William Rivers Pitt | The Invisible Man: George W. Bush and a Hole in History

[NeoGreen]

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/37208-the-invisible-man-george-w-bush-and-a-hole-in-history

The Invisible Man: George W. Bush and a Hole in History
Friday, 12 August 2016
By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed

After Donald Trump blew into his dog saxophone and invited "Second Amendment people" to assassinate Hillary Clinton before she could appoint any judges, American politics went into China Syndrome meltdown mode in a way not seen since Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner very nearly to death in the well of the Senate, 160 years ago almost to the day. Republicans who had endorsed Trump immediately fled en masse to Outer Mongolia to become anonymous yak herders, and witnesses reported seeing House Speaker Paul Ryan climb a large oak tree while muttering, "I hate this job, I hate this job, there's no place like home, I hate this job."

This flame-decked train wreck has been a long time coming, and the GOP has nothing to blame but itself. Begin with the serial defections from the Democratic Party after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, augment with Nixon's "Southern Strategy" to promote racism and xenophobia within the party base, and then inject that strategy with steroids under Reagan by embracing right-wing fire-and-brimstone evangelical Christianity. Lose a war and collapse the economy in the middle.

Despise the immigrant, demonize the Other. Spend eight years howling THERE'S A BLACK KENYAN MUSLIM TERRORIST COMMUNIST SOCIALIST FASCIST MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU GUYS, EVERYONE FREAK OUT, season to taste with millions of guns and the paranoia they pack, put it all in a bag and shake it, and what you get when you crack the seal is Donald Trump: a racist, sexist, xenophobic fool who doesn't know that he doesn't know anything, surrounded by a growling herd of loyalists.

[CrispyQ]

1. An excellent commentary.

Worth the click to read it all.

[BlueCollar]

23. agreed...n/t

[Godhumor]

2. Reminder that the author taking the Repubs to task for treatment of Obama, called the prez "POSUCS"

Or "Piece of Shit Used Car Salesman"

Yeah, I have no use for Pitt or Truth-Out.

[LexVegas]

3. Also a Hillary basher and Bernie or Buster. nt

[Bobbie Jo]

4. +1

Agreed.

[ismnotwasm]

7. Yeah--he had to take the time to call Hillary "craven"

And pretend that he knows that Hillary doesn't want to talk about Bush due to her IWV.-because she's never discussed that at all---oh wait! She has! Over and over and over and over and over and over and over ad nauseum.

Plus his writing style--Yee. Reminds me of the Harold Lauder character from "The Stand"

No use whatsoever

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. The writing style...

The descriptor "overwrought purple prose" comes to mind.

[LexVegas]

19. Dennis Miller Lite. nt

[NurseJackie]

37. Yes! Exactly! It's absolutely DREADFUL!

Or ...

I must take this moment, after having read your recent post and analyzed it while simultaneously comparing the sentiments expressed by your words to my own sentiments, and thereby noticing how similar your feelings are to mine, thus allowing me to conclude that we are in agreement with regard to a style of writing for which is deservedly worthy of ridicule. It's clear that the writer attempts to to use such a style in a transparent attempt to make up for a lack of substance and to create the illusion that he's thoughtful and intelligent, which only ends up being little more than a dreadful and shallow screed for which the writer appears to derive great pride and satisfaction form such a showy display, and for which less sophisticated readers appear to be exceedingly, and mysteriously enamored and impressed.

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. Well done!

As I was taught in journalism school long ago (and to paraphrase), less is more.*


*Thanks to Mies van der Rohe for the comment, which is as appropriate to journalism as it is to architecture.

[ismnotwasm]

43. .

Bravo!

[NCTraveler]

54. .

[NastyRiffraff]

69. You go, Jackie!

The best response to someone who writes an article like this is ridicule.

[brer cat]

99. Oh my.

You are brilliant.

[Hekate]

112. ROFL Jackie.

The mockery being showered on Pitt in this thread is hilarious -- and well deserved. The sad thing is, I remember when he used to be a better writer; tho that was a decade ago. The POSUCS episode was the last straw for many here.

[sheshe2]

46. Pitt is on hold here for saying they will write in Sanders name in the GE.

A surrogate posts their Ops here. Not only allowed, reced to the top of the page. Something smells here.

[BobbyDrake]

55. Agreed. I went to ATA about it, but no response yet.

Ever since the new ToS, "some" folks have been able to get away with violation after violation after violation. It just leaves DU with more HRC hate than we were told to expect after the while drama of revising the rules.

[obamanut2012]

59. He publicly threatened to murder another DUer and was allowed back on DU

He threatened to orally rape lesbians to death and was allowed back on.

He calls Obama a POS used car salesman and everything is fine.

he is very, very publicly a BoBer and tells people to vote for Stein, but is still a darling here of some.

I do not get it.

[KMOD]

79. ugh!

How disgusting.

[brer cat]

100. Thank you, obamanut2012.

Many people here are too new to know his history, and it should not be forgotten.

[obamanut2012]

114. You're welcome -- it's appalling to me

How people think he is some kind of liberal exemplar.

[brer cat]

98. +1

[NurseJackie]

13. "Piece of Shit Used Car Salesman" ??? Huh-wha-WHAT?!

Amazing. Why would that type of discourse be permitted here?

[sheshe2]

15. +1000

[Andy823]

25. I agree with you

Never much cared for him, but ager that remark about president Obama, I find him useless. If anyone is a "Piece of Shit Used Car Salesman" it's him. I also read the article posted down thread that Pitt wrote over on the JPR site. Kind shows his true feelings.

[Squinch]

32. I always thought the title "Truth-Out" was genius in its sarcastic accuracy when associated

with our old friend Mr. Pitt.

[calimary]

33. That was a sad moment for me.

I had been a big fan of his. That, however, thoroughly turned me OFF.

I eventually bailed on Truthout, too, but for other reasons than just Will Pitt.

[George II]

42. And this statement, right in the very article that is linked/quoted from in the OP:

Last edited Sat Aug 20, 2016, 08:10 AM - Edit history (1)

"Clinton wants no part of having Bush in the discussion because it underscores her craven Iraq War vote and its calamitous consequences."

[sheshe2]

49. That alone should make it a hide.

Hillary bashing at its finest!

[SusanCalvin]

56. Oh, is that why he's a pariah?

I sensed he was but hadn't known why.

I did have to laugh at "dog saxophone," though.

[bettyellen]

104. And it was because mistakes were made the first time he file healthcare claims....

For a policy his family is now thriving because of.
Some of who would have been absolutely fucked by the pre-existing condition clause that Obama eliminated. It was about pure self interest.

[SusanCalvin]

106. Pre-existing elimination

Is probably a large part of why insurance companies are bailing and I really believe (knock on wood) a public option will be offered soon. Which will be the nail in the coffin for those bloodsuckers. One can hope.

Oh, and it sucks that the person under discussion didn't update his opinions to match his experience (I'm assuming).

[bettyellen]

107. I just think it's bullshit that it was his mistakes that caused his blowup and

He obviously sorted it out and had a happy and healthy wife and child. He's getting a fuck ton of value for his insurance compared to the average person, and is loathe to admit he actually made out well. I'm glad they're healthy and the family is financially stable but he should be kissing Obama's ass for it.

[SusanCalvin]

108. Oh, I agree.

And said so upon edit - I think we crossed paths.

[bettyellen]

109. Got it Susan- as far as I have seen he had ignored everyone here who asked him how things got sorted

Last edited Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:32 AM - Edit history (1)

So, there you go. He got a lot of recs for that venomous little screed and it seems like he likes the clicks more than he does his reputation.

[SusanCalvin]

110. It's a shame. nt

[obamanut2012]

58. Exactly -- and attacked me for calling him on insulting the President

I have had zero respect for him or his opinons since then.

[Owl]

62. Let it go.

[MohRokTah]

105. When there is an obvious pattern of behavior, why are we expected to let it go EVERY TIME? eom

[Martin Eden]

5. I'm sure the bolded sentence in this paragraph will raise some objections here:

Think on it. Even with his towering hubris, Donald Trump knows better than to bring up Bush, but instead will lay the whole mess on Obama and Clinton regardless of the incoherence of the argument, because it's red meat for the base. Clinton wants no part of having Bush in the discussion because it underscores her craven Iraq War vote and its calamitous consequences. The corporate "news" media? Forget it. They hauled water for him like Gunga Din in the name of ratings and advertising dollars, and are now slicked to the elbows in innocent blood. Best not to bring all that up. Eight long years have been summarily erased.

[George II]

39. No wonder he's flagged for review with statements like that.

[BobbyDrake]

116. Too bad he's apparently allowed to use proxies to post his banned content for him.

And the admins do nothing, despite such activity being raised to their awareness through ATA.

[sheshe2]

50. Do you object or accept?

[Martin Eden]

51. I think "craven" is a bit harsh

But there is truth in pointing out that Hillary's IWR vote has taken away a political hammer she otherwise could have used against Republican foreign policy and anyone who was for the war.

Personally, the IWR vote is the reason I refused to support John Kerry, Joe Biden, or Hillary Clinton in Democratic primaries. Here at DU we knew the case for war was bogus and predicted the opening of pandora's box. We knew about PNAC, and once given the authority Bush was going to invade.

We desperately needed strong Democratic leaders to stand up and speak truth to power, and some did. Those who helped enable Bush forever lost my vote in Dem primaries.

So, to answer your question, I accept what Will wrote because it is essentially the truth.

[ismnotwasm]

63. "Craven" is a lot harsh

And I'm no fan, to say the least, of this particular article--it would be an easy political feat to place the Iraq war solidly on the backs of the ones that engineered it. It's a choice not to for whatever reason. I can think of a few. Bush is old news.

That being said, I strongly disagreed with the IWV. I understand the "why"--she's explained it many, many times, but as you say, we all knew. We were all, however, NOT the Senator of New York.

You may be the first poster I've seen who includes Kerry and Biden in general condemnation.

[Martin Eden]

64. Adjectives for Bush & Cheney are much harsher

But there's no need to repeat them here. They were the architects of the war and needed to be stopped, not helped.

I never understood why being a senator from New York in particular should provide cover for the IWR vote. If anything, there was a greater responsibility in dispelling the lies connecting 9-11 to Iraq.

[ismnotwasm]

65. Adjectives for Bush and Cheney SHOULD be much harsher

Hillary has explained and apologized her vote as well as admitted it was a mistake.

My comment about being Senator had to do with her state was the one attacked, she had to listen to and evaluate whatever weasily shit Bush laid out, and make a decision. I wish she had made a different one.

[Martin Eden]

70. They are war criminals

It became apparent in early 2003 that Bush was going to launch the war despite UN inspectors being allowed access throughout Iraq, essentially betraying those who foolishly trusted him with that authority. THAT was the time for Democratic leaders to stand up and insist the inspectors be allowed to finish their work.

Hillary didn't admit her vote was a mistake and apologize until the operation became a fiasco. In other words, when it became politically necessary to do so. To this day I have strong reservations about her judgment in the use of military force.

I will, of course, vote for HRC in the general election. Trump is a dangerous abomination and must not only be defeated, but crushed.

[ismnotwasm]

73. Another "Not good enough" I see. The war was a fiasco before the first boots hit the ground

My daughter went to Afghanistan right after the marines were deployed there to kick Taliban ass. Her particular unit hadn't been deployed since Vietnam. Even after the marine offensive she said the Taliban were all over the place. And what did we do? Go to fucking Iraq.

Hillary covered it in length in her book

But, I respect your reservations and I'm glad she had your vote-- I'm not a person who claims perfection for Hillary, as thrilled as I am by her candidacy.

[Martin Eden]

82. "The war was a fiasco before the first boots hit the ground"

I will take that a step further and say that fiasco was a given when GW was given war powers in 2002. Though we saw that pretty clearly here at DU, Dems who gave GW their vote either didn't see it or made a political calculation that it was politically advantageous to appear tough on national security.

Afghanistan in and of itself was a tremendously difficult undertaking. Shifting focus and resources to Iraq -- regardless of the outcome there -- was a colossal blunder. The only "grave and gathering threat" posed by Iraq was the very real possibility that the inspectors would render a finding of no WMD, then the "mushroom clouds" would vanish along with the official rationale for the war.

Hillary Clinton has many fine qualities. Her relentless efforts for good causes throughout her public life are to be commended, and she is tough as nails. Decades of vilification by the right is little more than blowing smoke in the cynical expectation that people will eventually conclude where there is smoke there must be fire.

I have other reasons for not being a fan of the Clintons beyond her IWR vote, but I won't go into them here. Suffice it to say I believe significant change is needed before we truly have a government Of, By and For The People.

[ismnotwasm]

84. Fair enough

[Martin Eden]

85. Thank you for this civil exchange

[LiberalLovinLug]

71. Politically craven no doubt

The article is overwhelmingly an attack on the GOP, and a brilliant one. One little dig at the Democratic nominee, based in fact, and the shrill level in here goes up to painful levels.

I miss the days when there was a tolerance of opinion in DU. Since The Purge this place has sometimes sounded like raging Prohibitionists circa 1920. If there is even a hint of disloyalty to the echo chamber, no matter how poignant the article is in its totality, the author is ostracized in the most virile fashion.

[Spazito]

72. Brilliant? Hardly...

Craven describes the author of the piece in the OP as does the descriptor "piece of shit used car saleman", imo.

What purge are you referring to? There has been no purge, the rules for DU after the Democratic Presidential Candidate have been in place for years, it is expected DUers will support the successful candidate. Nothing new there at all.

[ismnotwasm]

75. +1

[LiberalLovinLug]

76. Good work soldier!

Carry on

[ismnotwasm]

77. Good work soldier!

Carry on

[Spazito]

83. LOL!

Great response, no, really, great, truly epic!

[ismnotwasm]

74. What purge? People not supporting the nominee left--many to the hate site of JPR

A few other decided to violate the TOS.

And "one little dig" is on top of a lengthy history of them--to say otherwise is a tad disingenuous.

[LiberalLovinLug]

80. Whether it was a self imposed purge

Or former members, many long time ones, squeezed out by intolerance and meanness. Call it what you will.

And however colourful the language used by anti-establishment voices such as Pitt, underneath it all there is the fabric of truth. The oligarchy is real, and both of the two main parties continue to cater to it, even if one is held more in check by their base. A voice like Wills is still needed. Now more than ever.

[ismnotwasm]

81. If it's self imposed its not a purge

And a number are third party voters. Why they want to continue to post here, I do understand, if you've spent a decade or so on a particular website, it's hard to let go.

I myself felt squeezed out by meanness and intolerance as a Hillary supporter, so "they" are certainly not unique in that.

The "oligathy" had become nearly meaningless as it is basically misused and implies an Illuminati type organization of a few rich people, rather than an entire economic system that needs proper and stringent regulations against excess, while at the same time, protecting the actual economic balance,

[LiberalLovinLug]

88. An oligarchy is what it is

As the Princeton University study a couple of years ago concluded the USA is now checking all the boxes on.

Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

I myself am positionally somewhere between DU and JPR. I don't believe in the "burn the house down" theory over there and am supporting Hillary, along with Bernie but as more of a stop-gap measure. I don't expect much more from her than that but I remain hopeful that she will surprise me.

[Andy823]

86. You are kidding right?

Those who left, and formed JPR. were not driven out by intolerance nor meanness, they were trash and bash posters, trolls, trouble makers and only wanted to bash president Obama, the Democratic party, and anyone here who did not agree with their overly radical view point. Pit made and ass out of himself many times here on DU, and calling present Obama a "piece of shit used care salesman" pretty much showed the ass he really was.

What gets me is all those who come back here from the cesspool they call JPR, and keep string up things. It's obvious they only want to cause problems, nothing else. If you like Pitt so much I am sure they would love to have you over on JPR, unless you are already one of them.

[bettyellen]

102. Purge? They fixed the jury system and took most power away from the mods since they'd been

Taken over by Libertarian bullies who ran interference and worshipped at the feet of the worst rat fuckers ever. The TOS hasnt changed, they just improve the moderation.

[Pluvious]

68. We did have a leader that opposed the US invasion of Iraq, but...

... the CEO of Goldman Sacks declared him "Dangerous!"

I desperately hope that Hillary will be able turn the tide in Wall Street's power over the people and our broken government.

We just need to clean out The House.

[BooScout]

6. *yawn*

[KMOD]

8. This William Rivers Pitt?

A word from William Rivers Pitt

Dear friends:

If I get another admonishing finger wagged in my face – just one – along the lines of “What, you want a President Trump,” there will be asses kicked sideways in all directions. I’ve had it.

I WARNED YOU about what a vulnerable bad-idea candidate Clinton is. But no, she’s the fucking Anointed One, the only one that can win until she fucking loses. By all rights, she should be 25 points ahead of Trump across the board, but she’s not, because she’s a fucking terrible candidate and you know it. She’s got more baggage than Samsonite.

So I’m supposed to take a blade to my own conscience and vomit up a vote for her because of your bad decision-making? Fucking hell with that. You bought it, you ride it, all the way to the end. A god damned ham sandwich could beat Trump in a general election. You went and picked the one human who could actually blow it, and now that’s on me?

Fuck and that. I will vote my conscience in November – and yeah, if it’s close, that will factor in – but if I get another half-assed “Yeah but” lecture, you’re gonna get banhammered so fast you’ll be gone before you know you had an accident. She’s your candidate. Live with the fucking pain.

If she can’t beat FUCKING DONALD TRUMP, she has no business in the race to begin with. I’m not here to haul your water or paper over your mistakes. You had other options, and you fucked it up. Don’t put that on me.

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/a-word-from-william-rivers-pitt/

[ismnotwasm]

9. Yeah--he's risen or descended

To HA Goodman levels. Don't they love that dude over there too?

[KMOD]

10. Yes, they do.

It's a 24/7 hate site over there.

[NurseJackie]

12. That's a good comparison. HA Goodmanesque ... perfect.

[LexVegas]

14. He doesn't write as well as Goodman. nt

[RonniePudding]

90. Definitely less talented

Pitt is a self important birthday party clown. Goodman is batshit but at least he figured out a way to create a career out of it. Pitt is a nobody. A legend in his own mind.

[Andy823]

26. I would say

Descended after reading his post from over in the cesspool at JPR. I do see however he has some fans here, or they came over from JPR to rec this thread up. I think his writings should stay on JPR.

[NurseJackie]

11. Oh, that's charming!

The smugness and toxic hate is just oozing from every punctuation mark.

Fuck and that. I will vote my conscience in November – and yeah, if it’s close, that will factor in – but if I get another half-assed “Yeah but” lecture, you’re gonna get banhammered so fast you’ll be gone before you know you had an accident. She’s your candidate. Live with the fucking pain.

Bitter?

[sheshe2]

16. ...

[snooper2]

20. LOL, who knew he was billy badass, I thought he was kind of frumpy from pics

[MohRokTah]

22. You would have to be a non-Democrat to write something like that. eom

[Spazito]

31. One and the same...

says it all, doesn't it.

[Squinch]

34. Such a ridiculous, self-important twit.

[SusanCalvin]

57. Kinda disconnected from reality, ain't he?

JPR? Urk, if that's representative. Thank for reading it so I don't have to.

[obamanut2012]

60. He's all over FB telling people not to vote for Hillary

WHY is he allowed to post anti-Hillary OPs?

Or threaten to murder DUers, or rape them, or call Obama a piece of shit? And is the darling of JPR and BoBers.

I do not get why people think he is still relevant to us in 2016. He isn't. He is a Jill Stein-level crank.

[SwampG8r]

92. +1

[KMOD]

96. are you effing kidding me?

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/a-word-from-william-rivers-pitt/

If you are +1ing that shit you are in the wrong place.

[Bobbie Jo]

111. Courageous post.

[brer cat]

101. Thank you, KMOD.

We certainly know where he stands, and it is very ugly.

[bettyellen]

103. Wow he's going to feel like an idiot when we get the best SCOTUS ever. HA.

[Hekate]

113. All the four letter words piled one on the other rather take away from the quality of the prose

He used to be better than this. At this point if you deleted the cuss-words there wouldn't be much left -- and that's kind of tedious.

Just to be absolutely clear: I myself occasionally cuss on DU and IRL. But one after the other after another doesn't add up to coherent communication, just a temper tantrum.

[sheshe2]

18. William who?

[Dr Hobbitstein]

30. Some used car salesman. nt

[MohRokTah]

21. George W. Bush was a PIECE OF SHIT USED CAR SALESEMAN! Eom

[TygrBright]

24. ::ahem:: "...a growling herd of ARMED loyalists" pls.... n/t

[Brainstormy]

27. Nailed it! n/t

[saidsimplesimon]

29. Thank you Mr. Pitt

Ad homenim attacks on the messenger seem inappropriate, yet, haters will hate. The "Scarlet Letter" of Exile, instead of a "big tent"?

As always, just an opinion.

[RonniePudding]

97. And you know what they say about opinions

[hibbing]

35. Never, never, ever, ever forget

Yet they all propose the same exact policies. More tax cuts for the ruling class, that whole administration should be in jail. Instead they are looked to as foreign policy experts to critique the current administration's foreign policy.


Peace

[csziggy]

36. Irreverant response to "House Speaker Paul Ryan climb a large oak tree"

Is he also gong to cut the soles off his shoes and learn to play the flute?

Sorry, flashback to Firesign Theatre:

Take Dwarf {Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers}. Beginning with the Powerhouse Church rantings of Deacon Mouse on some late-night televangelist show, it becomes apparent that salvation is best found at the dinner table. George Tirebiter--a name nicked from the canine mascot of the USC Trojans--is asleep on the couch; he wakes up to an empty refrigerator, gets the munchies from watching an ad for Arnie’s Whole Beef Halves, can’t get a pizza delivered to his sector because it’s after curfew, flips around the dial and lands back on the televangelist channel. The deacon is touting “hot-buttered groat clusters,” Tirebiter commands the deacon to hand ’em over, and the deacon does--right through the television set.

Sated, Tirebiter starts flipping through the channels past a game show starring himself as an old man and commercials for Ersatz Bros. Coffee (mystery ingredient: Spanish fly) before landing on a vintage movie. It’s a parody of one of those 1930’s campus-hijinks films titled High School Madness, starring a couple of Mickey Rooneys named Porgie and Mudhead. Porgie, yet another incarnation of Tirebiter, is about to graduate. Sourpuss dad Adolf slaps him around at the breakfast table--“Don’t eat with your hands, son; use your entrenching tool,” he snarls--then Mudhead, a perennial goof-off who only wants to pick up girls, shows up to give Porgie a ride to the Morse Science High graduation ceremony. “With counter-subversive educational priorities the way they are, why, it really helps our side to re-enlist,” Porgie quotes Morse Science’s principal, a man named Poop, to Mudhead before adding that what he really wants to do is cut the soles off his shoes, sit in a tree and learn to play the flute.

Unfortunately, they arrive at a flagpole. “Holy Mudhead, mackerel!” Porgie exclaims. Morse Science High, it’s ... disappeared! Thus ends side one.
http://firesigntheatre.com/media/media.php?item=wc-rv

[SwampG8r]

93. +1

[Loki]

38. Well crap.

I though he was doing another one of his drive by GBCW. How's that Green World working for ya Mr. Pitt? Bet it smells just like the "fart smelling" diving pool in Rio.

[George II]

41. So, a member can't post on DU for now because he's flagged for review, so he gets someone else....

....to post for him?

[NurseJackie]

44. I recall that *was* frowned upon when someone linked to a Daily Kos post ...

... from Bravenak (who was ppr at the time). But now that the primary is over and the new rules are supposed to be in effect, it's unclear to me if this is something that's actually covered. I'd be interested in knowing, though.

[Starry Messenger]

61. Excellent point.

[still_one]

45. To be honest it is an insult to DU to post an article by someone who has pledged NOT to vote for

Hillary in the general election.

Mr. Pitt belongs over at JPR. Ironic that for someone who used Trump like slurs against President

Obama, he is criticizing Trump for doing the same thing. There is a name for that

[sheshe2]

47. Kick and hell yes rec.

Nailed it!

[still_one]

48. Hi sheshe, thanks

[Skidmore]

52. This.

[betsuni]

53. Yes!

[stupidicus]

66. ain't that the truth

[Dr Hobbitstein]

67. Will Pitt, just another faux-liberal pretending to be leftier than thou.

Just like Manny Goldstein. Fuck 'em both. Their drivel does NOT belong on DU.

[Andy823]

87. Exactly.

I couldn't agree more.

[bulloney]

78. Your title had an extra "d". It should read: The Invisible Man: George W. Bush an a-Hole in History

[JustAnotherGen]

89. This doesn't gel with who he has shown us to be in the past

[msanthrope]

95. It does. Some of us are surprised not at all. nt

[obamanut2012]

115. Are you kidding?

He is horrible. See my post up thread.

He's been terrible for quite a while, and is now all over his social media and message boards BoBing.

[JustAnotherGen]

117. Nope -

Mr. Pitt normally reserves his vective and nasty disrespect for President Obama.

Again - this doesn't gel with who he has shown us to be in the past. Besides wasn't this one of the folks that was always assuming the worst of Obama? Everything from he was going to end social security to spreading fracking everywhere?

I don't believe I've ever read anything where he respects President Obama's service to this country - and who he is as an individual.

So now he's trying to play all 'kissy face' - and come into the Democratic Party fold by 'defending' President Obama and SOS Clinton?

When he never has before . . . that I can recall?

My key item being: this is the writer who referred to President Obama as a "Piece of Shit Used Car Salesman".



People are different but for me? Pitt has shown me who he is, what he believes, and what I believe to be ill intent towards Democratic Politicians. I believe who he has shown himself to be.


So nope.

My statement stands.

This 'article' defending the virtue and honor of President Obama and SOS Clinton does not in any way make sense - as in the past - he's done nothing but take jabs at and tear them down.

Or - were there prior posts I've missed where he has written ANYTHING favorably about either one - that ALSO did not include a backhanded slap? Becuase even in those instances he writes 'something nice' to deliver a sucker punch the very next sentence.

[madinmaryland]

91. When is Fitzmas going to happen? 24 business hours?? I was really hoping KKKRove would be

indicted and frogmarched out of the White House.

[RonniePudding]

94. Trust fund clown says what?

Pitt and Drumpf have at least one thing in common. Neither of them has done an honest day's work in their life.