Raygun On GW

[Me.]

Quote of the Day: Ronald Reagan on George W. Bush

"A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work."

-- From the just published REAGAN DIARIES http://tinyurl.com/2qh2he . The entry is dated May 17, 1986.

[H2O Man]

1. Wow!

That is interesting!

[RufusTFirefly]

2. This is an urban legend.

It was written initially as a joke by Michael Kinsley himself and has since been removed from that context and circulated ad nauseam as the truth. It's not.

Snopes.com

[Me.]

6. Yet It Sounds So Dead On

"Origins: It is often the case that a piece of satire hits so
close to home (i.e., seemingly confirms something that people believe to be true) that it becomes difficult to distinguish from reality — especially when an excerpt is presented outside of its satirical context."

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Here's something almost as bad. But true!

Why The Carlyle Group Pushed George W. Bush Off Its Board

According to David Rubenstein, founder of the Carlyle Group

But when we were putting the board together, somebody came to me and said, look there is a guy who would like to be on the board. He's kind of down on his luck a bit. Needs a job.

<snip>

I said well we're not usually in that business. But okay, let me meet the guy. I met the guy. I said I don't think he adds that much value. We'll put him on the board because - you know - we'll do a favor for this guy; he's done a favor for us. We put him on the board and spent three years. Came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I kind of said to him, after about three years - you know, I'm not sure this is really for you. Maybe you should do something else. Because I don't think you're adding that much value to the board. You don't know that much about the company.

He said, well I think I'm getting out of this business anyway. And I don't really like it that much. So I'm probably going to resign from the board.

And I said, thanks - didn't think I'd ever see him again. His name is George W. Bush. He became President of the United States. So you know if you said to me, name 25 million people who would maybe be President of the United States, he wouldn't have been in that category. So you never know. Anyway, I haven't been invited to the White House for any things.

[Me.]

13. Good One

God even Carlyle didn't want him.

[rosesaylavee]

14. But Poopy Bush is still with them, right?

[Gman]

7. Shhhhhhhhh!!!

It sounds too good. Let it keep going!

[Raine]

3. I didn't realize that Ronnie

was that good of a judge of character. :thumbsup:

[mod mom]

4. bwa-ha-ha I hope the right picks this up!

[uppityperson]

5. too funny. k&r

[Control-Z]

8. "Groundhog Day" n/t

[Canuckistanian]

11. I knew you were going to say that n/t

[Control-Z]

18. hehe n/t

[Garbo 2004]

10. Debunked, as previously noted. Kinsley wrote that, not Reagan. n/t

[rosesaylavee]

12. I like this quote anyway ...

I don't care if its not true. It makes me laugh. And some days, that's all that counts.

:hi:

[Me.]

15. And Damn, It So Smacks Of The Truth

even if it ain't

[saltpoint]

16. I especially like the passage "the one who hangs around here all the time

looking shiftless."

Ding ding ding.

[UTUSN]

17. Well, even if that post has been debunked, THIS one is TRUE!!1

*******QUOTE*******

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3994.htm

.... In a column posted yesterday on Salon.com, Joe Conason writes: "Preferring to avoid public scrutiny for obvious reasons, executives at the Carlyle Group usually say nothing about their firm's connections with the Bush dynasty. But last April 23, Carlyle managing director David Rubenstein spoke quite frankly about the comfy sinecure he provided to George W. Bush more than a decade ago -- and how useless Bush turned out to be. Whether he knew it or not, Rubenstein's remarks to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association were recorded."

Rubenstein said, "We put (Bush) on the board and (he) spent three years. Came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I kind of said to him, after about three years - you know, I'm not sure this is really for you. Maybe you should do something else. Because I don't think you're adding that much value to the board. You don't know that much about the company.

Rubenstein continued: "He said, 'Well, I think I'm getting out of this business anyway. And I don't really like it that much. So I'm probably going to resign from the board.' And I said, thanks - didn't think I'd ever see him again. His name is George W. Bush. He became President of the United States. So you know if you said to me, name 25 million people who would maybe be President of the United States, he wouldn't have been in that category. So you never know. Anyway, I haven't been invited to the White House for any things." ....

********UNQUOTE*******

[Matariki]

19. I was going to post this when a friend emailed it to me last month

BUT had the sense to do a little research first.

As funny as it is, it's not a true quote.

[Me.]

20. Ouch

:spank:

[Matariki]

21. sorry!

;-)

It certainly sounds believable enough!

[Me.]

22. If Wishes Were Dollars

The story would be true, I would have checked further and I'd be rich

:evilgrin: