Elder Bush: 'Beat the Hell' Out of Hillary

[deadparrot]

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush said in Japan he would try to beat the hell out of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she were to run for president.

Bush may be friends with former President Bill Clinton, but if New York's junior senator campaigns for the White House in 2008, as many expect, I'll be back on the other side (of politics), and I will be trying to beat the hell out of her, if I possibly can, a grinning Bush said in Tokyo, where he spoke at Waseda University's school of sports and science.

Aides to both Clintons declined comment, The New York Post reported.

Bush joined forces with Bill Clinton to raise money for disaster relief, first after the Southeast Asian tsunamis of December 2004, and then after Hurricane Katrina last year.

http://www.whptv.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=235b0deb-b05b-4d58-919e-654b4764d098

[Demoiselle]

1. Well, there goes my theory...

My theory being that of all the Bushes only one had a shred--just a shred, mind you--of humanity: George Herbert Walker Bush. But, nah. I'm wrong. He's a pig just like the rest of them. BEAT THE HELL OUT OF HER? Hmmph. "Paging Dr. Freud, Paging Dr. Freud...we have another specimen for you...."
Cheesh!

[CBHagman]

28. Beautifully put, Demoiselle.

However, I would submit that pigs are more intelligent and better behaved than Clan Bush. :evilgrin:

[calimary]

46. That old fart will NEVER get the kind of payback he wants.

EVER. He'd like to see the Clintons be done away with, no doubt. Ain't gonna happen. Especially when his precious namesake has blown everything sky-high for his family franchise and their World's Biggest Entitlement Program (the exclusive rights the bushies seem to think they have to the occupancy of White House). Besides, Hillary's boy beat the hell outta YOU, 41, if memory serves, and that's as close as you got. It's done already, and you WON'T get a do-over.

[Joe Bacon]

49. the Bush family make the Sopranos look like the Brady Bunch!

The whole Bush Family is so sleazy, even John Waters would avoid them!

[flordehinojos]

52. didn't he at one point say that he was going to kick geraldine ferraro's ass?

[PerceptionManagement]

53. Yea, I like that about the shrubs...bankrupt nation, iraq is hell, Chimpy

is still a child moron AND the most unpopular president in history, medicare medicaid, dirty skies, no child left behind, abramoff blah blah blah, but "I'm gonna kick hillary ass!!

what a tool. Isn't there someone else he can puke on? I mean, hasn't his family hurt this nation enough? Can't he leave bad enough alone?

[NewJeffCT]

56. I think he used that after the VP debate with her

Said that he thought he kicked a little ass.

[flordehinojos]

58. he is so crass! (you are right that is exactly what he said after that VP debate. thank you for

refreshing my memory). there is such an incredible disconnect between the man that he wants to portray himself as being: refined, gentle, illuminated, and the man that he is. he is so crass, has no class...he is the true grandson of george herbert walker who is reported to have been a very crass man himself.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. My money is on Hillary.

And a few more slams from The Father of * will probably up her odds.

[Buck Rabbit]

54. I'll work Hillary's corner. Okay Hill, this stiff can't take a body punch

he'll puke all over. Taunt him about his idjit kid and his eyes will swell shut in tears. Don't be afraid to wade in and crowd him, the wimp will trip while backpedaling.


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edit: cause punch drunk bunnies don't spell worth crap.

[monmouth]

3. Sounds like he could have been a little "martinied" up, crazy old

coot. If he's going to start beating up on women he could start with that fat sounds like witch he's married to. I mean my God, six months ago it's like Bill Clinton is the son he's never had, and now he wants to "beat up" his wife. What an ass. Cart him off to a nursing home or something, I have more than Bush fatigue...

[IndianaGreen]

4. Something the Right and the antiwar Left have in common

a strong dislike of Hillary!

[otohara]

5. Why Is Bill Friends With

any member of the BFEE? What a creepy thing to say.

[jus_the_facts]

6. No surprise....Bill and Hill should be ashamed of their ASSociations with them....

....in hindsight it's apparent they're one and the same regardless.

[Strathos]

30. I agree

I think this "game of politics" is ridiculous. It seems they can say or do anything against each other but they come out shaking hands when it's all said and done. Just goes to show these aren't real people, they're just playing games with us all pretending to do and say things to get us riled all the while they sit back, count cash and laugh at us.

You know that last sentence would make an awesome rap song, huh? lol

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. More lies from the "read my lips" guy.

He'd like nothing better than to have Hillary win the Democratic nomination.

[zann725]

15. Exactly my reaction, too.

Didn't Poppy recently refer to "Bill" as his newest 'son?' FAR too chummy this last year to NOT have "plans" for Hillary.

[Megahurtz]

63. That's probably why he was grinning. n/t

[Occulus]

8. Precisely why I want her to stay out of the race.

How I feel about her as a politician, at this point, is meaningless. They would dogpile on her, and it would not stop. Period. She would not be able to get anything done.

It's a bad idea. She needs to bow out. Remain a Senator, please, Hillary... for all of us.

(Again, I'm not doubting her or her abilities; on the contrary: I already know what she would face from the pubs, and it would be very damaging to the whole country.)

[Cass]

29. You are so right on this one. The campaign would be incredibly brutal

and if she managed to win, they would attack and hound her mercilessly. It would be a repeat of what Bill went through. And, if the past is any indication, the media will enable and encourage every fabrication, smear, innuendo and lie about her.

I don't doubt her abilities one bit either and I don't think she would make a bad president, but I think this country would be ripped to shreds thanks to the republican attack machine that would go into overdrive with a Hillary campaign and presidency. Its very sad that politics has devolved into something so smarmy and nasty. Sadder still that a former president would think it appropriate to make such a remark about a former first lady and sitting senator. Then again the Bush family is not known for their grace or dignity.

[MrSlayer]

9. Why would you expect him to do anything less?

He's a Republican, she's a Democrat. They all try to beat the hell out of each other at election time. I don't see anything wrong with what he said.

[chieftain]

10. I remember how crass Poppy was after his debate with Ferraro.

Let's face it, the entire Bush clan is classless in addition to presenting a clear and present danger to our democracy and world peace. If there is one good thing about W's residency is that it ought to cure the American people from ever voting for someone from that cursed tribe ever again.

[Tanuki]

12. Yep, he said he tried to "kick a little ass" after debating Ferraro

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2519/is_1_25/ai_113610961
He hasn't learned much in the meantime.

[LiberalFighter]

36. That would be one way to make his life miserable...

Have little old women with signs whenever he shows up in public.... saying "You want a little ass to kick?"

[mrdmk]

11. wrong answer from a former president

Correct answer, "That is for the electorate to decide".

The Clinton Aides also had the correct answer.

A former head of state needs to put themselves above politics, as most presidents have done in the past. Former Presidents have a special place in this country and they need to stand-up for the good of the country, not petty party differences.

[Cleita]

13. Again, these statements and threats towards Hillary make

no sense. I can think of reasons why I'm not behind her many times, but this hatred is so unreasonable.

[Zenlitened]

40. Yes, I feel the same way. I generally like her, but readily admit she has said and done...

... things that totally rub me the wrong way. To the point of making me question whether I'd support her in the primary. Years ago, she would have had my vote locked up, but not now.

Still, the visceral, intense contempt that some on this board have for her... it's amazing to see. I expect it from the right-wing. In fact, I've have been up-close-and-personal with it from the right wing, and what a disgusting experience that can be.

But I'm in the DU camp that says we ought to spend more time boosting the candidates and party leaders we like, less time spewing vitriol at the ones we don't.

Criticism, sure. "Here's what makes (insert candidate name) a terrible choice, in my view." But I hate to see Democrats savaging other Democrats, especially when it sounds so eerily like the right-wing talking some days, in some of the threads I've seen.

As for me, with so much Congressional work to commence come January, I'm remaining resolutely undecided on White House Hopefuls until the 2008 primary gets under way for real.

I have some favorites among the names being tossed about. But I want to give all of them a chance to convince me why they deserve my vote. Heck, that's what the primary's are for, if we can keep the TV talk-show chattering class from trying to decide it all in advance.

:hi:

[Cleita]

42. I believe it is RW operatives often saying these things. It

becomes pretty noticable in the feminist and immigration threads. Many have been at DU a long time, but it doesn't mean that they aren't in the other camp. They just know not to go too far and get banned.

[BikeWriter]

14. ...meanwhile, his son is a "moran."

[NVMojo]

16. Can somebody beat the holy hell out of the Bushes? For reals?

I'd love to pay to see that. Fecking machismo chickenhawk rich mother feckers.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

17. Did he throw up afterwards? n/t

[Jamastiene]

18. He's the one with the hell in him.

What a weird thing to say. I wonder if he knew how sexist (woman abuser) that sounded. Who am I kidding? Of course, he did. Keeping in touch with his base, I see.

[onehandle]

19. Whatever, thug. nt

[JetCityLiberal]

20. Any respones from Rham and Carville?

[Teaser]

21. the Bush family: All Class

nt

[orleans]

22. his "family values" are showing.

he's a dick!

does clinton (bill) feel like a fool for hanging around with the bastard yet?

fair fight rules:

the old fuck "beats up" hillary

and bill gets to punch that stupid old bitch (barbara) in the mouth!

[truthisfreedom]

23. So he hates women? What's new? He's a bush.

They've always hated women. Look at the position junior has left Condi.

[Me-Oh-My]

24. All these pussy Neo-Cons

belong to the He-Man woman haters club.
He is just the grandpappy along with Unka Jimbo Baker, and Kissassinger.

[Vinca]

25. Here's a news flash for Poppy :

After the Maniac-In-Chief that is the product of his seed (oh, no, I just got an image in my head of Poppy and Babs ... aaaarrrrgggghhhhh), Hillary and just about anyone else on the planet will be a step up. W-a-a-a-a-a-a-y up. He should shut his caviar hole.

[PATRICK]

26. Stupid expression

First of all Hillary physically could whip the old codger six ways to Sunday or any of his addled brood. Then she could take the hell out of Bush, but you can't take a Bush out of hell. Even Nixon retained some sense and guile regarding effective politics. Without hatchet men these brain challenged plutocrats are empty suits, empty brains and empty threats.

Of course, nice try getting involved. It was encouraging they had enough dedication and bravery left to relish beating up on a woman at a safe distance. We thought the elder sire of monsters had given up completely.

[mitchum]

27. Your skin cancer is gonna put you in the dirt before then, old bastard

[UTUSN]

31. The old wimp has always trash-talked women n/t

[lumpy]

48. Poppy and his dimson do have something in common;

they like to talk 'pussy' together. The old boy is cracked.

[warrior1]

32. saying that in another country should be a crime

say it, if you really believe that, right to Bill Clinton's face, you coward.

[City Lights]

33. America's blue-blooded jackass speaks...did he barf on anyone this time?

Hillary could kick his ugly old ass using her words or her fists.

[llmart]

34. Hopefully this mean old dickhead......

will have taken a dirtnap by then. I'm sick of him even getting any presstime. Go crawl back into the hole you came out of and take the rest of your classless, tastesless family, including fishfaced Babs with you.

[LiberalFighter]

35. When the time is right we will have to do a campaign against him

that will make his life and those in his family's life miserable.

[undeterred]

37. Republican men hate women, all women, because they are desperately insecure men.

[treestar]

38. That reaction shows how it is all just a game to him

Not a matter of the voters and their choice, but a matter of who can do a better job of fooling the voters.

[leesa]

39. Ah, yes, pretend you don't want the corporate shill in power.

[Spazito]

41. That whole family is totally incapable of seeing their own

disconnect from reality. Daddy bush was just crying about the horrible things done to his baby boy jeb during his first failed election to become governor of Florida yet he sees nothing wrong in saying this and not recalling his appalling tactics during his run for the Presidency. Ma "Barker" bush's horrific statements on both the dead bodies of those killed in Iraq and the victims of Katrina in Texas re-enforces that disconnect and then you add the other baby bush and his "trifecta" comment along with the numerous totally inappropriate comments and there is something SERIOUSLY wrong both mentally and emotionally with them all.

[MasonJar]

43. I've said it before and I say it again...pure white trash...the whole

bunch of them.

[AX10]

44. The Bushistas are the WASPS. They believe they have a "divine"..

right to control this country. Old "man" Bush is just upset because his dream of a "Bush Dynasty" that could "rival" the non-WASP's Kennedy Dynasty is not going to happen. The Bush family is ruined. Daddy Bush will go to his grave with a HUGE blood red stain on his family!

[YankeyMCC]

45. Guess he's rather empathicly challenged

Not long ago he was crying over the memory of someone trying "beating the hell" out of his son in an election. But it's ok to do to someone else.

And this is the man that questioned the morals of atheists to the point of saying they were not real citizens.

Or maybe it's just his sense of irony that's lacking.

[Tellurian]

47. Well, then- I'd like to hear Bill issue a statement..

with nothing more than:

"Say what, Poppy?"

[agincourt]

50. Still an old punk,

still an old wimp, go back to having sex with Reagen's cadaver, poppy bullshit.

[ryanmuegge]

51. Why are Republicans so anti-Hillary?

I honestly don't understand it. She's very right-leaning. Her stances on the issues reveal her to be a very benign, middle of the road politician; extremely pro-Washington (AKA corporate) establishment. Perhaps it's lingering bitterness over her fight with the holy corporate white knights of the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies in the early 90s? That episode notwithstanding, I'm still at a loss as to what the Republican talking heads in the media use to base their characterization of her as a radical, left-wing hippie on.

[Arugula Latte]

55. Hey, Poppy -- Isnt' it about time for you to skydive again?

This time do us all a favor and strap Babs to your back. Then jump. Sans 'chute.

[NotGivingUp]

57. cuz the bush clan are also sexist pigs and couldn't stand to see

any woman become president.

[goforit]

59. Thats what they want ... a pretend fight.

[stlsaxman]

60. WAIT- Does this mean George Herbert Walker is running in '08?!?!?!?!?

Gawd i hope so! Gawd i hope so!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[samsingh]

61. Clinton's kiss up to the elder bush have produced absolutely no

dividends for Hillary.

[Rex]

62. And he means that with a baseball bat. The intent is violence.

Something Poppy enjoys more than having children. The chance to inflict suffering onto another human being. This is the sickness that controls and has controlled America for generations. Sick bastards like Elder Bush and his nutball wife. People that should have NEVER been given the chance to rule our country.

Sick bastards.

[superconnected]

64. I have a feeling his alzheimers is kicking in.

He'll likely go by way of raygun.