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Barbara Bush: “You Can’t Dislike Bill Clinton”

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It seems no one is immune to former president Bill Clinton‘s Southern charm– even the couple who lost the White House to him. In today’s special Larry King exclusive with George H.W. and Barbara Bush, both the former President and First Lady heaped praise upon the Clinton clan, thankful for the easy transition of power and the “really good personal relationship” that developed between the families.

King asked the couple about their thoughts on Chelsea Clinton‘s wedding, which they did not attend and were happy not to. “Jenna [Bush]‘s wedding had no politicians,” Barbara Bush explained, “and I think that’s what Bill did, and Hillary.” She added that she understood how difficult it must have been for them to keep the wedding that way.

The former First Lady then went on to confess how much she liked President Clinton: “it took me a little while, I confess, but you can’t dislike Bill Clinton. He’s very likable. And he was so good to George… he would let George have the bed. I have a feeling Bill wishes he had a father like George, truthfully.” George Bush corroborated her story, lauding Clinton’s “extraordinarily kind” disposition towards him and their warm friendship.

First Barbara Bush casually hints she’d rather see Sarah Palin out of the political picture, and now she’s praising Bill Clinton? Is there something the former First Lady would like to tell us about her post-presidential political views?

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  • Atticus Draco

    First Barbara Bush casually hints she’d rather see Sarah Palin out of the political picture, and now she’s praising Bill Clinton? Is there something the former First Lady would like to tell us about her post-presidential political views?

    Dont forget the fact that she is on Larry King as well
    But NAH,, she or her husband needs NOT to say another word to convince me where her political views are,, (or possibly were all along)

    “Bill Klinton,, oh he’s just a friend”
    Was she conscious during her husband;s reelection attempt?
    Is it just me,, or did i witness Klinton really shove it up their ass during that time period?

  • Atticus Draco


    Does Klinton have something on the Bush’s?!
    Did Klinton find a sex tape of George & Babs doin’ it the oval office or somethin’?!?!?

    I can see being cordial to the guy,, but c’mon
    babs sounds as tho she’s about to do a lewinsky on him
    And George sitting there “Go ahead dear,, go git ya some of that Klinton,, he da man”

  • ChinaCat

    This was nice to hear. Classy for both Dems AND Reps. Too bad we don’t see more of this in our current climate.

  • fallenchicken

    Atticus Draco said:

    Does Klinton have something on the Bush’s?!
    Did Klinton find a sex tape of George & Babs doin’ it the oval office or somethin’?!?!?

    I can see being cordial to the guy,, but c’mon
    babs sounds as tho she’s about to do a lewinsky on him
    And George sitting there “Go ahead dear,, go git ya some of that Klinton,, he da man”

    Dude you have lost it. Relax. It’s not war. They are allowed to like each other.

  • Kird

    Babs was great on the short-lived Comedy Central gem “That’s My Bush.”

  • Atticus Draco

    “IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID”
    Babs,, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHO THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO?!

    “OH we agree with Bill,, it was the economy and i am so proud Klinton brought that to our attention,, He’s a swell guy! He really his,, hell I would vote for him over George”

  • Kird

    Atticus Draco said:
    “IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID”
    Babs,, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHO THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO?!

    “OH we agree with Bill,, it was the economy and i am so proud Klinton brought that to our attention,, He’s a swell guy! He really his,, hell I would vote for him over George”

    Bill did leave with a surplus . . .

  • MiddleRoader

    Atticus Draco said:
    First Barbara Bush casually hints she’d rather see Sarah Palin out of the political picture, and now she’s praising Bill Clinton? Is there something the former First Lady would like to tell us about her post-presidential political views?

    Yeah that she’s not a hater like most of you here.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    Atticus Draco said:
    “IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID”
    Babs,, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHO THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO?!

    I’ve never seen, nor looked for it written anywhere, but I’ve always interpreted the “Stupid” to be Bill and his campaign staff, where they wouldn’t get big heads.

    fallenchicken said:
    Dude you have lost it. Relax. It’s not war. They are allowed to like each other.

    It’s a small club with very few members and as Babs says, even G.W. gets along with Bill. It’s like they’re in-laws for the rest of their lives. They’re going to be around each other, seek counsel and occasionally be called into service, so they might as well get along.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Everytime Clinton goes on the campaign trail he lies about the Bush’s. I don’t know what drugs these two are taking but there is NOTHING good about Bill Clinton.

  • MiddleRoader

    Yep this is just a dispicable thing that both of them are doing. Together.

    http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/

    Absolutely nothing good about Clinton. Nothing!

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    MiddleRoader said:
    Yep this is just a dispicable thing that both of them are doing. Together.

    http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/

    And when W was still in the White House, Bill and HW spearheaded the Tsunami relief.

  • Kird

    Slick Willie and The Elder do make a great humanitarian tag team.

  • fallenchicken

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Everytime Clinton goes on the campaign trail he lies about the Bush’s. I don’t know what drugs these two are taking but there is NOTHING good about Bill Clinton.

    Political genius Gordon brings reason.

  • Thelonious Funk

    fallenchicken said:
    Dude you have lost it. Relax. It’s not war. They are allowed to like each other.

    Sorry, I think you’re looking for the grownups forum. I still haven”t found the link, but I’m sure it’s around here somewhere. In the meantime, feel free to contribute some meaningless partisan bickering, in which your fellow American is your enemy.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Of course she likes Bill. Everyone does.

    This is probably what happens when he visits….

    *KNOCK KNOCK* (Barbara opens the door)

    BILL: Hiya Mrs B., can Georgie come out and play today?

    BARBARA: I dunno Billie…you’re not going to him to a strip club are you?

    BILL: GOLLY NO, Mrs B.!!! We are gonna go to Haiti and help people!

    BARBARA: Alright then, c’mon in and have some cookies and milk while I get him.

    BILL: Thank Mrs B.!!

  • WildMan

    Barbara has been senile for a long, long time. Might be time for the Bush’s to ride off into the Burnt Orange Sunset.
    Texas

    Now sure what it is but, when these ex President’s and/or First Lady’s reach old age they become critics of everyone. Can you say Jimmy Carter. Why don’t they just go off and enjoy the few remaining years they have?

  • omega919

    MiddleRoader said:
    Yep this is just a dispicable thing that both of them are doing. Together.

    http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/

    Absolutely nothing good about Clinton. Nothing!

    Are you trying to say that if someone disagrees with me politically… that DOESN’T necessarily mean they’re a horrible human being?

    Why, that’s just crazy talk! CRAZY, I TELLS YA!

  • Nacho

    WildMan said:
    Now sure what it is but, when these ex President’s and/or First Lady’s reach old age they become critics of everyone. Can you say Jimmy Carter. Why don’t they just go off and enjoy the few remaining years they have?

    I would like to think that they have been there and done that and have put the politics aside and are now simply doing what they feel is best for the country,

    I have no idea what Dick Cheney is trying to accomplish. Maybe he’s still making up for some old favors or trying to help his daughter make a name for herself before he dies.

  • Just4thefax

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Of course she likes Bill. Everyone does. This is probably what happens when he visits…. *KNOCK KNOCK* (Barbara opens the door) BILL: Hiya Mrs B., can Georgie come out and play today? BARBARA: I dunno Billie…you’re not going to him to a strip club are you? BILL: GOLLY NO, Mrs B.!!! We are gonna go to Haiti and help people! BARBARA: Alright then, c’mon in and have some cookies and milk while I get him. BILL: Thank Mrs B.!!

    Fact: To see Barbra Bushes website and to get more left nut, D-bagger thoughts click on the below link.

    http://www.yuckotheclown.com/

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    MiddleRoader said:
    http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/
    Absolutely nothing good about Clinton. Nothing!

    Al Capone opened soup kitchens. YOU are an idiot.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Magister said:
    And when W was still in the White House, Bill and HW spearheaded the Tsunami relief.

    The drug cartels give money to the poor in the villages near their drug crops.
    Al Sharpton also helps the poor.
    I understand that your brain is on backorder, when he comes in send out a press release.

  • valkyrie101

    There is a battle brewing, and the Bush family sees themselves as moderate Republicans while the Palin and the tea party are seeking to move the Party fully to the right. A moderate Republican who gets the right wing vote might beat Obama, but there are not enough right wing votes to do that without the moderates.

  • dummy123

    Kird said:
    Bill did leave with a surplus . . .

    Thank Newt and the personal computer!
    Republicans….and we went from no computers in the home to 2 computers per household during the Clinton years!

  • More Liberty

    Just more proof that the neocons, like Bu$h senior and jr, are more-or-less the same thing.

  • valkyrie101

    More Liberty said:
    Just more proof that the neocons, like Bu$h senior and jr, are more-or-less the same thing.

    Yes, Barbara Bush, neo-con. LOL. Face it, for the tea party right, even a grandma that does not toe the line gets castigated.

  • c54910

    Beggin’ Barbara’s pardon, but yes I can dislike Bubba.
    Several terrorist attacks occured on Bubba Clinton’s watch—Khobar Towers, USS Cole, the U.S. Embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, and the FIRST attack on the World Trade Center in 1993—all of them went unanswered. Instead, he wagged-the-dog in Somalia and the Balkans.
    The Sudanese arrested Bin Laden in 1996, and offered to extradite him. Bubba refused. He never did take the war on terrorism as seriously as Monica’s mouth-to-crotch resuscitation. Three times after Aug. 20, 1998, when Clinton ordered the only missile strike of his presidency against bin Laden’s organization, the CIA came close enough to pinpointing bin Laden that Clinton authorized final preparations to launch. In each case, (Clinton’s) doubts about the intelligence aborted the mission. Bin Laden got away.
    He committed treason in exchange for Chinese cash:
    He and algore’s (one word) Chinese/Indonesian friends bought the 1996 “election” in exchange for information on, among other items, classified satellite technology. Johnny Chung, a fund-raiser for the Democratic Party, illegally funneled thousands of dollars from Chinese military agents to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. John Huang and Charlie Trie were indicted on charges related to those crimes, but when the FBI tried to investigate, it was blocked by Janet Reno.

    FBI Investigators wanted to do a search on Charlie Trie’s home but again, were denied by Reno’s DOJ. This gave Trie all the time in the world to destroy documents which would have blown the case wide open. What few documents they retrieved, were serious enough to indict him.

    Janet Reno was flat-out guilty of obstruction of justice.

    READ THE COX REPORT. It detailed the technology and information transferred to China that helped further their ICBM program. http://www.house.gov/coxreport/cont/gncont.html

    Bubba prefered Monica’s mouth-to-crotch resuscitation over protecting this country.

    Yes, Barbara, I CAN HATE Bubba Clinton.

  • valkyrie101

    c54910 said:
    Beggin’ Barbara’s pardon, but yes I can dislike Bubba.Several terrorist attacks occured on Bubba Clinton’s watch—Khobar Towers, USS Cole, the U.S. Embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, and the FIRST attack on the World Trade Center in 1993—all of them went unanswered. Instead, he wagged-the-dog in Somalia and the Balkans.The Sudanese arrested Bin Laden in 1996, and offered to extradite him. Bubba refused. He never did take the war on terrorism as seriously as Monica’s mouth-to-crotch resuscitation. Three times after Aug. 20, 1998, when Clinton ordered the only missile strike of his presidency against bin Laden’s organization, the CIA came close enough to pinpointing bin Laden that Clinton authorized final preparations to launch. In each case, (Clinton’s) doubts about the intelligence aborted the mission. Bin Laden got away.He committed treason in exchange for Chinese cash:He and algore’s (one word) Chinese/Indonesian friends bought the 1996 “election” in exchange for information on, among other items, classified satellite technology. Johnny Chung, a fund-raiser for the Democratic Party, illegally funneled thousands of dollars from Chinese military agents to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. John Huang and Charlie Trie were indicted on charges related to those crimes, but when the FBI tried to investigate, it was blocked by Janet Reno. FBI Investigators wanted to do a search on Charlie Trie’s home but again, were denied by Reno’s DOJ. This gave Trie all the time in the world to destroy documents which would have blown the case wide open. What few documents they retrieved, were serious enough to indict him. Janet Reno was flat-out guilty of obstruction of justice. READ THE COX REPORT. It detailed the technology and information transferred to China that helped further their ICBM program. http://www.house.gov/coxreport/cont/gncont.html Bubba prefered Monica’s mouth-to-crotch resuscitation over protecting this country. Yes, Barbara, I CAN HATE Bubba Clinton.

    I think Barbara was speaking “personally”. In person Clinton is warm and engaging. A nice man.

  • c54910

    @valkyrie101,

    Sociopathic criminals are often “warm and engaging”.

  • c54910

    Oh, I forgot to mention two more of Clinton’s crimes: Perjury and FileGate. He, Hillary, algore, and Janet Reno belong UNDER Leavenworth.

  • valkyrie101

    Think about it. The ONLY reason that Bush 41 lost to Clinton was because of a 3rd Party candidate, Ross Perot, who mostly took Republican votes. If Palin runs as an independent, the Republican Party will be primarily hurt.

    If I were Palin, I would use some of my millions to buy plenty of camera equipment to film her campaign and run it as a reality show. Seriously. Why not? It would kill in the ratings. Palin probably knows she can not win, but think of the ride. I know she can not resist. She has nothing to lose. Run it as entertainment. Or run it as religion. Break the mold. Usually a candidate has to spend millions for TV time. Why not simply sell produced video to a willing major network. And even staging live rallies around the shows. If she moves her show to another network, and I believe she might, FOX might have to counter with a Huckabee reality show.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Clinton has zero moral fiber. I can’t respect that.

  • Cecelia

    I beg to differ, Mrs. Bush.

    I find myself unable to dislike Pres. Obama.

    Disliking Bill Clinton comes as naturally as grimacing at the smell of spoiled milk.

  • valkyrie101

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Clinton has zero moral fiber. I can’t respect that.

    Perhaps when you are more mature, like Mrs. Bush, you will discover forgiveness. And how is it possible to dislike a man who left behind a budget surplus when your son inherited that?

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Val, I didn’t say I dislike him, I said I don’t respect him. There is a difference.

  • justanotherconservative

    hey mrs. bush, i can dislike clinton and i do…

  • c54910

    I don’t like or respect him. He deserves neither.

  • justanotherconservative

    c54910 said:
    @valkyrie101, Sociopathic criminals are often “warm and engaging”.

    well said!!!!

  • valkyrie101

    Cecelia said:
    I beg to differ, Mrs. Bush. I find myself unable to dislike Pres. Obama. Disliking Bill Clinton comes as naturally as grimacing at the smell of spoiled milk.

    Clinton was a dissapointment as President, for sure. But he is nice man, believes in God, cries easily, and has an endless sense of humor. I would love to play golf with he and Bush 43.

  • valkyrie101

    justanotherconservative said:
    c54910 said:
    @valkyrie101, Sociopathic criminals are often “warm and engaging”.
    well said!!!!

    Well, actually not. Most sociopathic criminals are not warm and engaging. (Though, Timothy McVeigh was said to be so.) The Israeli reliance on personal interviews as the primary means of preventing terrorist attack specifically profiles those who avoid eye contact, or those who have an unpleasant attitude.

  • BlackWidow

    OK let me understand all this. You are bashing one of your own because she made a simple statement that “you can’t dislike” the guy. I didn’t hear her say she LIKED his politics did you? You are just children on here who haven’t grown up to understand the difference between the person and their politics.

  • BlackWidow

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Clinton has zero moral fiber. I can’t respect that.

    I suggest you pray for his soul when you are in church. My bad you need to pray for yourself and your lack of compassion for others maybe.

  • BlackWidow

    valkyrie101 said:
    There is a battle brewing, and the Bush family sees themselves as moderate Republicans while the Palin and the tea party are seeking to move the Party fully to the right. A moderate Republican who gets the right wing vote might beat Obama, but there are not enough right wing votes to do that without the moderates.

    The battle is going to be very interesting.

  • More Liberty

    valkyrie101 said:
    Yes, Barbara Bush, neo-con. LOL. Face it, for the tea party right, even a grandma that does not toe the line gets castigated.

    I’m not attacking her, I was commenting on Bu$h senior and jr. Did you read my comment? I’m simply pointing out the fact that the Bu$hies are neocons, which is really not much different than the idiot currently wasting our tax dollars. Bu$h #1 and #2 were big government neocons. Just look at the patriot act, no-child-left-behind, the deficit and debt. Sorry to throw water on your partisanship but Bush did not defend individual liberty, and neither is Obama.

  • bealzebubba

    I knew that this interview was going bring accusations from the right that the Bush’s are RINOs and irrelevant or it’s a liberal media spin. No surprises to me

  • PapaSparky

    “you can’t dislike Bill Clinton” . . . oh yes I can, Barbara.

    All I have to do is think North Korea – Nukes, or China – satellite technology, or any one of a hundred or more other sell outs.

    And you should be able to do the same thing, Barbara!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Fleming-Jr/100000971082569 James Fleming Jr

    Finally! The Republicans have their own version of Jimma Carter. Welcome Barbara “Babs” Bush. The epitome of an elitist.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    Kird said:
    Bill did leave with a surplus . . .

    valkyrie101 said:
    And how is it possible to dislike a man who left behind a budget surplus when your son inherited that?

    My God, enough with the budget surplus bullshit. Congress sets a budget, and then if federal spending is less than the budget, there is a budget surplus.

    If someone who is drowning in credit card debt sets their personal budget in a given month at $2000 in spending, spends only $1600, and puts almost all of it on credit cards, then they have spent within their budget.

    Our economy was on the verge of recession when Clinton left office, the federal debt increased every year of his Presidency (as it has every year since 1950), and our trade defecit with China skyrocketed during the ’90′s. I love when people talk about great the ’90′s were under Clinton, as if the internet had nothing to do with it.

  • More Liberty

    bealzebubba said:
    I knew that this interview was going bring accusations from the right that the Bush’s are RINOs and irrelevant or it’s a liberal media spin. No surprises to me

    You tell me. Bush policies are:
    -Patriot Act
    -War
    -Huge Debt
    -TARP bailout
    -No child left behind (More govt waste/ big govt)
    -Huge deficit
    -No bid contracts to Haliburton

    Obama Policies:
    -Patriot Act (Resigned it)
    -War
    -Even bigger debt
    -Even bigger deficit
    -Obamacare (Huge govt waste/ big govt)
    -Stimulus Package (Bailout)
    -Continued No Bid Contract for Haliburton for Iraq draw down

    RINO or DINO is irrelevant. They are just continuing the same policies.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    More Liberty said:
    I’m simply pointing out the fact that the Bu$hies are neocons, which is really not much different than the idiot currently wasting our tax dollars. Bu$h #1 and #2 were big government neocons. Just look at the patriot act, no-child-left-behind, the deficit and debt. Sorry to throw water on your partisanship but Bush did not defend individual liberty, and neither is Obama.

    GW Bush was a liberal. Bush did more than any President before him to (specifically) measure, track, and invest in the achievement of black and Latino children. He tripled foreign aid money sent to help Africa. He co-sponsored No Child Left Behind with Kennedy. He signed the American Dream Downpayment Initiative, giving hundreds of millions of dollars to minorities so they could “purchase” homes with no down payment. He spent record amounts of money on inner city schools. He had his $15 billion global HIV/AIDS initiative. Liberals should love the guy, they’re just too stupid to realize he was one of them.

  • More Liberty

    Andy Lamb said:
    My God, enough with the budget surplus bullshit. Congress sets a budget, and then if federal spending is less than the budget, there is a budget surplus.

    Good point. The President doesn’t have the purse strings – Congress does. Many of these people simply are ignorant of the fact, or are just lying. It is congress that creates and passes a budget. The president only gives them a general idea of what he wants. The President can’t even veto the Budget resolutions, only supplemental spending bills.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    WildMan said:
    Now sure what it is but, when these ex President’s and/or First Lady’s reach old age they become critics of everyone. Can you say Jimmy Carter. Why don’t they just go off and enjoy the few remaining years they have?

    Did you see the interview with King last night? I have never heard Bush Sr. criticize anyone, and while I would rather not have heard Barbara Bush say she’d like to see Sarah Palin stay in Alaska, I agree with her. Palin needs to stay the hell out, so that the GOP can field a solid candidate who can win. The LAST thing this country needs is Barack Obama in the WH from 2012 – 2016.

    Jimmy Carter is a bitter, puerile, sorry old man. No one compares to him, certainly not George or Barbara Bush.

  • bealzebubba

    More Liberty said:
    RINO or DINO is irrelevant. They are just continuing the same policies.

    Maybe i was unclear. My point was that when a well known icon of the republican party says something against another icon or extremely popular person in the party (or movement, if you will), it seems to be standard operating procedure for the right to renounce it in the a fore mentioned ways.

    I might also add that comments like that are often perceived by the left as conservative cannibalism, which they tend to get all giddy over. Mistake, IMHO. It’s a comment…people don’t have to like or dislike people personally if their political views are different.

    The polarized we get, the more divided we become and the worse it gets. You think we’re seeing left or right extremism now….it can get much, much worse.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    More Liberty said:
    Good point. The President doesn’t have the purse strings – Congress does. Many of these people simply are ignorant of the fact, or are just lying. It is congress that creates and passes a budget. The president only gives them a general idea of what he wants. The President can’t even veto the Budget resolutions, only supplemental spending bills.

    There are people on these boards that (literally) think that budget surplus means that there was no debt in the ’90′s, or that the debt was reduced. The guy who goes by GlennBeckReview – obsession is more like it – posted a few days ago that under Obama, the defecit was reduced by 8% the first half of this year, based on a Washington Post article.

    What the article actually said (despite the misleading headline) was that there was another huge budget DEFECIT the first half of 2010, it was just 8% less grotesque than the first half of 2009. It meant at the time we were only expected to be $1.3 – $1.4 trillion short this year, rather that the $1.6 that was projected. How can you debate people who pull stuff out of the air and call horrific spending defecit reduction?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    bealzebubba said:
    The more polarized we get, the more divided we become and the worse it gets. You think we’re seeing left or right extremism now….it can get much, much worse.

    Agreed. That’s why Palin needs to stay out and Obama needs to be voted out in 2012.

  • More Liberty

    Andy Lamb said:
    There are people on these boards that (literally) think that budget surplus means that there was no debt in the ’90’s, or that the debt was reduced. The guy who goes by GlennBeckReview – obsession is more like it – posted a few days ago that under Obama, the defecit was reduced by 8% the first half of this year, based on a Washington Post article.

    Good point. These partisans basically just believe what they want to believe.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Some think that Babs did this because Jeb might run. It’s definately a possibility.

  • stoogedudes

    Very nice interview last night. It reminded me why I personally like the Bushes. My respect for them grew a lot after last nights interview. Not a big fan of their policies, but who cares.

    That was the point Barbara Bush made. She may not agree with Clinton’s policies, but she likes him personally. Too bad some of the incredible partisans on this site can’t see that.

    They seemed to have kind words to say about everybody, and if there are people who have the gall to criticize that, then I pray for them.

  • valkyrie101

    More Liberty said:
    I’m not attacking her, I was commenting on Bu$h senior and jr. Did you read my comment? I’m simply pointing out the fact that the Bu$hies are neocons, which is really not much different than the idiot currently wasting our tax dollars. Bu$h #1 and #2 were big government neocons. Just look at the patriot act, no-child-left-behind, the deficit and debt. Sorry to throw water on your partisanship but Bush did not defend individual liberty, and neither is Obama.

    Barbara is not a neo-con or a politician.

    As for individual liberty, that has been challenged greatly by the war on terror. The patriot act would not have been passed without the reality of an on-going war. The debt that Bush 43 left was mostly related to two things: The waging of two on-going wars, and deep tax cuts for the very wealthy.

  • More Liberty

    valkyrie101 said:
    The debt that Bush 43 left was mostly related to two things: The waging of two on-going wars, and deep tax cuts for the very wealthy.

    Obviously foreign wars increase the spending. However, if what you say is true, why did the deficit, which directly contributes to the debt, actually start declining after it’s height, prior to the TARP fiasco?

    Deficits per year:
    ’02/ $180 billion (approx) deficit rose from ’01
    ’03/ $380 billion (approx) deficit rose from ’02
    ’04/ $410 billion (approx) deficit rose from ’03
    ’05/ $305 billion (approx) deficit dropped from ’04
    ’06/ $280 billion (approx) deficit dropped from ’05
    ’07/ $200 billion (approx) deficit dropped from ’06
    ’08/ $450 billion (approx) deficit rose from ’07 (TARP)

    The Bush taxcuts, which were across the board taxcuts, were enacted in ’01 and ’03, and the war in Iraq started in ’03. But you claim that these measures raised the debt/ deficit. But how is that when the deficit was actually declining after ’03 until the whole TARP BS in ’08.

    You are simply just parroting DNC issued talking points.

  • http://endisfar.com theendisfar

    Kird said:
    Bill did leave with a surplus . . .

    US Debt in 1993 was $4.4 Trillion and $5.8 Trillion in 2001 when Clinton left office. In the year 2000 the DEFICIT was only $17 Billion, but the US has not seen a Federal Surplus in well over a hundred years.

    As far as who is friends with who, especially R’s & D’s, look for who likes the idea of a New World Order and you will find that D’s & R’s are happy to put aside their ‘differences’ which are mainly how ‘they’ would Centrally Plan (aka RULE) the general population.

  • valkyrie101

    More Liberty said:
    valkyrie101 said:
    The debt that Bush 43 left was mostly related to two things: The waging of two on-going wars, and deep tax cuts for the very wealthy.
    Obviously foreign wars increase the spending. However, if what you say is true, why did the deficit, which directly contributes to the debt, actually start declining after it’s height, prior to the TARP fiasco?

    By your way of thinking, after eight years of sowing Bush tax cuts, the economy should be booming. What happened to the investment, the trickling back of investment? Invested overseas in order to increase profits. And none of that benefits American citizens unless those windfall profits are taxed.

  • valkyrie101

    We put Asia on the road of economic prosperity. Finally China can stand on its feet. Now it is time for American corporations to come home and take care of their own people who have been sacrificing. We need American jobs. Or, we need to pay at least 25% of the normal working population to not work.

  • CAconservative

    Pay the normal working population not to work?!! Aren’t we close to that now? Doesn’t seem to be working.

  • valkyrie101

    CAconservative said:
    Pay the normal working population not to work?!! Aren’t we close to that now? Doesn’t seem to be working.

    Oh yea, not quite that many, but a lot. A few more would be nice. We have the spending part down, now we need to tax those who hold almost all the wealth, and who actually controls whether the average American will work, or not, by his or her decision on how much profit is enough.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    valkyrie101 said:
    Oh yea, not quite that many, but a lot. A few more would be nice. We have the spending part down, now we need to tax those who hold almost all the wealth, and who actually controls whether the average American will work, or not, by his or her decision on how much profit is enough.

    LOL, you can take ALL the money the rich make in one year and run the government for less than a month.
    You are going to take all their money just once. Then you and your pals will be alone here.

  • valkyrie101

    gordonbloyershow said:
    LOL, you can take ALL the money the rich make in one year and run the government for less than a month.You are going to take all their money just once. Then you and your pals will be alone here.

    Taxing the rich and setting up a welfare state is plan B. Plan A involves corporations bringing jobs back to America from overseas where they shipped them to make more profits.

  • FrostytheYeti

    The once Grand Lady, Barbara Bush has lost my respect. She likes Bill Clinton but thinks Sarah Palin should stay home? Sick!

  • pakattak

    More Liberty said:
    Good point. The President doesn’t have the purse strings – Congress does. Many of these people simply are ignorant of the fact, or are just lying. It is congress that creates and passes a budget. The president only gives them a general idea of what he wants. The President can’t even veto the Budget resolutions, only supplemental spending bills.

    Does that mean we can stop blaming Obama for the economy?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Albert-Moore/100001333355433 Albert Moore

    Babs:

    Can’t dislike Bill Clinton?

    Try me.

    Will Rogers never met Bill Clinton.

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