how can this president

[HiloBoy]

how can president lush sit around with that stupid smirk on his face laughing and enjoying his inaguration while so many are getting killed? considering he is the one that put everyone in harms way.

 

[Ego74]

how can president lush sit around with that stupid smirk on his face laughing and enjoying his inaguration while so many are getting killed? considering he is the one that put everyone in harms way.

Yep, those folks who went to work at WTC on 9/11/2001....Bush sure put them in harms way. If not for Bush, those planes woulda missed by a mile.

 

[RobFunk]

wasnt that the whole point of 911?

9-1-1 call for help ***** that was osama trying to get bushs attention. of course there wouldnt have been 911 without bush.

 

[HiloBoy]

i think the military that are killed everyday were put in harms way by lush.

 

[Ego74]

wasnt that the whole point of 911?

9-1-1 call for help ***** that was osama trying to get bushs attention. of course there wouldnt have been 911 without bush.

Rob, Osama was planning this attack for years, Bush or no Bush. Was the attacks in the 90's Osama's way of getting Clinton's attention?? guess it didn't work.

 

[VOLTITAN]

So all war time Presidents should just sit around with a frown on there face and be inconsolable the whole time. Have you seen how much he has aged? Notice just about anytime in an interview if someone asks him if the war was the right decision, he pauses and says based on the intelligence and knowing what he knew about S.H. and WMD he had to make a decision and history will judge him. He has also said things do not always go according to plan in a war and the situation changes and you have to change and adapt. I think it is safe to say that if he had a crystal ball he would have done many things different. He is not happy about troops being killed. He made a decision he thought was best for America at the time and he has to live with it. He knows as President he is no good to anyone if he sits around in depression and mopes. I guess you would have wanted him to pull an LBJ and not have ran for re-election and retire to TX and then keel over dead. I guess Bush felt he got the U.S. into this and he would see it through if he could be re-elected. What happens in Iraq now and how the history turns out will be the ultimate judge.

 

[mudbone]

VolT,

Abraham Lincoln declined to have inagaural ball and instead asked that people donate money to funds for war widows.

Likewise, FDR turned down opportunity for ball during WWII and instead opted for a low-key swearing in on balcony of White House. {He did host a dinner where approximately 2,000 people were fed such opulent h'ordeurves as cheese and crackers).

In both cases, these war time presidents found it in bad taste to hold extravagant inaguaration balls/swearing in activities while the country was at war. Meanwhile Bush spends $40 million of taxpayer money on his ceremonies while American troops in Iraq die because there they don't have armor on their Humvees. What a great fuckin example. Way to show leadership, Dubya!

 

[xpanda]

I think it is safe to say that if he had a crystal ball he would have done many things different.

Actually, Bush has said that even knowing what he knows now (no WMD, no AQ/9-11 connection, etc.) he would still have invaded Iraq.

I guess you would have wanted him to pull an LBJ and not have ran for re-election and retire to TX and then keel over dead.

Pretty much sums it up.

 

[SENDITIN]

Hey Mud,

As usual you've been reading the Doc Loser websites for your information. The $40 million for Bush's party is PRIVATELY funded. The taxpayer's tab for security etc was estimated at $3 million. Also ask FDR about the most lavish inaugural he held during the Depression. 4 MORE YEARS.

 

[Berlino]

The $40 million for Bush's party is PRIVATELY funded.

Yes it is. Privately funded in exchange for favors that will ultimately cost taxpayers. Wasn't Enron one of the biggest donors to the previous inauguration?

The taxpayer's tab for security etc was estimated at $3 million.

I'm afraid that figure is way off. The US forced the DC to use nearly $12 million in homeland security funds to help pay for security. DC estimates its total taxpayer expenses to be nearly $18 million.

Of course this is just pocket change compared to the taxpayer cost of giving the day or afternoon off to all Federal employees in the area.

 

[SENDITIN]

Hey Berlino,

Did you post the same whining liberal garbage during Clinton's bashes? Or are you still looking for conspiracy theories with Enron and Diebold?

 

[Berlino]

Hey Berlino,

Did you post the same whining liberal garbage during Clinton's bashes? Or are you still looking for conspiracy theories with Enron and Diebold?

Whining liberal garbage? I'm sorry that the inauguration cost much more than you thought, but I cannot help it if you have a problem with being confronted with the facts.

However, the next time ANY Democrat has a party which costs the taxpayers many millions and then only claims $3 million in public expenses I'll be glad to post about it. Happy?

Enron is what it is.

Why not fill me in on Diebold?

 

[HiloBoy]

i think bush could care less who dies as long as he can be the pretend president he pretends to be. why does he always look like a kid that has his hand caught in a cookie jar? like everything is a big joke

 

[Marco]

Berlino....you'll have to excuse some of the posters in here who think along party lines....

While some people in here are asking whether you'd whine about Clinton spending this money this way.....most people who are grounded in reality know that this inauguration party is costing the American taxpayer millions, regardless whether it is a democratic party or a republican party....

Should be thinking about the bottom line and not the party line.......

 

[SENDITIN]

Who gives a sh_t what the inauguration cost? I saw a 3 million security figure ....you saw something else. Did you figure in any lost productivity for people watching it on TV too? The only reason it's an issue is because you LOST the election...tough. Bottom line is it's primarily PRIVATELY funded. Just like the Clinton Library and Massage parlor.

Diebold is a mfg of voting machines which many of you whining libs have claimed to be rigged towards Bush in the election. See the $10,000 loser Petrie dish for more details.

 

[Marco]

"Who gives a sh_t what the inauguration cost?"

Yeah, you're right. It's just money, dude.......forget about all the paid holiday time and just throw it all on the national credit card, let the grandkids worry about it.

"The only reason it's an issue is because you LOST the election...tough."

I stand behind my reasoning that Clintons second term nor Bush's second term should have been anything to piss public money away on.....regardless how privately funded this thing is gonna be, fact is it WILL cost the taxpayers money....

As before, just throw it on the national credit card, let the grandkids pay for it, and if they complain, just say "tough...a meaningless second election party is more important than your future."

Just print more money, and party on!arty:

 

[gns61]

berlino, remember also that most of enrons antics were going on during clintons
administration. we forget enrons problems didnt happen overnight.
all these guys, unlike under sasquatch reno, will be prosecuted under bush

 

[HiloBoy]

who has been prosecuted besides martha stewart?

 

[Marco]

"....will be prosecuted under Bush."

Martha didn't pay any protection money to the current administration, hence she is in jail....

Membership has its privileges.

 

[HiloBoy]

and they say the evidence against good ole ken at enron is too confusing to pursue.