Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What is your favourite memory of George W. Bush?

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I'll remember him as being one of the most accidentally funny people in history :D

Comments

Getting...

[mikesmaddie.livejournal.com]

...that shoe thrown at him will always stick in my memory. Hee hee.

Hugs. *HG*

God bless and take care. :).
Olga/Maddie

Re: Getting...

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

That was definitely amusing!

[oberonia.livejournal.com]

Best. Answer. Evah.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

:D

[none-too-subtle.livejournal.com]

My journal's colors mysteriously changed to "default" last night. I've tried to manually fix it, but it didn't work. Hep me! If you can, that is. Yours is still fine, but mine changed, which I don't understand. Hm.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

If you're around on IM this evening, we can take a look!

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

The day he left.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[juciest.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I just feel that everyone's complete verbalized disdain of the man is disrespectful. He didn't throw this country down the toilet by himself, yet he's the only one blamed for it. Yeah, he's not a great speaker, lets take him out back and shoot him. Every president has had their shortcomings, but none have taken the heat for them like Bush II.

I can't wait to see Obama fuck up...lets see what everyone says then. And no, I'm NOT a Republican.

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

Every president has had their shortcomings, but none have taken the heat for them like Bush II.

That statement is incorrect.  I can name a few just off the top of my head:

Lyndon Baines Johnson for Vietnam
Richard Millhouse Nixon for Watergate
Gerald Ford for pardoning Nixon
Jimmy Carter for the gas shortage crisis and the Iran hostage crisis

I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones that stand out for me.

I can't wait to see Obama fuck up...lets see what everyone says then.

I'd rather NOT see Obama fuck up merely for the sake of having those who didn't support him say, "See!  Told you so!"

Obama "fucking up" means we the people will pay for it.  No thanks, I'd rather see recovery than any further erosion of the economy.  I'd rather see people moving toward getting back on their feet than landing on their asses again.  To wish this president to "fuck up" merely for the sake of getting to say "I told you so" is just as mean spirited as those you are chastising in your comment.  That, my dear, is even more disrespectful than verbalized disdain for the outgoing administration.

And no, I'm NOT a Republican.

I don't espouse in lock step to either party's line.  I'm an American, first and foremost, and as an American, I find it highly offensive that you would wish further suffering for your fellow citizens just so you can "have the last laugh".

Good day.

[rosered3017.livejournal.com]

That hell rained down around us while he was in office.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

'tis sad, but true...

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

His word smithing capabilities.

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

I have to second this.  I'm certainly going to miss "Bushisms", lol.

[shamrocks-13.livejournal.com]

I have a few.

The day he went in and got that bastard Saddam Hussein. Best money spent..EVAH!

The day he sat there and said we would not be afraid of terrorists.

And finally, the day he released those border patrol agents for that murder on the border. Vigilante murder or whatever. I hope Obama does the right thing and actually PARDONS them.

These were silver lining in his otherwise screwed up campaign.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[wanderingcherie.livejournal.com]

The day he left the White House.

Oh, hey, that's today! ;)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

;)

[wigancasino.livejournal.com]

I actually quite like the man, politics aside, I think he's quite amusing.

Plus that thing about 'fool me once, shame on...shame on you. fool me...can't get fooled again!". I just really liked his speeches. And I'm not being sarcastic.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

He was always amusing :D

[ktsies2.livejournal.com]

While your answer is priceless (and I have argued that he has kept this economy going with all those little Bush sayings calendars they make from all the weird things he says) I must say that I have to agree with many of the people who have left comments here already.
He has done a lot of good, it's just mostly overlooked because people feel the need to constantly criticize him. A lot of problems finally were visible from Clinton, and Bush just did his best to fix them.
All in all, he has done his job and been pretty amusing while doing so.

I heart you, I really do.

[shamrocks-13.livejournal.com]

Out of everyone's comments, this is the most intelligent one. Even over my own, and everybody always thinks that their own is the right way, you know? I wish everyone thought the way you do. Bashing people with forgetting the good is mean and stuipd. Congratulating a person without correcting them is naive.

Great answer Babe.

[razzberee.livejournal.com]

Him no longer being President

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Indeed!

[xseifer.livejournal.com]

When you leave an office of power, like Bush did. People tend to focus on the bad things that happened during the time he served, and not the good things.

He did have a lot of power, but he couldn't do everything without the US Congress agreeing on it.

At the top, there will be decisions that people will hate you for.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Very true :D

[kelly-pink.livejournal.com]

As a psych person he is the perfect case study of someone feeling entitled, who focuses only on himself and has no true grasp on reality. Even with his ending press tour he REFUSED to admit he screwed up and people who don't see it...obviously have not lost anyone to the altar of his stupidity.

I am so very glad his tenure is done.

bitter? yes. Death tends to do that to me.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

*hugs you*

[lipzofs0rr0w.livejournal.com]

when he got the shoes thrown at him. best part of him being president... ever!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LOL! :D

[angellamongus.livejournal.com]

Well other than that shoe being thrown at him.. which is absolutely PRICELESS....

Him leaving office LMAO.

I may not be American but I can honestly say..he stunk.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

He was amusing and terrifying at the same time :D

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

When he said "Awesome speech, Pope!"

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[kdawg.livejournal.com]

I'd have to go with the speech he gave after the attacks on the World Trade Center. I've never felt more patriotic than that day. I wanted to enlist and help... but I didn't... I think it was a great speech in theory.

[nonickname96.livejournal.com]

This was going to be my answer (for the most part). So, i'm just gonna say "ditto".

♥

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

The Iraqi reporter throwing his shoe at him, while he made the wince face.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

That seems to be a popular memory!

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Strategery.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Bushisms were fun :D

[always-a-storm.livejournal.com]

One of his first college graduation speeches when he addressed the C students in the back of the group and said, "See? You really CAN become President of the United States."

As the mom of a C student who worked her butt off, I appreciated that very much.

It was sad to see him so abused this morning. I don't know. I really don't. I wish I knew more about the decisions he made and how they happened. I hope I am wrong about what I have believed about him and I choose to go forward in forgiveness.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

The abuse he received is not good... :(

[gekko.livejournal.com]

Ya know, I have to say that my favorite memory of him will be the footage of him boarding the helicopter to head BACK TO TEXAS!!!!

=)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

"We must not over-underestimate the enemy's strategery."

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

And "Nucular"

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

Our nation, this generation, will lift the dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

It is my hope that in the months and years ahead life will return almost to normal. We'll go back to our lives and routines, and that is good.

Even grief recedes with time and grace.

But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day and to whom it happened. We will remember the moment the news came, where we were and what we were doing.

Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever.

And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others.

It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is my reminder of lives that ended and a task that does not end.

I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I will not yield, I will not rest, I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice, assured of the rightness of our cause and confident of the victories to come.

In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom, and may he watch over the United States of America.

Thank you.

George W. Bush - September 20, 2001

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That was a powerful speech indeed...

[quotamour.livejournal.com]

The door hitting his ass on the way out today!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

He had his moments, but yes, time for a change :D