cooljeanius
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To middle-school me it did. Of course I realize now that middle-school me was being overly dramatic then.
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George W. Bush: Media is Indispensable to Democracy
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I've noticed libs tend do this annoying thing where they isolate a little speck of dust next to a huge pile of steaming shit and then praise the speck of dust. hence, the recent liberal deification of repulsive scumbags like evan mcmullin and david frum because they're 000000000000000000001% microscopically less vile than trump and his circus freaks
between the unfunny poncho meme and his charming but buttugly paintings, looks like W is on the path to rehabilitation
Always-honest
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Wow, even he sounds smart compared to Trump.
Splash Wave
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Yeah. Trump is obviously more annoying, but it's going to be tough beating Bush's profound awfulness.
Presidents don't directly attack other presidents in general.
Same. There's actually a funny turn around from 9/11 to Iraq. There's a skit from Mad TV that had Bush going over and fighting the terrorists himself, being super tough. Then he said nuclear a certain way and everyone jumped on him as being dumb.
What I didn't like and still don't about Trump is that his rhetoric has been for a long time too similar to dictators- and the more he attacks the media directly for people to drink his Koolaid the more I see history repeating itself.
fluffydelusions
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It's pretty bad when this guy is lecturing you.
Say what you will about W but he can dodge a shoe like a champ
He lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. I think that disqualifies you from "okay as a person."
It's pretty bad when this guy is lecturing you.
"How was he as President!?"
"Kinda goofy."
He really wasn't that bad when compared to this, I mean, still bad and all, but Trump really lowered that bar.
Count Dookkake
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Say what you will about W but he can dodge a shoe like a champ
The single greatest moment in presidential history.
paragonpro
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I dont even think itll be a civil war as even the republicans seem to want trump out
VendettaRed07
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Yeah, just because he's not attaching an "lol fuck Trump" to the end doesn't mean that this isn't sort of a big deal for him to be criticizing him. Or likening his approach to Putin
Lord Frieza
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Anyone thinking W was a good president or person in any way is fucking crazy, but it does go to show you just how unhinged Trump is that swine like GW is actually throwing him subtle shade.
The GOP doesn't really care, they'll stick with him unless something truly insane and vile comes out, and even then I doubt they'll pull the trigger. And we're definitely heading towards a civil way like conflict. Unless some event of unification happens to bring us back together, a clash between 'red' and 'blue' is coming, and it will probably shape our next century (granting we have a next century of functioning society). I think anyone who thinks otherwise at this point is pretty delusional.
The GOP doesn't really care, they'll stick with him unless something truly insane and vile comes out, and even then I doubt they'll pull the trigger. And we're definitely heading towards a civil way like conflict. Unless some event of unification happens to bring us back together, a clash between 'red' and 'blue' is coming, and it will probably shape our next century (granting we have a next century of functioning society). I think anyone who thinks otherwise at this point is pretty delusional.
GameAddict411
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George W. Bush was a lot of things, but he was not a hateful person. He listened to reason, and he was genuinely a nice person. One of the reasons why he won, but compared to Trump he is on a different league completely. It's good he talked about this directly and had the spine to go against Trump's policy. He is probably happy that Trump will be remembered as the worst president of the United States instead of him especially in this century.
Back-In-Black
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Trump is the worst behaved President but we won't know for a little bit if he'll go down as worse than Bush. He still has to get us unnecessarily involved in a foreign war, bungle the relief effort of a national disaster, and tank the global economy, again.
GameAddict411
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With how things are going, The US will get into another conflict pretty soon if Trump continues as the president. This time it's going to be even more destructive if he starts something with Iran(which is not that unlikely). They are not Iraq and they have a powerful military. Many Americans are going to die at his hands, and the failed operation Yemen is just the beginning.
Host Samurai
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... *sigh* I do.
Goddam, to think how moderate he would be today. I would welcome this lovable doofus back with open arms. His Muslim speech right after 9/11 is such a stark contrast on what Trump says. Say what you wan't about him, but Bush did bring America together for brief time from between 9/11 - Iraq War 2.
Lord Frieza
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And he brought us together afterward, too, because every goddamn one hated that motherfucker after all that.
He was the worst... at the time.
Now, over a decade later, Trump has far surpassed him as the worst.
Imagine what your country's worst will be 15 years from now. If young people and progressives continue to NOT GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND FUCKING GO VOTE then you won't have to imagine because it will be reality.
Bonen no Max'd
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Jeb's doing his partI hope the Bushs continue to throw shade at Trump.
At least the Bushs who actually did something.
jebis too much of a loser to throw decent shade.
Shhh he's at least affable in his wanton destruction.
Regulus Tera
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Of course he would say that. Bush willingly used the media as a way to spread disinformation about Iraq in order to justify his illegal intervention against Hussein's regime. War criminals should not be throwing stones inside glass houses.
Lord Frieza
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Jeb's doing his part
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Oh man haha
Ziltoidia 9
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Jeb's doing his part
Shhh he's at least affable in his wanton destruction.
Afterwords, he reportably told the surrounding crowd, "Please clap."
Bonen no Max'd
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old manatee
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lol fuck off Bush. His administration lied to the media nonstop about basically everything.
curls
Wake up Sheeple, your boring insistence that Obama is not a lizardman from Atlantis is wearing on my patience ð¤
Oh dear god I had a mouthful of coffee you asshole.
Rentahamster
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... *sigh* I do.
I don't.
DarkJediKnight
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Gwb is a good man. Regardless of what you think of him, he was always polite and did not say hurtful things like Agent orange does.
Textured Monk
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As much as I know what he meant, I found this quote surprisingly self-aware.
Bonen no Max'd
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He was very polite when he made up lies to start a war that's killed over a hundred thousand people directly and destabilized an entire region.
When you'd rather have Dubya over the incumbent you know you dun . . .
and serial killers are often described as charming and magnetic individuals
Chuck Norris
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Awful President and I find it kind of scary how much smarter Dubya seems than Trump. He at least expresses an understanding of the basic freedoms of Americans to practice religion, immigrate and the media in this interview. Unlike one Drumpf
Amazing I'd trade Bush for what we have now in a heartbeat. Never thought that would happen
Amazing I'd trade Bush for what we have now in a heartbeat. Never thought that would happen
Dreams-Visions
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There was this thing that we call a "war" that he started on false pretenses.
Something that cost thousands upon thousands of lives that he can't give back and billions of dollars in lost wealth for all countries involved. The torture programs happening were with his express permission.
His charity work is good and appreciated, but he can't take back those wrongs. They won't be forgotten.
Bonen no Max'd
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But he was polite about it.
All the people saying Bush was worse than current Trump, what a lack of fuckin' perspective you have, I'll tell you something Bush didn't do that Trump is doing currently, persecuting people who live in this country and spewing vitriol at people who dare speak against him, you really don't know what you're talking about.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
No, but we went to *actual* war for no reason, so I'm not gonna say I miss the dude yet.
Bonen no Max'd
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No, he just started a surveillance state and spread lies to justify a disastrous war we still are mired in the consequences of after his brother rigged an election for him.
What a stand-up guy.
V
Vilix
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... *sigh* I do.
You could put a shoe there and it would be a thousand times better than Trump.
Motivation matters. He was a well-intentioned idiot, not evil.
old manatee
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Yeah Bush was a great guy, except when he was dropping bombs on children, torturing people in secret detention centers, and spying on Americans. What a fucking stand up chap.
Bonen no Max'd
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He made up evidence to give a false justification for starting a war.
How is that not evil?
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