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VIDEO: Jeb assumes George W. Bush has a mind, praises him for “not having an opinion on anything” in four years

george bush jeb bush hug Photograph by Corbis

Photograph by Corbis

Jeb Bush, speaking to Jake Tapper about his failure of a brother:

“He is like the most focused, disciplined guy.”

And by focused he means able to fool Americans, the press, and Congress members, start fraudulent wars, and kill thousands of American and Iraqis. And by disciplined he means somehow able to avoid prison time.

“To imagine being a former president and not having an opinion on anything over the last four years, really?”

And by not having an opinion, he means depending out his brother’s spokespeople Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, and himself to opine for him.

“I mean, to have that discipline, to be respectful of the president that hasn’t been as respectful of him as he should have been? Man, I could have never done that.”

By making that statement, you haven’t done that.

And by discipline, he means allowing others to do his dirty work. And by respectful he means W not getting in front of a mic and yelling, “HA! Yeah! Woo hoo! Awesome! What HE said!” every time they do.

By the way, I wish President Obama would have the discipline to prosecute Team Bush for war crimes.

“Everything he sets his mind to, he does, he wants to be good at…”

Key words: “Wants to be.”

Assuming W even has a mind to set, there is very little, if anything, that he is actually good at… besides lying, I mean.

Enough about what a great Democrat Chris Christie would make, okay?

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To anyone out there who still thinks Chris Christie is awesome because he’s done a couple of praiseworthy or reasonable (and self-serving) things, think again:

Suddenly, because of one moment of justified outrage by this conservative, egocentric blowhard, I’m hearing how Democrats who couldn’t stand the guy are now saying they’re “fans.” That’s the word I’ve heard today, “fans.” Chris Christie is indeed charismatic, even entertaining, and of course, blunt. But let’s not forget that he’s still rude, nasty, and this guy: Link. Link.

Nor would he be Democratic party material, as tweet after tweet has suggested. Not even close. Emily’s List makes it easy to understand why with their Top 10 Reasons We Need to Defeat Chris Christie.

I’ll supply the list, but please link over to read the details:

  • Chris Christie Vetoed Same-Sex Marriage
  • Chris Christie Is No Friend to Workers
  • Chris Christie Doesn’t Believe in Universal Pre-K
  • Chris Christie Misuses State Funds
  • Chris Christie Vetoed a Hike in the Minimum Wage
  • Chris Christie Vetoed Equal Pay Legislation
  • Chris Christie Targeted Poor Families in His Budget
  • Chris Christie Cut Funding to Family Planning Organizations
  • Chris Christie Is Proudly Anti-Choice

Christie’s approvals are through the roof. Would they be that high if people in New Jersey– I’m talking to you, Democrats– were aware of his actual record? I think not.

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I do not want to see George W. Bush naked

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Bear with me here, I’ve been nearly completely out of the loop for the past few days, so I’m very late to the game and only just catching up on recent news stories. The one about the Bush family being targeted by a hacker was one of them. But the part about Bush 43′s artistic endeavors made my eyes pop out of my  head:

The leaked photos included intimate moments: a snapshot of George H.W. Bush that appeared to have been taken during his recent stay at a Houston hospital, a shot of George W. Bush posing with a cardboard cutout of himself wearing a beret, and paintings by the younger Bush of himself showering and in a bathtub.

Assuming George W. Bush has a brain– which is being generous– what the heck was he thinking? Who– especially a former United States president– paints (really bad) naked pictures of themselves in the bathtub and shower? And why would Bush sign his artwork with “43″ instead of his own name– discounting the possibility that he forgot how to spell his own name, of course.

Who the hell does all that? It’s terrifying to remind myself that this child-man was actually responsible for the safety and security of our country, for life and death decisions (some of those decisions being the worst in recent memory), for being a calming voice of reason and wisdom (let me know when you’ve stopped laughing… and crying). And this same child-man painted these:

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I made my living as an artist for years, I studied pictorial arts at UCLA under some of the finest artists in the United States, and I graduated cum laude, so I feel qualified to appraise what my poor eyes have been subjected to, and I agree with this assessment from Gawker’s arts blogger Greg Allen:

It doesn’t look like he’s studied anatomy, perspective, shading, drawing from live models, color theory, brushes, nothing. He just jumped in there and started painting, how hard could it be?… Except for the whole looking-at-yourself, shower/bathtub solitude thing, I don’t see GWB probing any real psychic depths here.

If you follow the link, you’ll see that Allen actually dignifies these “works” with serious analysis. I’m unable to do that, because if there is one word I do not and cannot associate with GW Bush, it’s dignity.

Just when you thought you were safe from the tea party, they’re ba-a-ack!

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Not that I have anything against very rude, often uneducated, well-armed conservatives loudly disrupting town hall meetings while adorning themselves with misspelled racist signage and three-cornered hats with tea bags hanging all over them, but come on, seriously? The tea party is planning a comeback?

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 Via The Daily Beast:

Until last night, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that the Tea Party was on the wane. Congressional leaders of the nascent movement, like Allen West and Joe Walsh had lost reelection, or, like Jim DeMint, had decided to leave politics altogether.  House Speaker John Boehner had stripped some of the more outspoken members of the Tea Party caucus of their congressional leadership posts, a sign that the GOP establishment was no longer going to be led by its ultra-conservative tail.  The big money groups backing the Tea Party were falling apart in a spate of post-election season squabbling.

However… there’s always a however…

… the tea baggers (they coined that word themselves, by the way) are a little peeved about Congress voting to allow a teeny tiny percentage of the Bush tax cuts to expire, so out come the Don’t Tread on Me flags.

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Outrageous,” said Matt Kibbe, president of Freedom Works, “is an understatement. This bill is an epic fail.”

Where’s Dick Armey when you need him? Oh yeah. Depositing his $8 million.

In Ohio, Cincinnati Tea Party president George Brunemann said he looked forward to “having a conversation” with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who voted in favor of the measure.

I think you will see more challenges [in 2014],” he said. “I am deeply concerned. We always knew that we had some people who were willing to go to the dark side of the force. We now need to show that the Tea Party movement isn’t dead.

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Chad Connelly, the chairman of the South Carolina GOP:

“If you think 2010 was the Tea Party Congress, just wait until 2014. You will see people even more angry and up in arms. I don’t think we have seen nothing yet.”

“I don’t think we have seen nothing yet”? Grammar aside, Chad’s mistaken, we’ve seen it all. We just don’t want to see it all again:

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VIDEO ADDED: In Poland, Solidarity distances itself from Romney visit. In Israel, Ehud Barak gives Obama administration big props.

And now has jumped on it:

Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres discuss President Obama’s record on Israel.

How’s that Big Overseas Trip workin’ out for ya, Willard? Your anti-union positions getting in the way of a good time?

(Reuters) - Solidarity, the trade union movement which led the Polish struggle against communist rule, distanced itself on Monday from a visit to Poland by U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, saying he supported attacks on unions in his own country. [...]

“Solidarity was not involved in organizing Romney’s meeting with Walesa and did not invite him to visit Poland.” [...]

[I]t may prove difficult in Poland for Romney to draw a sharp contrast with his Democratic rival in the presidential election because Polish leaders enjoy fairly strong ties with the Obama White House.

You know how Willard loves to say he’s a better friend to Israel than President Obama is? And how the president is a big ol’ meanie who isn’t as supportive of the U. S. of A.’s BFF as he is?  Israel’s own Ehud Barak would beg to differ:

(CNN)Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak said the Obama White House has been the most supportive administration throughout the two countries’ diplomatic relations on matters of Israeli security, in an interview to air Monday on “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”

Barak -also a former prime minister of Israel – said that though historically administrations from both political parties have supported the Jewish state President Obama’s support, security-wise, is unparalleled. [...]

But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.

Asked by Blitzer if the president has been more supportive than previous administrations’ Barak said, “In terms of the support for our security, the cooperation of our intelligence, the sharing of sorts in a very open way even when there are differences which are not simple sometimes, I’ve found their support for our defense very stable.”

Mitt Romney can try lying to our allies overseas the way he does to Americans, but it appears that they won’t buy into it like so many do here. He’s delusional if he believes he’s shown what a splendid commander in chief he’d be, or that he has foreign policy cred. So far, he’s done nothing but make a fool of himself. May he continue to do that straight through to November.

VIDEO- Bristol: Sarah Palin “definitely knows” whether she’ll run for president

–”She definitely knows. We’ve talked about it before. Some things just need to stay in the family.” Yes, some things just need to stay in the family, like any news about any member of the Palin family.

–”I feel like even if we are out in our cabin in the middle of the boonies we are still going to be talked about so we might as well be doing something good.” There’s a difference between being “talked about” and “pointed and laughed about”.  So please, do “something good” and go away.

The hilarity continues. CNN’s headline: Bristol Palin says mom has made presidential decision. Um, CNN? Mommy “The Quitter” Dearest has not, and never will, ever make a presidential decision. Ever.

Ever.

VIDEO: Surprise! GOP has no replacement for health care reform they so badly want repealed

The GOP newest wet dream is their tactfully titled “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act”, and by tactful I mean incendiary. Where have they been all week, under a Glock?

President Obama would veto this utter waste of congressional tail-chasing, and voters are more and more inclined to want more, not less health care reform.

Nonetheless, Republicans are sticking to their guns (no pun intended this time, honest) and insisting that somehow, maybe, they might kinda come up with some way to play CYA and concoct (very costly) reforms of their own, if only they could think of some.

Which they can’t.

Think Progress has more, but here’s a video of Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol twisting himself into Bush pretzel contortions claiming that more debate will solve the whole problem.

Call me crazy, but didn’t we have a really, really hate-filled,  debate before the bill was passed?