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- phenry, on 02/29/2008, -10/+104Another "Mission Accomplished" moment... Be afraid, be VERY afraid!
- umbriago, on 02/29/2008, -7/+83Not in denial. Head straight up ass, like always.
- gginsburg, on 02/29/2008, -8/+74When Bush speaks - think the opposite! Remember we will be greeted with open arms and flowers in Iraq or WMD!!!
- GhostyBoy, on 02/29/2008, -12/+64He's just a front-man for elitist dick-holes.
If he sounds like he doesn't have a clue it's because he doesn't. He's the fall guy for the banks and corporations who own America. You can replace the puppet, the strings still go up to the same puppet masters. This guy is a ***** joke. He didn't run America into the ground. We did it to ourselves when we bought into this *****. - LordMalok, on 02/29/2008, -9/+57Great clip. He's pretty much in lame duck President-mode IMO at this point. Just riding it out til the next person steps in takes over.
- Insightful, on 02/29/2008, -7/+49Other Bush denials from http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/8884.html:
* “[Rafael Palmeiro]’s the kind of person that’s going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn’t use steroids, and I believe him. Still do.”
* “Both [Rumsfeld and Cheney] are doing fantastic jobs.”
* “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
* “We do not torture.”
* “I don’t know whether we’re going to get [bin Laden] tomorrow or a month from now or a year from now. I don’t really know. But we’re going to get him.“
* On the Democrats retaking Congress in ‘06: “That’s not going to happen.”
And of course… Mission Accomplished (banner) - Dgen_X, on 02/29/2008, -5/+40cheney doesn't have a heart, and congress doesn't have the courage to stand up to him
Now if only we could get some ruby slippers for rice..... - JStraum, on 02/29/2008, -2/+31Mission Accomplished!
- Y0tsuya, on 02/29/2008, -5/+31This is just government-speak for "Everything's great on this end. You're on your own, amigos."
- Truzseeker, on 02/29/2008, -6/+27(lol) but how about this ... U.S. Home Foreclosures Jump 90% as Mortgages Reset (Update5) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&si ...
- LeeSoong, on 02/29/2008, -2/+21The first step is to realize your economy has a problem...
- SuckMyDigg, on 02/29/2008, -2/+21The first rule of economic recession is you do NOT talk about economic recession.
The second rule of economic recession is.. YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC RECESSION. - jchrome, on 02/29/2008, -1/+16Quick tip: 'retarded' is not the best word to spell incorrectly when trying to make a point about another person's intelligence.
- jonnyeuchre, on 02/29/2008, -7/+22
I don't think it is denial. Just a guy who's never been bothered by the truth. - inactive, on 02/29/2008, -4/+19Hmm.
I suppose you just "forgot" that no one blew up before we went in and wrecked the joint? - Dgen_X, on 02/29/2008, -4/+19He totally sucks at the Jedi mind trick....
this is not the economy you are looking for.... - Totalchaos02, on 02/29/2008, -4/+17Yeah, all the election news made me forget for a while that he was still president. I miss that feeling....
- CaptinCrunch, on 02/29/2008, -5/+18He knows damn well what is going on, the only "denial" that is going on is that he thinks he is a good liar.
- piratearggghhh, on 02/29/2008, -5/+18Why would Bush care? Him, Dick Cheney and the rest of his ***** administration have had the most profitable years of their lives during his administration. They've been living in the golden era of government contracts and big oil. Way to ***** us over before you leave.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -12/+25DIVERSION, THE PRIMARY STRATEGY
Experience has proven that the simplest method of securing a silent weapon
and gaining control of the public is to keep the public undisciplined and
ignorant of basic systems and principles on the one hand, while keeping them
confused, disorganized, and distracted with matters of no real importance on
the other hand.
This is achieved by: (1) disengaging their minds, sabotaging their mental
activities, by providing a low quality program of public education in
mathematics, logic, systems design, and economics, and by discouraging
technical creativity. (2) engaging their emotions, increasing their
self-indulgence and their indulgence in emotional and physical activities,
by: (a) unrelenting emotional affrontations and attacks (mental and
emotional rape) by way of a constant barrage of sex, violence, and wars in
the media - especially the T.V. and the newspapers. (b) giving them what
they desire - in excess -- `junk food for thought' -- and depriving them of
what they really need. (3) rewriting history and law and subjecting the
public to the deviant creation, thus being able to shift their thinking from
personal needs to highly fabricated outside priorities.
These preclude their interest in and discovery of the silent weapons of
social automation technology. The general rule is that there is profit in
confusion; the more confusion, the more profit. Therefore, the best approach
is to create problems and then offer the solutions. - trolleyfan, on 02/29/2008, -3/+16Jeeze, has the man _ever_ been right in the last seven years?
If he said the sun was coming up tomorrow morning I'd ready a flashlight...and I'd probably need it. - inactive, on 02/29/2008, -3/+16I'm sorry, but you really are a ***** retarded idiot. You are always 100% wrong and your statements never appear to be anything but unadulterated worthless *****. If you ever miraculously evolved an ounce of sense and read back the crap you wrote, you'd jump in front of a train out of pure embarrassment.
- clownloach, on 02/29/2008, -3/+15Agree totally with this
- esmartcredit, on 02/29/2008, -12/+23Poor...he doesn't have a brain...
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -6/+17Anyone who criticizes King George is a terrorist and will immediately have their phoneline tapped, telecom records seized and rectum emptied.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -0/+11We've been in a declining recession for 2 years. The media was scared to mention inflation, but now it's too obvious to ignore. Inflation is easy to see because prices for finished goods and fuel continue to rise out of control while income remains flat. The GDP is also experiencing very sluggish growth.
The reason Bush says there's no recession is because he's not in a position to see it. He doesn't work a 9 to 5 or put gas in his car. He doesn't pay $4 per gallon for milk like the rest of us (which is funny, gasoline is nearly as valuable as milk now). From his perspective, the world couldn't be better. His shares of Halliburton, Exxon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics are all going straight up. His cronies are getting rich off the 'war effort' and Afghanistan is exporting record amounts of opium + heroin.
If anything, this is the best time of Bush's life. He is actually being honest with us for once, but the sad truth is, everything is just fine *from his point of view*. - bradcrc, on 02/29/2008, -5/+15It's like OJ.
If you lie to everyone else enough times, sooner or later you're going to start believing yourself. - Syraxis, on 02/29/2008, -2/+12Aww, isn't that cute? LukasSmith is trying to be an internet tough guy. By the way, you're one to talk about calling someone an emo kid, judging by the image in your profile, you look like you forgot to take your Antidepressants. See? I can troll too.
- UGM2099, on 02/29/2008, -3/+12Well if you're a rich and powerful ***** and wont be responsible come 8 months from now, would you care?
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -16/+25Wtf do you expect him to say? Were DOOOOOOMED. Head to the banks start withdrawing your money sell your stocks while you can OMFG DOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? I'm pretty sure no president would do that.
- grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 02/29/2008, -1/+9LukasSmith makes perfect sense to LukasSmith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Jp33ulMtQ - MikeSD34, on 02/29/2008, -5/+13Accepting and broadcasting the fact that we're in a recession to the general public would cause an out-lash and would likely speed us into a death spiral. I'd rather have a slow recession then a market crash. I don't like Bush, and I hope he doesn't believe his own hype, but it's not the kind of thing the general public will accept well.
Those who are in a position to secure their money are already doing so, the others were screwed from the beginning. - Locke2053, on 02/29/2008, -0/+8The home bubble started when the stock bubble burst. People got the idea that stocks were bad investments so they channeled all their money into land, and Greenspan encouraged them by lowering loan rates. This all happened after Bush took office, though it's hard to say it is his fault.
- Dumbledorito, on 02/29/2008, -4/+12If what Bush is doing is "conservatism," you have failure on a grand scale, one so massive you can see it from orbit. There is nothing that he's done in his term in office that hasn't turned to complete *****.
- zedstream, on 02/29/2008, -0/+8Sorry, but I must shatter the delusion. Conservatives have been in power prior to most economic downturns, including the granddaddy--that's right, the Great Depression.
- davidrools, on 02/29/2008, -1/+9"The Turks need to move, move quickly, achieve their objective and get out," he said.
that's funny... - HigherLogic, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8>> Just riding it out til the next person steps in takes over.
You mean clean up his mess, right? Just like all his ventures... - haydesigner, on 02/29/2008, -0/+7Oh, come on now, don't give us this crap.... Bush's administration has been doing PLENTY of things for the past seven.
Of course, everything he has done has been wrong... but still.... - deleo, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8I would even go a step further. It kind of feels like we don't even have a President right now. I watch the current campaign thinking we will have a President next January, but until then there is really nothing going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
- devophl, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8Try nearly 2 billion a week in Iraq not to mention other expenses we're not privy to. I heard someone mention that in 2007, one out of every 15 dollars the US spent was going into the quagmire called Iraq. At the same time, Bush will nearly double our national debt from 5.5 trillion to just over 10 trillion when he leaves office. He's also overseen one of the largest, if not the largest, increases in the Federal budget during his 8 years.
Greenspan made an ominous warning back in 2003. He mentioned that for the first time, we couldn't finance our debt from within. In other words, prior to 2003, we had enough American investment in bonds to cover the debt. In 2003, that changed and the US had to rely more and more heavily on countries like Japan, China and others to fund our debt. The bottom line is that we no longer have the wealth in this country to sustain our spending habits and most of all cover our debt. We're bleeding red ink out of every pore and we're in for a long protracted recession to readjust our way of life to our ability to create wealth.
The great Reagan/Bush experiment that is global free trade has virtually bankrupted the US. The end of US economic dominance is very near. - stretch611, on 02/29/2008, -0/+6He realizes that he is far from loved. A 19% approval rate is hard to disguise as anything else. However, in his mind he believes that he will be vindicated in the end when history looks back at his decisions.
That is honestly how I think he justifies everything. Personally, I think he will end up going down in the history books as the worst president ever, to the point of making Nixon look good. - songfire, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7"He said that Raul Castro is 'nothing more than an extension of what his brother did, which is ruin an island.'"
Bush is nothing more than an extension of what his father did, which is ruin a nation. - jstohler, on 02/29/2008, -3/+9When has Bush ever NOT been in denial?
- jahurt, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7How about this one...
"Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so." - stopbrorape, on 02/29/2008, -8/+14What war in Iraq?
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7True enough.
He's going to be hung out to dry in the end.
Too bad he's too dumb to see that coming.
Or maybe they promised him something worth being the most hated man in the world? - maxpower17@digg, on 02/29/2008, -19/+25***** DOUCHE BAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is in-dangering hundreds of millions and nobody cares! He should be impeached just on the grounds that he is a DUMB ***** and doesn't care about the people. war criminal! Treasonous bastard - DjViral, on 02/29/2008, -0/+6well wouldn't anyone be in denial after causing the downfall of america....
- Look4Truth, on 02/29/2008, -1/+7Nah, everything's fine! Don't worry about the crashing dollar or the fact that California had more foreclosures than home sales last month, everything's great!
Now be good little lemmings and get out there and BUY BUY BUY!!! - gak001, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5Woah, I thought that was an Onion article at first.
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