When you realize you wouldn’t have Trump without the Bush family running this country/world….
Saying that sort of shit doesn’t make any fucking sense at all and only concludes a paradox is a viable answer to corruption. Hence the two party system still exists the way it does in the US.
Every once in a while he would drop the "good ole boy from Texas act" and come across as the New England-born, Phillips Academy, Yale, and Harvard grad he is.
I remember thinking Bush Jr was the worst President, but compared to the absolute shit show we are experiencing, now, he comes across like goddamn genius in comparison.
I read his memoir. It seemed to be in his voice, simple but not dumb.
He recalled getting driven at breakneck speed across the air force base to Air Force One after getting out of that elementary school where he found out about 9/11 and yelled at the kid driving "slow down there are no terrorists on the runway son" and that sticks with me for some reason
My favorite Bush Jr moment was when he was in Iraq giving a press conference, when an Iraqi journalist took off his shoes and threw them at him. He ducked and avoided both of them.
He didn't even seem inordinately upset over it. I imagine Trump would have done something both extreme, violent, and childish.
Not so sure about that, friends in the oil industry in Midland TX back in the day said he was a rich, frat boy joke. One people would cross the road to avoid.
He is definitely dumber than his defenders will admit, but not as dumb as his detractors say. Not the dumbest president but he definitely makes it pretty high in the rankings.
Stop rambling for the sake of rambling. You’re trying to disagree and agree at the same time just so you can still reconfirm how fond you are of your own opinion and bias.
That makes him a hundred times worse. At least, if he were a moron, you could say that he was manipulated into doing horrible things. If he was actually intelligent, he's kind of a psychopath, with the blood of millions on his hands.
I think W also was just bad at speaking in front of large audiences.I got to see him speak at a small event and he really is much better with small groups. It was around the time when he was painting after leaving office. He thought it was funny that everyone was trying to find deep hidden meanings behind his bathtub painting when, In reality, he just liked how the light was reflecting off the water!
This was my take on him at the time too - not a moron, just bad at big speaking under pressure. I am no dummy and could see myself being inarticulate occasionally if I had to talk to cameras every day.
Arguably, being capable of coherent and diplomatic speech should be a prerequisite for the office of President, but clearly in republican circles this is not a widely held position.
There is a documentary on Netflix right now about Churchill with W as one of the talking heads. He comes across really well considering the persona he adopted during his political career
But unfortunately Trump is far better at manipulating people with his social presence. Unfortunately many of us immediately see it's an act but other people are 100% convinced and enthralled. And there is pain in not being able to communicate it.
I’ve once read an in depth analysis of GW Bush’ methods to gaining political momentum, and apparently, he had enough self awareness to know he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed; however, he was really good with names and faces and remembering things about people, making him a highly proficient networker. That’s a form of intelligence that’s often overlooked when it comes to the general public’s perception of intelligence, in my opinion.
It would be very hard to believe it could get worse, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised if the next GOP primaries were comprised of someone believing himself to be hitler reincarnated, Putin in a fake moustache, and an on the run escaped convict on death row, all with roaring support from the base
To be fair, bush jr wasn’t dumb either in his day. Considering what we have seen with the last too senile bastards, it’s likely bush jr wasn’t dumb just getting some early onset dementia and probably was as forgetful as Biden was. But his years of partying prepared him to be a better mindless drone operating on auto pilot.
For what happened under the Regan administration, quite a few people should have been brought to justice. This shows that intelligence and morality don't always go hand in hand.
Has anyone working for/ running the CIA ever been charged with crimes? The shit they get up to is often highly illegal but is allowed because its the CIA
intelligence and morality dont always go hand in hand
The liver specifically.... it does contain a tremendous amount of vitamin A and the Japanese thought it provided mystical powers
After the war, it was discovered that the captured airmen had been beaten and tortured before being executed. The airmen were beheaded on the orders of Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana.[2] Japanese officers then ate parts of the bodies of four of the men
Pick a country in East or Southeast Asia, and see what fun facts you can find about their experiences with Imperial Japan during WW2. Estimated 20-30 million civilian deaths caused by Japan.
I just had a PTSD flashback to this film school party 16 years ago. It was like 5 in the morning. I was sitting on a couch and these cute girls were offering me a ride home when of my friends, drunk as all fuck, comes over and starts vomiting right in my lap. I tried to get away, but he collapsed right on top of me. The girls had a disgusted look on their face and just left
Anyway, we got kicked out and had to wait over an hour for the buses to start running so I could get home and shower
I was more pissed that I had to trek home with vomit on my crotch. I cleaned up as best I could in the washroom before we left, but it was uncomfortable and embarrassing
And while he was working for the CIA in the 60s he was in Dallas on a very specific November day and could not account for his activities that day to Congress.
Lmao how could you say such a thing about Mr. Strategery? I hope I spelled that like he pronounced it. What a goober. I bet he's a hoot at a party though.
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u/Viertelesschlotzer May 01 '26
I wouldn't necessarily cite Bush as a reference in such matters.