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milestogo

(16,829 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:50 PM Apr 2018

I don't want to hear about Barbara Bush around the clock for the next few days.

Her passing is not a surprise, and its not important news.

And she's basically the matriarch of an American Crime Family.

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I don't want to hear about Barbara Bush around the clock for the next few days. (Original Post) milestogo Apr 2018 OP

Damn weill better not preempt final jeopardy...Russian History...gotta see it !. lol n/t CincyDem Apr 2018 #1

Find your remote...the media will be recycling her HipChick Apr 2018 #2

Good luck with that. yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2018 #3

That is harsh. She was the first lady. I remember her going to Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #4

Did she hug gay men with AIDS? milestogo Apr 2018 #6

Actually she hugged a young man with aids at the same time she hugged the babies. I was very Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #24

The younger barbara Bush does a lot of work helping those with aids JI7 Apr 2018 #10

I have heard that. They seem like a nice family. Yeah Bush II was a lousy president...and his Dad Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #25

I would like to see networks air a memorial or tv specials for her on saturday JI7 Apr 2018 #5

She will be changing bdamomma Apr 2018 #7

Me either. I can't stand the hagiography. Vinca Apr 2018 #8

Sooo, you started a thread about her? cwydro Apr 2018 #9

Seriously. This was the first thread I had seen about her. n/t whopis01 Apr 2018 #30

IKR? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #35

It bumps Trumps attempt to look important with Abe off the news. This plus Cohen coverage anneboleyn Apr 2018 #11

It will give Trump another chance to look like an asshole. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2018 #12

Oh good, something new and different for him mythology Apr 2018 #19

Anything that forces Trump SoCalNative Apr 2018 #13

I'm waiting for Trump to make her death all about him! He'll push Bush's kids away to be in front. TheBlackAdder Apr 2018 #14

Well I want to talk about her non stop so this thread is great ! nt Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #15

Lol. Well played! Tipperary Apr 2018 #27

Change the channel PJMcK Apr 2018 #16

She was never elected. She shouldnt get wall to wall coverage blake2012 Apr 2018 #17

We'll await your similar comments when Rosalynne Carter passes away... brooklynite Apr 2018 #26

I will feel the same way blake2012 Apr 2018 #33

Thinking the same. Want to hear the latest on the current crime family. Amaryllis Apr 2018 #18

If you have xfinity, this is "watchathon" week. All premium content, including Netflix ecstatic Apr 2018 #20

All people bring joy, some when they enter, some when they leave UpInArms Apr 2018 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2018 #22

45 WANTS to hear about that for the next few days RainCaster Apr 2018 #23

Thank goodness for that wonderful invention - the on-off button DrDan Apr 2018 #28

Useless vitriol. Trust Buster Apr 2018 #29

Well you can't always get what you want... elocs Apr 2018 #31

Wow just wow Lotusflower70 Apr 2018 #32

I've been tuning it out and turning it off... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #34

Her family deserves better than grave dancing loyalsister Apr 2018 #36

CincyDem

(6,363 posts)

1. Damn weill better not preempt final jeopardy...Russian History...gotta see it !. lol n/t

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:51 PM

Apr 2018

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

2. Find your remote...the media will be recycling her

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:52 PM

Apr 2018

for the next 48hrs...

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

3. Good luck with that.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:53 PM

Apr 2018

Demsrule86

(68,596 posts)

4. That is harsh. She was the first lady. I remember her going to

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:54 PM

Apr 2018

an aids treatment center and hugging babies with aids ....in fact it was mentioned on TV tonight... there was a hysterical fear of aids at the time.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)

6. Did she hug gay men with AIDS?

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:55 PM

Apr 2018

Demsrule86

(68,596 posts)

24. Actually she hugged a young man with aids at the same time she hugged the babies. I was very

Reply to milestogo (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:15 AM

Apr 2018

impressed. You know we almost had quarantine for Aids patients during Reagan's tenure. People were hysterical with fear. Mrs. Bush decided to be an example showing you had nothing to fear from casual contact.

JI7

(89,252 posts)

10. The younger barbara Bush does a lot of work helping those with aids

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:57 PM

Apr 2018

Demsrule86

(68,596 posts)

25. I have heard that. They seem like a nice family. Yeah Bush II was a lousy president...and his Dad

Reply to JI7 (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:17 AM

Apr 2018

wasn't much better, but they are a loving family.

JI7

(89,252 posts)

5. I would like to see networks air a memorial or tv specials for her on saturday

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:55 PM

Apr 2018

Instead of showing piece shit rally in michigan

bdamomma

(63,883 posts)

7. She will be changing

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:56 PM

Apr 2018

the narrative I 'm sure tRump will give his heartfelt sympathy

Vinca

(50,279 posts)

8. Me either. I can't stand the hagiography.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:56 PM

Apr 2018

Especially when the thing I most remember about her is what she said about the Katrina victims.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

9. Sooo, you started a thread about her?

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:56 PM

Apr 2018

Good lord.

whopis01

(3,514 posts)

30. Seriously. This was the first thread I had seen about her. n/t

Reply to cwydro (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:47 AM

Apr 2018

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

35. IKR?

Reply to cwydro (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 10:30 AM

Apr 2018

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

11. It bumps Trumps attempt to look important with Abe off the news. This plus Cohen coverage

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:59 PM

Apr 2018

Plus as another poster stated Barbara Bush vs the spectacle of Trump and Melania...ugh.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

12. It will give Trump another chance to look like an asshole.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:04 PM

Apr 2018

mythology

(9,527 posts)

19. Oh good, something new and different for him

Reply to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #12)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:25 PM

Apr 2018

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

13. Anything that forces Trump

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:06 PM

Apr 2018

out of the news cycle for a day or 2 is fine with me

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)

14. I'm waiting for Trump to make her death all about him! He'll push Bush's kids away to be in front.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:08 PM

Apr 2018

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)

15. Well I want to talk about her non stop so this thread is great ! nt

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:09 PM

Apr 2018

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

27. Lol. Well played!

Reply to Kirk Lover (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:23 AM

Apr 2018

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)

16. Change the channel

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:11 PM

Apr 2018

Or turn off the TV.

Your beautiful mind has more important things to think about.

blake2012

(1,294 posts)

17. She was never elected. She shouldnt get wall to wall coverage

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:14 PM

Apr 2018

Now if GHWBush follows her to the grave within days, that deserves significantly more coverage.

brooklynite

(94,606 posts)

26. We'll await your similar comments when Rosalynne Carter passes away...

Reply to blake2012 (Reply #17)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:19 AM

Apr 2018

blake2012

(1,294 posts)

33. I will feel the same way

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #26)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 10:25 AM

Apr 2018

Other than that Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter are far better people than the Bush crime lords.

Amaryllis

(9,525 posts)

18. Thinking the same. Want to hear the latest on the current crime family.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:15 PM

Apr 2018

ecstatic

(32,712 posts)

20. If you have xfinity, this is "watchathon" week. All premium content, including Netflix

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:38 PM

Apr 2018

is free for the week. If not, just catch up on movies, etc. Media coverage of trump's ongoing treason will be front and center again by Thursday, if not sooner.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)

21. All people bring joy, some when they enter, some when they leave

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:58 PM

Apr 2018

But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him (her husband, former president George H. W. Bush) suffer?

Addressing the question of how much television news she'd recently been watching, in light of the enormous media attention given to likely outcomes in a U.S. war with Iraq. The interview took place two days prior to the start of the Iraq War, Good Morning America, March 18, 2003.

Cannot lie ... my joy is when she left

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RainCaster

(10,887 posts)

23. 45 WANTS to hear about that for the next few days

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:51 PM

Apr 2018

Spanky wants to hear about anything that does not put him in a bad light. Right now, that's pretty much everything.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)

28. Thank goodness for that wonderful invention - the on-off button

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Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:25 AM

Apr 2018

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

29. Useless vitriol.

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Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:47 AM

Apr 2018

elocs

(22,585 posts)

31. Well you can't always get what you want...

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Wed Apr 18, 2018, 09:09 AM

Apr 2018

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Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)

32. Wow just wow

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 09:18 AM

Apr 2018

Ok don't watch tv or use social media then. So she wasn't President but she was first lady. And she helped kids with reading. Oh she is evil. I remember the shit she got because of looking older than George. I like that she refused to dye her hair.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

34. I've been tuning it out and turning it off...

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 10:30 AM

Apr 2018

I'm with you. The Bushes did a lot of damage to our country. I have no desire to lionize them.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

36. Her family deserves better than grave dancing

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:08 PM

Apr 2018

and criticism. I see nothing wrong with honoring her and the good work she did. The people she left behind might appreciate it and they deserve respect and kindness as they grieve.

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