Eight Years in Eight Minutes.
19 01 2009This is it. It’s officially the last day of the Bush presidency.
Eight years ago, I thought he’d never get elected.
Four years ago, I really thought he’d never get elected.
And there are arguments that he didn’t. But in either case, we’ve had to endure the last eight years with him at the helm. OK….with Cheney at the helm.
And now it’s over, and the clean up begins.
Here’s eight years in eight minutes. Brace yourselves, and hang on. Then give a great sigh, and let go.
And, Mr. President? Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Muppet2 (06:30:59) -
It was either election fraud, or we elected him, but not both.–
Either way its good riddance. Soon I get to say with pride- my president is not a moron, not an embarrassment! in fact he’s pretty darned smart and capable.
I’ve been trying to figure out why so many Americans were fooled by Bush, and why so many Europeans see right through him. Is it the appeals to patriotism or the imbalanced news coverage, or is America full of good ol’ boys like George?
Any thoughts on that?
January 19th, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Talk about history repeating itself…
This little clip from the Original Wizard of Oz movie seems amazingly appropriate for tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEq-ImGWJ0
Spread the news !!!
January 19th, 2009 at 9:14 AM
DrChill…to your question, I think it’s the latter. What helps those ‘boys” go un-noticed is when your personal & financial life are going along with no bumps in the road, the average household doesn’t care what the president is or isn’t doing…and you see what apathy gets you! JMO
January 19th, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign (07:25:27) :
Thanks! I passed it on, along with CRFlats’ post (thanks to you, CR).
I’m smiling, on my way to Costco for stuff to ship…yes, we can…
January 19th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
the best quote of all time, found on Margaret and Helen’s blog:
Ready?
“I hope I never find myself in the same room as George W. Bush because I love my shoes and it would be a shame to lose one up his ass.”
Oh, to have written that myself! Bravo!!! *clapping wildly*
January 19th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Just hearing W has pardoned some border guards, sneaky.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:51 AM
My husband and I are taking the day off work tomorrow, as well as we are keeping our children home from school…..we’ve NEVER let them have a day off, unless they were ill enough to stay home. Tomorrow is a historical day, for this nation and the world.
Tomorrow, we are, as a family going to sit and watch history unfold.
Later on in their lives, when they are asked, “Where were you, when Obama was inaugurated as President?
They can say, we were surrounded by our family in our living room, watching it on TV.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
The USS Cole… even tho it occurred a couple of months before gw first came into office, he still did nothing prior to 9/11 to address AQ’s growing shadow over the US.
But after the US invaded Iraq, AQ became important. How’s the hunt for bin laden going, gw?
January 19th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Thank you Martha onalaska yard sign for the clip of “yes we can” that helped
dry the tears and fears from the “8 Year” clip.
Thank you ocliberal for sharing your development.
I am in hope that twenty years from now
we as a nation can look back to Bush as only a necessary evil, that forced us
individually, and a a county, to get serious about taking care of each other, the
natural world, the planet and ALL its’ inhabitants.
Things were good under Clinton for many people, but not everyone, and then the consensus
reality was that material wealth would solve everything, and that ‘progess’ was sustainable.
Bush and the neo-con controllers may have saved the planet by bolding showing their hand. They are not gone, just because he is out of office . The paranoia of the 60s
has only been proven to be good reality testing. There is much to do. But at least
we are awake to the danger. [I think that is why her blaminess is to important
to attend to]
And being awake, and having our country back, YES, WE CAN!
January 19th, 2009 at 10:37 AM
DonnaInMichigan (09:51:46) :
My husband and I are taking the day off work tomorrow, as well as we are keeping our children home from school…..Tomorrow, we are, as a family going to sit and watch history unfold.
Later on in their lives, when they are asked, “Where were you, when Obama was inaugurated as President?
They can say, we were surrounded by our family in our living room, watching it on TV.
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I am taking tomorrow off and am going to watch with my mom, just like election night.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Gerald Ford put it best:
“Our long national nightmare is over…….”
This time they thought some one who winked and blew kisses…would suffice.
Im guessing Ford did not know Rove et al.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:52 AM
UK Lady – Bush commuted the sentences on the 2 Border Patrol guys.They get out now but are still convicted felons.
January 19th, 2009 at 11:06 AM
I still cannot believe all the damage and trama to the world , that the USA was lead into with this man behind the wheel of are nation. How could we of been suckered into his bully game of, ” king of the hill”.
I LOOK FORWARD TO OBAMA!
May the kingdom of balance, shine bright, bring peace, harmony, and healing to this troubled world again.
regards to all mudflater,
turns
January 19th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Dr Chill: re:I’ve been trying to figure out why so many Americans were fooled by Bush, and why so many Europeans see right through him. Is it the appeals to patriotism or the imbalanced news coverage, or is America full of good ol’ boys like George?
Any thoughts on that?
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my intuition says there were 3 things going on, which seem to be changing now: * objectivity may be more possible out of the country, *there has been greatly misused power by those who command the press bias, and most probably in the vote counting (just seems especially true in 2004 and in particularly in elections in AK)… and *the good old boys like power, vote religiously and are better at riling people up/rallying the ‘base’ instincts of their followers.
At long last we have someone who has positively stirred a bi-partisan base. Progress. Hope. Change.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
The first four Dumbya years…summed up by Hunter S Thompson:
There was one exact moment, in fact, when I knew for sure that Al Gore would never be President of the United States, no matter what the experts were saying — and that was when the whole Bush family suddenly appeared on TV and openly scoffed at the idea of Gore winning Florida. It was Nonsense, said the Candidate, Utter nonsense. . . Anybody who believed Bush had lost Florida was a Fool. The Media, all of them, were Liars & Dunces or treacherous whores trying to sabotage his victory. . . Here was the whole bloody Family laughing & hooting & sneering at the dumbness of the whole world on National TV. The old man was the real tip-off. The leer on his face was almost frightening. It was like looking into the eyes of a tall hyena with a living sheep in its mouth. The sheep’s fate was sealed, and so was Al Gore’s. 11-27-2000
What the hell is going on here? How could this once-proud nation have changed so much, so drastically, in only a little more than two years. In what seems like the blink of an eye, this George Bush has brought us from a prosperous nation at peace to a broke nation at war. 3-10-2003
But wow! This goofy child president we have on our hands now. He is demonstrably a fool and a failure, and this is only the summer of ‘03. The American nation is in the worst condition I can remember in my lifetime, and our prospects for the immediate future are even worse. . . The Bush family must be very proud of themselves today, but I am not. Big Darkness, soon come. Take my word for it. 7-22-2003
The 2004 presidential election will be a matter of life or death for the whole nation. We are sick today, and we will be even sicker tomorrow if this wretched half-bright swine of a president gets re-elected in November. 4-6-2004
Today, the Panzer-like Bush machine controls all three branches of our federal government, the first time that has happened since Calvin Coolidge was in the White House. And that makes it just about impossible to mount any kind of Congressional investigation of a firmly-entrenched president like George Bush. The time has come to get deeply into football. It is the only thing we have left that ain’t fixed. 11-9-2004
January 19th, 2009 at 5:32 PM
@ Caligirl: from the inimitable Pat Robertson: “[Feminism] is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” —– Except for the killing my children part, this sounds pretty good!
@Donna: I only wish my kids were still home so I could do the same. I’ll watch it on tv at work and call the 2 who are in the States as it’s happening. I remember where I was the day JFK was shot (5th grade), and I’ll remember where I was on Obama’s Inauguration Day.
January 19th, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Worst.
President.
EVER!
January 20th, 2009 at 8:57 AM
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