George H. Bush breaks down and CRIES giving a speech on son Jed

[bigdarryl]

WOW it was riveting to see him break down giving a speech and his son putting his arms around him

[WinkyDink]

1. Yeah, I'm riveted.

[calimary]

49. Yeah. (Yawn.) Me too.

:nopity:

[cspanlovr]

2. Where? When? Now?

[PATRICK]

3. Great

What does Junior do when HE breaks down?

[yellowdogmi]

4. as he wrote the check for jeb's exploratory commitee....

:nopity:

[bigdarryl]

8. Man you guys are bruttal I don't support the Bush's but come on...

give the old guy a break. he was emotional talking about his son

[WinkyDink]

14. That son-of-a-Nazi? Father of this mass murderer we call "President"?

Head of the BFEE? GMAFB.

[yellowdogmi]

19. If you think that was brutal.....

I did not see it. But I hold no emotion for these brutal bastards. I kind of believe that it was meant to elicite sympathy for Jeb. A photo op to help position him in the race. Poppy should be in prison with his sons.

[Christa]

21. Who cares

about all the broken and dead people in Iraq?

fuck that horrible old man and his whole damn family. I hate them so much it hurts.

[MichiganVote]

29. Yeah...I'll keep his weeping in mind as our friends sons serve in Iraq

Far as I know that former windbag hasn't attended a single recruit's funeral either. AND we pay his pension, secret service, upkeep on his presidential library and so on and so forth. Bush I has done NOTHING for his veterans and NOTHING for these troops.

I have no sympathy for president's who feel nothing for our soldiers in harm's way.

edit/typo

[The Backlash Cometh]

31. My rough poem about how I feel about Bush Sr. & Co.

They blew it.
People died.
Our Country is worse off.
They won't ever admit they made a mistake.
They won't ever let go of power.
Their supporters will defend them to the end.
The end is near.

[Gregorian]

32. Even Jesus was violent with the money changers in the temple.

I believe in Love thy Enemy. But I'm not an idiot. And I'd never give Satan a helping hand.

[flordehinojos]

33. folie a deux (usually means a delusion shared by two people) in this case it means,

a meltdown shared by two people--father and son!and i think the father's meltdown of which he has previously given an indication while talking in the Persian Gulf a couple of weeks ago, points as a credible fact to how much this father was involved in the son's pResidential doings ... he, the melting down father, was actually the puppeteer behind the son and he sees the meltdown not just as another one of his son's failures but as his own as well!

[Zhade]

44. FUCK that murderer. FUCK HIM!

He ought to cry for all the people in South America, Iraq, and around the world that DIED because of his actions!

[windbreeze]

51. let's not forget

Kennedy...that was the real time, now it's time to get serious, in your face, no longer on the sneak, beginning of the current disaster this bunch has made for our country...if we want to cry...let's cry for ourselves and what they've done to this country...(the sad thing is, they couldn't have done any of it, w/o our cooperation)...
windbreeze

[Arugula Latte]

55. You're sympathizing with Poppy? What about the 650,000

brutally SLAUGHTERED because of his lying, sack-of-shit son?

I have NO sympathy for that murderous family. None. Zilch. Zip. Nada.

[BuelahWitch]

39. Jeb's gonna get an anal probe?

Is daddy afraid there'll be brain damage? :shrug:

[liberalnurse]

5. Jeepers!

He is a fragile old man now! Some form of dementia appears to be setting in!

[Fridays Child]

10. We had the same thought! See post #7.

[NMDemDist2]

6. first he's choking up when he was speechifying in the ME and they said

mean things about W in the Q&A now he's tearing up talking about Jebbie??

the old man is losing it folks, right here on TV

[cliss]

22. Cool. It's about time.

That he was able to live long enough to see this day, is pretty amazing to me.

You know it's GOT to be just tearing him apart, to see how his son is a complete failure, how his own son almost pushed this country to the brink of collapse.

ENJOY GHB.

[MissWaverly]

23. he's broken hearted over the rich saudis calling Jr. a crook

after all they are his "base"

[JCMach1]

50. Wrong country... It was politcally savvy emiratis

The average guy on the street over here knows 5-10x as much about international affairs and politics as the average American...

[MissWaverly]

53. good call

well, the American people are starting to wake up, the spin is wearing off, they are
starting to see that Iraq has become a mess and our leader does not lead.

[WildEyedLiberal]

34. I'm glad you have that sigline

Because my poor little brain was getting terribly confused at your nickname/avatar combo. :P

[NMDemDist2]

35. ROFL

you're welcome!

[WildEyedLiberal]

38. Are you in the Albuquerque area?

I visited there last summer and I completely and totally fell in love with New Mexico. I would move there tomorrow if I could. Such a beautiful, friendly state.

Edit: Oops, I looked at your profile and answered my own question, no Albuquerque. I'd love to see the rest of the state, though.

[NMDemDist2]

nope, not even close. I can see the highest point in Texas from my

back patio

and BTW, that last response to you was my 31000 post! that was one for posterity eh??

:rofl:

[WildEyedLiberal]

47. Well congrats on the milestone!

:toast: :party: :woohoo:

It's 19 degrees here :scared: so I'd trade places with you in a heartbeat

[Fridays Child]

7. He looked more demented than overcome with pride.

That was actually sort of disturbing. I think there's something wrong with him. Could it be that he's finally cracking under the weight of the horrific crimes he and his family have committed against humanity?

[PCIntern]

13. I will never forget how he looked

on Election night 2000 in the hotel room with W. He knew something untoward was going on and that they might be caught in the act. They hadn't figured on some of the Networks giving FL to Gore early. He was scared shitless.

[Sal Minella]

20. Or possibly with the Gates nomination coming up, G.H.W.B. fears

his papers regarding Iran-Contra ("I wasn't in the loop") might be released or leaked somehow and his real legacy will catch up with him before he dies.

His Iran-Contra papers should have been released years ago, but Junior is keeping them under wraps somehow.

If that was my "legacy" I'd cry too.

[stellanoir]

9. wot has he morphed into Jed Clampet's dad from the Beverly Hillbillies?

It's Jeb, I presume as in Jebediah not Jed.

But given the ill gotten gains from the oil industry and how utterly classless that clan is, it may be an apt comparison even if it's an innocuous typo.

I love typos.

[Mountainman]

11. I can't find a drop of empathy in my body for that family.

No family I know of has done so much to hurt so many people. I had to turn off the crying jag.

[slor]

12. Why does he not cry about...

what his murderous son has done in Iraq and in NOLA, and all the other shit he does?

[uppityperson]

15. I'd cry if I had to give a speech about Jed also.

[snowbear]

16. Bwwaahhhhhaaa!!! You are too funny uppy!

Hilarious answer!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. I didn't know he -had- a son Jed. Perhaps it's news to him too, hence the breakdown.

Well, there's a joke in there somewhere. Way down beneath the waters I'm fishing.

[rocktivity]

18. If Georgie and Jeb were MY children

I'd break down and cry, too.

:shrug:
rocknation

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. I'd cry to, thinking about Jed.

Must bring back horrible memories of fucking Barbara.

[sarge43]

27. .....

:spray::applause:

[Island Blue]

25. Who is George H. Bush and who is Jed?

Wasn't that the dude on the Beverly Hillbilly's?

[Ninja Jordan]

36. Agreed. What the hell is going on?

Who what when where

[GeorgeGist]

26. Abject failure...

is hard to ignore when you're in the spotlight.

[happydreams]

28. "Let me tell ya' bout' a boy named Jed.....

crooked hokey Governor who wanted to run the Fed,

then one day his daddy went to praise his name,

broke down in tears,... the democrats he blamed,

but it was really about black gold, texas tea, oil empire that is.

[TheCowsCameHome]

30. Son *W* should be the one to cry in agony over.

[partylessinOhio]

37. I saw the old man breaking down and had to come back online to see

what others thought of his crying over Jebby.

You have to remember how hateful Poppy was years before he ever became president. He never could take criticism then and he had a tongue as sharp as a knife. He was just plain nasty as he could be.

I believe that Poppy is breaking down because he cannot stand the criticism that is mounting against his son, the Decider. He was speaking about Jebby but he was thinking George.

Poppy is a very proud man and this failure of his son is really painful to that pride.

I feel no sympathy for this criminal family - NONE!

I say bring on the Impeachment and let Poppy take that.

[KoKo]

40. Didn't the Little Chimp say: "We Bush's Feel and We Cry alot?"

Didn't I see that posted here on DU about how the Bushies cry? Having been around with Poppy he used to "well up with tears" lots...and his little chimp has been known to shed a "crocodile tear or two."

Bush Family Tradition...Bush Family Dynasty. Buy Kevin Philips Book...because it talks about them.

I had an evil uncle in my family. He was cold hearted and calculated but he would cry over a newspaper article that he would point out...he would cry over a newscast...he seemed to cry at everything except his own personal situation and his dealings with people. I think the Bushies are that way. We always thought our uncle cried over what he had done to screw folks and it came out in odd ways....and the Bushies are the same, maybe.

I know this sounds cynical...but my uncle was kind of like them. Never saw that his actions caused people harm and most folks tolerated him out of "kindness." We were wrong to do that because it only enabled him. Maybe he saw that and cried. :-( because he thought we were gullible fools he cried for us..

[BlueStater]

41. I think Jeb was the one Sr. wanted to be his political heir not Chimpy n/t

[partylessinOhio]

42. Former President Bush praises son Jeb's job as governor

Photos from the leadership forum where ex-Prez broke down:



Former President George H. W. Bush, upper right, is applauded by members of the audience as he prepares to speak at a leadership forum, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Tallahassee, Fla. Bush was invited to the forum by his son, Gov. Jeb Bush.



Former President George H. W. Bush speaks at a leadership forum, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, in Tallahassee, Fla. Bush was invited to the forum by his son Gov. Jeb Bush.


Former President Bush praises son Jeb's job as governor

By Dara Kam
Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau

Monday, December 04, 2006

TALLAHASSEE — Former President George H.W. Bush broke down in tears while praising his son, Jeb, at the Florida governor's final leadership forum on Monday.

Bush, 82, choked up when recalling his son's first political loss in 1994 when he unsuccessfully tried to the late Gov. Lawton Chiles.

"But he didn't whine about it and he didn't complain," President Bush said before breaking down.

"One true measure of a man is how you handle victory and also defeat. So in '94 Floridians chose to rehire the governor, and they took note of his defeated opponent," he went on haltingly as Gov. Bush walked up to the podium, embraced his father and handed him a bottle of water.

"I can do it," President Bush insisted. "The moral of the story is to serve with honor, and your governor has served with honor. Thank you," he finished as the audience of current and former Bush aides and lawmakers gave him a standing ovation.

He later apologized. ...

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/state/epaper/2006/12/04/1204govfeed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0

[mtnsnake]

43. George H Bush has always been a nasty, arrogant human being

Fuck that crybaby.

[Imagevision]

45. We'll see how worried Poppy Bush is after W. ignors Baker findings Wednesday...

junior took 41's suggestion of dumping Rumsfeld and replacing him with one of Poppy's former employee's. (Gates)

[Stinky The Clown]

46. Feh .... he can cry all he wants .... he has 'people' to wipe up the snot ....

... all we get is his snot sons.

Fuck that whole evil clan. They cry for their own but they say we should be thankful for being in a fucking stadium after a devastating storm. Like these shit birds care about ANYthing or ANYone not their own.

[Kerrytravelers]

48. Yep. Grab me a hankie.

Just in case... :sarcasm:

[savemefromdumbya]

52. I expect Jeb didn't shred the documents in time and his daddy's sad

[Infinite Hope]

54. So he's human. That's good to see. There's nothing here. n/t

[pink-o]

56. Saw the whole thing on Olbermann...

my gut reaction? :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: (kinda like what he did on the Japanese Prime Minister)


So sorry that my liberal heart can't squeeze a drop of sympathy for the wimpy fucker who engineered Iran/Contra, who bailed from his plane in WWII while the other members of his squad went into the water and drowned, who exclaimed with shock and awe over a grocery scanning machine--and worst of all--who actually bred with Satan's spawn and foisted those hideous children onto the rest of us!!

It makes me sick to think that this fucked-up family has never attended a military funeral, that HW's own wife couldn't be bothered to soil her "Beautiful mind" with the horrible destruction their son had created, that there are mothers and fathers in Peoria and Tikrit who're crying for dead children that never should have been in the line of fire--but what makes this asshat weep? His son's losing a political office that he later gained anyway (and probably from dubious means, knowing their track record.) This family are off the charts for sociopathy!!!


Jeez! I'm starting to channel Malloy. Better dial it down.

[Infinite Hope]

57. He wasn't amazed at a grocery scanning machine...

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscan.htm

Apparently it was at the very least an exaggeration.