ONE YEAR GONE: George W. Bush…Idiot.
by Leigh ScottOne year ago today President Bush left the White House. It’s been said before, but I think on this anniversary it bears repeating.
George W. Bush is an idiot.
That’s right. He’s a dolt. A moron. A cowboy. An anti-intellectual. A dummy.
I don’t use these words lightly and I firmly stand behind them. Of course, I’m not using the traditional definition of these adjectives. I’m using the current, leftist lexicon in describing the man.
The left loves to rename things. They call acts of terrorism “man caused disasters.” The call a bill that takes away secret ballots for workers the “employee free choice act”. Expensive health care is renamed “affordable” and when they flush $800 billion of taxpayer money down the toilet they call it an economic “stimulus.”
They call a bunch of snotty, elitist, knuckleheads who are completely clueless about economics and foreign policy “smart power.” And they refer to their leader, famous for dodging responsibility and voting “present,” as “pragmatic.”
So it stands to reason that in the leftist thesaurus George W. Bush would be classified as a clown, buffoon, and utter retard.
Sarah Palin is pretty clueless too. Glenn Beck is a fear-mongering loon. Rush Limbaugh is dangerous.
And we are all racists.
In addition to using the leftist dictionary, we can also reflect on George W. Bush’s presidency using the current metrics by which this administration judges itself. Under his watch George W. Bush probably “saved or created” 60 million jobs in my estimation (30 million just by keeping Algore and Kerry out of the White House). He avoided nuclear war after “inheriting” a disastrous foreign policy situation created by the Clinton administration. He saved millions of lives by preventing terrorists from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
Not bad for a hillbilly redneck.
Of course he had his faults, by leftist standards. He didn’t send his press secretary out to attack news organizations that were unfavorable to him. He didn’t bow before foreign kings and emperors. He attempted to compromise by getting behind bills like “No Child Left Behind,” foolishly attempting to work with the opposition. He naively saw himself as a public servant, and not as the “ruler” of the masses who are incapable of self-governance. He understood that sometimes America’s interests conflict with those of other countries, and winning the adoration of foreigners isn’t always good for America.
His greatest sin, of course, was attempting to lead by principle and not by the whims of the polls and the influence of his financial supporters. He followed through on things, even when they weren’t popular because he knew that they were right. And history has proven that he was right about a great many things.
What a joker.
In many ways, George W. Bush reminds me of another idiot president; that bumbling, senile, actor Ronald Reagan. The media would like you to forget the merciless way they savaged Reagan while he was in office. Now, as history has validated Reagan’s agenda and nostalgia has set in, even the left favorably invokes his name in the context of their Dear Leader.
I wonder how long before a Democrat is sold to the public as being “W-esque”.
I too am a “follow my gut,” principled person. I guess that makes me a moron.
Barbara Mandrell’s classic song comes to mind, “If loving you is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.” If Keith Olbermann, Janet Napolitano, Paul Krugman, Joe Biden and Chris Matthews are “smart” and George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan are idiots….well count me in as a mouth-breathing imbecile.
I miss having my fellow simpleton in the Oval Office. The country felt safer. Morale was higher. And there wasn’t this sinking feeling that freedom was being sold out to the interests of unions, community organizers, and a network of government parasites.
W. wasn’t perfect. Far from it. He played good offense on national security but lousy defense on spending. He failed to stop the rising tide of big government and runaway spending.
The sad part is, that every negative policy of the Bush administration that I can think of has been continued or amped up under the Obama regime.
Of course, nobody seems to notice this. Except us knuckleheads.
So, enjoy your retirement W. We miss you. I have a sinking suspicion that your legacy of ignorance and stupidity will see a resurgence in 2012. That’s the next chance for the unwashed masses to put a dunce in the White House.
I can’t wait.
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This is the stupidest editorial I have read all week.
Scott-I have to admit, I saw the title and was like, "What?"
It is often said, "Ignoance is bliss". We have seen the other-'intellectual' side of leadership….
Give me 'ignorance' any day.
Thank you for the nastalgia train trip this morning.
Not as stupid as your screen name, however.
since it is opposite land today (what with a republican winning in Mass.)
your article was dumb and your momma dresses you funny.
I hope health care passes, and Obama is successful.
wow, that feels wierd
Thanks…. I think?
(This liberal lexicon is gonna get real confusing real fast… no wonder they are so messed up)
Bravo! Satire at its best. So slap me silly and call me Stupid! Please, let's have an ignorant bafoon elected in 2012.
Accepting the premise that Obama and his crew are smart, I see them more as those book-smart types that lack the common sense that keeps them from looking both ways before crossing the street.
Stupid people of Duhmerica unite! We will sweep in dumba$$es all across the nation in 2010. Gotta go, I need to find my way to work again this morning.
Goodbye!
Me is Bizarro-Superman.
Me am try to understand current Leftist lexicon.
Me is not confused.
In fact, me is SO not confused that Bizarro-Superman must not scratch his head in confusion.
Me not have splitting headache now…me not go & take some aspirin.
Hello!
America's about due for another civil war, dontcha think Leigh Scott? What, you don't? Well, you keep writing these "us vs. them" blogs, deepening the divide between the people of this country. I thought you'd be commanding the neo-con army against us "elitist, knuckleheaded" liberals. What's the matter? Oh, that's right. You repubutards are a bunch of wussy chicken hawks. You talk a huge game but never follow up. Moron.
Dare To Be Stupid!
A friend of ours was listening to a female NPR commentator who was interviewing someone about the relief effort for Haiti and the fact that Presidents Bush and Clinton were working together. Her comment was "What do you think about Clinton and a "discredited" president working together on this project?" WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? Can you believe such arrogance? Did anyone hear this? I would like to know which one of the Media Cows made that statement.
dork! (i mean that with all love)
I don't suppose the commentator added ." . . . an a discredited current president," did she?
George W. Bush is a real loser!! Let's see, he graduates from an Ivy league school, can fly a fighter jet, starts a few business, runs a major league ball club, gets elected as gov in a large "diverse" state, gets elected twice to the US Presidency, devises a anti-terrorism plan that actually works, is loyal to his family and is a decent, kind man.
Yeah, he's a real loser.
I knew something was wrong last night when I briefly turned on MSNBC just in time to catch Matthews compliment Scott Brown for being an excellent extemporaneous speaker, which he then used as a segue to take a dig at Obama being wedded to his teleprompter and nearly incomprehensible without it. Like after our first revolution, the world truly is turned upside down.
I think you're correct, Mr Scott. Bush will look good in retrospect, even to the moderates of the center-left ,and perhaps not too far down the road. While I and many other conservatives cringed on issues such as W's spending and his stance on immigration, he was absolutely solid in most areas of concern. If you aren't missing W, you're not paying attention!
Obama Blames Bush for Saddling Him with "Massive Gum Litter Problem" http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-blames-...
George W. Bush did more to discredit the GOP and conservatism than anything Obama could ever do.
Can you explain why we have troops in the field? Kill Osama-sure. Teach Afghans and Iraqis yearning to breathe free is internationalist idiocy, not conservative.
No Child left Behind further expanded the reach of the feds into education, a field that was until a few years ago the realm fo the states. In fact the feds opertae no schools but waste money on it anyway.
Bush's unfunded prescription drug plan was supported wholheartedly by Ted Kennedy.
Comprehensive immigration reform was an attempt to undemine our sovereignty.
Obama got the idea of the stimulus by Bush's attempt to save capitalism by ignoring it's rules.
Harriet Myers, Dubai ports. Discretionary nondefense spending rose every year under Bush at rates higher than it rose under Clinton, and way beyond the rate of inflation.
Bush, conservative-you were saying?
call me dumb too. i don't want other countries to like us. i want them to RESPECT us. i want to see MADE IN AMERICA on things i use. i don't want anymore spatulas that melt in the frying pan so that the grease turns black. because it is MADE IN CHINA. i don't want to subsidize ETHANOL it has caused the price of anything that uses corn (to feed or make0 to rise. let products suceed or fail on the merits. i want to drill for our own oil. we only import oil because we let them send it. i remember american motors,desoto,studebaker, packard etc. they failed and other makers picked up the slack. unions priced themselves out of business. let them fail too .when i was young, i applied for a job at bell tele. after 3 interviews and 2 weeks training i was told to join the union within 30 days or they would have to let me go. i found and qualified for that job. why would i have to pay to keep it? i wasn't in a RIGHT TO WORK state at the time.
Hell, you know the Left is all screwed up when you look at the meanings of the names that they call themselves & the actual meaning of the words:
Liberal- (original meaning in U.S. politics) Person who believes in small government and maximum personal freedoms.
TODAY- Socialistic ideals with a strong oligarchical central government & little personal freedoms
Progressive-(original meaning) Person who believes in the Free Market & both economic & industrial growth.
TODAY- SEE LIBERAL TODAY
Didn't you read the article?? Bush, while clearly not perfect, is still stunningly a gigant ic improvement over professor utopia in the oval office. The eight issues you mentioned are nothing compared to the havoc the obamites are planning to reak on our nation. Wake up & smell what you're shoveling.
I dunno, a lot of their ideas don't even come off as coming from a High Int. I think the only mental stat the O has positive might be Cha, and even that is receiving circumstance bonuses due to media puffery.
And if anyone understood that, welcome to the geek side.
You rollled a natural 20 on that one!
"The media would like you to forget the merciless way they savaged Reagan while he was in office."
As a kid in the 80's, I thought Reagan, conservatives and groups like the Moral Majority were almost literally sent to us by Satan himself because of how they were portrayed in the news. It took me a long time to learn the truth after I got older…
I love you geeks! The same way a level 15 paladin loves his +5 vorpal sword!
He also speaks Spanish, but is a little rusty with his "Austrian"………….
Well, of course, not. "Discredited," I guess is only in the eye of the beholder or the MSM. My question is "What abut the 'discredited' president with which BUSH is working?" You, know, the one who was impeached for lying to Congress. The one who committed adultry? I guess that doesn't count.
Agreed. I can't wait for the idiots to get back to Washington. Mass. elected one last night! And I miss President Bush too.
Don't try to think. Judging from your post you're not very good at it.
I'M WITH STUPID ——->
Not catching the sarcasm from AAron H.?
That's what happens when a mage tries reading a witches spell book. You recognize some of the terms, but over all it doesn't make a lot of sense.
Obama is using a different spell book.
What about an impeached president working with Bush? I'm guessing that never came up…
Slap me stupid! If not for his refusal to use the veto pen, compassionate conservatism, Bush could indeed have been as dumb as Reagan?
OMG i am old and a geek…I understood all that….
The Dubai Ports? the ones that New York was gonna sell them? Why don't you mention the San Fransico ports that Clinton allowed China to buy?
Agreed!
To paraphrase William F. Buckley Jr: "I'd rather be governed by the first 200 names in the Boston phone book than the faculty of Harvard Law School."
How about a +5 Holy Avenger Vorpal Weapon?
Novice DMs should be much more careful when tossing around wishes to veteran players.
My advice would be to find a local AM station that carries Rush. And if you can't find one, google to find one that streams his show live.
After 3 hours of NPR I need 3 hours of Rush for mental floss.
And lets not forget – he didn't even make it to all 57 states in 8 years.
A paycheck is a paycheck.
Ditto!
Holy Avenger Vorpal? Sorry dude, I'm too old (OD&D) to know that.
Not bad Mr. Scott.
Man I thought I was the only moron out here that see's the same thing.
it is true that George W Bush was not a true conservative…
More so than dad, but not quite Ronald Reagan. He liked big government solutions too much. It is a valid criticism. That said, he was a mainstream conservative, perhaps more in touch with middle America than the true conservatives. His 'big government' policies, while not approved by us, were actually pretty popular.
Both 'no child left behind' and the prescription drug bill were pretty well received. Unlike the Current Occupant.
His programs are antithetical to a free society, far more than anything Bush could have dreamt of. So, yes, 'W's
legacy may be somewhat of a mixed bag.
Next to this bunch it's positively Jeffersonian…
Simple, a wish is a wish.
And in the hands of some one who knows how to use it, look out!
Bush was/is an idiot. I wouldn't degrade cowboys by calling him one. Most of the qualities you list are what Presidents are supposed to do. Obviously this president is actively seeking to destroy America. He's the exception not the rule. Bush doesn't get extra points for not.
Put it this way. Bush is part of the reason we are here where we are today. The Republican hierarchy is the other. Then the propaganda media, etc.
No, my nostalgia for Bush is the same nostalgia one has for a small pile of crap vs a mountain of crap.
or should it be Don't Dare to be Stupid
and he actually can count the number of letters in the word JOBS correctly. What a Marroon!
It's So Easy To Do!
Glenn Beck did a bit on this yesterday, where he put all of the people that the left considers dunces in one column (George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, etc.) and all of the people they consider brilliant in another column (e.g., Barack Obama, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter). It was hilarious. The problem is that many on the left truly believe that any intelligent person of good character will naturally be a leftist like them so that anyone who is not a leftist must either be unintelligent (e.g., Reagan, Bush) or of bad character (e.g., Cheney, Rove) or both (e.g., Limbaugh). Other options are not possible in their worldview (i.e., that intelligent people of good character could disagree), which is why they also believe that any two intelligent people of good character should always be able to come to an amicable solution to any problem simply by talking about it and understanding each other.
I'm sorry, but I just can't bring myself to accept your original premise.
not even close.
Outstanding. While others are commenting how terrible Bush was (that got us into this mess), would they turn down the chance of exchanging him for Obama today? Even with all of his non conservative foibles, I don't think so.
Your list is not entirely complete but it is not altogether as large as the one that Obama is already working with. You have eight years of Bush to make your list. Have you made a list for Obama? If so, how large is that? Probably about the same size would be my guess.
His domestic policy was weak but at least he understood what a terrorist was and wasn't afraid to use the word.
Luckily Bush had Cheney. Obama has that doofus white guy , Reid and Pelosi.
I almost tossed in a "Primus sucks!" reference earlier. I guess it fits now.
Man! I'm still periodically kicking myself over the "children's drawings" post last year and even I got this one!
Smart like a global warming scientist?
I'm not "smart" enough to listen to three hours of NPR.
Once I was over the shock of Scott’s satire, I had trouble reconciling his estimate of Bush’s purported accomplishments with what Bush actually did and didn’t accomplish. Virtually any paragraph of Scott’s satire will serve as an example:
“In addition to using the leftist dictionary, we can also reflect on George W. Bush’s presidency using the current metrics by which this administration judges itself. Under his watch George W. Bush probably “saved or created” 60 million jobs in my estimation (30 million just by keeping Al Gore and Kerry out of the White House). He avoided nuclear war after “inheriting” a disastrous foreign policy situation created by the Clinton administration. He saved millions of lives by preventing terrorists from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.”
Bush laid the groundwork of the fruitless Fortress America/defensive policies in place today, such as the intrusive “we’re all guilty until searched thoroughly and frisked down to our toenails” TSA, the too-Nazi sounding “Homeland Security” whose minions would like to get their hands on everything Americans do or say, and the criticism-sensitive policies of the Obama administration.
Hey it takes SMARTS to recognize where the grants money comes from!
He did not declare war on our enemies — Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iran, states that support terrorism, and wipe them off the map — as he should have, but turned the other cheek like a good Christian and denied, as Obama does, that Islam has had anything to do with terrorism because it’s a “religion of peace,” which it might be if, as besieged Dutch politician Geert Wilders suggested, the Koran were gutted of its belligerent, kill-or-convert-the-infidels imperatives (and then it would be a creed closer to the Amish brand of Christianity, and not really Islam anymore). Iran, which Bush left intact, is hurriedly trying to assemble fissionable material for a bomb, with Russia’s and North Korea’s help. Obama is trying to ignore that; he is preoccupied with his own socialist jihad.
Economics? Jobs? Bush was as much a welfare-statist as Clinton, Carter, and Obama. He signed into law the largest socialized medicine bill in history, the Medicare prescription drug increase. I could go on, but my jaw drops every time I read of someone defending Bush’s record. He was on the same path as Obama, but lagged far, far behind what the Messiah and his disciples in Congress have attempted to accomplish in the last year or so.
I'm smart enough to "never" listen to NPR. If I want mental fertelizer I would watch MSNBC. Good thing I blocked that station too.
I give a thumbs up. That is the best way to put it. Looks like the 20 sided was not kind.
I recently had to kick it down to 2 hours a day. The local NPR affiliate started broadcasting a new program from 11-12 called "Capital Connection."
Basically its an hour paid for by NY state unions to celebrate all that's wonderful with identity politics. I could stand that for about 2 weeks.
I have serious issues with the way Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld started and prosecuted the Iraq war. It was a clusterfuck. Apart from that, I think Bush's main problem was with people. He didn't seem to have the ability to get people on his side. His PR efforts, his dealings with the Democrats and with other countries – it all seemed kind of clumsy. It started (for me, at least) with that pathetic slide show Colin Powell had to give to the UN. It went downhill from there. After a while, it seemed like he didn't bother politicking at all. He just did what he decided to do and let people deal with it any way they liked. He could have used a big dose of Reagan charisma – or whatever it was Reagan had.
Imagine how those of us who were old enough to know better felt.
Wait — no need to imagine. Just think of how W and O are portrayed today.
I believe you would call it a media "buff". +3 to CHA if left on the political spectrum. But you lose AC.
I work from home on my computer. I can't listen to music and work, because I stop working and start listening to the music.
However, after 20+ years in a cubicle, I can work with voices in the back ground. I can just tune them out when I need. So I NPR in the morning, Rush in the afternoon, and unfortunately I haven't found an alternative to Hannity at 3.
It's not that Hannity is all that bad, but so much of the time he's just repeating himself, beating a dead horse. I suppose it could be worse, it could be Terry Gross and Fresh Air.
You're an absolute moron, Leigh. A leftist stooge… kookaid drinker extraordinaire… don't quit your day job dude.
I didn't like a lot of the policies of George W. Bush. I wouldn't even give him as much credit as you do especially on foreign policy. However I always believed that he was a basically good man trying to do what he thought was best and what he thought was best for the country. I just don't feel that with the current administration.
Great article. Clearly written and to the point in an entertaining way. Keep it up. My family really enjoys it.
Go with Michael Medved in the afternoons.
He's an absolute dunce.
Here's a great source for web radio:
http://streamingradioguide.com
Nope. I guess I have a severe case of foot in mouth disease this morning. AAron my heartfelt apologies if I misconstrued your post.
I would vote for W again and again and again. To hell with liberalism and their puppet Osham…
As we say down South….well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit! Excellent piece!
I miss President Bush every day.
Wait! Wait! I have a fresh one for you.
"Chinese Take-out" from Monterey Park was really just "Increased Diplomacy With China." It wasn't Kung Pao chicken in the paper bag that helped Slick Willy and the DNC ride to their second term. And it wasn't Sweet & Sour Pork in those paper bags that gave Friends Of Bill the greenlight to sell military secrets to China.
No. Monterey Park, CA (althought the chinese food is good) was the hotbed for Chinese Nationals and DNC handlers to join hands (and liquid assets) to sell the USA down the river. Nice. With friends like this…
I think a lot of people don't realize that the left renames and redefines people and things they don't like so they can change the way the public views them (obviously, the MSM aids and abets them). Once the public starts to see things the way the left wants (after testing with polling) they can do whatever they want to that entity. They can take over banks, big oil, or take down individuals (Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Partiers, etc…). In the worst case scenario, they can exterminate the opposition (see Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Castro, etc..) for the greater good.
Left Wing Decoder: If it sounds good or sweet and innocent, it's BAD! If sounds bad along the line of the spawn of satan, it's GOOD!
I wouldn't worry about it. Just chalk it up to giddiness from last night's election returns.
excellent article.. thank you.. Miss him.. God Bless you Pres Bush..
"I too am a “follow my gut,” principled person. I guess that makes me a moron."
Geez. With what these people are trying to perpetrate on the USA the 'smell test' is recommended. It stinks so badly that it doesn't even reach my gut before nausea sets in.
Well there is an idea the Hollywoodists must be pitching. "Revenge Of The Morons" I bet the hotties are switching in droves too.
"So, enjoy your retirement W. We miss you"
Amen
Oh, come on EdSki, you know that Bush and Cheney stole those 7 states when they left office and doled them out to all their friends!
Wasn't it fun watching Olberman want to cry last night?
God, I miss Bill Buckley!
In the spirit of the original post, I have no idea what you're talking about.
OBAMA (Half-orc Illusionist)
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Loyalty: Soros
Deity: Marx (Alinskyite sect)
Birthplace: Unknown
STR:13
CHA: 18
DEX: 3 (17 when equips Screen of Prompting)
INT: 10 (apparent 18/00: Aura of Braininess. INT-13 or save vs. illusion to detect)
WIS: 3
CON: Yes.
EGO: Infinite
Special abilities and equipment:
Screen of Prompting as above.
Aura of Braininess as above (V,S- only requires handwaving )
Deck of Race Cards (1d4 damage to Conservatives (any race)).
Can summon Ghost of Writing ("Ayres", Lv 3 Undead).
Mace of Bushbashing (-5 to all saving throws vs. illusion or deception).
Merdas Touch (everything he handles turns to crap).
Scrolls of Job Destruction
Geas: Compels him to bow and apologize to all Evil characters ranked Lord or above
Henchmen:
Michelle Antoinette (Elemental of Bitterness, Hatred and Conspicuous Consumption)
Wright (Lv 20 Cleric (Chaotic Evil))
Tim the Geitner (Lv 35 Thief, possesses Magic Mint (Leprechaun Gold only))
Rahmbo (Assassin)
Unknown number of Greater Red Demons;
4x/electoral cycle can summon 2d6×1000 Red-Shirted Goblins of Vote Fabricating and Purple-Shirted Goblins of Vote Suppressing
Yes Bev, Most fun I have had in months!
Sorry. W left office with Mecca un-nuked. Epic fail.
I can only imagine the shock Londo Molari will feel when he figures out that you cast him to play this character in "Quantum Apocalypse."
Sheridan or Garabaldi would be okay with it, but not Londo.
(What? Too inside baseball flor this forum?)
He truly was a lion!
Me stupid too!
Well, they certainly didn't steal the state of insanity, because its all around us.
Good intentions (like Bush's) pave the road to hell. Contempt (like Obama's) just gets you to the end of the road faster.
Now that's just fantastic! I'm not even a D&D player and I got, well, most of it.
At Lv 35, that makes Tim the Geithner an Epic Thief, does it not?
Great post.
While we call attention to President Bush's foreign policy achievements, let us also pay attention to his mistakes:
His biggest mistake was in believing that Democrats would work with him for the common good. According to the leftist lexicon, this made him "the most partisan president in history," to Harry Reid.
This applies today to the "partisan" opposition to Obama/Reid/Pelosi healthcare. pay no attention to the fact that it's bipartisan. Obama/Pelosi/Reid call opponents stupid/greedy/nazi racists while insisting that all they really want is "healthy debate".
Future GOP leaders should be willing to extend the hand of friendship to Democrats, but keep the Big Stick ready in the other.
I think that would be an insult to those three mediocrities. His O'liness is going to rank even below Carter and LBJ. He's in Aethelread the Unready territory, if not Nero and Caligula.
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