The Sorry State of a Lame-Duck's Legacy

The Constitution requires that presidents "from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."

Tradition has made the annual State of the Union address the primary public venue for such reporting.

As such, the State of the Union address is officially a big deal. And it is always accorded an appropriate measure of attention by the television networks, members of Congress (unless, like John McCain, they are bidding to replace the president) and the American people. But some State of the Union addresses are more equal than others. When George Bush addressed Congress in 2005, he did so as the most powerful man on the planet: the reelected commander of a warrior nation that was controlled down to the very roots of its executive, legislative and judicial branches by the president's partisan allies. Even if it was obvious to any serious observer that severe second-term rot had already begun to set in, Bush boldly renewed America's acquaintance with all the bad ideas – neo-conservative military adventuring and free trade abroad, deficit spending and related flights of fiscal fantasy at home – of his tenure.

Nothing was going to change, the president told America. Nothing would get better.

And nothing did. The occupation of Iraq grew deadlier and more expensive, the occupation of Afghanistan grew more unstable, trade deficits grew, structural deficits bloated, the rich got richer, the poor got poorer and America's economy slowly swirled down the drain.

Then came the election of 2006, with its defeat of Bush's Republican Party and the restoration of Democratic control of the Congress. Even if the Democrats did not provide Bush with the full-bodied opposition that the voted had hoped for, their presence broke the illusion of Bush's omnipotence.

So it was that the president delivered his final State of the Union address last night as a broken man whose partisan allies would not even wear the "I'm a Bush Republican" pins that had been delivered to their offices by a puckish critic of the president and his party.

Even in the face of the humiliation that is a 31 percent approval rating, the president could not muster the humility that might have engendered sympathy.

Instead, he steadfastly stuck by a failed agenda. Yes, there were minor bows to reality, highlighted by his recent recognition that some redistribution of the wealth will be required to slow the arrival of a scorching recession until after this year's elections.

But even as he promoted the economic stimulus package that his aides and congressional leaders had cobbled together, Bush refused to make the most basic connections with regard to the crisis he has created.

Noting that Bush aides were promising on Monday that the president would offer "no new ideas" in his speech, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, a Democratic freshman, observed, "That's unfortunate. Mr. President: Our country is in grave economic trouble. We have a housing finance meltdown going on while energy costs spiral up and down. Affordable and accessible healthcare is out of reach to almost 50 million Americans with 6 million alone added during this President's tenure. Our educational system has left far too many children behind, while our bridges are literally falling down in America. Mr. President: our country needs an economic stimulus package that will result in something more than pocket change for most working families. Mr. President: The best American economic stimulus package you could offer the American public is to end this war in Iraq."

Unfortunately, of not surprisingly, Bush declined to take Ellison's advice.

As predicted, the president's last State of the Union speech echoed the empty rhetoric of the speeches that came before it. There was an extended call on Congress to make permanent the tax cuts for the rich that have so skewed the nation's economic balance since Bush secured them. There were attacks on spending by a president who has presided over the dramatic bloating of deficits that are the spawn of unsustainable spending. There were more defenses of free-trade pacts that have harmed workers, the environment and communities in the United States and abroad. And there were more fantastical claims about the successes of the disastrous occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The president would have made news last night if he had said, "I'm sorry. I broke it."

But George Bush never was very good at taking responsibility for his mistakes. So he offered America another order of "the usual."

Unfortunately for him, American has lost its taste for what this president is peddling – and for the man himself.

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, summed the evening up best when she said, "Tonight's speech is the 'swan song' of a presidency that is ending and will not be missed. President Bush may choose to believe that the state of our union is strong; but under his direction, our economy is flailing, our infrastructure is crumbling, the number of uninsured and underinsured Americans is rising, America's moral and strategic leadership in the world is plummeting, our Constitution is being trampled, and our servicemen and women and their families are sacrificing enormously in an unnecessary war."

With the delivery of this final State of the Union address, Bush fulfilled one of his constitutional duties.

Would that Congress might do the same and begin impeachment hearings.

In the absence of that appropriate response to a failed presidency, we are left with the sad circumstance of State of the Union address delivered by an executive whose tenure is over in every sense save the one that matters most.

As such, the circumstance, while sad for Bush, is sadder still for America.

Comments (46)

1. John Nichols you're going to drive yourself absolutely bonkers if you keep obsessing about GWB and impeachment.

   Posted by ACook at 01/28/2008 @ 10:26pm

2. I agree with Mr. Nichols. Check out Linked text [hillarydivides.com]

   Posted by indep2008 at 01/28/2008 @ 11:14pm

3. Really, the most telling aspect is the way Pelosi just sat there, smiling.

   Posted by ZERO 01/28/2008 @ 10:23pm

   and those bushian smirks. grrrrrrrr.

   Posted by frosty zoom at 01/28/2008 @ 11:28pm

4. Posted by ACOOK 01/28/2008 @ 10:26pm

   Too late. Another 4-5 months, and he's going to go completely HSUBFOOLS on us I fear.

   Posted by Mask at 01/28/2008 @ 11:43pm

5. Bush looked to me, HAPPY! Hahahahaha.......

   Sorry for this little outburst :~)

   Posted by Happy at 01/28/2008 @ 11:59pm

6. A broken man? Did you even watch the address? If you had, you would have seen a man who is as energized today as he was on Day 1. You would have also seen people - Repubs and Dems alike - fawning over him as he entered and exited the chamber. You would have heard him chastising and challenging the Congress to pass his pet legislation. You might have heard the joke he cracked at the expense of the IRS and those of you who think you're not paying enough taxes. You might have been annoyed with the 70 or so applause interruptions. And you would have heard the congratulatory comments of people who could not wait to get his autograph afterwards. You might have even noticed the embrace with Barney Frank!

   What struck me most about this speech is just how gracious Bush is, reaching out equally to people who support him and deride him. (Sheila Jackson asking him, "How you doing brother?") And how he has been true to his principles, not sugar-coating the current state of the union - including the state of Iraq, and still fighting for what he believes - without having to take a poll or caring about approval ratings. How crazy is that?!

   You wish he was broken. You're afraid he is going to run rings around the Dem leadership in Congress again. And you can't stand the fact that he's not apologizing for his positions or decisions. You never understood Bush because you don't know how to take someone who is genuine vs. politically expedient. I love it!

   Posted by Truzak at 01/29/2008 @ 12:23am

7. free food is next...

   Posted by JOMAMMA 01/29/2008 @ 01:02am

   you guys deserve it after having subsidized ADM, Monsanto, Cargill et al. for so long.

   but hey, that's not really food.

   Posted by frosty zoom at 01/29/2008 @ 01:20am

8. Posted by TRUZAK 01/29/2008 @ 01:10am

   if your eyes still work, read this:

   THE LEGACY OF GEORGE W. BUSH'S PRESIDENCY

   The Country He Inherited, The Country He Leaves Behind*

   *cited sources:

   1 Bureau of Economic Analysis

   2 Department of Treasury

   3 Congressional Budget Office

   4 Bureau of Labor Statistics

   5 United States Census Bureau

   6 United States Census Bureau

   7 Kaiser Study of Employer Health Care Benefits

   8 United States Census Bureau

   9 Energy Information Administration

   10 Higher Education Coordinating Board of Washington State

   11 Bureau of Economic Analysis

   12 Insurance Information Institute

   13 United States Census Bureau

   14 OANDA.com: The Currency Website

   15 Speaker of the House Fact Sheet, 11/29/07

   16 Energy Information Administration

   17 Testimony of Andrew Kohut; President, Pew Research Center; 3/17/07

   Posted by frosty zoom at 01/29/2008 @ 01:30am

9. One can safely say a majority of the public no longer want hsuB to lead our country in the wrong direction and that was soon after 2002. Uhmmm, now what major thing happened after 2002...? And why congress's poll numbers, as a whole, are slightly lower than hsuB's-- congress has not taken hsuB's disaster of a faulty disleadership 'away' (and the same reason why parents that provide the booze for their underage children to drive drunk while playing with guns-- get charged with a crime):

   NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Jan. 20-22, 2008. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide. MoE ± 4.4.

   "Who do you want to see take the lead role in setting policy for the country: George W. Bush or the Congress?"

   Date___________Bush___Congress__Shared__Neither__Unsure

   1/20-22/08______ 21_______62_______10______4_______3

   1/07____________22_______57_______16______3_______2

   1/06____________25_______49_______16______7_______3

   1/02____________44_______32_______22______1_______1

   http://www.pollingreport.com/congress.htm#misc

   Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 12:41am

   Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 01:38am

10. CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Dec. 6-9, 2007. Adults nationwide.

    "Do you think it is good for the country or bad for the country that the Democratic Party is in control of Congress?" N=494 adults, MoE ± 4.5 (Form A)

    Date____________Good____Bad___Neither__Unsure

    12/6-9/07________53_______37_____8______2

    6/22-24/07_______57_______31_____7______5

    5/4-6/07_________51_______37_____9______3

    3/9-11/07________59_______29_____6______6

    "Do you approve or disapprove of what the Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate have done so far this year?" N=508 adults, MoE ± 4.5 (Form B)

    Date________Approve___Disapprove___Unsure

    12/6-9/07_______39_________56_______6

    10/12-14/07_____43_________51_______6

    6/22-24/07______42_________49_______9

    5/4-6/07________49_________44_______7

    3/9-11/07_______47_________40______13

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 12:53am

    Congress has got to get a backbone. Grip the handle on the tiolet and flush the anti-US Constitution/pro hsuB/cHeney admin new con waste, as the stench is a bit much. Hey, it's only a courtesy...

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 01:50am

11. Nancy Pelosi as the Cheshire Cat ... she has a lot to be grinning about, all the way to the bank. Expect no difference from Billary, the '08 election could prove as disappointing as the '06 & for very similar reasons, little change to the Cheney/Bush legacy, the Constitution remaining in tatters, if not shredded even further, the Republic crushed, aggressive wars & foreign occupation promoted. The Billary experience, the difference only in style from the Cheney/Bush legacy.

    Posted by sloper at 01/29/2008 @ 02:45am

12. Posted by TRUZAK 01/29/2008 @ 12:23am

    In the face of the most significant president since WW2 the liberals are almost always in denial. If one hadn't heard or read the speech you can take Nichols venting his spleen as a sign that Bush was doing pretty well.

    Posted by HARVEY 79 01/29/2008 @ 04:12am

    Posted by harvey 79 at 01/29/2008 @ 04:55am

13. Did anyone boo? I missed it but did anyone appropriately boo? They could've at least booed after enabling him all along....

    Posted by Lil at 01/29/2008 @ 07:54am

14. Posted by JOMAMMA 01/29/2008 @ 01:02am

    Your dire predictions regarding the perilous journey of the US towards the left are humorous, and just slightly hyperbolic (intentional, I'm sure).

    But if this country does slide left, you have to admit that it is a result of the disastrous effects of the Republican war of attrition on 90% of Americans.

    You are against regulation? That would be great - but how'd things go in the early twentieth century when people were at the mercy of unregulated business?

    You don't want universal health care? Then support people who want to limit the stranglehold that big Pharm and Insurance have on the US healthcare system.

    You don't want the US to interfere in the mortgage crisis? Then support people who will attempt to reign in the predatory lending practices of American banks and creditors. The old term for their practices was usury, and before the conservativization of business, the highest interest that could be charged was 24.99999%. These days, some people would love to only pay 25% interest.

    I'm not telling you anything you don't already know when I say that for every action their is a reaction. So when you rail against the liberalization of America, blame Bush (and all the lackies he installed and all the policies he supported)!

    Posted by Turk33 at 01/29/2008 @ 08:38am

15. Posted by TURK33 01/29/2008 @ 08:38am

    A point I've made on numerous occasions to the few remaining Bush supporters here, though rarely to MAASCH as he's generally turned against him.

    They want to know what ONE factor will likely put Hillary or Obama in the Oval Office, and put (and will keep) the Democrats in control of Congress....GWB.

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 09:21am

16. Hmmm. Maybe he did, since he knew already what he would say ;)

    Posted by CHIP THORNTON 01/29/2008 @ 07:40am

    I DID.

    Does anybody know anything about some speech that Dubya's supposed to give tonight?

    Posted by FRANKGRITS 01/28/2008 @ 3:15pm

    yep. s.o.s.

    Posted by FROSTY ZOOM 01/28/2008 @ 4:20pm

    Posted by frosty zoom at 01/29/2008 @ 09:57am

17. Did anyone boo?

    Posted by LIL 01/29/2008 @ 07:54am

    I DID.

    Posted by frosty zoom at 01/29/2008 @ 09:57am

18. I didn't watch the SOTU. There was a good renovation show on the Home & Garden Network.

    Posted by Hman23 at 01/29/2008 @ 10:08am

19. Posted by JOMAMMA 01/29/2008 @ 10:29am

    No, but surely you don't think that being proceeded by a failed Presidency of your party is HELPFUL to the Repubs running...especially when (to appease the RIO/LVLIB base) they're running on "I'll give you more of the same that Bush did"?!?!???

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 10:40am

20. I was watching Law and Order reruns.

    Posted by JOMAMMA 01/29/2008 @ 10:30am

    i was watch Terror and Fear reruns.

    Posted by frosty zoom at 01/29/2008 @ 10:47am

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22. What struck me most about this speech is just how gracious Bush is, reaching out equally to people who support him and deride him.

    Posted by TRUZAK 01/29/2008 @ 12:23am

    Oh. My. God.

    bush is the most ingracious, arrogant, self-absorbed sonofabitch to ever occupy the WH.

    Fuck him and the cheney he rode on in.

    Posted by Dr Decibels at 01/29/2008 @ 11:56am

23. LvLiberty-It is you who lives in a fantasy world with your view that the left and right are that separated.Most of us get along with each other,have many views in common,and look to the views that we have in common.We work together,play together,marry each other.Our children play together.It is you people who are on the far right and far left who can't get along and refuse to see that you are quite alike.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 01/29/2008 @ 11:56am

24. You're deluded TRUZAK or maybe it's just sour grapes. Nobody wants this guy around anymore. The SOTU speech was just a show - a very bad show.

    Posted by jimijazz at 01/29/2008 @ 11:57am

25. "We have normal Americans and than we have the left which lives in some dream universe."----Posted by LVLIBERTY1 01/29/2008 @ 11:13am

    Well, Bush polls at 30% approvals so....

    70% of Americans aren't "normal"?!?!?

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 11:58am

26. And also one lame speech is not going to make up for 8 years of neglect and destruction. What presidency? The man is an imposter. Good riddance.

    Posted by jimijazz at 01/29/2008 @ 12:02pm

27. Irony of ironies or intentional dic'tator tongue-in-cheek 'lie'...?

    "George Bush's favorite painting is an 28x40" oil on canvas by W.H.D. Koerner called "A Charge to Keep."

    Bush loves the painting so much, his own autobiography is named after it. And here is his interpretation:

    "When you come into my office, please take a look at the beautiful painting of a horseman determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep and rough trail. This is us. What adds complete life to the painting for me is the message of Charles Wesley that we serve One greater than ourselves."

    Bush not only identifies with the looks of the rider--who bears an eerie resemblance to the President--but also, according to author Jacob Weisberg, as a missionary spreading "Methodism across the Alleghenies in the nineteenth century." Therefore, as a faith messenger, as a Christian. However, that interpretation is wrong. This is in fact the depiction of a criminal fleeing the law.

    The original title to this painting was "Had His Start Been Fifteen Minutes Longer He Would Not Have Been Caught," and it was drawn by Koerner to illustrate a short story in the Saturday Evening Post in 1916 called "The Slipper Tongue," about a horse thief who escapes a lynch mob in the Sand Hills of Nebraska.

    http://tinyurl.com/2d4699

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 12:07pm

28. zero,

    what did you expect pelosi to do?

    serious.

    put yourself in her shoes. do you completely piss off everyone around you, right during the speech, by making angry faces?

    sometimes, zero, you are pretty naive.

    Posted by darladoon at 01/29/2008 @ 12:42pm

29. Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 12:07pm

    Kinda makes ya wonder....

    what the heck you're going to post about after January 20, 2009?

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 12:42pm

30. Presidents seldom make bold proposals in their final year in office

    i don't recall bush making any bold proposals the last 8 years.

    Posted by darladoon at 01/29/2008 @ 12:43pm

31. A broken man? Did you even watch the address? If you had, you would have seen a man who is as energized today as he was on Day 1. You would have also seen people - Repubs and Dems alike - fawning over him as he entered and exited the chamber. You would have heard him chastising and challenging the Congress to pass his pet legislation. You might have heard the joke he cracked at the expense of the IRS and those of you who think you're not paying enough taxes. You might have been annoyed with the 70 or so applause interruptions. And you would have heard the congratulatory comments of people who could not wait to get his autograph afterwards. You might have even noticed the embrace with Barney Frank!

    What struck me most about this speech is just how gracious Bush is, reaching out equally to people who support him and deride him. (Sheila Jackson asking him, "How you doing brother?") And how he has been true to his principles, not sugar-coating the current state of the union - including the state of Iraq, and still fighting for what he believes - without having to take a poll or caring about approval ratings. How crazy is that?!

    You wish he was broken. You're afraid he is going to run rings around the Dem leadership in Congress again. And you can't stand the fact that he's not apologizing for his positions or decisions. You never understood Bush because you don't know how to take someone who is genuine vs. politically expedient. I love it!

    there are (literally) less than 100 people in the world who actually believe the above statement.

    Posted by darladoon at 01/29/2008 @ 12:45pm

32. Posted by MASK 01/29/2008 @ 12:42pm

    Hey Frita, what a thing for you to be thinking about, you must really care a lot about poor little me!?!?!?! BWAHahahah

    BTW: "Although somewhere in your mind you may think that there's a chance for you to rise from the dust of a brokered convention to claim the nomination for yourself, you must also know that this would not be the best thing for the Democratic party or the country. Not because you wouldn't make a great president, you would, but because of the inter-party civil war that we would need to go through first."

    http://tinyurl.com/37yfzv

    I guess there's just something in the air, huh...

    http://tinyurl.com/38eyju

    http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/5/125249/6560

    http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/29/4248/16929

    Geeze, bet Frita is all worried about them too.

    BWAHahahahah

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 1:36pm

33. Oh I forgot, Frita is voting for McCain-- if Al gets the nom in a brokered dem convention... after she also said she'd vote for Al if he got past the primaries to get the dem nom!?!?!

    BWAHahahah, she's just too much.

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 1:39pm

34. Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 1:39pm

    HSUB, be crazy...but try to avoid lies.

    IF, under some one-in-a-billion shot Al Gore were to somehow wrest the Democratic nomination from Hillary or Obama (who actually tried to WORK for it, btw)...

    I'd vote for him. I've said it over and over, WHOEVER the Dems put up (even back when it could have been Kucinich...as much as it could be Gore now)...I'd vote for Dennis.

    But you....you're going to lose it. Seriously, this stuff is just TOO important to you (like FRANKGRITS and Hillary). Right now YOU would probably hope McCain wins, because that would mean another dim, but possible chance at Gore running in 2012.

    But if it's HRC or Obama who walks out of the Pepsi Center with the nom...and then the Presidency in November....and Gore (too old for 2016) is then NEVER EVER EVER going to "ascend to this rightful place as President" and (as well, no impeachment) and the injustices of 2000 are never avenged and nothing is "put right in the Universe and justice prevails"...

    you're going to lose your fucking mind!

    and as always...I'm going to be here loving every minute of it!

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 1:59pm

35. And here I was thinking Frita actually cared.... NOT.

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 2:10pm

36. While Iraq is the focal point of all life on the left and hard left...should one be able to wave a wand and Iraq never happened...I would submit Bush would be quite popular..with or without 9/11....

    Posted by JOMAMMA 01/29/2008 @ 10:54am

    This has to the most blatant "master of the obvious" comments I've read in a long time. I suppose you think that if it wasn't for the Watergate break-in, Nixon would have been seen as a wonderful POTUS? And, damn, if it weren't for all the corruption in his administration, Harding would have been a hell of a leader!

    You can't separate the man from his actions. He did invade Iraq (among other debacles) and for that he deserves all the negative attention he gets. He absolutely had the chance to be a great leader had he taken the opportunity provided by 9/11, when most of the world was united in their outrage with us, to actually try to forge an alliance against fundamentalist terrorists. He, a fundamentalist himself, decided that the best course of action was to piss away all the support and good intentions in order to appease the neo-con cabal. He is what he has done.

    Hey, if you've got that magic wand handy, I've got a couple of things I'd like to wipe away!

    Posted by Turk33 at 01/29/2008 @ 2:41pm

37. Collectivism is the result of a much much larger population.

    Posted by MARYBRETBRAD 01/29/2008 @ 1:13pm

    Noooo, collectivism is the result of man's attempt to regain control from the landed, privileged few. Unfortunately, most attempts at collectivism (which I submit is a system that is absolutely unworkable and philosophically weak) were hijacked by individuals who used that cause to become the new landed, privileged few

    "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!"

    Townshend/Daltrey

    Posted by Turk33 at 01/29/2008 @ 2:46pm

38. Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 2:10pm

    Oh, I care....after all, some poor university/college/liberal arts school/community college/night classes place...

    will have to pay the mental health insurance bills!

    heheh

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 2:56pm

39. So Frita, who's paying for your high mental health bills now?

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 3:02pm

40. Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 3:02pm

    Hey, I'm fine...live in the world where Al Gore is not the saviour of the world and destined to be annointed President, despite all facts and logic to the contrary...nor the world where one has to believe that, but DISHONESTLY claim they don't when push-comes-to-shove for fear of even the "progressives" here rolling their eyes or even laughing.

    It's a world of sane HONEST folks who deal with the inequities of life as best they can, and don't retreat into sophomoric fantasies fueled by too much RESE-style Internet research on "blogs" and "this guy came up with this theory".

    It's where JOKES are posted as serious thought...with only the disengenuous EDITING OUT the tagline at the end---

    "Now, back to your regularly scheduled reality. :)"

    From--http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/20/112330/475

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 3:14pm

41. "Now, back to your regularly scheduled reality. :)"

    Posted by MASK 01/29/2008 @ 3:14pm

    Kinda sounded like you went off onto your own little universe there Frita. You sounded rather frantic or scared of something or just plain unstable, like you were trying more to convince yourself of what you were saying than anything else.

    Did it work?

    I'm pretty sure someone's paying Frita's bills, anonymously no don't since she doesn't know.

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 4:00pm

42. er, no doubt

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 4:03pm

43. Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 4:00pm

    Gee, HSUB....why did you EDIT OUT the address to that Daily Kos thread, when you quoted me?!?!?!?

    I figure you'd edit out the "Now, back to your regularly scheduled reality. :)" line...

    like you did when you Cut & Pasted that article?!?!!?!?

    LOL!

    Posted by Mask at 01/29/2008 @ 4:54pm

44. Posted by MASK 01/29/2008 @ 4:54p

    Frita,

    I already answered that bizarre question you're fixated on a few days ago. Perhaps the meds you're on are messing up your memory?

    Why do 'you' leave stuff out pretty much most of the time and then twist it inside out to mean something else, somewhat like your hsuB and your Frito do? You're for hsuB impeachment before you're against it. For Al for president before you're against it. Against your Frito getting the boot before you're against it... BWAHahahahah

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 6:20pm

45. Here you go Frita, take sollace from your hsuB:

    "Addiction is hard to overcome," Bush said in speaking at a faith-based center that helps former prisoners get job training and other help.

    "As you might remember, I drank too much at one time in my life," Bush said. "I understand faith-based programs. I understand that sometimes you can find the inspiration from a higher power to solve an addiction problem."

    http://tinyurl.com/2ucong

    Hhmmmm, wonder why I didn't copy the whole article... why did I cut/paste it just so... maybe I should've included an extra sentence... maybe it was one sentence too many... wonder if Frita's psychotic behavior is contagious...

    BWAHahahahahah, she's just so preciously demented!

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 6:32pm

46. Would it be FAIR to the other candidates, who worked hard and campaigned hard for the nomination...for Gore to simply be given it?

    Posted by MASK 01/28/2008 @ 2:22pm

    But you said if Al figured out how to get beyond the primaries and got the nom-- you'd vote for him... So you'll vote for McCain instead?

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/28/2008 @ 3:26pm

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/28/2008 @ 4:30pm

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 08:07am | ignore this person

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 08:07am

    Sure and I would....if he could figure out a REAL way of doing.

    Plus I believe I was referring to him figuring out a way to beat Hillary IN THE PRIMARIES, not a CHEAT by which he sits on his ass and then is "annointed" with a nomination that others have WORKED for!

    Posted by MASK 01/29/2008 @ 09:26am | ignore this person

    Would it be FAIR to the other candidates, who worked hard and campaigned hard for the nomination...for Gore to simply be given it?

    Posted by MASK 01/28/2008 @ 2:22pm

    But you said if Al figured out how to get beyond the primaries and got the nom-- you'd vote for him... So you'll vote for McCain instead?

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/28/2008 @ 3:26pm

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/28/2008 @ 4:30pm

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 08:07am

    Posted by HSUBFOOLS 01/29/2008 @ 6:41pm

    Yep, Frita has a prob with really real reality... if it's not her way

    Posted by hsuBfools at 01/29/2008 @ 7:11pm