BushHumor on September 16th, 2008
U.S. troops entered the region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan and raided several villages, killing 20. It has since been learned that the raids were secretly authorized by the George W. Bush regime back in July.
According to the New York Times, no legal precedent was cited by the Bush regime for approving the cross-border raids, which were heavily debated within the regime for months.
The effect was to provoke Pakistan into approving military force to “repel” U.S. raiding parties. According to WPA sources in the region, Pakistani soldiers stopped a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs yesterday. No one was killed.
BushHumor on September 15th, 2008
But McCain is not Bush. No matter what you think of McCain, you can’t pin that on him. Now Palin? Palin is Bush.
We know nothing about Sarah Palin. Nothing. Which is not anywhere near enough information to elevate her to the position whereby she would succeed McCain if he died in office or suffered a catastrophic illness. At 72 years of age and in questionable health, McCain’s fitness to coach a high school football team would be in doubt, let alone the grueling reality of the presidency of this country.
John McCain is, statistically, more likely to die or suffer some catastrophic illness during his first term than any other man that has sought the office. Who would succeed him? George Bush would succeed him. Someone with no record. No experience. Only question marks. Everywhere. Forget about the fact that Palin looks a lot like a really attractive TV star I know. Underneath all the Tina, she’s George.
BushHumor on August 29th, 2008
I have been thinking hard about what I can cherish and treasure from the Bush White House years, one simple thing I have to be thankful to Dubya for, and I have found it.
Perspective. Bush’s Iraq war has given me a sense of scale about money that’s actually relieved me of a lot of worrying and fretting.
One month of the war in Iraq is costing this country an estimated $10 billion dollars. Once you use that as a yardstick, no other expense, no other crisis seems as expensive, as intractable and terrifying as it once did. A $15 billion California budget deficit? No sweat! It’s only six weeks’ worth of war Iraq dollars! The Bear Sterns bailout — pshaw, that’s only three months in Iraq war dollars. And a possible $40 billion to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? A mere quarterly check for the Iraq war.
And that $300 pair of shoes I’ve had my eye on but told myself I couldn’t possibly afford? In Iraq war bucks, it’s the change they don’t bother to pick up from the sidewalk.
So to paraphrase Jack Valenti’s line about Lyndon Johnson in the White House, I now sleep better knowing that virtually nothing we might do here at home would cost as much as the Iraq war is costing us already.
BushHumor on August 28th, 2008
Post-convention, the GOP is telling Americans: Don’t believe the hype, Obama’s not ready. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s the same GOP that selected George W. Bush, twice! This is the party that turned it’s collective back on a major American city as it drowned; embraces torture and ignores the Constitution; turns a blind eye to science and innovation; created the largest deficit in our nation’s history; diminished our diplomatic standing throughout the world. The GOP is the party that actively threatens the very security of our country by embracing economic policies that do nothing but weaken our country.Does the GOP have any credibility in picking a potential President? The answer is simple: George W. Bush. When Bill Clinton first ran for President, one of his slogans was “It’s the economy, stupid!” One of Obama’s slogans might be “It’s George W. Bush, stupid!” (Only I know he’s too classy to use it)
BushHumor on July 1st, 2008
He’s the son of a Republican President, the grandson of a Republican senator, and the great-grandson of a Wall Street tycoon. But Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush is basing his White House campaign on a simple proposition: that he’s an average guy imbued with the small-city values of Midland, Tex., who is uniquely qualified to end the partisan squabbling that so often has gridlocked Washington, D.C.
Bush’s bold vow: “”Tonight, in this hall, we resolve to be the party, not of repose, but of reform”
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In an audience sprinkled with some of the bitterest partisan warriors in Washington, Bush portrayed himself as a big-hearted Everyman who would transform his party and change the testy tone in the nation’s capital. “That background may lack the polish of Washington,” the two-term Texas governor told Republican National Committee delegates in his Aug. 3 acceptance speech. “Then again, I don’t have a lot of [bad] things that come with Washington experience. I don’t have enemies to fight. I have no stake in the bitter arguments of the last few years. I want to change the tone of Washington to one of civility and respect.” Read the rest of this entry »
