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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:24 PM Dec 2012

What is Shrub up to nowadays, anyways?

There are a ton of news stories about Poppy (apparently he's feeling better) but W's disappearing act seems to be remarkably complete. Is he still doing that AIDS relief thing? Mugging grandparents for fun?

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What is Shrub up to nowadays, anyways? (Original Post) Recursion Dec 2012 OP
Probably spends most of his time in the BushCo think tank. lpbk2713 Dec 2012 #1
I like to think he's waiting for spring training Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #2
Last I heard, he had taken up painting dog portraits. femmocrat Dec 2012 #3
The dogs are playing poker and drinking booze. iemitsu Dec 2012 #27
volunteering at brush clearing for humanity unblock Dec 2012 #4
LOL MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #26
I think he took up knitting .... SummerSnow Dec 2012 #5
Did not hear that he has visited his ailing father in the hospital libodem Dec 2012 #6
I suspect Poppy always viewed W with some resignation-- like, too bad W took after the >>> Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #10
he should be in the Hague slumdoggandu Dec 2012 #7
About a quart, at least. nt tblue37 Dec 2012 #8
Down a quart in the brains dept., however...nt PCIntern Dec 2012 #9
It's not as if he was using it. n/t JHB Dec 2012 #13
About a 12 pack DJ13 Dec 2012 #11
What's he doing? Same thing he's done his entire life. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #12
It has been discussed and widely believed that this photo is bush, sr. crying at the end.. Tikki Dec 2012 #14
He's got a large head, yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2012 #39
War on Mesquite....at the ranch...? Evasporque Dec 2012 #15
He hasn't been back since he left DC DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #20
probably too hard to sober him up for the cameras zbdent Dec 2012 #16
Well, a few months ago he was a speaker at an Aflac conference in Vegas rainbow4321 Dec 2012 #17
I will respond to that question with ignorance and apathy. Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #18
Sitting in a recliner in his underwear, watching a football game The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #19
Poppy is declining fast malaise Dec 2012 #21
Shoving liquor down his pie hole and playing golf. BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #22
OK. You made me curious, so I Googled. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #23
The very least he could do to atone libodem Dec 2012 #24
nobody cares. romney, the same. spanone Dec 2012 #25
probably still celebrating he had one term more than his daddy Skittles Dec 2012 #28
AWOL. As usual. It's a Republican tradition. Berlum Dec 2012 #29
Walking the dog and getting drunk in the evenings, perhaps? nt MADem Dec 2012 #30
Practicing... SirRevolutionary Dec 2012 #31
If Shrub disappears and goes unmentioned long enough, CheapShotArtist Dec 2012 #32
Shrub may be the only substance, other than sulfur, that never stops stinking. leveymg Dec 2012 #36
He ain't drunk he's just drinkin wilsonbooks Dec 2012 #33
He Wants To Party With You... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #34
When he left president position he said he was out of politics & so it was. Sunlei Dec 2012 #35
He was in the Cayman Islands the week before the election subterranean Dec 2012 #37
War criminals have hide out! yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2012 #38
Slurping up booze, playing golf, getting paid by RW "think tanks" to "speak". . . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #40

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
1. Probably spends most of his time in the BushCo think tank.
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:30 PM
Dec 2012



... with Messrs Jim Beam, IW Harper, et al.





Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
2. I like to think he's waiting for spring training
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:30 PM
Dec 2012

I understand he landed his dream gig as a 'Ball Dude' for an East Texas minor league baseball teem. Free hot dogs and beer, WooHoo!

unblock

(52,253 posts)
4. volunteering at brush clearing for humanity
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:49 PM
Dec 2012

he has people cart in brush for struggling millionaire ranchers who need help staging p.r. events.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
5. I think he took up knitting ....
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:50 PM
Dec 2012

He said he was excited about becoming a grandfather.So he learning how to knit some booties.



libodem

(19,288 posts)
6. Did not hear that he has visited his ailing father in the hospital
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:59 PM
Dec 2012

Wonder if his father's filters have quit working and he is saying what a fuck-up and disappointment, Jr. turned out to be. I think he is furious Chimpy, wrecked Jeb's chances of running and leaving a better family legacy.
The family has been trashed, the party and the country ruined, by his one man wrecking team of a shallow son.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,840 posts)
10. I suspect Poppy always viewed W with some resignation-- like, too bad W took after the >>>
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 03:35 PM
Dec 2012

>>>drunken doofus branch of the family (I'm sure there are several who stayed out of the limelight while Poppy's thieving patron genetic strain and Barbara/Jeb's Big Giant Head branch did the heavy lifting)

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
12. What's he doing? Same thing he's done his entire life.
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 03:51 PM
Dec 2012

Bourbon, blow, and goofing off.

Our first Slacker President.

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
14. It has been discussed and widely believed that this photo is bush, sr. crying at the end..
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 03:59 PM
Dec 2012

of jeb's reign as governor because they both (jeb and poppy) realize that
this is the end of jebby's political career and that junior ruined it for all of their futures.


Tikki

ps...jeb always looks like an unmade bed...

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)
20. He hasn't been back since he left DC
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 07:43 PM
Dec 2012

His "Beloved Prairie Chapel Ranch" (formerly know as the Sowell Hog Farm) has been on the soft market since the day after he left the WH - no takers.

According to friends of mine who live in Preston Hollow, he rarely leaves his house.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
16. probably too hard to sober him up for the cameras
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:35 PM
Dec 2012

otherwise, you'd be seeing him visiting his daddy every 5 minutes.

He's more likely waking up only when he hears Pops takes a turn for the worse ... inheritance time to blow on more booze (he is, after all, the "first-born", and thus gets the legacy ...)

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
17. Well, a few months ago he was a speaker at an Aflac conference in Vegas
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:52 PM
Dec 2012

I have a relative who attended and he was a speaker at their breakfast gathering. No pic taking was allowed.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
19. Sitting in a recliner in his underwear, watching a football game
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 05:31 PM
Dec 2012

while partaking of Jack Daniels and Cheetos. Which is fine with me, since I don't want to see him out in public ever again unless he's doing the perp walk somewhere.

BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)
22. Shoving liquor down his pie hole and playing golf.
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 07:53 PM
Dec 2012

I heard he's been lapping it up like a wild cat since he left office!

GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)
23. OK. You made me curious, so I Googled.
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 08:02 PM
Dec 2012

The only thing that I can find is that he is offering his pickup truck (2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4x4 SuperCrew) up for auction with the proceeds going to a charity, the Fisher House Foundation, which provides no-charge temporary housing for the families of military members being treated for injuries.

He has autographed the passenger side air bag panel.

CheapShotArtist

(333 posts)
32. If Shrub disappears and goes unmentioned long enough,
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 03:49 PM
Dec 2012

more people may forget how much of a disaster his pResidency was. They say that former presidents become more popular the longer they're out of office.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
36. Shrub may be the only substance, other than sulfur, that never stops stinking.
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:04 PM
Dec 2012
Referring to Bush's own U.N. speech yesterday, Chavez said, "The devil came right here... And it still smells of sulfur today."

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
34. He Wants To Party With You...
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 03:51 PM
Dec 2012

...he's a speaking gun for hire...

http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerID=6436

President during a momentous period in American history, George W. Bush offers his thoughts on eight years in the Oval Office, the challenges facing our nation in the 21st century, the power of freedom, the role of faith and other pressing issues.


I'm sure if you've got $25 or 50k lying around, he'd be glad to chat ya up.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
35. When he left president position he said he was out of politics & so it was.
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:00 PM
Dec 2012

Last edited Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:31 PM - Edit history (1)

I don't know what he is scared of? Young ex-president Bush never even appeared at the republican primary or with Romney. Not one speech with the party who elected him ever again.

Guess we will never know why Bush is terrified of his own party and the people in his own admin.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
37. He was in the Cayman Islands the week before the election
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:23 PM
Dec 2012

giving the keynote speech at some investors' conference there. The event was closed to the media.

BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)
40. Slurping up booze, playing golf, getting paid by RW "think tanks" to "speak". . . .
Sat Dec 29, 2012, 06:20 PM
Dec 2012

and hopefully CHOKING on a lot more pretzels!

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