If Chinese propaganda can make a valid point, so can George W. Bush:
Notice that Bush’s video shows lots of diverse Americans taking sensible precautions, like wearing masks, and calls on all of us ” to do our part.” “In this case, we serve our neighbor by separating from them.” He speaks of “service and sacrifice” as fundamental American values. He speaks of “being present in the lives of others to ease their anxiety and share their burdens.” He says “we are not partisan combatants,” but “human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God. We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise.”
We’d be a lot better off if George W. Bush were in the White House today.
dumbass dubya finally found the right message and tone for all America and in the blink of an elephant’s eye, drumpf dumped on him, like the spoiled brat drumpf truly is…..
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/495843-trump-rips-george-w-bush-after-he-issues-call-to-unite-amid
I agree. We’d be a lot better off with Bush or even Reagan. Shows how bad Trump is.
What’s worse are the people still supporting Trump.
what the hell is wrong with these people.
Trump is glad that his North Korean friend is okay yet doesn’t seem to care about the 66,000 plus Americans who have died from this virus.
Trump hates anyone to be more presidential than he is. Or get any attention at all.
It’s a cult, really. Cults are not reasonable. That’s what is the matter with those people. I know deprogramming is successfully done, but I don’t know how.
We know we are really in the toilet when GWB is a vast improvement over the present occupant. O. M. G.
No. No. No. George W Bush is a war criminal. He claimed Iraq had WMD. He is responsible for millions of innocent deaths. Do not weaponize W to defeat Trump. Two negatives do not equal a positive in politics.
I have to say, GWB was probably the best choice to reach the wannabe rambos marching around with their compensators. They probably liked him. Remember, he was the prez they wanted to “have a beer with.” 🙄
Jason, if GWB can get some of those man boys to stop making fools of themselves, go home and wear masks, he’s saving lives. I fail to see the negative there. (Yes, he remains a war criminal.)
If silly george is the right person to get the attention of foolish man boys, I wonder who do we need to enlist to reach all the dumb broads out there protesting covid restrictions. Probably has to be oprah or dr. phil or some idiot other tv person. Gotta reach people where they are.
Those ladies, and there are many out there insaner than most, running around like that woman in NJ refusing to wear a mask and stay home, probably need somebody like the Ellen woman from TV to chastise them. Or Gloria Alred.
yes, grudz, ellen would reach quite of few of them indeed.
It isn’t a matter of whether dumbass dubya is the right person, right now he seems to be the only vocal one stating the obvious. What is the problem you people have with that?
As I’ve said elsewhere, I salute Bush for making the video. The only thing better would be if Bush and Obama did one together (speaking of non-partisanship) and brought the two First Ladies in on it to capture the imagination of the public.
Mercy, Ryan, don’t you think there were more man-boys than women you call “dumb broads” in those dumb screaming, armed crowds?
Guess grudz didn’t see the picture of the male in the t-shirt that said “refuse to conform” with a picture of a respiratory mask. His face was marked out to protect the guilty.
Debbo, your abbreviated links don’t work for me, and I really would like to read your “answer”. What should I do? (Feel like I’m writing Ann Landers.)
I don’t know if there were more men or women marching and protesting, I wasn’t there and I didn’t count, but the pictures and clips I saw seemed like a healthy representation of stupid people from both genders, so I was just sarcastically responding to debbo’s specific focus on male behavior. Like I do more than rarely.
Try this, Robin. https://www.sheilakennedy.net/
Ms Kennedy is a recovering Repub lady lawyer with lots of good opinions and ideas and she hails from Indiana and does not think much of Pence.
Suffice it to say there were men and women in the groups, no surprise there. The thing I strongly suspect they had in common was not “freedom” but tea-party style motivations. White supremacy, NRA, scare-the-pants-off-’em, no-logic, no-reason ultra-conservative motivations and tactics. Organized by the White House and friends for your viewing pleasure.
Haha wait, do you believe that these marching and protesting people are acting under the direction of the White House, or are you just being funny?
As W is a war criminal, trump is also. trump claims to be a wartime president so as one, he has committed war crimes on his own people. At least 70,000 Americans of us’ins to date and has caused trillions of dollars in economic losses here alone. You’re correct Jason.
50 years ago today, Kent State Massacre. National Guard mowed these kids down for the hell of it. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/us/kent-state-shooting-50th-anniversary-trnd/index.html
Excellent, Debbo, and thank you Mike from Iowa! A “recovering Republican”? If only there were more getting smart in their . . .uh. . .maturity.
I think Mr. Bush is good to reach the women in those mobs, behaving badly. Mr. Bush is a gentleman and many ladies I know find him to be an attractive fellow and respect his body of work. What you want is one of those Daisy Duke girls to get the unruly young fellows under control.
Robin, I don’t know why those links don’t work for you. None of the shortened links?
Yes, Sheila Kennedy is very smart and thoughtful. I’ve seen similar thoughts in a few other places. Of course we women do not function as an ignorant monolith. That’s one of the great things about women.
I saw the “man boys” quote elsewhere too. Apparently that’s a common name going around for those astroturf protestors. Seems appropriate to me.
I’m with Jason on this one. Certainly the words from President Bush are good, but they come from the man who put the US into the longest war if its history, based on lies and deceptions; whose hurricane response was as ineffective as this President’s pandemic response (Bush was fortunate his disaster was not as large for him to be as incompetent). He financed that war by never asking for the very sacrifice he mentions in his retroactive Presidential memory hazing. You cannot cleanse the “partisan combat” of destroying social safety nets with a rhetorical “time out” now — not knowing that combat will continue in a moment and will cost the lives of those less fortunate.
Let’s not answer this 2:00am drunk dial from an ex who was never good for us.
I was not a Bush fan, for sure. Of the 45 Presidents we’ve had, I’d rate him in the bottom 5. I rated him bottom in my lifetime before Trump. There is a huge difference, though, between the worst President (Trump) and the next worst (take your pick). I would gladly suffer through another Bush term, if we could get rid of Trump.
dumbass dubya financed both his taxcuts for the koch bros, the two unnecessary, illegal wars and the largest socialized program ever- Medicare Part D, all on credit cards for future generations to pay off.
And remember, wingnuts are still averse to pay as you go. Then they blame Dems for debt and deficits.
According to recent NPR highlights of W, fronting Cheney’s presidency (though some argue his Yale BS and Harvard MS make W a very smart president) Bush tax cuts and Iraq war as it continues in Afghanistan forever have likely , ime, killed more civilians than any presidents. Bottom 2, in my book. Republican strategy is to “own” its intelligence-challenged president.
PBS rather