's pure mercy that Freud died without having to witness this.

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Well said! nt

[saltpoint]

11. Hi to you, DeepModemMom. Thanks, and I hope things are

good where you are. Things are looking up. Stu Rothenberg believes we have a shot at half a dozen or more gains in the U.S. Senate in 08, and I'm feeling really good about our odds for the White House, too.

All good wishes.

[DeepModem Mom]

17. And the same to you, Old Crusoe! nt

[villager]

12. I *love* that last line, Old Crusoe!

Now, what would Jung have said?

[saltpoint]

13. Hi, villager. Nice to run into you tonight on DU.

Jung?

He might have just blown his brains out. Poppy and Dubya would have fried his circuits. The whole mythic construct would have gone up in smoke.

There's that addage that it is a dangerous man who does not know what he does not know.

Dubya seems to be the prototype for that kind of man. It's increasingly clear that he has minimal duties as chief executive, and that Uncle Dick is likely at the control panel.

Frightening stuff.

[villager]

27. No collective unconscious, eh? Just collective stark raving

...madness, as we sit, powerless, watching one man (well, and his string-pullers) utterly destroy a nation....

[calimary]

22. No frickin' kidding!

Excuse me, but I am getting damned tired of hearing how the old man's feelings are so hurt all the time by the reaction to his son, beelzebub, okay? Hey, 41 - you sit there and whine and whimper all you want. I'd much rather concern myself with the feelings of the grieving mothers and widows of slain soldiers KILLED BY YOUR MISCREANT BABOON of a son (with apologies to baboons everywhere). No wonder the "wimp factor" was such a big deal during ghwb's presidency - if practically all we ever hear from this old twerp is how hurt his feelings are. Like we're all supposed to be just fine and dandy and okay with what shithead the younger has done to our country and its citizens - and the rest of the world??? Take your hurt little feelings and sit on 'em and swivel.

[saltpoint]

23. "...with apologies to baboons everywhere..."

That is a wonderful line.

Thanks for it, calimary.

[calimary]

34. Thanks back atcha!

:hi:

These assholes inspire a lot of us to verbal greatness, don't they?

[liberalla]

39. I like this one - "shithead the younger"

Reading it and saying it just makes me crack up.

[rodeodance]

51. yes. I think Freud would have had a hay day with the Jr and Poppy.

[truthisfreedom]

3. God, is there no end to the manipulation? First they use Howard to attack Obama, then they use poppy

to crank up the sympathy... it's something like "if you speak out against the President in Congress, God will kill a bunny every minute!"

[MADem]

5. Yep, the old, Don't beat up on MEEEE, you'll hurt Paw's feelings!! NT

[Straight Shooter]

25. Yeah, like WTF is the problem, anyway, #41? Little Boots killed Saddam to avenge your "honor."

Maybe he should give Saddam's pistol to his Pa, tell him to rub it for good luck.

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Not going to pay attention to Congress debating, because he's going to do whatever Cheney tells him to do and Congress and the people be damned. FUGWB.

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[Solly Mack]

18. That's how I read it

[okoboji]

4. yep ... he's FINE alright

a friend once told me that the true definition of the word

FINE is

Fucked Up
Insecure
Neurotic and
Emotional

[Bhaisahab]

43. hey! aerosmith told me that!

:headbang:

[maxsolomon]

64. my shrink told me that TODAY

serendipity!

[kskiska]

6. Maybe Poppy should worry more about the damage Jr. is doing

than the criticism.

[Webster Green]

7. How did we wind up with this dumb-ass in charge?

Oh wait!....Now I remember.................................................................................!

[NanceGreggs]

9. Methinks George Sr ...

... is much more aware of the peril his son is in than George Jr (being an idiot) can grasp.

Turning the TV off doesn't turn off the questions being raised, the investigations being revved up, the growing anger of the citizenry over what is happening in Iraq, and what they are learning about how we got there.

As for the comment, "I mean, it's not as if the world stops when the Congress does their duty." Well, being as Congress hasn't done their duty in years, he's not in a position to know whether the world stops when that happens or not.

[truthisfreedom]

15. That's exactly right! Hey georgie, YOUR world may stop when Congress really does its duty.

You need to be put under a microscope, boyeee.

[liberalla]

40. That rings true to me.

Pa George sees much more clearly what is happening and the very real cause for alarm.
Boy George is not in touch with reality, and I think he likes it that way.

[demo dutch]

61. Agreed!

[lakercub]

10. George is doing fine

while soldiers and Iraqi civilians are dying, the poor are getting poorer, the Earth is warming to an alarming degree, and health care is falling apart. I'm sure glad George is doing fine.

Mr. President....shut the hell up...you stink sir. And so did your father. I have no sympathy for him or for you. He is responsible for much of what is wrong in this country and you've made it 100 times worse. You are both reprehensible, lying, stealing, and manipulating sons of bitches.

Isn't it amazing? The country is 230 years old and has had 43 presidents, but out of all those presidents...4 out of the last 7 have been among the all-time worst (Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Chimpy)? I hope it's just a dry spell.

[SoCalDem]

14. Maybe we should send words of encouragement to Poor Ole Poppy

I done made the old devil a card :)

Not hallmark, mind you ! :evilgrin:



front of card



inside message

[Bluebear]

28. .......

:spray:

[Usrename]

31. poetry

to be sure

:wow:

[bleever]

16. Not many people can say, to a former president: "Happy Valentines Day, Dad;

...who cares what you think?"

A rare and very special event in U.S. history.

It's either great leadership, or Roman style patricide.

Either way, it's very sweet.

For the survivor.

[superconnected]

19. George senior is worried about the most protected man on earth

and not the 21.5 k troops that are going to iraq, and the 100's of thousands of people who have lost their lives or been maimed.

I have a hard time believing bush senior CAN feel for his murderous son. If he had the quaility to feel, I doubt he could handle what his son does to others.

[illinoisprogressive]

20. I cannot top the first posts title. I won't try. Just ditto.

[IndianaGreen]

21. I am worried too!

I am convinced that Bush 43 is completely insane and should be committed to an institution before he gets us all killed.

[Exultant Democracy]

24. I don't think he likes it when anyone watches the news. nt

[Jack Rabbit]

29. Flame me if you like, but it's too bad the old man has to see this

Turning off the TV is probably the best thing he can do. No, as someone says in a prior post, it won't stop any of the question or change any of the answers. It will just make the old man a little less agitated.

The questions aren't going to get any easier; the answers aren't going to start getting pleasant all of a sudden.

George Bush was not a complete failure as a human being. He wasn't one of our truly great presidents and he most certainly had more to do with Iran-Contra than is in the official record. Nevertheless, to say he had the most impressive resume in the world is not an exaggeration.

The elder Mr. Bush must have been proud to see his oldest son follow him to the White House. How painful it must be to watch his son blunder at full speed into Iraq and then seek to fix that mess by getting into a bigger one in Iran, to go on partying while an American city drowned, to say nothing of squandering the budget surplus or the corruption and cronyism rampant in the Bush Jr. administration. That has got to hard to watch.

A few minutes ago, I took 37.5 mg of paxil to relieve major depression and 25 mg of trazodone to help me sleep. It's no fun being nuts, but with those personal problems, I'm glad I'm not old Mr. Bush these days.

[DeepModem Mom]

36. No flame here, Jack. If I had one on hand, I'd give your thoughtful post a heart! nt

[tanyev]

53. Poppy's master plan was to set up GW in Texas, Jeb in FLA,

and Neilsie in Colorado to keep the Bush legacy (of pillaging and profiteering) going. He probably thought Jeb would make it to the White House first, but he ended up with George instead. The old man is reaping the seed he sowed. I have no pity for him.

[Little Wing]

58. I heartily disagree

Parents know what their kids are capable of, and what they are not. Bush was never Prez material, but they ran him anyway. If it runs the old man into the ground, tough shit.

[thefloyd]

30. Of course Junior is fine

Bush has no fucking clue what is happening.

[chknltl]

32. A great day to kick back and listen to some music...

... how about that Grammy winning Dixie Chicks's latest album.... :woohoo:

[cui bono]

33. What a moran. He still doesn't get it. It's not the criticism you idiot,

it's your fuckups!!! That's what's making him upset! The fact that the whole world can see what a maroon his son is. You're embarrassing him to death W, literally.

[fooj]

35. Boo f*cking hoo.

Whatsa matta Poppy? Afraid the little shit-for-brains is gonna do you BOTH in? :smoke:

[nicknameless]

37. LOL! That is EXACTLY what I said when I read this thread's title.

"Boo-fucking-hoo"

They wouldn't be trying to elicit sympathy for this sadistic POS, now would they? :eyes:

[pinniped]

42. That is exactly how I'm seeing this garbage story.

They are also trying to portray this monstrous, POS family as human. We all know that's total BS.

They wouldn't be trying to elicit sympathy for this sadistic POS, now would they? :eyes:

[Hekate]

38. "Agitated"?! It is my devout hope that the whole misbegotten family is agitated...

...for inflicting Bush the Lesser on the nation and the world.

The rest of us have had to live with severe and never ending agitation for more than 6 years, while Baby Caligulua wrecks our nation while calling it "the homeland" and turning it into an empire.

I should hope to shout that Bush the Elder is feeling agitated along about now. p'tui

Hekate

[truthisfreedom]

41. "You know, son, your problem in Iraq is very similar to my problem with your mother before you were

born. I didn't pull out fast enough." -poppy

[CoffeeCat]

44. This is Junior reminding us all...

...that we are disposable insects who can be "turned off" when it suits
him not to listen.

Junior's handlers shelter him from the Americans that he represents. Those
around him don't dare counter his ridiculous actions. That only leaves
the "outside world", and Junior is letting us know that he just doesn't
care or pay attention.

The "television" that Junior is advising his father to "turn off" is
the voices of the American people. It's his sinking poll numbers
and the constant reminder that America rejected this war and this
pResident in the 06 elections.

Junior wants us all to know that he tunes out "We the People" and
doesn't "pay attention" to what "We the People" want.

[UpInArms]

45. "Who cares what you think" 7/4/01 Philadelphia - gwb aka shithead the younger

Besides, he added: "I already know what the debate is. I hear a lot of opinions."...

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

46. Oh Jeez The NEWS is trying to kill mah daddy

All that money, but never enough to buy a clue.

[Cocoa]

47. video of Poppy grabbing Teri Hatcher's ass

Poppy doesn't look especially worried here...

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10/278

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJZoai2HIeA

[Doctor_J]

67. Damn. Teri's a repuke?

:cry:

[flobee1]

48. I dont give a DAMN how 41 feels

all this death and war and Bush is distressed about how people view his son?

The whole family are nothing but a bunch of heartless bastards!

[proud2BlibKansan]

49. Gawd this man is frickin nuts

and his poppy is fucking clueless.

[rodeodance]

50. I just listened to the interviw on cspan. Lots of talking points.

[The Backlash Cometh]

52. If George Bush I is worried, it's because they know that an investigation

of his son, will eventually lead to what he did when he was president and also, director of the CIA.

CIA, Business entrepreneur, and the Executive Branch. A very volatile mix.

[Raven]

54. Just you watch,

if Pop gets sick, we'll all be blamed.

[durtee librul]

68. It's Clinton's fault

[Cass]

55. What about the families of soldiers in Iraq? I bet their well-being is suffering.

The Bush family is so self-absorbed. Is the media supposed to not report on what a jack-ass the son is because it will upset Poppy? Give me a break.

Junior sure is full of himself - no interest whatsoever in the Congressional debate about his cockamamie surge.

[elehhhhna]

56. SAme advice for parents of soldiers in Iraq: Turn off the news! I'm FINE!

Says the little king

[Little Wing]

57. Oedipus by media

That's rather funny

[sinkingfeeling]

59. NO YOU'RE NOT DOING FINE! You are a failure. You are fired by me, the

one who controls this country. You are a criminal in the eyes of the world. You are an idiot. You are not "doing fine".

[mcscajun]

60. "I hear a lot of opinions."

Unspoken thought: "And I ignore them all; I'm the decider."

[sakabatou]

62. He's totally out of it.

[samsingh]

63. but 3000+ soldiers, 100,000+ Iraqi civilians, 3000 911 civilians

can't say the same because of shrub's evil.

[MasonJar]

65. W is a sociopath; I am surprised that Sr. hasn't known that for years.

[donco6]

66. When the facts get too loud . . .

. . . turn off the facts. Yeah, that's a typical Republican response.