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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeb Praises George W. Bush For "Not Having An Opinion" In Past 4 Years
March 24, 2013
Quote of the Day
"He is like the most focused, disciplined guy. To imagine being a former president and not having an opinion on anything over the last four years, really? I mean, to have that discipline, to be respectful of the president that hasn't been as respectful of him as he should have been? Man. I could have never done that."
-- Jeb Bush, in a CNN interview, on his brother, former President George W. Bush.
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unblock
(52,309 posts)"shut up george!"
zbdent
(35,392 posts)double-speak for "George W. Bush? Who's that? Everything is either Obama's fault, Clinton's fault, or Nancy Pelosi's fault."
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Your asshole brother is lucky he's not in prison, where he belongs. As are you and the rest of your scum family.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)BootinUp
(47,179 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)If President Obama really wanted to show 'respect' for GWB, he would have indicted his ass for war crimes and turned him over to the fucking Hague..
markiv
(1,489 posts)i cant think of any greater gift the bush family could give the usa, than to never have another 'idea' of theirs inflicted on us, even if, as a broken clock it were even good (such as the national do not call list)
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)it has nothing to do with the dub having no brain....
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Jeez, isn't Jeb bright enough to know how stupid his brother is?
apnu
(8,758 posts)Which is painfully obvious. But then, recognizing the obvious isn't a strong suit of the Bush family. Remember when Poppy didn't know the price of milk or what a supermarket scanner was? Apple didn't fall far from the tree.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Sorry Jeb, no amount of lipstick will make that pig look like Marilyn Monroe
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I posted the same thing in a later post, but just now saw your lipstick comment. Great minds....or some such!
Poor George.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)AndyA
(16,993 posts)Bush is incurious, inarticulate, easily manipulated and compromised.
Not having an opinion for 4 years isn't a big achievement for George W. Bush. In fact, it would be a greater achievement if he had formed an opinion on his own. He hasn't had much need for his own thoughts or opinions, as Dick Cheney did that for him during the White House years, and someone else (or EVERYONE else) in his family has done it for him otherwise.
George W. Bush: Worst. pResident. Ever.
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)^This^!
The ONLY reason boy george hasn't had an opinion in 4 years,is that no one has told him to OR told him what it would be.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)blm
(113,083 posts)et al.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)And the Jebster has already won the prize for most utterly ridiculous spin of the year.
I'd bet even Faux Snooze would shy away from quoting this BS for being too far out.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...even at gatherings of the very party he "lead" for years.
"Shut up, George, and stay out of sight. Go paint puppies or something. Just stop reminding people that you existed and you won't piss off people who can make you feel it."
gulliver
(13,186 posts)Jeb knows it. And he knows he can't defend anything that George W. and the Republican Party did during those long, declining years under his brother.
Jeb is just being sneaky and political. He knows he can't throw his brother under the bus, so the only thing he can do to minimize his own damage is to act like the "loyal brother" for the rubes. And a lot of them will frankly lap it up, unfortunately.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Try two centuries.
UTUSN
(70,725 posts)UTUSN
(70,725 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Jeb, ol' boy...I know you want to run in 2016, but there isn't enough lipstick to put on that Bush Family Pig and that includes your father. You can't believe W hasn't had an opinion for the last four years? He hasn't had an opinion for the last twelve except disastrous ones for the rest of the world.
Jeb is supposed to be the smart one? Man, that bar is so low, it's mud-splattered.
JHB
(37,161 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)in the last four years. But he's a complete waste as a human being, since he isn't doing ANYTHING good with that position he stole.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)How stupid!
mother earth
(6,002 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Or was that just a stream of consciousness outburst instead of an opinion on who should be the nominee?
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)union_maid
(3,502 posts)they don't need to give him opinions anymore. Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, whoever else was running things during that horrific time only need for W to keep quiet and paint.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)Vacuous, Vapid, unintelligent, incurious would be apropos.
This "focused, disciplined guy" insisted there is no way anyone could have foreseen people using airplanes as missiles.
dsc
(52,166 posts)I think certain elements of the press would have been more than willing to give him a platform from which to criticize Obama had he chosen to do so. It is mildly to his credit that he chose not to.
PCIntern
(25,576 posts)dsc
(52,166 posts)when he gets very old he may no longer refrain from that. Worse he may get worse about peeing in the house. Be grateful for the small stuff, just saying.
Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)"Sit down and shuddap!"
Sounds pretty normal to me.