Bush Voted For Obama? ( Archived) (151)

Nov 10, 2010 7:17 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
George W. Bush’s bombastic return to the world stage has reminded me of my favourite Bush anecdote, which for various reasons we couldn’t publish at the time. Some of the witnesses still dine out on it.

The venue was the Oval Office. A group of British dignitaries, including Gordon Brown, were paying a visit. It was at the height of the 2008 presidential election campaign, not long after Bush publicly endorsed John McCain as his successor.

Naturally the election came up in conversation. Trying to be even-handed and polite, the Brits said something diplomatic about McCain’s campaign, expecting Bush to express some warm words of support for the Republican candidate.

Not a chance. “I probably won’t even vote for the guy,” Bush told the group, according to two people present.”I had to endorse him. But I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me.”

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Nov 10, 2010 7:21 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
paws4
paws4paws4Peterborough, Ontario Canada88 Threads 9 Polls 771 Posts
Bush is now on his book tour, he has an incredible ability to re-write history.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:23 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
paws4: Bush is now on his book tour, he has an incredible ability to re-write history.


or his team of ghost writers do more like...
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Nov 10, 2010 7:25 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
paws4
paws4paws4Peterborough, Ontario Canada88 Threads 9 Polls 771 Posts
trish123: or his team of ghost writers do more like...


You're right. His lips move when he signs his name.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:33 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
paws4: You're right. His lips move when he signs his name.


I been watching news clips of him today defending his waterboarding decisions - I was never happier for America than when he was laughed out of office......... shame on the man and all who allowed him to get away with it......
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Nov 10, 2010 7:34 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
LucieLynn
LucieLynnLucieLynnSaint Joseph, Missouri USA78 Posts
I love George Bush's sense of humor. Hilarious.
That guy has the best personality.
I loved it when he dodged those fyling shoes. Great stuff.
Throwing a shoe at someone and thinking it is insulting.
How childish and silly of the man who threw it.
Hilarious.

He was just being sarcastic if he said that.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:36 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
JSuburbia
JSuburbiaJSuburbiaOrbisonia, Pennsylvania USA17 Threads 2,518 Posts
LucieLynn: I love George Bush's sense of humor. Hilarious.
That guy has the best personality.
I loved it when he dodged those fyling shoes. Great stuff.
Throwing a shoe at someone and thinking it is insulting.
How childish and silly of the man who threw it.
Hilarious.

He was just being sarcastic if he said that.





The one thing that bothered me about that incident was, the slow response by the Secret Service.....What if that had been a hand grenade?
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Nov 10, 2010 7:39 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
Don216
Don216Don216Cocoa, Florida USA1 Threads 463 Posts
trish123: - I was never happier for America than when he was laughed out of office..........


So he could have run for a 3rd term? Golly, I didn't know that. Wonder why he didn't. Oh, RIGHT, term limits.

doh
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Nov 10, 2010 7:40 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
LucieLynn: I love George Bush's sense of humor. Hilarious.
That guy has the best personality.
I loved it when he dodged those fyling shoes. Great stuff.
Throwing a shoe at someone and thinking it is insulting.
How childish and silly of the man who threw it.
Hilarious.

He was just being sarcastic if he said that.


It is insulting in their culture confused
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Nov 10, 2010 7:41 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
Don216: So he could have run for a 3rd term? Golly, I didn't know that. Wonder why he didn't. Oh, RIGHT, term limits.


What are you going om about - do you have to use such unfriendly sarcasm or what?
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Nov 10, 2010 7:44 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
paws4
paws4paws4Peterborough, Ontario Canada88 Threads 9 Polls 771 Posts
trish123: It is insulting in their culture


Bush is an insult to any culture.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:46 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
paws4: Bush is an insult to any culture.


agreed handshake

If he could have run for office again Im sure somebody would have shot him sooner laugh
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Nov 10, 2010 7:48 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
LucieLynn
LucieLynnLucieLynnSaint Joseph, Missouri USA78 Posts
trish123: I been watching news clips of him today defending his waterboarding decisions - I was never happier for America than when he was laughed out of office......... shame on the man and all who allowed him to get away with it......


I'm okay with it.
It obviously saved American lives.
I think he did the right thing.
He got critical information that we needed to stay safe.
Thank you. President Bush and all the men in the military who carried it out.....you are my hero.

I think we ought to do some more waterboarding.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:49 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
LucieLynn
LucieLynnLucieLynnSaint Joseph, Missouri USA78 Posts
trish123: agreed

If he could have run for office again Im sure somebody would have shot him sooner


He would not have been shot by an American.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:49 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
paws4
paws4paws4Peterborough, Ontario Canada88 Threads 9 Polls 771 Posts
trish123: agreed

If he could have run for office again Im sure somebody would have shot him sooner


As they say in Americanese, "You ain't seen nothin yet", Sarah Palin is slithering her way to the top.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:50 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
LucieLynn: I'm okay with it.
It obviously saved American lives.
I think he did the right thing.
He got critical information that we needed to stay safe.
Thank you. President Bush and all the men in the military who carried it out.....you are my hero.

I think we ought to do some more waterboarding.


I think Id best hold back on my retort to that comment - you are an obvious product of that idiot regime - its not your fault......
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Nov 10, 2010 7:52 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
LucieLynn: I'm okay with it.
It obviously saved American lives.
I think he did the right thing.
He got critical information that we needed to stay safe.
Thank you. President Bush and all the men in the military who carried it out.....you are my hero.

I think we ought to do some more waterboarding.


Really?? You're talking about a torture technique here, aren't you??

If you think there should be more of it, I'll let you go first...
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Nov 10, 2010 7:52 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
JSuburbia
JSuburbiaJSuburbiaOrbisonia, Pennsylvania USA17 Threads 2,518 Posts
LucieLynn: I'm okay with it.
It obviously saved American lives.
I think he did the right thing.
He got critical information that we needed to stay safe.
Thank you. President Bush and all the men in the military who carried it out.....you are my hero.

I think we ought to do some more waterboarding.



I personally am against the waterboarding for one reason...We are a country that preaches that torture is wrong but yet say it's ok when american lives are at stake...The hypocracy is thick when it comes to how we are treating those we capture from the battlefield.

If those insurgents would have waterboarded American soldiers, we would have cried about it. Yes, they execute those they capture, but we should always take the moral high ground and not resort to the tactics of which we condemn. We hung people after WWII for tactics we are using today.
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Nov 10, 2010 7:53 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
paws4: As they say in Americanese, "You ain't seen nothin yet", Sarah Palin is slithering her way to the top.



Its just a young country, they have lots to learn still and a good deal of Karma to deal with too yet awhile........

Im out of here - Goodnight Paws n Ooby wave
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Nov 10, 2010 7:53 PM CST Bush Voted For Obama?
paws4
paws4paws4Peterborough, Ontario Canada88 Threads 9 Polls 771 Posts
trish123: I think Id best hold back on my retort to that comment - you are an obvious product of that idiot regime - its not your fault......


Ouch! I just but my tongue off too.
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