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Martin68

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

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 10:26 AM

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suggests a rehabilitation or absolution for a different absolutely terrible president. What's the point? Trump is terrible, Bush was awful, Nixon was vile, Reagan was the beginning of the end for the American middle class. Playing a game of which terrible president was more terrible is a useful exercise, and it indirectly suggests that those who aren't at the top (or the bottom) of the list are somehow not so bad. Let's agree e wouldn't want any of those people back in office and concentrate on comparing liberal and Democratic candidates who we can all agree would be better than any of those deplorables.

I am not trying to "smear" anyone, and I hope no one smears me for expressing my opinions.

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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 17 hrs ago #31

I hadn't seen that video PatSeg 5 hrs ago #45

Making fun of a woman on death row? vanlassie 14 hrs ago #36

I have no idea what you are talking about nor who (Cheney or Bush*) hlthe2b 9 hrs ago #37

I remember that PatSeg 4 hrs ago #46

Now I do remember, but that poster seemed to be attacking me as if I was supportive of Bush* hlthe2b 4 hrs ago #48

I respectfully disagree that DUers "better get used to" comparing anyone to Trump. It serves no useful purpose, and Martin68 3 hrs ago #54

Unless all they want to do is post memes and not engage in adult intellectual discussion they hlthe2b 3 hrs ago #55

It isn't always easy to know PatSeg 3 hrs ago #56

Karla Faye Tucker I believe displacedvermoter 2 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 5 hrs ago #39

remember when W mocked Carla Fae Tucker, the woman on death row? Dyedinthewoolliberal 5 hrs ago #40

Yep....Since he cried at his dad's funeral people seem to forget the past Bengus81 4 hrs ago #47

To imply any DUer was supportive of Bush* because they point out personality differences hlthe2b 4 hrs ago #49

Yes, would anyone here turn down the chance to have W back if we could be rid of TRUMP? Callie1979 4 hrs ago #50

I would not trade Trump for Bush/Cheney. I would trade Trump for his father. Martin68 4 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 4 hrs ago #51

Absolute bullshit and implies DUers should engage in the most simplistic of comparisons and hlthe2b 3 hrs ago #53

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

Texas grandpamike1 17 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 23 hrs ago #6

I feel the same. evolves 22 hrs ago #11

Worst President in the history of the US - gone Nasruddin 23 hrs ago #7

Poor guy. KnR. NNadir 23 hrs ago #8

Vietnam was our worst war. 58,000 Americans died. Martin Eden 23 hrs ago #9

For a long, long time Pesky1 22 hrs ago #10

The Electoral College put him in the first time. maddiemom 22 hrs ago #14

There's A Solution Working Its Way Around... GB_RN 21 hrs ago #23

Likeley unconstitutional under the Compact Clause, Article 1, Section 10 WarGamer 21 hrs ago #25

That's One Argument. GB_RN 18 hrs ago #30

Yes, none of the other wars dismantled the post-WW2 rules based order Martin Eden 22 hrs ago #16

It's going to take at least 50 years HighFired49 19 hrs ago #28

Bush was an absolutely horrible President edhopper 22 hrs ago #12

That fker and his handler, Cheney The Dick (R-Hell) should have been tried in The Hague for war crimes, OMGWTF 21 hrs ago #18

Don't disagree edhopper 21 hrs ago #21

He tanked the economy in 2008 too, and Chump is really REALLY trying to beat that FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #13

The Bush family were very gracious to Obama and especially their children. 33taw 22 hrs ago #15

GeeDumbya should send T💩p a fruit basket, but he would never touch it. OMGWTF 22 hrs ago #17

He paved the way for the orange menace and his p25 criminal cabal Clouds Passing 21 hrs ago #19

Remember he said DownriverDem 21 hrs ago #20

He was an incompetent buffoon that should never have been President JI7 21 hrs ago #22

I always got the impression he didn't really want the job. llmart 20 hrs ago #27

Don't whitewash Shrub WarGamer 21 hrs ago #24

Speaking of whitewash... dpibel 17 hrs ago #32

One of my favorites...from 10 years ago Roy Rolling 20 hrs ago #26

I was positive he'd be the worst in history. Sparkly 19 hrs ago #29

I got involved in paying attention to politics under Bush 2 kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #34

W was illegitimate too! czarjak 15 hrs ago #35

Been saying for a decade now Cosmocat 6 hrs ago #38

How can he sleep at night... bif 5 hrs ago #41

Not on point , but anyway! ransomeli 5 hrs ago #42

I think Shrub still holds a few of those Polybius 5 hrs ago #43

I've often noted that W and Trump... Orrex 5 hrs ago #44

The Cowpies winning isn't necessarily a good thing. cab67 2 hrs ago #58

Fear not, it will never slip all the way away. republianmushroom 1 hr ago #59