Après moi le déluge

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The real reason for the auto bailout package: Bush and Cheney didn’t want to be the ones to pay for automakers’ funerals and preside over their estate sales.

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While he tries to couch it in a way that makes it sound like the shit sandwich that was handed to the Obama administration was actually a favor, it’s pretty obvious that the move was nothing more than an almost Clintonesque CYA move to keep at least part of W’s legacy intact.

Somewhere, deep in the heart of suburban Dallas, former President Bush is wishing Dick would just STFU and retire already.

Got WMD?

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Savior my ASS!

Who knew that WMD would turn out to be economic and global policy?
This image has been plastered on my toilet seat for 5 years… I need to come up with a new, less crusty Obameconomy version…any suggestions?
(on a funnier note, when I spell check this, my Word 2007 suggests OSAMA for OBAMA. Nice.)

Lame Duck President Quacks Under Pressure, Apologizes for Financial Meltdown

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That’s right, president Bush said he’s sorry about the worst financial meltdown since the great depression. He’s not really responsible for it, but he’s sorry. So there’s that, which is nice. If only Herbert Hoover had thought of it in 1929. 

The whole thing reminds me of Bill Clinton apologizing to some group about slavery – as if it was his own doing. Did it help anyone with anything? No. Did it solve anything? No.

I’m waiting to see which of his two responses to problems Bush will deploy on this one: will he bomb it or throw bricks of money at it?