A Bush Dynasty? Cripes... !

[Norman Bernstein]

Yet another Bush presidency?



ORLANDO, Fla. - President Bush suggested Wednesday that he’d like to see his family’s White House legacy continue, perhaps with his younger brother Jeb as the chief executive.

The president said Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is well-suited for another office and would make “a great president.”

“I would like to see Jeb run at some point in time, but I have no idea if that’s his intention or not,” Bush said in an interview with Florida reporters, according to an account on the St. Petersburg Times Web site.

[Nicholas Carey]

My understanding was that Jeb considered himself the "heir apparent" to HM Poppy Bush and was...miffed :mad: ...when the drunkard idiot brother got the nod.

And even more miffed :eek: :mad: when he had to perform his filial duty and pull the shrub's bacon out of the fire in Florida in 2000.

All we can hope is the US electorate will have learned something about what a last name means :D

Not holding my breath though.

[Norman Bernstein]

Well, ya gotta admit, he'd be an improvement over the shrub. He can speak passable English :p

[Meerkat]

Yeah, but he learned his morals from the same momma.

[Phillip Allen]

(and these are the guys who claim they don't like slurs)

[Meerkat]

HAH! Now, suddenly, facts are slurs! :D

[Phillip Allen]

now you sound like lbj5

"he'd be an improvement over the shrub" ...Surly an intended slur

"drunkard idiot"

[Meerkat]

So it's not a fact that Geo and Jeb had the same momma? Hmmm.... now that something that could get juicy! :D

[Norman Bernstein]

(and these are the guys who claim they don't like slurs)

Phillip, you're not a stupid guy. I'm sure you know the difference between a disgusting and offensive racial slur and a denigrating adjective.... Lord knows, you've used the latter enough (we all have!).

Still, I wonder just what in the world would motivate you to actually defend the use of a racial slur... and, if you're not defending it, attacking the people who are justifiably offended by racial slurs?

Could it be that you simply 'hate' liberals? Hmm... that can't apply to me, since I'm not a liberal..... :D

[Phillip Allen]

"...US electorate will have learned something about what a last name means"

I hear the Arabs are killing each other over last names...you have a strange ambition.

[Phillip Allen]

I don't think I'll allow the double standard for a while...perhaps some will learn something

[Nicholas Carey]

now you sound like lbj5

"he'd be an improvement over the shrub" ...Surly an intended slur

"drunkard idiot"Ummm..."drunkard idiot brother" was my phrase :D

[Meerkat]

So, if you're a nigro and someone uses a denigrating slur upon you, does that mean you're no longer a nigro? ;) :D

[Phillip Allen]

Norman, can you expound on the difference between a racial slur and a surname slur?

[Norman Bernstein]

Norman, can you expound on the difference between a racial slur and a surname slur?

If I had to explain it to you, Phillip, you obviously wouldn't get it.

I'm of course rather curious to know just what sorts of social and professional circles you circulate in... where the casual use of racial epithets is accepted. Since you somehow don't think there's anything wrong with using that kind of thing here in the bilge, one would only assume that you use such words commonly, in every day life.... you'd call a Mexican immigrant a 'burrito eater' to his face? Maybe call a black guy a 'nigger'? (I wouldn't suggest it, if you value the profile of your nose... but hey, that's just me).

Maybe you don't use racial slurs in everyday life... it still makes one wonder why you'd adopt the utterly ludicrous and disingenuous tactic of trying to weasel out of accepting responsibility here, by making completely invalid comparisons to political speech.... but, then again, I've seen pretty much everything and anything here in the bilge.... crazy lunatics, guys who don't think their lives are worth $5,000, and so on.... so not much really surprises me anymore.

[Phillip Allen]

A racial slur denigrates that entire race
A surname slur denigrates all of that surname
Any slur denigrates someone
Denigration seems to be the operative word here.

[Tristan]

Hey guys, be serious and quit the nit-picking about racial slurs, etc. . I'm sure we can ALL agree that another BUSHIE in the white house would probably be the end of American as a nation.

[RonW]

Interesting, it would seem as if norm and a few others do not approve of the leadership and policies of our current commander in chief and president Mr. Bush. It also seems as if there are those that think another Bush in the white house will doom this country.

So what policies do you dissaprove of and are there any of Mr Bush's policies that you do approve of?

Appearantly you agree with and approve of his policy of open and unsecured borders allowing illegal MEXICAN NATIONALS to infiltrate our country...Is this so...???

[LeeG]

I like that GW is an avid bicycle rider.

[RonW]

Gee I didn't know that G.W.B. was a avid bicycyle rider, that does shed a whole new light on the subject.
What type of bike does he ride?

[LeeG]

I think it's a Trek mtn. bike. He should try out a Specialized Tri-Cross for the dirt roads at the ranch.

[LeeG]

and he has a sense of humor

[RonW]

And he has a sense of humor.....that is good, but on the other hand bill clinton also had a sense of humor....but i don't think hillary has much of a sense of humor...she sure wasn't laughing about some of the things bill was laughing at....or at least that is my take.

[LeeG]

indeed,,don't forget,,he's got the authority to raise SUV/Light truck mpg figures. We're addicted to oil. He was in the oil business.

[Tom Montgomery]

Ummm..."drunkard idiot brother" was my phrase :D

I had lunch with a group of people today.

One of the women related that her girlfriend went to school with GW Bush in Texas -- that her friend had double-dated with Dubya and his date a number of times.

Girlfriend's take on Dubya, "He sure is different today. When I knew him he was a pot-smoking slacker."

It is a small world....

[RonW]

Ahh....oil, now there is a greasy subject....oops I meant slippery, or I think slippery would be correct.. Hold it, are they any P.C. police in the house?

[Phillip Allen]

Ahh....oil, now there is a greasy subject....oops I meant slippery, or I think slippery would be correct.. Hold it, are they any P.C. police in the house?

yes, but only if they take exception to your thrust...

[RonW]

Thrust....that kind of language should be reserved for norm's thread on....accepting your local gays...or bring a gay into the fold.....or reach out to the gay community....I don't know, maybe norm can elaborate on this gay subject....

[Meerkat]

I like that GW is an avid bicycle rider.
Like everthing else he does, he can't do that right either: he keeps falling off. :D

[Meerkat]

Thrust....that kind of language should be reserved for norm's thread on....accepting your local gays...or bring a gay into the fold.....or reach out to the gay community....I don't know, maybe norm can elaborate on this gay subject....
Got company in your closet? ;) :D

[RonW]

What was this thread about anyhow, and how in the world did we get side tracked so badly.
Now meer is talking something about inside info on closets.
Would that be them thar california closets meer?

[Meerkat]

I dunno, Ronnie - it's your closet. :D

[RonW]

Hey meer, you brung in the closet, I was happy with the bicycles, grease, suv's, oil, and hillary not laughing about bill's deeds ....

[Meerkat]

Thrust....that kind of language should be reserved for norm's thread on....accepting your local gays...or bring a gay into the fold.....or reach out to the gay community....I don't know, maybe norm can elaborate on this gay subject....


Hey meer, you brung in the closet, I was happy with the bicycles, grease, suv's, oil, and hillary not laughing about bill's deeds ....

Well, since you tossed out the red herring about gays, I thought you were being shy. No need for that - I'm sure nobody will care. :D

[RonW]

This thread sure has gotten off base. I am sure no one meant to blow norm;s thread up because they don't agree with the subject matter, as is so often done in the bilge.....

Maybe we should apologize to norm, and get the thread back on track..let's see...

A BUSH DYNASTY ? CRIPES....!

O.K. suppose bush 3 doesn't get elected, and hillary does.let's just pretend for a while...
What do you guys think the chances are of monica lewinsky getting her old job back are.....Hey hillary is going to be busy running the country, and a little support in the wings might be needed..

[John of Phoenix]

Oh come on Ron, you can tell the difference between thread drift and ridicule.

Did you get that Tom Hanks picture from your 5th great aunt for me?

[RonW]

You need to learn a little history john, and by the way, why didn't you comment on norm's stock trading strategy?

Thread drift .....ridicule.....

--What do you say to a guy who wears a dunce's hat????

[John of Phoenix]

Regulations!

[Meerkat]

I'd prefer a Bush die nasty! ;) :D

[John of Phoenix]

You need to learn a little history john,

So,teach me.

It's bush in the avatar, btw. :D

[RonW]

Got news for you meer, I am not real happy with him either....

regulations.....correct....

I will have to visit the bilge more often, it can be fun....I had a good time........

--google john, google..

[Nicholas Carey]

The point is that just 'cause somebody's daddy/brother/husband/etc. was President doesn't mean that they'll make a great (or even mediocre, for that matter) President.

As we've seen, the ability to be even an average President isn't inherited; it doesn't with the family, surname or DNA. It lies with the In-duh-vidual (http://www.dilbert.com/)'s own innate talents.

[Chris Coose]

Magine a babs and jeb ticket?

The thought that all of America could someday look and live like S. Florida makes me wet.

[ljb5]

now you sound like lbj5

"he'd be an improvement over the shrub" ...Surly an intended slur

"drunkard idiot"


That doesn't sound anything like what I would say.

If you have a problem with something I said, you can take it up with me.

If you have a problem with something someone else said, LEAVE ME OUT OF IT!

I won't be held to answer for someone else's comments just because you hold the baseless opinion that it might be similar to something I might have said.

[crawdaddyjim50]

Can you believe it? Here I was just cruising around the bilge and clicked on this thread and WHAM! I stepped in a big pile of Meerkat........What a doooob.

[High C]

Jeb in '08. I've been warning you guys for years. Get ready fro more heartache! :D

[Meerkat]

Dream on, gator bait! ;) :D

Actually, as I think about it, I hope Jeb is the Rip's candidate in '08. He's be easy to defeat.

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

George bush has had a lot of desires since he became president. Except for endless war, tax cuts ( even amoron could get that thru' congress)and making sure that his friends get a firm grip on the federal tit, he hasn't been able to bring anything else home. And the war has poisoned the well for anyone else named Bush who desires the presidency.
Charlie

"Din't even have to use any perjoratives".

[shamus]

I can't see how it would work, There doesn't seem to be anyone left to invade. Oh hang on.. China?

[Phillip Allen]

Dream on, gator bait! ;) :D

Actually, as I think about it, I hope Jeb is the Rip's candidate in '08. He's be easy to defeat.

I think ya need to think about that Meer. If one candidate is "easy" to defeat, you get the opposing candidate of lesser quality and not better...kinda like what happened when Kerry ran...a better choice would have made Republicans easy to defeat...

[LeeG]

we need a monarchy

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

we need a monarchy

Have I ever got a deal for you ;

Low mileage gen-you-ine royalty, complete with history and antecedents - some with charitable connections.

Full range of ages and sexes available.

Priced to fit your budget.

Why have a pretender when you could have the real thing.

[Meerkat]

I'm surprised, Mr. Newt. I didn't realize you were anti-monarchy. ;)

[crawdaddyjim50]

Dream on, gator bait! ;) :D

Actually, as I think about it, I hope Jeb is the Rip's candidate in '08. He's be easy to defeat.

You are on the dope man. But I wouldn't vote for him if he did run.

[crawdaddyjim50]

Have I ever got a deal for you ;

Low mileage gen-you-ine royalty, complete with history and antecedents - some with charitable connections.

Full range of ages and sexes available.

Priced to fit your budget.

Why have a pretender when you could have the real thing.

I thought the Hapsburgs were the pretenders? Wasn't Henry the guy who had Richard's nephews removed from the gene pool? If not, sorry I brought it up. :D

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Ooops sorry I did not see this thread I will delete my other thread.

Ohhh geee an American Monarchy

I tell ya I don't want Hillary, but damn if it comes to Jeb VS Hillary I would have to vote eeeeek, I can't believe I'm saying this I would Vote for the witch over the ditz.

[geeman]

Not much of a choice there ,hmmmmmmmmm,so we go with what appears to be the lessor of 2 evils ,,,,,again?

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

If Jeb Bush got in as president, the old Lincoln saying would have to change to "You can fool the majority of the people, the majority of the time."

[mariner2k]

All of this time I thought G Dubya was Jebs Bruncle.

[Milo Christensen]

That "art" work that showed all the linkages between the Bush/Walker clan and the mover and shakers of the world? The "artist" that committed "suicide"? Anyway, I can't remember who that was. We did a thread on it long ago.

So, I for one, won't be even a little bit surprised if we start to hear more and more about Jeb.