George W. Bush left the presidency disgraced with rock-bottom approval ratings. Now he’s trying to rehabilitate his legacy by breaking presidential tradition and attacking Donald Trump. Can a speech erase a record of mass murder and illegal war?
Bush’s Exit Interview
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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He who laughs/lies/speechifies last laughs/lies/speechifies best ? George Walker Bush for US president ?…
Henri
Pushing history down the memory hole makes the United States of Amnesia’s propaganda the best in the world.
The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.
—Milan Kundera
Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
–Noah Cross
After all, even Richard Nixon became a “great statesman” when he died. Not that he was a crook….
Whores are always respectable.
>Can a speech erase a record of mass murder and illegal war?
No, but neither is it sufficient reason not to praise him when he gets it right.
So … for the record you’re supporting GWBushit?
I can’t say that I’m surprised,
So… for the record you’re against making progress by encouraging those who deliver 90-95% of what can reasonably be expected of them?
Yup, given that you aren’t a progressive (like myself) I can’t say that I’m surprised.
No – I’m for making progress by electing actual progressives.
Bullshit. Voting for people who cant win is not voting for making progress, its voting for rolling back progress. And I’ve heard you admit that’s what you do in your own words. You have no interest in progress, unless its on your terms. And if you can’t get progress on your terms (and you never will) you’d rather have no progress at all and damn the consequences.
Phase 1: Elect DINOs
Phase 3: Progress
What’s phase 2?
@ CrazyH –
“What’s phase 2?”
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I know! I know!
The answer is: “Follow Whisical’s ‘plan’ (which is yet to be explained)!”
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«Bullshit. Voting for people who cant [Sic !] win is not voting for making progress, its voting for rolling back progress.» What is «bullshit» is voting – and campaigning – for corrupt reactionaries, while claiming that this is the way to advance a progressive agenda. Our friend «Whimisical» is simply whimsy in the manner of bovine excreta….
Henri
@ mhenriday –
Er ist kein Freund von mir!
(BTW, if “cant” makes you sic ! what about “its”? You missed that? 😀 )
«(BTW, if “cant” makes you sic ! what about “its”? You missed that? 😉 )» Didn’t want to expend all my ammunition at one go, mein verehter Lehre – even if I must admit that our dear «Whimsical supplies it in great quantities… 🙂
Henri
@ mhenriday –
“[He] supplies it in great quantities….”
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Are you referring to “ammunition” or to the aforementioned “bovine excreta”?
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«Are you referring to “ammunition” or to the aforementioned “bovine excreta”?» Through some magical – no doubt quantum spukhafte Fernwirkung – process, our dear «Whimsical»’s, bovine excreta is transmogrified into my ammunition…. 🙂
Henri
Let’s not forget the controlled demolition of the Twin Towers and the Sullivan Building (Number 7) and the subsequent rush to war. 🙁
Precisely the things we are to forget, while yet another US president engages in the consuetudinal rush to war. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose…
Henri
Paraphrasing Utah Phillips, the most radical idea in America is a long memory.
«Paraphrasing Utah Phillips, the most radical idea in America is a long memory.» One that recalls matters further back than three weeks ago ?…
Henri