Old George
A CNN poll shows that over 60% think that old HW Bush did a better job than little Dubya has done. First of all, that's a lot. Second, where does that come from? I mean, what do people even remember about Aych Dubya?
Well, they remember that he barfed on the Japanese Prime Minister. That's worth a few points. The Japanese PM is a guy that, when people think about him, they probably think he should be barfed on.
They remember, possibly, "read my lips - no new taxes." If they do recall that particular aphorism, they probably also recall that he broke the promise. So not much help there.
No, the large monster that makes people pine for the old guy is that he fought and beat Saddam Hussein - for good reason - and then had the good sense to get the hell out of Iraq.
Why did Dubya send our finest young people to Iraq to kill and die? Dunno. How is Dubya;'s UYS ever going to get out of Iraq? Through warrantless wiretaps? Through the idefinite imprisonment of 'illegal combatants' with no access to a legal system or any outside communication with family members or legal counsel?
Maybe Dubya will get out of Iraq through 'waterboarding' or other now-legal means or torture? No?
Well, okay. Aych Dubya's sending Bob Gates and Jimmy Baker over to sort of straighten out the mess. Or just keep things up in the air long enough for the junior Bush to get his lazy self out of the Oval Office and back to the links where he can lead the life of non-Decider leisure that he was always suited to.
That's what's best. For all of us.
Well, they remember that he barfed on the Japanese Prime Minister. That's worth a few points. The Japanese PM is a guy that, when people think about him, they probably think he should be barfed on.
They remember, possibly, "read my lips - no new taxes." If they do recall that particular aphorism, they probably also recall that he broke the promise. So not much help there.
No, the large monster that makes people pine for the old guy is that he fought and beat Saddam Hussein - for good reason - and then had the good sense to get the hell out of Iraq.
Why did Dubya send our finest young people to Iraq to kill and die? Dunno. How is Dubya;'s UYS ever going to get out of Iraq? Through warrantless wiretaps? Through the idefinite imprisonment of 'illegal combatants' with no access to a legal system or any outside communication with family members or legal counsel?
Maybe Dubya will get out of Iraq through 'waterboarding' or other now-legal means or torture? No?
Well, okay. Aych Dubya's sending Bob Gates and Jimmy Baker over to sort of straighten out the mess. Or just keep things up in the air long enough for the junior Bush to get his lazy self out of the Oval Office and back to the links where he can lead the life of non-Decider leisure that he was always suited to.
That's what's best. For all of us.
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