May 20, 2017 5:04 PM
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tempestas
How cool would it be to be on his Secret Service detail now.
p75369
Pay no attention to the perfectly normal, everyday guy following behind him. Just a regular Joe, here to enjoy the game. Move on.
Noob3rts
Where is the source?!
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
He yells "Hey!"
TheLastSpaceman
"A fool can't get fooled again"
MyLeftNutHangsLower
I follow GWB on Instagram. He seems like a real stand up dude.
totalwiener
You gotta be kidding me, Bush has an Instagram account??
IllJustSeeMyselfOut
"Heyoh!"
therudder1
Her name is Emily Jones...went to Texas Tech with her! Super nice
WillemHellfire
I remember when he was elected. There was no existential crisis to be felt. Not by a country mile.
ghostship937
So... You've just never heard of florida or...?
I imagine you construed my statement as coming from an idiot. Of course I've heard of Florida. How can I escape it?
grassomer
War criminal
RoyBattysDove
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
Look ma I'm on tv!
June48
First bomb he droped that didnt kill anyone.
Spleadal
"Fuck her right in the pussy"
IRBafoon
Fuck her right in the pussy! - dubya
Aontroim
Fuck her right in the pussy
Evanrudeplz
I miss Bush. Like a man burning at the stake misses the 95 degree days he called hot.
AnOldJudge
No longer the worst president.
Brawnydog
Yeah but Obama just couldn't get Legislative support
DaveyLD
I can't believe that I am actually missing him.
BigGirl4u
Ah hah hah hah hah hah - George Bush afterwards probably
WhatzitTooya
I wonder what you guys are gonna do when Trump retires in 7.5 years.
As an independent voter, I'll be damn impressed if he makes it through all 8.
Dont have to wonder. You can watch writers fall over themselves to describe that piece of shit roger ailes as "complicated" today
WeenusMaGee
did the dude in the Texas jersey piss his pants?
HelaSisterOfThor
W is probably the most fun grandpap in the world.
AsAHistorian
That's gotta be true, till you grow up and take a university-level US history course.
Corvette1969
TurtleSea3
I will never not laugh at that.
CaughtRedHeaded
Context?
teachingsheeple
Really? You haven't seen the original?
ketochris
That shit eating grin after dodging the first shoe...Haha
SteelofTomorrow
"Oh boy, you gon' get it now."
Scytale94
I think it was just a look of amusement at a guy throwing shoes at him.
MoreAshyThanLarry
Bring it - Bush, probably
fdisk
Never thought I'd miss this fucking idiot. I would give anything to go back to 2000 right now...
You and a half a million Iraqi's
I have no doubts Trump will cost even more innocent lives by the time he's done, but yeah, for now W still has him beat :(
As long as we all agree they're both horrible pieces of shit.
RedWebster
It's truly amazing how brilliant this man looks now.
kfigs
Depressing*
goodguyC
Brilliant might be a strong word... but he looks downright Presidential comparatively!
frostybox
He's probably losing years off his looks now that he has Trump to make him look like a goddamned genius.
infiniteflux
not bumbling your way into a few hundred thousand deaths anymore...will do a lot for a guys image.
RiverBear
America: he's the dumbest president ever. Trump: hold my beer.
TheActualDonKnotts
Can we call this effect the Trump Retrospective Upgraded Melioration Pragmatism?
theoldgaffer
Cool story bob
RepostSadistic
Give it another 8 or so years. They will be saying 'Trump was not so bad' when they see next GOP Prez. Shit has been going on since Ike.
TheBlackShakes
That's a scary possibility.
rbudrick
In the audio he says "Fuck her right in the pussy."
rokkerboyy
Am I the only person here who liked him as a president or so we still have to uphold the whole let's all be left wing cause it's cool shit.
RoseTheSpecialEdTeacher
He wasnt great, but he wasnt as bad as people act. Really he was manipulated on all sides. Never follow the it crowd if its purpose is hate.
I think he was better than either of the two that have followed.
Not great but I liked him.
AlBacon
He used to own the Texas Rangers at one time.
AwesomeName
Wait, he was George Walker, Texas Ranger?
Ah shit son, you got talent.
davecoulierssuperfullhousefanclub
Cuz the eyes of the ranger are upon youuuuuu
WARLORD
Any wrong you do he's gonna seeeee
TCGreen
And his brother is about to buy the Marlins.
MLBFAN36
Probably won't get them. Jared Kushner's brother is wanting to buy them too and he can outbid Jeb a million times over
esctrl
He had to sell his shares when he became President.
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Cookiecutter45
World Series or AL pennants?? They still haven't won a world series.
FckyourselfSarah
WRONG he never sold his shares. He just stopped being the managing director of the investment group that owned them.
In 1998 the franchise was sold and he made 15 million from the sale.
IHateHumanInteraction
Why?
ForgotMyOtherAcct
To avoid conflicts of interest - historically US president's have sold their stocks in whatever they owned before assuming.ing office, so
They wouldn't be able to make money off of the presidency - it's the clearest way of them showing they aren't corrupt. Trump, of course, is
Planning on doing no such thing, and in fact has already obviously broken that tradition because it's months after the inauguration and he's
Well, he didn't HAVE too, there was just a massive precedent to not make it clear he was putting his own finances before the good of the
Nation.. but I'm sure nobody would ever make the wrong decision there, the president is a smart person.
whhy
Is that the emoluments clause?
Not gonna lie, I have no idea what this thread was about and can't find the context without losing it. It's been a while
TraitorousTrump3
The smartest.
pyrrhlis
Most bigly smart
DeliberateMisinterpretation
Yes. And when elected to state used public funds to build stadium and sold his share at huge profit later.
VodkaReindeer
I'm sure he would have built that stadium with public funds even if he didn't own the team.
ImMrbulldops
Screw all that corruption bull, he traded Sammy Sosa
Schizamp
Most stadiums are funded by tax dollars.
boston is the only city w all 5 major pro teams playing in privately funded n owned venues
Yeah, I was gonna say the same. There are two new stadiums in my area, one for football and one for baseball, that were funded by tax $$.
But when the owner is also the government official approving the use of public funds, its a little different.
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
Do you have any proof that his own connection affected his judgement in anyway?
Not the point... let me make simple. Public funds used to increase value of private enterprise, owned by individual approving the spending.
popejubal
1/2 When you're the elected official in charge of spending money, you need to avoid conflicts of interest. That's more than just trying to
drowninginthesouth
Nah. He's a sweet old man. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Maybe be responsible for thousands of dead people. But really he's just a sweety.
DumpoldRant
It looks to me like you're the gullible one pardoning Bush with a wave of your hand
Yeah, but he went along with it.
No matter who made the plans, he was the man in charge.
DarwinsFlinch
Hated his presidential decisions, but the man behind them is genuine. (+1)
Whenlifegivesyoulemonsthrowthematpeople
I really like ex president Obama as well
https://i.imgflip.com/1d1k9q.jpg
BrokenSpork
I think he didn't fully comprehend what was going on. seeing who was around him, most decisions seemed to be made for him
MrDeadsr
I somehow doubt that he really was president. I think Cheney just told him what to sign
Monticello19
Yeah, what a genuine war criminal he is. Adorable.
MonsieurLeMoustache
He still has a lot to answer for.
ChadIsntAlwaysADouchebag
Hillary has more to answer for than him by a long shot
iveneverthoughtofanyusernameaslongasididthisonee
I think he allied himself with people who he had to politically. I didn't like them. He seemed like a guy who got a little more than he
Bargained for and was doing his best to keep the country from tearing itself apart. It also didn't help that he just wasn't a good public
Speaker, while holding an extremely stressful job. Imagine walking that verbal tightrope. He is, post office stress, refreshing.
PeterNormal
the most lovable war criminal in history?
glitterwank
But he's a war criminal. Like Blair.
bender844
always love seeing people on here form opinions about extremely important historical figures based on funny gifs
Just curious, are you calling Bush a genius?
shhsfootballjock
Hahahahaa fuckk mann
mattsall
Read again
LannistersSendTheirRetards
Yeah I love retired Bush
wheresthebaby
Me too
komischeskillerkaninchen
I read retarted
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
I would flip off president Bush. I would fuckin' party with retired president Bush.
jimmyriba
I think Bush is genuinely a good person at heart, but Goddamn, he was a terrible president. And he fell in with a *bad* crowd.
brownribbon
Jeans and an untucked bowling shirt. Dude is loving retirement.
jriley154
GILF lover?
YeahReallyyep
I so so laughed! WD. Have an up vote
theyar
I think he made a lot of genuine decisions, too. It was a hectic time politically.
DarthSedition
He wasn't completely evil, but are talking about a president that tried to use a dying man to approve torture.
KeeleonOhms
The job exists to make hard decisions.
That's not a hard decision. Don't trivialise torture like that
Dont trivialize global politics by making it about a single person.
GaiusMariusTheGreat
Bush was a good guy, Chaney was the evil one.
Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Rumsfelt, etc.: the whole Project for a New American Centery crew that he basically chose to run the country.
JHRD1880
This is still the same guy who said he thought God told him to invade Iraq, right ? ffs people, this is propaganda.
Propaganda for what?
So you have not noticed that since Trump got into office there is a concerted effort to make Bush look loveable ? He was a horrible POTUS.
And the actions he and his government took still have consequences now. But hey, he makes funny faces lololol
MandingoNumber11
I wonder if we are going to say the same about Donald Trump.
potatoebottom
Well i mean we're still paying for Dubyas decisions and he's a jolly old fella now... So no doubt.
Fuuuuuuuck, no.
No, we'll talk about him more like Nixon, only acknowledging that Nixon was a better president
NERDRAGEohacat
Trump would need a likeable personality for that to be remotely possible.
Did anyone sane like Trump before his presidency? He was a smug rich laughingstock even then.
EdgarAllenPoboy
I have friends and family that did and still love him. Send help please.
danielwinters1714
Didn’t pay any attention to him before. But a lot of people I know loved him then... now just the opposite. I love him and people hate him.
MAGA 2020
DanielMurphyIsGod
Who's presidential decisions don't we hate? You don't have to justify liking George W. Bush to anyone. Y'all act like you could do better
NubbyMcNubNab
There's a reason we're all not running for president
Not justifying anything. Just a simple statement, the dude is enjoying his "afterlife"
I just feel like nobody can say that they like Bush without first saying how awful of a president he was
That's because he was a really awful president. He started this whole authoritarian anti-intellectual direction the GOP has fallen into.
Besides the disastrous wars, he eroded civil liberties and free speech, dissent was labeled as treason, surveillance blossomed, etc.,...
Can't argue with a feeling. ;)
Nostradamuswaswrong
Just going to throw this out there, but "Iraq".
Damn you blew me away with that intelligent comment
krapmyself
Well sure, he seems like fun and ok dude, "a guy you could have a beer with"... but that isn't really the kind of person you want as prez
kempper
You voted for Trump
Lewis black? I swear I've heard this before
ThySausagePrince
Honestly it kinda is. It just sucks when his best pal whispers in his ear, "Jet fuel can't melt steel beams."
CrocodileDunphy
Speak for yourself. I didn't want Gore.
Gixie9108
Well, not as a war time president anyway.
Agentlebreeze
That's how I felt about Obama
GuardsmanMiku
well yeh, but least you can believe all the decisions he made where in what he believed where in the countries best interests, unlike trump
Eh the war with Iraq was just settling things for daddy
Itkov
Really? To me it seems like that's the guy you would want the most. Campaigns thrive on how relatable a candidate is to the public
LordKrondor9000
Exactly. He's the person you would want as a candidate. Not the person you would want as a President.
I disagree, look at Roosevelt and his Fireside chats, that's exactly the kind of thing you want in a president. The issue with Bush was 1/
More on his competency than his character. But the two traits are clearly separate. Somewhat related is how Trump ran on being relatable 2/
causality
At least he didn't spend half his time ranting about how everyone is out to get him.
c0smicj0ker
I think most would agree Trump is way worse. Just doesn't change the fact that Bush wasn't great.
nitemayr
I suspect that GWB is lucky that Twitter wasn't a thing when he was prez, I get the feeling Cheney was working the limbs if you get me.
relicen
Cheney isn't stupid like Trump is, he's just very corrupt. Morally and finacially. He wouldn't tweet a bunch of stupid nonsense.
I was suggesting that GWB would be tweeting.
ZenMako
I take it you didn't like Obama either?
lungbudda
A lot of people don't oddly enough. He did do some good. He wasn't the best but definitely not the worst. Imo but I'm Canadian
iwanttomountndewya
He couldn't really do anything with so much republican resistance simply because he was democratize and nothing else.
A democrate*
OfficialSponsor
To be fair, he had both senate and house democratic control until he lost house in 2011 and senate in 2015. He was voted out...to be fair
LegionofMartyrs
That's basically how he won though. Marketing himself as a guy you would have a beer with.
wrinklegrommet
He quit booze decades ago. Good job on repeating tired info you have zero information about though...
Then what's in the plastic cup he's holding in the GIF?
I'm sorry guys I'm gonna have to agree he was an awful president. I know retired Bush is seeming pretty chill and all but I think trump has
Given everyone break up goggles for bush. He makes everyone look better. Let's not pretend Bush wasn't an awful president.
amoeba15
Cheney was the force behind the shit, just as he was for Bush Sr. W was just the gullible scapegoat.
Let's agree to disagree
Okay honestly I think we would agree to disagree on a lot of things if you actually think bush was anything but a destructive, ill-advised
RealScienceMan
Eh at least I still had the right to a trial when Bush was President.
OzmaAsimov
Not if they slapped a terrorist label on you. Then you just have the right to waterboarding.
Counterfit
Not according to the way this is worded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012
tempestas
How cool would it be to be on his Secret Service detail now.
p75369
Pay no attention to the perfectly normal, everyday guy following behind him. Just a regular Joe, here to enjoy the game. Move on.
Noob3rts
Where is the source?!
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
He yells "Hey!"
TheLastSpaceman
"A fool can't get fooled again"
MyLeftNutHangsLower
I follow GWB on Instagram. He seems like a real stand up dude.
totalwiener
You gotta be kidding me, Bush has an Instagram account??
IllJustSeeMyselfOut
"Heyoh!"
therudder1
Her name is Emily Jones...went to Texas Tech with her! Super nice
WillemHellfire
I remember when he was elected. There was no existential crisis to be felt. Not by a country mile.
ghostship937
So... You've just never heard of florida or...?
WillemHellfire
I imagine you construed my statement as coming from an idiot. Of course I've heard of Florida. How can I escape it?
grassomer
War criminal
RoyBattysDove
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
Look ma I'm on tv!
June48
First bomb he droped that didnt kill anyone.
Spleadal
"Fuck her right in the pussy"
IRBafoon
Fuck her right in the pussy! - dubya
Aontroim
Fuck her right in the pussy
Evanrudeplz
I miss Bush. Like a man burning at the stake misses the 95 degree days he called hot.
AnOldJudge
No longer the worst president.
Brawnydog
Yeah but Obama just couldn't get Legislative support
DaveyLD
I can't believe that I am actually missing him.
BigGirl4u
Ah hah hah hah hah hah - George Bush afterwards probably
WhatzitTooya
I wonder what you guys are gonna do when Trump retires in 7.5 years.
RoyBattysDove
As an independent voter, I'll be damn impressed if he makes it through all 8.
ghostship937
Dont have to wonder. You can watch writers fall over themselves to describe that piece of shit roger ailes as "complicated" today
WeenusMaGee
did the dude in the Texas jersey piss his pants?
HelaSisterOfThor
W is probably the most fun grandpap in the world.
AsAHistorian
That's gotta be true, till you grow up and take a university-level US history course.
Corvette1969
TurtleSea3
I will never not laugh at that.
CaughtRedHeaded
Context?
teachingsheeple
Really? You haven't seen the original?
ketochris
That shit eating grin after dodging the first shoe...Haha
SteelofTomorrow
"Oh boy, you gon' get it now."
Scytale94
I think it was just a look of amusement at a guy throwing shoes at him.
MoreAshyThanLarry
Bring it - Bush, probably
fdisk
Never thought I'd miss this fucking idiot. I would give anything to go back to 2000 right now...
ghostship937
You and a half a million Iraqi's
fdisk
I have no doubts Trump will cost even more innocent lives by the time he's done, but yeah, for now W still has him beat :(
ghostship937
As long as we all agree they're both horrible pieces of shit.
RedWebster
It's truly amazing how brilliant this man looks now.
kfigs
Depressing*
goodguyC
Brilliant might be a strong word... but he looks downright Presidential comparatively!
frostybox
He's probably losing years off his looks now that he has Trump to make him look like a goddamned genius.
infiniteflux
not bumbling your way into a few hundred thousand deaths anymore...will do a lot for a guys image.
RiverBear
America: he's the dumbest president ever. Trump: hold my beer.
TheActualDonKnotts
Can we call this effect the Trump Retrospective Upgraded Melioration Pragmatism?
theoldgaffer
Cool story bob
RepostSadistic
Give it another 8 or so years. They will be saying 'Trump was not so bad' when they see next GOP Prez. Shit has been going on since Ike.
TheBlackShakes
That's a scary possibility.
rbudrick
In the audio he says "Fuck her right in the pussy."
rokkerboyy
Am I the only person here who liked him as a president or so we still have to uphold the whole let's all be left wing cause it's cool shit.
RoseTheSpecialEdTeacher
He wasnt great, but he wasnt as bad as people act. Really he was manipulated on all sides. Never follow the it crowd if its purpose is hate.
rokkerboyy
I think he was better than either of the two that have followed.
rokkerboyy
Not great but I liked him.
AlBacon
He used to own the Texas Rangers at one time.
AwesomeName
Wait, he was George Walker, Texas Ranger?
TheActualDonKnotts
Ah shit son, you got talent.
davecoulierssuperfullhousefanclub
Cuz the eyes of the ranger are upon youuuuuu
WARLORD
Any wrong you do he's gonna seeeee
TCGreen
And his brother is about to buy the Marlins.
MLBFAN36
Probably won't get them. Jared Kushner's brother is wanting to buy them too and he can outbid Jeb a million times over
esctrl
He had to sell his shares when he became President.
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Cookiecutter45
World Series or AL pennants?? They still haven't won a world series.
FckyourselfSarah
WRONG he never sold his shares. He just stopped being the managing director of the investment group that owned them.
FckyourselfSarah
In 1998 the franchise was sold and he made 15 million from the sale.
IHateHumanInteraction
Why?
ForgotMyOtherAcct
To avoid conflicts of interest - historically US president's have sold their stocks in whatever they owned before assuming.ing office, so
ForgotMyOtherAcct
They wouldn't be able to make money off of the presidency - it's the clearest way of them showing they aren't corrupt. Trump, of course, is
ForgotMyOtherAcct
Planning on doing no such thing, and in fact has already obviously broken that tradition because it's months after the inauguration and he's
ForgotMyOtherAcct
Well, he didn't HAVE too, there was just a massive precedent to not make it clear he was putting his own finances before the good of the
ForgotMyOtherAcct
Nation.. but I'm sure nobody would ever make the wrong decision there, the president is a smart person.
whhy
Is that the emoluments clause?
ForgotMyOtherAcct
Not gonna lie, I have no idea what this thread was about and can't find the context without losing it. It's been a while
TraitorousTrump3
The smartest.
pyrrhlis
Most bigly smart
DeliberateMisinterpretation
Yes. And when elected to state used public funds to build stadium and sold his share at huge profit later.
VodkaReindeer
I'm sure he would have built that stadium with public funds even if he didn't own the team.
ImMrbulldops
Screw all that corruption bull, he traded Sammy Sosa
Schizamp
Most stadiums are funded by tax dollars.
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
boston is the only city w all 5 major pro teams playing in privately funded n owned venues
TheActualDonKnotts
Yeah, I was gonna say the same. There are two new stadiums in my area, one for football and one for baseball, that were funded by tax $$.
DeliberateMisinterpretation
But when the owner is also the government official approving the use of public funds, its a little different.
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
Do you have any proof that his own connection affected his judgement in anyway?
DeliberateMisinterpretation
Not the point... let me make simple. Public funds used to increase value of private enterprise, owned by individual approving the spending.
popejubal
1/2 When you're the elected official in charge of spending money, you need to avoid conflicts of interest. That's more than just trying to
drowninginthesouth
Nah. He's a sweet old man. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Maybe be responsible for thousands of dead people. But really he's just a sweety.
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DumpoldRant
It looks to me like you're the gullible one pardoning Bush with a wave of your hand
drowninginthesouth
Yeah, but he went along with it.
popejubal
No matter who made the plans, he was the man in charge.
DarwinsFlinch
Hated his presidential decisions, but the man behind them is genuine. (+1)
Whenlifegivesyoulemonsthrowthematpeople
I really like ex president Obama as well
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DarwinsFlinch
https://i.imgflip.com/1d1k9q.jpg
BrokenSpork
I think he didn't fully comprehend what was going on. seeing who was around him, most decisions seemed to be made for him
MrDeadsr
I somehow doubt that he really was president. I think Cheney just told him what to sign
Monticello19
Yeah, what a genuine war criminal he is. Adorable.
MonsieurLeMoustache
He still has a lot to answer for.
ChadIsntAlwaysADouchebag
Hillary has more to answer for than him by a long shot
iveneverthoughtofanyusernameaslongasididthisonee
I think he allied himself with people who he had to politically. I didn't like them. He seemed like a guy who got a little more than he
iveneverthoughtofanyusernameaslongasididthisonee
Bargained for and was doing his best to keep the country from tearing itself apart. It also didn't help that he just wasn't a good public
iveneverthoughtofanyusernameaslongasididthisonee
Speaker, while holding an extremely stressful job. Imagine walking that verbal tightrope. He is, post office stress, refreshing.
PeterNormal
the most lovable war criminal in history?
glitterwank
But he's a war criminal. Like Blair.
bender844
always love seeing people on here form opinions about extremely important historical figures based on funny gifs
drowninginthesouth
Just curious, are you calling Bush a genius?
shhsfootballjock
Hahahahaa fuckk mann
mattsall
Read again
LannistersSendTheirRetards
Yeah I love retired Bush
wheresthebaby
Me too
komischeskillerkaninchen
I read retarted
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
I would flip off president Bush. I would fuckin' party with retired president Bush.
jimmyriba
I think Bush is genuinely a good person at heart, but Goddamn, he was a terrible president. And he fell in with a *bad* crowd.
brownribbon
Jeans and an untucked bowling shirt. Dude is loving retirement.
jriley154
GILF lover?
YeahReallyyep
I so so laughed! WD. Have an up vote
theyar
I think he made a lot of genuine decisions, too. It was a hectic time politically.
DarthSedition
He wasn't completely evil, but are talking about a president that tried to use a dying man to approve torture.
KeeleonOhms
The job exists to make hard decisions.
DarthSedition
That's not a hard decision. Don't trivialise torture like that
KeeleonOhms
Dont trivialize global politics by making it about a single person.
GaiusMariusTheGreat
Bush was a good guy, Chaney was the evil one.
jimmyriba
Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Rumsfelt, etc.: the whole Project for a New American Centery crew that he basically chose to run the country.
JHRD1880
This is still the same guy who said he thought God told him to invade Iraq, right ? ffs people, this is propaganda.
DarwinsFlinch
Propaganda for what?
JHRD1880
So you have not noticed that since Trump got into office there is a concerted effort to make Bush look loveable ? He was a horrible POTUS.
JHRD1880
And the actions he and his government took still have consequences now. But hey, he makes funny faces lololol
MandingoNumber11
I wonder if we are going to say the same about Donald Trump.
potatoebottom
Well i mean we're still paying for Dubyas decisions and he's a jolly old fella now... So no doubt.
DarwinsFlinch
Fuuuuuuuck, no.
DarthSedition
No, we'll talk about him more like Nixon, only acknowledging that Nixon was a better president
NERDRAGEohacat
Trump would need a likeable personality for that to be remotely possible.
KeeleonOhms
Did anyone sane like Trump before his presidency? He was a smug rich laughingstock even then.
EdgarAllenPoboy
I have friends and family that did and still love him. Send help please.
danielwinters1714
Didn’t pay any attention to him before. But a lot of people I know loved him then... now just the opposite. I love him and people hate him.
danielwinters1714
MAGA 2020
DanielMurphyIsGod
Who's presidential decisions don't we hate? You don't have to justify liking George W. Bush to anyone. Y'all act like you could do better
NubbyMcNubNab
There's a reason we're all not running for president
DarwinsFlinch
Not justifying anything. Just a simple statement, the dude is enjoying his "afterlife"
DanielMurphyIsGod
I just feel like nobody can say that they like Bush without first saying how awful of a president he was
jimmyriba
That's because he was a really awful president. He started this whole authoritarian anti-intellectual direction the GOP has fallen into.
jimmyriba
Besides the disastrous wars, he eroded civil liberties and free speech, dissent was labeled as treason, surveillance blossomed, etc.,...
DarwinsFlinch
Can't argue with a feeling. ;)
Nostradamuswaswrong
Just going to throw this out there, but "Iraq".
DanielMurphyIsGod
Damn you blew me away with that intelligent comment
krapmyself
Well sure, he seems like fun and ok dude, "a guy you could have a beer with"... but that isn't really the kind of person you want as prez
kempper
You voted for Trump
DarthSedition
Lewis black? I swear I've heard this before
ThySausagePrince
Honestly it kinda is. It just sucks when his best pal whispers in his ear, "Jet fuel can't melt steel beams."
CrocodileDunphy
Speak for yourself. I didn't want Gore.
Gixie9108
Well, not as a war time president anyway.
Agentlebreeze
That's how I felt about Obama
GuardsmanMiku
well yeh, but least you can believe all the decisions he made where in what he believed where in the countries best interests, unlike trump
DarthSedition
Eh the war with Iraq was just settling things for daddy
Itkov
Really? To me it seems like that's the guy you would want the most. Campaigns thrive on how relatable a candidate is to the public
LordKrondor9000
Exactly. He's the person you would want as a candidate. Not the person you would want as a President.
Itkov
I disagree, look at Roosevelt and his Fireside chats, that's exactly the kind of thing you want in a president. The issue with Bush was 1/
Itkov
More on his competency than his character. But the two traits are clearly separate. Somewhat related is how Trump ran on being relatable 2/
causality
At least he didn't spend half his time ranting about how everyone is out to get him.
c0smicj0ker
I think most would agree Trump is way worse. Just doesn't change the fact that Bush wasn't great.
nitemayr
I suspect that GWB is lucky that Twitter wasn't a thing when he was prez, I get the feeling Cheney was working the limbs if you get me.
relicen
Cheney isn't stupid like Trump is, he's just very corrupt. Morally and finacially. He wouldn't tweet a bunch of stupid nonsense.
nitemayr
I was suggesting that GWB would be tweeting.
ZenMako
I take it you didn't like Obama either?
lungbudda
A lot of people don't oddly enough. He did do some good. He wasn't the best but definitely not the worst. Imo but I'm Canadian
iwanttomountndewya
He couldn't really do anything with so much republican resistance simply because he was democratize and nothing else.
iwanttomountndewya
A democrate*
OfficialSponsor
To be fair, he had both senate and house democratic control until he lost house in 2011 and senate in 2015. He was voted out...to be fair
LegionofMartyrs
That's basically how he won though. Marketing himself as a guy you would have a beer with.
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wrinklegrommet
He quit booze decades ago. Good job on repeating tired info you have zero information about though...
LegionofMartyrs
Then what's in the plastic cup he's holding in the GIF?
c0smicj0ker
I'm sorry guys I'm gonna have to agree he was an awful president. I know retired Bush is seeming pretty chill and all but I think trump has
c0smicj0ker
Given everyone break up goggles for bush. He makes everyone look better. Let's not pretend Bush wasn't an awful president.
amoeba15
Cheney was the force behind the shit, just as he was for Bush Sr. W was just the gullible scapegoat.
CrocodileDunphy
Let's agree to disagree
c0smicj0ker
Okay honestly I think we would agree to disagree on a lot of things if you actually think bush was anything but a destructive, ill-advised
RealScienceMan
Eh at least I still had the right to a trial when Bush was President.
OzmaAsimov
Not if they slapped a terrorist label on you. Then you just have the right to waterboarding.
Counterfit
Not according to the way this is worded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012