Am I the only half-enjoying George W. Bush book tour? For the past few weeks, the former president has been making the media rounds to promote his coffee-table book of his paintings of veterans and soldiers. Bush took to painting in his retirement, and he’s also been doing a lot of work with veterans’ groups, so it’s way of combining his two retirement activities. But for whatever reason, I think it’s both suspicious and hilarious that Bush was almost completely silent during President Obama’s eight-year presidency and now we’re not even two months into Emperor Baby Fists’ reign of terror and Bush is suddenly everywhere. While there’s obviously no love lost between the Bushes and the Donald Trump, Bush has taken the shade to new and glorious levels. So here are some assorted videos and interviews from the past week.
Bush sat down for an exclusive with People Magazine and talked about different things, but the biggest headline was Bush talking about his well-documented affection for Michelle Obama. He told People, “She kind of likes my sense of humor. Anybody who likes my sense of humor, I immediately like…I needle her a little bit and around her, I’m fairly lighthearted. [The Obamas] are around serious people all the time and we just took to each other.” About the now-famous photos of Michelle embracing Bush affectionately, he said: “When I saw her, it was a genuine expression of affection.”
Here’s Dubya talking to Ellen about press, Trump, Putin and more. You know what? He’s chosen his words pretty carefully here and there’s so much shade.
Here are some clips from Jimmy Kimmel Live. This video is where Bush is talking about impressions of himself. This is maybe the shady part? He makes fun of the idea that Donald Trump has all of this free time to watch Fox News. Bush also says he watched the opening of the Oscars and he complimented Kimmel for the political jokes.
Bush talking about Donald Trump’s inauguration and his brother Sad Jeb!
Here’s Bush talking about painting.
Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN and Fame/Flynet.
How did this man become my favorite person???
Hahah isn’t that just funny how loveable he seems in this current state of madness.
Yeah, I was saying to a friend the other day, trump has really forced me to appreciate W, who I thought was the absolute worst president. I don’t think that anymore, and I actually think he is a pretty decent person. I was really turned off of Bush from his handling of Katrina. He was terrible and really out of touch. He let New Orleans down in a big way. But again, in retrospect, I don’t think is intentions were evil, just out of touch. Trump, in my mind, is evil.
Bush is not a decent person. He lied to start a war so he could avenge Saddam Hussein’s attempted assassination of his father. Bush’s actions started a chain reaction that have left more than one people dead in a mulit-party conflict that will rage on for god knows how long.
Bush is not an even halfway decent person. He is a war criminal.
@Megan. Exactly. It’s weird how such a f**ked situation can make a mass murderer look like your favorite granddad. ..
@Megan. I’m sorry, but I have to disagree with you, even though it pains me to even semi defend Bush. Yes, he was terrible and weak and despicable on matters like the Iraq war. On the other hand, he did tremendous work with Africa and AIDS as president, and post presidency has continued to do commendable work with women’s issues in Africa and Latin America. For these things I just can’t totally condemn him….ack, can’t believe I just defended him 🙂
I was just chatting with a friend about how I cannot believe that I have warm feelings toward this man I know, along with Cheney, was a war criminal and profiteer.
He even seems smarter. I wonder if being sober has had an effect.
I read a great comment: it’s almost as if these politicians aren’t actually the super villains we make them out to be and they’re actually friends with each other across the isle when the mic turns off!
Anyway I do like him and I’ve always liked his personality
Kaya, Susanne, others..
Omg yes! Yea, Bush was weak, but in the picture he was a puppet. I think this bush is a man who had his eyes opened by being dragging through it. Not it out blame, but not the evil many believed.
Really, could he be the idiot in all those stories. And this devious mastermind war profiteer?
This is bush. What we’re seeing. Enjoy
Lol, right?! I spent the aughts hating this man for his war crimes, and now here we are. Speaks volumes on the deplorability of the orange one. Makes me sick.
This reminds me of a meme I saw a few months ago after Drumpf won. It was a picture of Bush waving and the caption was “when your psycho ex starts looking better once you realize whats out there” hahhaha
I could never think of George Bush as comic relief. The way he handled Katrina was deplorable. His mother’s comments about how “those people”…….the people sent to shelters far away from their one time homes….were used these living conditions. Such white privilege. What weapons of mass destruction George? And, Laura, innocent Laura who ran a stop sign at 17 and killed her former boyfriend in the other car. No vehicular homicide for this rich Southern gal. She didn’t even attend the funeral. So no I don’t like this family…….but if there were a gun to my head, I would choose him over trump. I would choose Rocky and Bulwinkle over trump.
I’m guessing she was not wanted at the funeral.
@Nancy Barbara Bush’s comment was referencing the hospitality of her adopted hometown of Houston. She was saying they were underprivileged and didn’t want to leave Houston because of how nice everyone was being. She made the comments after touring the Astrodome and speaking with the victims. It was taken completely out of context. She was trying to commend Houstonians, not insult Katrina refugees.
Nancy, I agree with you.
KB: Doubt you will see this but…..I respectfully disagree. She said these people are underprivileged anyway (then she chuckled) so this is working out very well for them. It was disrespectful, highly criticized no matter how they tried to spin it, and made such a horrible disaster seem worse……her words weren’t scripted, they came from her heart. Like trump, some people have not one iota of what it is to be penniless and broken. I thought it was shameful.
W is out here shining like a brand new penny! He couldn’t do this when Obama was president because he was a popular president for the most part. W knows with Cheetolini in office, this is his time to redirect his narrative.
I enjoy it until I remember that he was a sh*t President that let NOLA go under because there were too many black people (Kanye for the idiot he is was not wrong).
So as cute as 43 is now I cannot forget what he did.
I would recommend watching Spike Lee’s documentary about Katrina. While Bush and FEMA do not escape unscathed, Lee seems to point the finger largely at the local authorities who mismanaged the lead up to the storm and the response (people like Ray Nagin and Kathleen Blanco). Bush did not handle it as well as he could have, but he’s not the primary villain in the story. It changed how I thought about the whole event.
Bush also said that he did not visit because then it would take police/military forces away from helping people to then having to guard/escort him around (the norm when a president visits anywhere).
Sam, you’re right, though it’s less on Blanco and more on Nagin. That said, Bush appointed the worst possible person to run FEMA, and there we were: a tragic comedy of epic, inept proportions, as thousands of low income residents of my city drowned or died from lack of access to health care.
I loved Kanye for that moment, ‘George Bush does not care about black people.’
Best thing he ever did.
Bush had information that he did not share with the local authorities. Additionally, under federal law, once a state of emergency was declared, the locals were responsible for the first 72 hours but the feds were supposed to step in at that point. Bush knew the Superdome wouldn’t hold; the locals didn’t know. Bush not only didn’t send the feds to help after that 72 hours but he declined foreign aid from countries that were in the Caribbean – the French could have had a hospital ship off the coast of New Orleans BEFORE FEMA showed up. A group of medical providers from Massachusetts went down and got into the area BEFORE FEMA showed up. Meanwhile, Bush played air guitar at a fundraiser and went golfing.
FEMA can not deploy assets (people, relief, recovery funds) to a disaster area without an official disaster declaration. In order for a declaration to happen, the governor has to make an official request to the president. If a disaster is imminent, the governor can ask for a pre-disaster declaration to help expedite federal assets. FEMA is not a first-responder, however. The idea is that FEMA supplements local and state resources when called upon. I believe FEMA actually did contact the LA governor (Blanco) to say “um, hey..,you think you might need us?” But Blanco insisted LA could take care of itself.
FEMA definitely implemented changes to improve its response and recovery efforts post-Katrina, but it is misguided to blame the magnitude of the debacle on FEMA.
FEMA actually has a really great mission that extends way beyond disaster response and recovery. They have pre-disaster programs that work with communities to make them less vulnerable to disasters too. Their flood mitigation program has helped prevent millions in repetitive losses.
Yeah, me too. I really appreciate the fact that he is willing to stick it to trump in his his own aw-shucks Bush way. I’m a democrat so I didn’t ever vote for him or agree with him but he seems like a decent, sane man. Also, I think he is all too aware of how he was viewed as failure leaving office, and that must of stung. He seems like he can laugh at himself and that is always a good thing. Plus, Michelle likes him so….
I also thinks it says something that he and Clinton became and are also good friends.
His pictures with Michelle O are so sweet and you can tell that they truly care for each other.
Yasssssss! Get out of my brain!
“How did this man become my favorite person???’
Probably because you’ve got the memory of a goldfish and forgot that he’s a mass murderer.
No. Go away.
Do you get to be shady after sinking an economy and going to war/eventually destroying even more two countries for nothing?
Sir, Trump still beats you.
ITA, but given time, Trump will prob beat him 🙁
Don’t be tricked by his folksy b.s. people
What’s funny to me is that so many people call Susan Sarandon the scum of Earth, yet are on the verge of treating Bush as a cinnamon roll or something.
This. The man is responsible for the deaths of well over 100,000 innocent people. He’s a war criminal. That he and Cheney and Blair aren’t rotting in jail for as long as they live is an absolute disgrace.
But hey, he seems like a cool guy to have a beer with, so we’ll just overlook the devestation he brought on an entire region. It’s not like he did something truly vile, like voice a minority political opinion in a country that upholds free speech and democracy above all else. That’s true evil.
Yep, agree 100%. Let’s not forget this man’s legacy of war and brutality, his dismissal of the gay community and how he and his administration single handedly destroyed the American economy. I said it in the aughts, and I will say it forever: F**K BUSH.
Exactly. While I enjoy the shade, I think there may be some calculated attempt to salvage some of Dubya’s legacy. There’s plenty of clever shade for 45 and his horrific administration, we don’t need the other modern disaster of a president to throw it in an attempt to make himself look good in comparison. He may be a fun dude to hang out with, but he was a destructive buffoon of a president and shouldn’t be lauded just because he’s not Trump.
On an entirely different note, his paintings strike me as surprisingly good for someone who says he picked up the hobby because he had excess energy. Too bad he didn’t start (and stick) with the art and advocacy.
I’m enjoying it too, and I can’t believe I’m saying that.
A world where George Bush and Tony Blair make sense when they open their mouths actually scares the crap out of me.
What is the world getting to?
I am enjoying his jabs at Cheeto Mussolini and his minions, but Bush 43’s presidency was a nightmare for my clients and me. Still, as much as it pains me to admit it, he and Darth Cheney back in the WH would be better than Emperor Baby Fists.
I raged at Bush for being the idiot tool of Satan Incarnate Cheney, but, yeah, I’m enjoying the shade and snark. Keep it coming.
Ditto – I always got the impression that Dubya was/is dumber than a box of rocks, but ultimately a decent human being. Not great, mind you. He’s a grown man who allowed his administration to be guided by Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, etc. and started an endless, pointless war that has killed hundreds of thousands and otherwise destroyed the lives of millions. I feel like Trump is more deeply malicious as a person, but that’s just my impression.
GWB was an impulsive and incurious president. He used the position to fulfill a personal family vendetta. I don’t believe he was duped by Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld but I think he was easily riled up, fast to pull a trigger and did not delve into details as he should have. It created even more instability in the middle east and as you said @littlestroman – destroyed the lives of millions. he will never get a pass fro me. i will say i think he probably has regrets and is speaking about donald trump from a place of true understanding where unchecked hubris can lead.
Something about he and Michelle having fun together absolutely slays me. They’re like cat videos on the internet. LOVE IT!
I adore their friendship. It brings me pure joy to see them giggling together.
I would totally watch a tv show with the two of them road tripping or something.
I know. The only real positive W. has for me is his unabashed affection for Michelle Obama.
I don’t really “know” George Bush but i do know that i like the affection that he and FLOTUS Michelle Obama have for each other. It’s cute
I loathed the W presidency and I did a lot of protesting during that time frame . However , I would gladly take another eight years of this bozo right now . I still disagree with 100% of his politics , but at least he was funny. Jabba the hut has zero sense of humor and scares the sh*t out of me.
NOPE.
As screwed up as a lot of Bush’s policies were (which no doubt had a lot to do with Cheney), it’s really nice to see him becoming reflective in his retirement years, and actually acknowledge that he made mistakes during his time in office. It’s a teeny tiny silver lining to the political chaos in the U.S.
I think GWB came to despise Cheney before it was over and felt he had been misled.
Lol love it. I’m a believer in the theory that Obama is behind some of the assault on Trump’s Administration, and now I think Dubya is in on it too.
Tag team take down. Yas!!!
Obama called Bush while in the WH. The ex President club is a close club. Have a feeling it won’t be the same for Trump
He totally has a crush on MOBAMA. He feels sexy and valued whenever she smiles at him. It’s okay, W, I get it. We all get it. She’s a magical, foxy woman.
I know he did a lot of shitty, shitty things during his tenure as president. But he reminds me a lot of my dad (except my dad is smarter, lol), and I can’t help but have some sort of affection for him. He’s a little adorable in some of these clips. Still a d!ckwad, though.
I always did have a soft spot for him, even if I didn’t agree with him at all. He was one I could like without agreeing with him. Also, I always just adored his daughters. This orange monster? No, never. I can’t “give him a chance,” I can’t “respect him as our president” – none of that sh!t. And yes, Bush has gone from “I think he’s nice, but I really wish he wasn’t president” to “basically one of my favorite famous people” LOL I admit it.
I used to root for him so much during speeches. I’d be going, “Please, please don’t make up any words.”
I actually was a Republican (kind of a RINO) up until a few years ago, so I was a little more kindly disposed toward Bush at the time (although I didn’t agree with everything he did). I felt about Bill Clinton during his presidency the way you did about W. I felt like he was a nice guy, even when I didn’t agree with him.
I enjoyed those interview clips, and I looked up the performance with Steve Bridges that he mentioned in the Kimmel interview. It was pretty good!
W. has mellowed. Maybe he was always a pretty good guy when Darth Cheney wasn’t in his ear. He doesn’t like Trump, but Trump is making W. look like a statesman. Suddenly I’m nostalgic for Bush..minus Cheney. At least we didn’t have to worry about either of them colluding with a foreign government.
Yes, he has totally mellowed. Eight years is a long time for self-reflection. I saw him on Oprah around the time he was done being President, and he was a great interview with a lot of humanity. I agreed with very little in his presidency, but I think he’s a decent person. And more so now after time away to think and reflect.
I have to wonder if Trump would be less awful without Bannon. I actually don’t think it would improve him enough as he clearly doesn’t even have the temperament to be president even if he had better people around him, but it couldn’t hurt. If Trump doesn’t finish out his term, which I truly think will be the case, I hope Pence kicks Bannon to the curb.
I wonder that too. I often feel like Trump is just a stooge, following Bannon’s orders (and Robert Mercer). He’s always been a terrible, spoiled narcissist but he used to be a liberal New Yorker. Now suddenly he’s a faux Christian who hates gays, immigrants, Muslims etc. Any anecdotes I have read about him prior to the election, he was a nice(ish)* guy to his staff etc. No prince, but not the psycho we see before us. My theory is that the Russians own him via hacked emails/videos/loans, and he’s just along for the ride following orders for them, and Bannon (who found his stooge). Plus, I seriously think he has dementia. His dad had it, and he shows signs of it (the short attention span, the outbursts, the odd language). Anyway, my two cents. I think he’s terrible, but the people pulling the strings are worse. And that’s the same for Ryan, Pence, McConnell. The RNC email hack by Russia is WAY worse than the DNC leaks and Russia is holding it over their heads.
Wasn’t Trump saying and doing awful things on his campaign well before Bannon was brought in?
I really think the faux Christian act was to compete with Ted Cruz and to gain his evangelical followers.
Basically I think that Trump is a garbage person who would say and do anything to get a large group of people to like him. He saw how easily he gained a cult following of Obama haters with the birther stuff and it snowballed from there. If Bannon hadn’t globbed onto Trump, I’m sure someone just as nefarious would have.
yeah still a big Nope. I am not forgetting his politricks. His legacy of tricking the US into Iraq through Powell. he went after the wrong people/countries after 9/11.. He, too, was led by Cheney and Co making billion thanks to these wars..etc.. so just nope. The list is endless and just because of Disaster 45 doesn’t make him candidate to have a free pass.
Didn’t like Dubya one bit as president, but I always did appreciate that he kept a low profile during Obama’s terms and absolutely refused to shit-talk him.
I get what you’re saying but I have to wonder if he could have had a few words with the Repugs to lay off Obama with regards to all the racism, stonewalling and BS they put him through.
He kept a low profile because he was the most hated President in history when he left office. Even Republicans were well over him. He wasn’t like Reagan or Clinton, who still had a bit of a sheen attached on the way out. No one wanted to hear from him.
He’s only making a comeback now because this recent election was great for him. If Hillary had won many Republicans would have found him appealing again, and with Trump winning Democrats (inexplicably given what he did) are acting like he’s their harmless Uncle George.
Not really. He was a horrible President. Yes, I’d take him over Trump. And he always was able to laugh at himself, which is a good sign in a person. He certainly is a better person than Trump. But I won’t ever be a fan. I do really like and respect both his daughters though. Did you know that his daughter Barbara is headlining a Planned Parenthood event?
Does everyone forget what his presidency was like? Like when he stood in front of congress and declared that as a nation, we had to protect the sanctity of marriage because gay people would ruin the world order if we allowed them to get married? Or how about how he linked Iraq to 9/11, a myth that still continues to this day, because he wanted support for his illegal war? Or how he thought addressing the nation in New Orleans in a shirt with the sleeves rolled up would somehow show America that he was trying to help? I could go on and on here. Let’s just not forget how many people are dead because of Bushy.
So no, I’m not enjoying his book tour.
^^^^ THANK YOU!!! Co signed!
Is this how we’re going to treat Trump once he’s not President anymore?
Despite the sh*t he pulls and how much he embarrasses us as nation, we’ll ‘forgive him’ by buying his books and giggling at his TV appearances? Really?
No, because Trump is a crazy person and a horrible person. Bush was just stupid. He’s not a bad person.
His presidency was a disaster. I cringe at the memory. But I never, ever doubted that in his heart he was a genuinely good person. Extremely hard to reconcile the two but it’s what I believe. I have no such regard for Trump and that will never change.
Bush has done so many awful and bad things that caused the death of tons of people and fucked the whole world over. I would say he’s done enough bad things to not be considered a very good* person. And even if he was a profoundly decent person, his actions overshadowed all of that imo.
Being stupid is not an excuse.
*I hate this good/bad dichotomy.
How is Bush not a bad person? He directly caused the death of over 100,000 innocent people, with no even slightly justifiable reason.
He’s never even shown remorse for what he did. When called on it he actually seems to find it amusing, and brushes it off with a shoulder shrug.
I feel like people don’t understand the difference between likeable and good.
I am a Democrat but always respected Bush in the capacity and official role of President even though I completely disagreed with his policies. I still call Donald Donald and will always refer to him as such. I will continue to do so until he is impeached and removed from office.
I call him resident Trump, because he’s the current resident of the White House.
Oh I agree with you about Bush, but I don’t think Trump would have an ounce of humility to give. Bushy’s folksy, goofy retirement era persona doesn’t erase any of the terrible things he did. But I think his attitude and behavior in the past few years have soften people’s view of him. That’s not something I could ever seen happening with Trump.
I think it is wise to not be fooled by this aww shucks charm act, but I will credit Bush with at least acting with some decorum in his golden years. There is no way Trump could be self deprecating or considered cute or charming since he is such a narcissist. He complains about SNL mocking him. So I could never see anyone be this forgiving of Trump (let’s hope not).
I still think Bush sucks!
No and the ex Presidents aren’t going to be so warm and cozy with him either.
I loathe this idiotic, lazy war criminal but if he wants to throw shade at Drumpf, more power to him. It will help pull other party members away from Drumpf and will cause problems for Ryan and McConnell.
I thought I was the only one enjoying his tour. Keep the shade coming.
As a private person he seems like he’d be fun to hang out with. I appreciate that he’s shading 45. But otherwise, no.
Sad that 45 is already so bad that people are fondly reminiscing over GWB. Remember in 2008 when Republicans wouldn’t let him do anything during McCain’s campaign?
I see him and I see the war in Iraq that lead to horrid tragedies for so many people. In the end it was his call. I think his artistic focus on the military who lost and risked their lives on a mistake he made helps to minimize any guilt he might feel behind his jovial mask. It’s hard not to like his friendly personality. He has a self-effacing charm. Now that he has no power I like what I’m hearing from him in some cases. I would take him over Trump any day.
I don’t think his artistic focus is minimizing his guilt. I think it’s the opposite – self-awareness and reflection (I have read that in articles about his art).
I agree. I think it’s reflective and actually very sad. The guilt must be tremendous. Maybe the art is giving him some peace. I don’t begrudge him (or anyone) that.
I have to say I watched his full interview with Kimmel, and the whole interview was really funny. They were on fire together, Kimmel and Bush. Some zingers were made. Trump must be seething.
no no NO. can we please not forget that this man’s administration got us into an endless war for no legitimate reason, destroyed our international reputation, and left our economy in shambles? and now people are praising him because he’s criticising orange twitler? just NO. #neverforget
… first minute into first clip, and he says, “and i’m sober!”
and i’m like
….
… !!
… is he, like, making fun of himself? he used to be an alcoholic.
… like, he sort of almost won me over right there. self-deprecation ??
i’ve never been able to abide the man. he just gets under my skin. i think he (and the cronies/ puppet-masters behind him) are responsible for the biggest foreign-policy p*gf***k (the iraq war) the US has ever known and he presided over war crimes and torture by US personnel and all the rest of it.
but, like, here’s a modern-day republican presidential figure with good humor.
and he was graceful and respectful and got out of the way for Obama to lead.
and things are SO, SO BAD right now i guess i’m looking for silver linings. or my brain is completely fried by outrage. bc i’m almost starting to find him likeable these days, in little off-moments like this…
I do enjoy the shade. I think Dubya was a terrible President but isn’t a terrible person. That’s the difference between him and Trump. Orange Apocalypse is terrible on both counts. And of course, the Jack-o-Lantern in Chief said terrible things about the Bushes. So the beef is real. For sure, when it goes down (and it WILL go down) Trump need not look to the Bushes to make any phone calls attempting to save his wide fake tanner streaked @ss.
I don’t think his presidency was great. But as a *person* I like him. I think he’s kind and funny. I also adore his wife and his daughters.
it’s feels strange to look back to Dubya’s term with nostalgia. I wasn’t keen on him as president but he seems wonderful now. For all his faults in office, he always seemed like a decent man with whom you could sit down and enjoy coffee and a chat. I can’t imagine ever feeling like that about the current incumbent.
“Who is the worst president ever? HA NOT ME!!!!” of course he is in a great mood. Still unforgivable what he did.
Not sure why we try to make people either devils or angels and nothing in between. I am afraid now we might get to know what a true extreme person is. George W. was wrong and acted poorly about the war, the economy, New Orleans among others, but he was a decent human being and was correct about his stance on religion, immigrants, veterans, and his take on the free press, and listening to his interview he seems very astute about Putin too. I love his take, and yes it is superbly stated shade. Plus he’s a pretty good artist and doing it for a good cause.
Nope nope nope.
To actually laud a war criminal is so beyond the pale……….
I like GWB much more post-Presidency than I ever did while he was in office. Watching him laugh while struggling with his poncho during the Inauguration was an all-time best.
I never hated Bush…disliked his policies absolutely and let’s not forget he and his cronies started 2 wars. However, I never thought he was not decent. He was a good husband and father. When he was president I never felt scared about who was sitting in the oval office. I have always had a soft spot for Laura, who is basically a Democrat, and I love George H. W.
Just a little trivia for you…I read the book about the families who have lived in the White House residence and those who worked there. Sorry I forget the title! But the staff have the most fondest memories of the Bush Family. That really stuck with me. It’s very telling how people treat those who work for them. I actually felt real sorrow for the residence staff when DUMP won. I hope he is his ilk are treating everyone respectfully!!
Sometimes, I get the feeling that G.W. has done some serious reflecting in the past eight years and probably regrets some of the choices he made as president. It doesn’t erase what happened and how many people suffered and are suffering for it, but it’s one of those uncanny reminders that there are rarely true devils among us. Maybe he thought he was doing the right thing at the time, but I don’t know…after speaking to all of those veterans, seeing how their lives were affected by his war, a part of me wonders if he feels guilty.
The buck stops at the president…but I do think Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove had control over that white house. I think the fact that Bush ordered an impeccable transition and remained quiet for 8 years says a lot about him. I’m not giving him a pass on his presidency, but he should not be compared to DUMP.
Well said, totally agree both of you
I think part of what makes it easy to forgive him in this context is that he never acted with the amount of malice Trump has already, even if he was shady. And he’s always spoken about love and acceptance and meant it, and backed it up.
I actually bought his book since the proceeds go towards such a good cause, and it’s great. There are some really interesting forewards. How he became passionate about something totally new at age 66 is pretty inspiring!
He is a war criminal and his wife claims Merkel tried to poison her. These people are trash, don’t give them a platform again.
I don’t know why, but that story about his dog vs. Putin’s dog was incredibly powerful. I felt like I had an immediate sense of who Putin is as a person….and it’s as bad as I thought it would be.
Sorry nothing will make me like Dubya. I still think he’s shady af.
Can we please try not to whitewash George Bush so much. I’m sure he is a lovely man in person but his administration did a lot of dark and dangerous things and the after effects of many of these are still causing chaos today.
Just because he has a better persona than Trump doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be held accountable.
Saw him on Kimmel last night. He was hilarious and delightful.
LOL at all the Americans on this thread talking about 43 like he’s the reason America meddled with the middle east. America has been meddling with the middle east for the last 100 years, read a book not written by an American. Also, pretty sure Dubya is only a legacy republican, he’s a closet dem.
This speaks volumes as to how horrible Trump/Bannon/Etc are that Bush seems like a genius/humanitarian in comparison.
A) No, just cause im being served explosive diarreah im not finna sit here and say I like Sh!t all the sudden
B) I find it funny how no one asks Michelle what SHE thinks of GB acting in public like he’s willing to risk it all on her say so, that said I think people are greatly misreading a public polite lady doing the quiet yet dignified wrangling of an adult toddler that i myself do daily with all these old white dudes that come to my office and that always offer up a comment on my hair/nails/ask for a Kiss or assorted ass innapropriate behaviour but also GTFOMy Face is not the reaction I can give as they are clients and such
Yes to your first point! I don’t know what that mindset is, I just don’t get it.
Being in terrible situations doesn’t make me yearn for the days when I was in slightly less terrible situations. You can think the current situation is worse without having any fondness for the prior situation.
I can’t believe the comments. This man ruined your country, started a war and lied about the reason why and you kinda like him now, because he likes Michelle and makes shady comments? How quickly people can forget…
People are dumb, that’s how 45 became 45.