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Other People Have Cleaned Up Bush's Messes His Whole Life: Now It's Iraq

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 7:21am.
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

When he was young, caretakers picked up his toys. When he was a dissolute adult, protectors covered up for his seedy, irresponsible behavior and dereliction of duty. When he was older, his father's friends cleaned up after his business failures.

Someone has always cleaned up Bush's messes for him. He's never had to or been able to do it himself.

Now, through the power of Rove packaging, right-wing mastery of the media, and a silent Supreme Court coup in 2000, he is playing with weapons of war and lives. And there is no one who can clean up his messes anymore.

As he always has, Bush blames others. Now, he is even pointing the finger at the Iraqis, claiming that they botched this great gift of invasion and occupation that Bush "gave" to them. He is telling us that our "national psyche" is "strained." Everyone is to bear fault but Bush.

He doesn't solve problems; he creates them for others to handle after he has long left the scene.

The fabulous, quintessential American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald knew the George W. Bush type long before Bush was born. In "The Great Gatsby," Fitzgerald writes of two of the main blue-blood, wealthy, self-absorbed characters in his novel: "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness ... and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

For Bush, Iraq is now OUR problem, not his. It is the problem of the Iraqis, not his fiasco.

He is a careless, reckless person who smashes up things and creatures, and retreats back to his money -- the bubble of his ignorant, feckless privilege -- and lets other people clean up the mess that he has made.

It has always been that way with George W. Bush, and always will be.

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
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the numbers must be made an issue...............

Submitted by sluttygirl on Sun, 09/03/2006 - 7:43pm.
the GAO estimates that the cost of the war in Iraq will be over 3 Trillion dollars by the end of this year: the most expensive war in history, and getting very close to the cost of all wars ever fought on this planet. This figures in the cost of insurance for the dead, schooling for the wounded, hospital care for life for tens of thousands, and the cost of keeping a standing army, navy, marines and air force on alert, every day for 4 years. what this doesn't include is a thought I had the other day: this breaks down to about 1 million dollars for every family now living in Irag. (if each family has 5 to 6 members in it). This is a talking point.
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Bush and his IQ

Submitted by Juan on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 1:20pm.
Juan: Somebody must do a poll about Bush's IQ Question will be: 1. Is Bush an Idiot, Stupid or Smart. ANSWER: A. Idiot C. Stupid B. Smart Please: Anybody can add questions to this Poll... We have to find out what Americans think of Bush's IQ.
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BUSHES MESSES

Submitted by bigdog on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 3:11pm.
In her review of Mencken: The American Iconoclast by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (Oxford) in the July 6, 2006 London Review of Books, Wendy Lesser includes a prediction H. L. Mencken wrote over 80 years ago: ‘on some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.’ Well, the plain folks of the land finally found their way to the voting booth and a downright moron is now the “decider.” The real mess was made by you, the American electorate. Are you too stupid or to lazy to clean it up? Left Coast Big Dog
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It's always the Dems who clean up the mess

Submitted by Citizen over 50 on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 9:10pm.
Wasn't it the Democrats who cleaned up THE BUSH ONE MESS? When Clinton took office, we were in much the same financial condition we are today. How soon we forget. Republicans ONLY LEAVE OFFICE WHEN THE BANK IS EMPTY. After they have stolen every last dollar, seriously injured the economy, and insulted the American people to the point where blood is about to flow in the streets... THAT IS WHEN THEY STAND DOWN AND SLINK AWAY. And we deserve this *hit... WHY? Because we have ALWAYS ALLOWED THEM TO GET AWAY WITH IT WITHOUT PUNISHING THEM AT ALL. THEY ALWAYS GET TO KEEP THE MONEY THEY STOLE AND THEY ALWAYS GET PARDONED FOR THEIR TREASON. We sit there like a sack of *hit and say, "for the good of the nation, we don't want to go there... we have work to do rebuilding the nation.... uh.... we have to get to work... we don't want to make the republican FRIENDS mad by impeaching or jailing any of these guys. Well JUST HOW MANY OF THESE THUGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PARDONED FOR TREASON? THEY ARE ALL FAT AND RICH AND THEIR KIDS ALL GO TO COLLEGE TO TAKE OVER THE FUTURE OFFICES AND RUIN OUR KIDS FUTURES. WE NEED TO EXACT SOME PUNISHMENT THIS TIME... FOR GOOD WITHOUT PARDONS... LEGALLY AND PEACEFULLY OF COURSE..... We can't keep doing the same thing, that is, let them get away with it and not expect it to happen in another 15 to 20 years, after we have cleaned up their mess again! THEY WILL BE BACK TO STEAL OUR TREASURY AND RUIN OUR NATION AGAIN IN THE FUTURE IF WE DON'T PUT AN END TO THEM. THEY need to visit the execution chambers they are all so proud of building. Let THEM fill those jails they built for Marijuana smokers....
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The Voters DO bear much blame

Submitted by orbitalman on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 4:38pm.
I agree with both Steve and Frappe. However, the margins for Gore and Kerry should have been FAR greater so that the CHEATING for Bush would not have had the effect it did. If the '06 and '08 elections do not have greater Democratic margins, the same will happen again. Face it, I don't think the "paper trail" is in place enough as our bedrock to prevent further disaster to our democracy in closer cases. That's right. A "NO Faith" vote for our system until everyone knows their vote can be recounted.
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Daddy's Friends with a shovel and a broom

Submitted by stevehigh on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 11:23am.
James Baker and a number of foreign policy experts (the ones who voted against NOT destablizing Iraq in 1991, remember?) have formed something called the Iraq Study Group> to give junior the advice he could have had from his father, or Bill Clinton, or Colin Powell,or William Perry, or Brent Scowcroft, or Tony Blair, or, indeed, almost anyone else in the world, prior to the invasion of Iraq.

I wonder, though, what all the king's horses and all the king's men can do at this point.

The voters are to blame. They knew Gore and Kerry were better men, but they wanted the pleasure of tax cuts, SUVS and feeling superior to people with dark skin.

And now? Drunken frat boy drives country off cliff.

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Not the voters fault...here's why

Submitted by frappe on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 2:40pm.
When you say that "it's the voters fault" that we are now suffering under a Bush presidency, I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree. With the exception of the dumb, immovable 33% who would willingly follow Bush off a cliff, the last two presidential elections were actually won by Gore and Kerry. Florida was stolen in 2000, and Ohio in 2004. Plus, there were many documented instances of "statistical anomalies" occurring where votes mysteriously disappeared and where exit polling data that heavily favored Kerry was strangely contradicted by final voting tabulations...In other words, Bush, was the beneficiary of two stolen elections...another sad example of where daddy and friends gave him something that he never earned -- the U.S. presidency and our democracy. So, let's put the blame where it belongs -- on those treasonous thugs who raped and pillaged our democracy by breaking our sacred trust in the autenticity and inviolability of our election process. It has become apparent that much of our voting process needs serious reform. A good place to start would be to mandate the necessity for a paper trail when it comes to electronic voting.
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Whose fault it is.....

Submitted by tseving on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 9:38am.
It's easy to sit and point fingers at the people who voted for Bush over Gore and Kerry. Fear is a powerful emotion and Rove, an expert at using it to appeal to the red state mentality. The Florida debacle in 2000 was hard to foresee. I'm not aware of any presidential election being so blatantly stolen. If nothing else, that experience should have taught Americans just how valuable our votes are. This nation is in crisis because so many Americans do not vote and because so many more do so without taking the time to educate themselves on the issues. As an activist since the '60s, I have sadly found no cure for apathy. tseving -Surviving Bush one day at a time http://tomcatsbox.spaces.live.com
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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for the WINNERS in 2000 and 04!

Submitted by kjlovell on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 9:51pm.
Blame the idiot population that DID vote for dumbya. Blame the gerrymandering with the votes. Blame the THUGS that caused the votes not be counted in Ohio and Florida. But don't blame those of us that voted for the sane, winning candidate and not the little monkey-boy war-wanting evil piece of sh**t that is currently dictator and decider in thief! Remember dumbya is listening and watching everything (when he isn't on the blow and sauce) KJ Lovell
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Stolen Elections

Submitted by Tom Manaugh on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 4:54pm.
Thank you for pointing out that Bush did not legitimately win the presidency in either 2000 or 2004. Those who express that belief enable Karl Rove's propaganda -- the contention that Bush had a mandate to carry out the actions that have led this country toward destruction. Furthermore, expressing that belief creates confusion among Democrats, leaving them vainly looking for reasons for their "losses." Let us NEVER concede that the elections of 2000 and 2004 were other than stolen. The evidence of that is clear for anybody who takes the time to look. Tom Manaugh
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Bush and His Messes

Submitted by Damn It I Am Pissed on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 4:30pm.
I'm beginning to wonder if the Repugs will not steal the '08 prez election and "let" the Democrats take back the White House. After all, what Repug will want to clean up THIS mess?? I can't take this anymore!!!!!!
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Bush messes

Submitted by Big John on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 10:41am.
Don't forget Poppy Bush who was then a Congressman saved him from going to Viet Nam too. He was in the bottom 3% of the students and was accepted into flight school to fly a plane that was being phased out of the USAF inventory. Justice will be served when he is impeached, tried and convicted for war crimes. He truly is the worst pResident ever Big John
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Do we have to?

Submitted by Malgoska on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 10:25am.

I understand that bush wants to "stay the course". He always stayed the course, and someone else cleaned up his messes. He never ONCE had to pay the price. As he is psychotic cowardly sociopath, he can stay the course all he wants to.

But - do we have to stay the course with him? Can't we just depose him, and send that lying sack of shit to Iraq to face the mess he's created? All by himself?

I bet all my earthly possessions on that we can do just peachy without him. We can change the course and get out of this mess, leaving it all to moronic egomaniac to clean up.

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Easy Out!

Submitted by MERCMAN on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 9:49am.
The way I see it.. Bush can and will "stay the course" until he is replaced that is..Then after the newly elected President decides that pulling out of Iraq is long overdue and does so immediately, the region will fall further into chaos... Bush will then say "I told ya so!" He will claim that it is the fault of the new administration for pulling out too soon and not letting Democracy take hold..I say BULLSH_T!! He will never be held accountable..People in general are fine and dandy as long as it's someone else's problem......Wal-Mart is still open and the cable ain't on the blink so eat SH_T America and by the way...don't mind the man behind the curtain...
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Bush's Messes

Submitted by frappe on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 4:51pm.
The worst part of course is the fact that he thinks he is right. After all, he is the "decider"...(Wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to him as the "decide-err" as he seems to err in his judgements most, if not all, of the time? Also, "deceiverer" seems to capture his essence or his spirit as well.) And while on the subject of descriptive words, "stubborness" and "stupidity" are two words that come to mind when Bush's name comes up in "polite conversation". In an "impolite" setting however -- which this man seems to evoke much more so than any normal person would -- words or phrases that frequently come up are "dumbass", "shit-for-brains", and "lying sack of shit". This is the sad truth about which many discussions involving our president seem to focus around. That in itself speaks volumes to the truth and subject of your editorial, does it not?
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In the case of Iraq

Submitted by Bryan William J... on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 7:58am.
In the case of Iraq, smashing things is very good for business. 50% of the oil the USA consumes is produced domestically. At $70+/barrel, this is very profitable indeed. With cheap Iraqi oil on the market, the price would plummet. So, instead of democracy, Iraq gets death squads.
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