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24. Don't whitewash Shrub

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:54 PM

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the Iraq War was an illegal war based on lies... led to the death of over a million and destabilized the whole region leading to the rise of ISIS and tens of thousands more deaths

No... the Iran War in 2026 doesn't compare.

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Poor "Shrub" Bush...it's slipping away... [View all] Pesky1 Yesterday OP

W. was a gentleman and a scholar compared to the evil monster dalton99a Yesterday #1

Yeah.. and though I would not go so far as to say Cheney was not evil (or at least evil-adjacent) hlthe2b Yesterday #3

And George loved his dogs and children PatSeg Yesterday #5

Cheney autographed Sasha Baron Cohen's water board kit! Lucky Luciano 20 hrs ago #31

I hadn't seen that video PatSeg 8 hrs ago #45

Making fun of a woman on death row? vanlassie 17 hrs ago #36

I have no idea what you are talking about nor who (Cheney or Bush*) hlthe2b 12 hrs ago #37

I remember that PatSeg 7 hrs ago #46

Now I do remember, but that poster seemed to be attacking me as if I was supportive of Bush* hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #48

I respectfully disagree that DUers "better get used to" comparing anyone to Trump. It serves no useful purpose, and Martin68 6 hrs ago #54

Unless all they want to do is post memes and not engage in adult intellectual discussion they hlthe2b 6 hrs ago #55

It isn't always easy to know PatSeg 6 hrs ago #56

Karla Faye Tucker I believe displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #57

W was never anything resembling a scholar or a gentleman in any circumstances. He was snide, cruel (are you aware of the Martin68 8 hrs ago #39

remember when W mocked Carla Fae Tucker, the woman on death row? Dyedinthewoolliberal 8 hrs ago #40

Yep....Since he cried at his dad's funeral people seem to forget the past Bengus81 7 hrs ago #47

To imply any DUer was supportive of Bush* because they point out personality differences hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #49

Yes, would anyone here turn down the chance to have W back if we could be rid of TRUMP? Callie1979 7 hrs ago #50

I would not trade Trump for Bush/Cheney. I would trade Trump for his father. Martin68 7 hrs ago #52

Certainly everyone has that right. I believe I have the right to suggest that George W. Bush cannot be characterized as Martin68 7 hrs ago #51

Absolute bullshit and implies DUers should engage in the most simplistic of comparisons and hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #53

Texas is shrinking before our eyes. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #2

Texas grandpamike1 20 hrs ago #33

I remember, thinking back on it, believing that W was just impossibly awful at the time; I had no idea 0rganism Yesterday #4

I thought Reagan was the worst we'd ever have to deal with DavidDvorkin Yesterday #6

I feel the same. evolves Yesterday #11

Worst President in the history of the US - gone Nasruddin Yesterday #7

Poor guy. KnR. NNadir Yesterday #8

Vietnam was our worst war. 58,000 Americans died. Martin Eden Yesterday #9

For a long, long time Pesky1 Yesterday #10

The Electoral College put him in the first time. maddiemom Yesterday #14

There's A Solution Working Its Way Around... GB_RN Yesterday #23

Likeley unconstitutional under the Compact Clause, Article 1, Section 10 WarGamer Yesterday #25

That's One Argument. GB_RN 21 hrs ago #30

Yes, none of the other wars dismantled the post-WW2 rules based order Martin Eden Yesterday #16

It's going to take at least 50 years HighFired49 22 hrs ago #28

Bush was an absolutely horrible President edhopper Yesterday #12

That fker and his handler, Cheney The Dick (R-Hell) should have been tried in The Hague for war crimes, OMGWTF Yesterday #18

Don't disagree edhopper Yesterday #21

He tanked the economy in 2008 too, and Chump is really REALLY trying to beat that FakeNoose Yesterday #13

The Bush family were very gracious to Obama and especially their children. 33taw Yesterday #15

GeeDumbya should send T💩p a fruit basket, but he would never touch it. OMGWTF Yesterday #17

He paved the way for the orange menace and his p25 criminal cabal Clouds Passing Yesterday #19

Remember he said DownriverDem Yesterday #20

He was an incompetent buffoon that should never have been President JI7 Yesterday #22

I always got the impression he didn't really want the job. llmart 23 hrs ago #27

Don't whitewash Shrub WarGamer Yesterday #24

Speaking of whitewash... dpibel 20 hrs ago #32

One of my favorites...from 10 years ago Roy Rolling 23 hrs ago #26

I was positive he'd be the worst in history. Sparkly 22 hrs ago #29

I got involved in paying attention to politics under Bush 2 kimbutgar 20 hrs ago #34

W was illegitimate too! czarjak 18 hrs ago #35

Been saying for a decade now Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #38

How can he sleep at night... bif 8 hrs ago #41

Not on point , but anyway! ransomeli 8 hrs ago #42

I think Shrub still holds a few of those Polybius 8 hrs ago #43

I've often noted that W and Trump... Orrex 8 hrs ago #44

The Cowpies winning isn't necessarily a good thing. cab67 5 hrs ago #58

Fear not, it will never slip all the way away. republianmushroom 4 hrs ago #59