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jakem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:24 PM
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Bush Sees Legacy Tied to Middle East


President Bush "wants his legacy to be the long-term defeat of Islamic extremism. Indeed, senior officials close to Bush who did not wish to be identified discussing private conversations with the president tell Newsweek that Bush's plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/02/04/bush_sees_legacy_tied_to_middle_east.html
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:26 PM
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1. He's not as sharp as the average carp, is he? nt
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:28 PM
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2. Oh yeah. The library that the SMU faculty DOES NOT WANT.
The best thing for Middle East democracy that he can do is LEAVE OFFICE.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:29 PM
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3. Sorry, shrub
but your legacy is going to look bad even when compared to a pile of dog poop.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:28 PM
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25. A pile of dog poop looks quite good in comparison. n/t
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:30 PM
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4. OMFG....
...what in the world is this flibbertigibbet talking about???

Please. I'm begging someone. Anyone. Tell me what he means!

Junior says he wants to defeat Islamic extremism. He's done NOTHING to "defeat Islamic extremism".

Nothing!! He's inciting and inviting more people to join their local jihad clubs.

He's ripping Iraq to shreds and now has his sights on killing tens of thousands more in Iran.

How in the world does he think that this will "defeat Islamic extremism".

His goals do not match his actions. He's completely come unglued.

I'm sick of paying billions of dollars for this delusional bastard's grand plan of absurdity.
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Nostradammit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:32 PM
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10. Now now, no need to get nasty...
f*************t !

His goals DO match his actions.

His words do not match his goals.

Chaos and war are very good for people in his line of work.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 10:05 AM
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43. Good name for his policy institute CHAOS and WAR
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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:20 PM
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23. He's just about come full circle...
From a crusade to a "war on terror" to defeating Islamic extremism - just a hop away from his idea of a "crusade".
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:30 PM
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5. This means that George Dubya is fanatical about his place in history
....and such fanaticism has always brought great harm to others. He must be stopped now!
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 11:18 AM
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48. That's an excellent point...
What kind of a President talks incessantly about their place in history.

Junior has repeatedly brought up his "mark on history".

Maybe he should focus on making intelligent, thoughtful, diplomatic decisions
that make sense *right now*---instead of being so obsessed with "history".

Typical of a psychopath. It's all about them. Everyone else is a bunch of
insects.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:30 PM
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6. Going up in flames?
Edited on Sun Feb-04-07 07:34 PM by sakabatou
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:31 PM
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7. You damn right the ME will be his legacy
and it won't be good.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:31 PM
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8. Legacy tied to the middle east. . . ?
What. . .like he shouldn't have trashed it.

What if they built a policy institute and no one ever came to it ?

Should more likely be named a museum of antiquities. . .foreign policies based entirely on bullying and militarism have never worked for long and never will. May this be the end of it for good.

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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:34 PM
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11. It's interesting that he plans to think about policy-AFTER he leaves office.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:42 PM
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17. yup
Just as ingenious as hiring the Iraq Study Group years after it had been totally FUBAR and changing the course (???) by sending more troops four years into the quagmire in his "vendetta on failure."

the wanker
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:47 PM
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18. We can see why his "handlers" kept him away from the public his first
term... he's a frickin wankin disaster!
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 10:06 AM
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44. He will probably put Rice in charge of it since she did a good job as SoS
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habitual Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 08:31 AM
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39. your post made me think
that his library and his policy institute should be built in the Middle East, in Baghdad to be more precise, where he has defeated islamic extremism.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 10:07 AM
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45. They did build that humongous Embassy in Iraq
Of course the smallest US Embassy would still probably have plenty of room to hold any type of policy institute.
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jakem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:32 PM
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oh c'mon... world leaders have so much to learn from this man...
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:35 PM
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14. LOL. Welcome to DU, jakem!
(how do you pronounce, that, btw?)
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jakem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:38 PM
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15. name is Jake...
that was taken... lol... pronouce it any way you like!
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WHEN CRABS ROAR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:32 PM
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9. Democracy by death.
What a legacy.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:34 PM
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12. This would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetically sad.
Are you sure The Onion didn't write this piece?
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:35 PM
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13. In the same way that our involvement in Vietnam stopped the spread
of Communism.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:39 PM
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16. The scary part is, he might believe this.
Even scarier... there are Republickers stupid enough to think he might be right.

Just like there are still people alive today who think Hitler was a misunderstood genius.
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:55 PM
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19. bwahahahahahhaahhahaaaaaaaa
"...by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library."



oh DAMN, that is the funniest thing i've read in weeks. is he EVER deluded if he thinks he's gonna have even a shredded wisp of a fragment of influence remaining after his term is up. seriously, his handlers must be feeding him some well-seasoned helpings of 'ego on a stick' if he thinks he's gonna have any kind of legacy that doesn't involve shuddering revulsion. hell, come next year, most of the republicans will be pretending they don't even know him as they make their runs to be nominated.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 09:07 PM
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29. The only way he'll get anybody
to visit is by insuring his "policy institute" has the only clean toilet for miles around.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 07:59 PM
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20. Oh it will be.
Indeed.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:12 PM
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21. It should be tied to a stake.
Along with Cheney and Dumsfeld.
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Vexatious Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:13 PM
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22. It's a good thing for Bush that he doesn't read books or
newspapers or any-fucking-thing. That way, in the future he'll never be reminded of of how bad he screwed things up when he was in the White House. With luck, maybe his grand kids will clue him in on how horrible he was.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:26 PM
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24. I sincerely doubt Bush will give a rat's ass about democracy, the ME, or
the mess this country will be in when he leaves office. I doubt we'll even see this schmuck when he finally stumbles out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. He'll spend the rest of his days playing golf and getting soused with his Secret Service detachment behind some gated community.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:33 PM
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26. And it is tied to the middle east
It's the major reason why he's a monumental failure.
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JoFerret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:34 PM
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27. Even the ardent...
...die-hard * supporter has to know that his legacy is as a loser, a screw-up, a failure. and the president who destroyed America's power and prestige in the world. The best he can hope for is to pin the blame elsewhere and come off as a dupe.
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 08:47 PM
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28. Isn't this the selfless individual who claimed he didn't worry about his legacy?
Edited on Sun Feb-04-07 08:56 PM by truthisfreedom
Didn't he just blather on about that recently?

Is it going to take a military coup to get these bozos out of office?

bush has a legacy. It's quite clear what that is. It is a completely bungled, horrifyingly mismanaged illegal invasion and war, and the impossibility of any future peace in Iraq. There's no two ways about it, mr. bush. Your legacy is a stinking fetid pile of human bodies and the total destruction of any respect and influence we have in the world.
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 11:02 PM
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30. LMAO... good one!
"Bush 'wants his legacy to be the long-term defeat of Islamic extremism.'"

Well, georgie, a good way to begin defeating "Islamic extremism" might be to quit playing kissie face with your Saudi Wahabbist pals.

After all, Wahabbism is one of the most extreme of all Islamic sects, ya know?

:crazy:
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 11:03 PM
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31. Legacy, what a joke.
He will be lucky to avoid being prosecuted for war crimes and treason.
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AnOhioan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-04-07 11:11 PM
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32. He is right, his legacy IS tied to the mideast...
Edited on Sun Feb-04-07 11:14 PM by AnOhioan
A mideast in flames and a good number of it's inhabitants even more anti-US than they already are.
Way to go George!! It will take generations to undo his "legacy".
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 01:44 AM
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35. Yes, I think it's the first time he's been right about anything! nt
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all.of.me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 12:28 AM
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33. great photo. what a dumbass face.
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 01:18 AM
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34. didn't think he'd want it be Katrina or Abramoff..but 100000+ civlians dead...what a legacy!!!
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 01:50 AM
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36. What is a term similar to 'legacy', but with really bad connotations?
Infamous? Something like that.

"Legacy" has, to me, good connotations, like "legendary". Something that says 'FUBAR'.
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 05:30 AM
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37. Wake of Destruction? n/t
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 05:52 AM
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38. Infamy?
Domestically: Rein of Terror on the Constitution?
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 09:13 AM
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40. I heard someboday say the Bush won't have a legacy,
he'll have an aftermath.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 09:16 AM
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41. It Is Tied To The Middle East
That doesn't mean the legacy will be a postive one.
The Professor
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 09:18 AM
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42. *'s legacy with be enclosed parenthetically in the ME at one end
and Katrina at the other. One solid disaster for the US and the world.
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 11:02 AM
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46. Who knew the Great Beast of the Revelation would be a fuckin chimpanzee?
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-05-07 11:04 AM
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47. He has helped increase Islamic extremism.
That's his contribution.
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