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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:43 AM
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Perry: Anyone Who’s Not A ‘Rank Political Hack’ Realizes That Bush Was A ‘Very, Very Good President’
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Perry: Anyone Who’s Not A ‘Rank Political Hack’ Realizes That Bush Was A ‘Very, Very Good President’


Gov. Rick Perry (R) — who is running for reelection and holds a narrow lead over his Democratic challenger Bill White — is engaged in a desperate appeal to the conservative base to help put him over the top.

Perry, who is being rumored as a leading 2012 presidential candidate, was asked by the Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith whether he considers former President George W. Bush to be a “great” president. Bush was “a very, very good President,” Perry responded, adding that he may go down as “great” one day:

PERRY: At the end of the day, when the history books are written, I think George W. Bush will go down as a very, very good President. Approaching great? I don’t know yet because I don’t know if we’ve seen the –

A year and a half since he’s been out of office, this may be a little bit early to write George’s history. But here’s why he was an incredibly good President: because this man kept America safe. <…>

Anyone who is not a rank political hack, who has an agenda, and looks at this President’s efforts — I mean, there are two things that I think people judge Presidents on: their safety and the economy.


More/listen at link:

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/19/perry-on-bush-legacy/
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:44 AM
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1. Safety: 9/11. Economy: Total Meltdown.
Keep smokin' what you're smokin', Ricky.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:44 AM
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2. Is Bush still popular in Texas?
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groovedaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:44 AM
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3. I guess I'm a "rank, political hack" then. ;-) n.t
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Ernesto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:12 PM
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17. Me too!
I've finally been exposed.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:45 AM
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4. teh stoopid.. burn bright within mr goodhair.
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:46 AM
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5. Rank political hack checking in.
Actually, just a normal American, thank you.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:47 AM
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6. Flip it around and it becomes the God's honest truth...
Anyone who is not a partisan hack knows that Bush was a very, very bad pResident.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:48 AM
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7. Two things to judge a president: Safety and the Economy
Let's see, 9/11, so that's pretty much a failure. And the economy tanked thanks to the Bush administration's overreaction to 9/11, miring us in two hopeless occupations while cutting taxes on the overrich, turning budget surpluses into the largest deficits our country has ever seen. So, that's 0 for 2, but qualifies in Perry World as "very, very good."

News flash for Governor Dimwit and the state that keeps electing him: 0 for 2 isn't very, very good. It's very, very bad. As bad as you can do with two chances.
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:49 AM
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8. I think you can spin that the other way
Even an idiot like Perry isn't willing to go on record saying W. was "great".
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:49 AM
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9. So 80% of the population are "rank political hacks".
OK...sure...
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:55 AM
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10. I guess if you think Saddam Hussein was worth getting 4K American soldiers killed,
GW Bush was a great president.


Gotta find a way to reduce that down to a bumpersticker.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:57 AM
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11. Yep..
And when I took a crap this morning, it turned into a bar of gold.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:16 PM
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18. Send it to Glen Beck.
He's buying gold..... and shit.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:57 AM
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12. Don't worry...the next thing Texas will do is re-write that into it's
history books. After all ignorant is, as ignorant does. And from what you see daily Texas must be the damn ignorantest state in the Union.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:58 AM
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13. yep... boosh was an obvious genius
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once,
shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:58 AM
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14. Invaded the wrong country and crashed the economy
Yeah, that's pretty great there goodhair.

Gaaa. What is wrong with these people.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:05 PM
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15. I'm one of the ones with an "Agenda"
my agenda:
1. an intelligent, rational, thoughtful, ethical president who is not a dry drunk.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:12 PM
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16. Anyone Who’s Not A ‘Rank Political Hack’ Realizes That Perry is a Dumbass Confederate Asshole
yup
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:20 PM
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19. yeah, bush made a surplus into HUGE debt, turned relative peace into endless war
Edited on Mon Apr-19-10 12:30 PM by havocmom
spent us into the poorhouse, in CHINA. And put education on a downward spiral from which generations will suffer (but his worthless brother made a mint), and took the world's good will toward the us and wiped his ass with it.

Yeah, Perry has a point.... and it is the spindle on his desk, the one that holds the daily talking points issued to pawns.

edited for typo
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:24 PM
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20. Ha!
I bet GoodHair had to wash his own mouth out with soap after saying that. There's little love loss between him and Dubya.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:26 PM
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21. Don't let your fellow republicans forget that, Ricky! Urge them to embrace the Dubya.
Urge them to speak of him often between now and November.

:evilgrin:
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sadbear Donating Member (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:41 PM
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22. "when the history books are written..."
As long as they're adopted by the Texas State Board of Education. :evilgrin:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 12:42 PM
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23. tammywammy: "anyone with more than two brain cells realizes Perry's a shitty governor." n/t
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 01:01 PM
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24. Yep. I'm still hoping that Bush will "go down oneday".
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 01:38 PM
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25. nevermind..
Edited on Mon Apr-19-10 01:40 PM by frylock
real bad case of the mondays.
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Loki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 04:31 PM
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26. He'll go down as a "great big fucking steaming pile" someday
ya know when those history books are written Mr. Perry, you'll be included in that shit pile too.
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mikeSchmuckabee Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 04:37 PM
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27. Wow, 2 very's! I'm sold.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:28 PM
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28. Repackaged old talking points, every bit of it.
Did he say anything about evil-doers?
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:38 PM
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29. Conversely, anyone who's not Rick Perry realizes that Rick Perry is a disgusting douchenozzle
who looks like he secretes his own hair gel.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-10 11:40 PM
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30. Rick could not say George was a 'great' POTUS, because he thinks
everyone is below him. I hope he runs for POTUS, easy to beat imo.
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classysassy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-10 12:52 AM
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31.  Great or grate?
grate-to have an irritating effect,it grates on ones nerves.Rich I would say George is already a grate man.
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denbot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-10 02:12 AM
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32. Up is down, light is dark, war is peace.
Bush was very, very good..

How stupid do you have to be to admire shrub's record? WTF?
:hurts:
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-10 05:11 AM
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33. Anyone who praises the war criminal executive is no better than said war criminal.
Edited on Tue Apr-20-10 05:16 AM by Solly Mack
It's not as if Bush was merely a bad president...he was (is) a war criminal president who caused great harm to the country and many, many others. It in no ways speaks well of the person who would look for anything good in that. Absolutely nothing Bush did or will do mitigates any of his crimes.
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