It’s two weeks before midterm elections. Do you know where your ex-president is?
Do you miss him yet? If the highway billboards apply to you, you’re in luck—George W. Bush‘s memoir “Decision Points is due out November 9. And recently the book’s publisher, Random House, released a video—an e-card, if you will—from the former president giving a synopsis of the book.
If this reminds you of the book report segment from “Reading Rainbow,” you are not crazy.
After the last two years of policy compromises and bitter disappointments from Barack Obama, It’s downright refreshing to see that W. still hasn’t got the hang of reading basic prepared remarks off of cue cards. It’s actually amazing that he made it through eight years as president without picking up this skill—you’d think at some point you’d just learn it by rote.
At any rate, as the adage goes, time heals all wounds. Despite leaving office with the lowest approval rating in history, it seems that large swaths of the population do, in fact, miss him. There are only a few comments on the YouTube page, and they’re all remarkably adoring, from sentiments like, “Sir, you are still my president,” to the simple “please come back.”
Love him or hate him, on November 9, W. returns.
October 21, 2010 at 7:49 pm, DFMF said:
Alex, perhaps what you mistake for apparent illiteracy could more accurately be classified as personal inflection and regional diction. Spend some time in the southwestern portion of our country, particularly in southwest Texas, and listen for yourself to the speech patterns and intonations of its native residents. Don't be so pompous as to mistake a southern drawl for ignorance.
For this week's lesson in liberal hypocrisy, I present you with a video clip of Barack Hussein Obama stumping on the campaign trail back in 2008. While I have my fundamental philosophical differences with the man, I cannot dispute that he is both educated and intelligent. However, anyone can become tongue-twisted at an inopportune time, as evidenced here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of61E1FesPU
Does this clip validate the stereotype that BHO is a bumbling, sputtering buffoon sans teleprompter? Of course not. Maybe it is time to elevate your “reporting” and stop going for the cheap (and tired) laughs from the progressive cavalcade. After all, GWB graduated from Harvard, and the last time I checked with you a Harvard degree alone was considered enough of a credential to attain the classification of “brilliant,” as stated in your discourse regarding Michelle Obama.
October 21, 2010 at 8:45 pm, jim said:
give me a break,the guy ruined this country with a butch a lies,if only he wouldnt had his nose up cheneys ass 24 hours a day and the oil companys he might had a chance…
October 21, 2010 at 11:08 pm, DFMF said:
Jim, seriously, you need to stop parroting the left-wing talking points that are being spoon-fed to you on MSNBC and The Daily Kos and do some research for yourself. To make a claim that GWB had his “nose up the asses of the oil companies” while simultaneously implying that BHO has had nothing at all to do with Big Oil is incredibly myopic and misinformed.
First consider the following link that connects BHO to British Petroleum (BP of the Gulf oil rig disaster) and BP's most generous presidential campaign spending spree during the past 20 years.
http://americaswatchtower.com/2010/05/23/did-barack-obamas-big-oil-connections-stop-him-from-acting-on-the-bp-oil-spill/
Now I won't go so far as to say that BP's hefty contributions prevented the BHO administration from taking action for over a month while oil spewed into the Gulf, but it is certainly an interesting point to consider. Isn't it?
Another point to consider is the $2 billion commitment by the BHO administration to the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. In case you were unaware, Petrobras reported PROFITS, not just revenues, of over $15 billion last year. Why would Obama feel the need to chip in $2 billion to a Brazilian company that is in no way suffering through an economic hardship? One possible answer is discussed here:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3853-obamas-links-to-big-oil
Finally, one need only rewind to this past May when BHO was campaigning in California (during the peak of the Gulf oil crisis) to assist in fundraising for embattled senator Barbara Boxer. Not only was this very poor timing, but almost completely oblivious to the comical irony, BHO attended an event hosted by Gordon Getty, son of the famous oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, and even stayed overnight at the Getty estate that evening. Now I am no expert, but that implies at least SOME cordiality between the President and Big Oil, wouldn't you say? In case you forgot these details, the story is covered here:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-26/news/21333945_1_gulf-of-mexico-oil-president-obama-san-francisco
Jim, you really owe it to yourself to study the news and events as reported by both sides of an issue. Don't become yet another mindless parrot for Keith Olbermann…
October 21, 2010 at 9:22 pm, AOH said:
Once again, we get the standard “bush is a buffoon” narrative that liberals love so much. Nothing gets the Alex's happy hour buddies guffawing more than a bush video followed by snide commentary all around, as everyone outdoes each other with congratulations on their self awareness, intelligence and overall brilliance.
Somehow Bush was simultaneously an evil calculating genius, concocting an elaborate web of deceit on the WMDs, and a bumbling doofus. Somehow Bush is a calculating receipient of wall street lobbying money, (oh wait that was obama).. Let me try again. Bush was simultaneously sucking in donations from big oil like BP, (oh wait, that was obama too)…. Bush was an evil genius looking for ways to dirty the air and water, while “caring”, “brilliant” and erudite icons like Al Gore and Obama are trying to save the planet. Oh wait, that's not true either– quite the opposite http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp.
Damn it! Those facts always get in the way!
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