Bush is conniving and conspiring as we speak...

[kentuck]

As usual, he is thinking about his legacy and how he can trap the next Administration into carrying on his reckless and arrogant military policies in the Middle East. Can he make a deal with Maliki? Can he persuade Israel to bomb Iran? Can he talk any of the European allies into joining his attack on Iran or Pakistan?

He's going all in. He's putting all his chips on the table. He's betting he can capture or kill Osama bin Laden. He believes that will reward him in history and redeem his legacy with the American people. He wanders aimlessly around the world in the latter stages of his Adminsitration, delusional and desperate.

Even as the people in New Orleans still struggle from Hurricane Katrina and the total neglect of the government. Even today as people in the Midwest struggle to get back to their homes to see what can be salvalged, Mr Bush is going to spend one more day in Britain, in hopes of convincing the new Prime Minister to follow Tony Blair's footsteps and support him in his waning days in Iraq.

But like the clumsy fellow that cannot chew gum and walk at the same time, Mr Bush is neglecting the folks in our own country as he fights desperately to save himself and his legacy halfway around the world. Will he succeed? Perhaps? Will American succeed? That is another question.

[CrispyQ]

1. Which OBL will they capture?

The fat one or the grey one?

[Ian David]

2. They'll never catch Osama if they keep leaving their secret plans on the subway. n/t

[MiniMe]

4. The fat one, I don't think the skinny one is around anymore

[sallyseven]

3. He is the most disgusting

individual I have ever seen and I am old. He is to be feared. He will do anything to screw up this country. I despise him.

[leveymg]

5. He's the giant dinosaur that, shot and bleeding, eats the Coney Island roller coaster.

[Robbien]

6. Historians line up to dine with Bush

Bush isn't really planning on doing anything big, that is too much work. He will just nab himself a writer who will write his legacy into the history books the way Bush sees it

George Bush's valedictory dinner at Downing Street last night was attended by a bevy of distinguished British historians, leading some to believe the president is looking to recruit a ghost writer for a book he is planning. Among those who joined him were Churchill's biographer Martin Gilbert, Niall Fergusson, David Cannadine, Andrew Roberts (pictured) and Simon Schama. The latter is unlikely to receive a request to help him with the book - expected to promote his freedom agenda and also explain why he took America to war in Iraq – given that he is on record as saying Bush is "an absolute fucking catastrophe".

However, Andrew Roberts, who has written several books about war leaders, among them Hitler, Churchill, Napoleon and Wellington, is a very different kettle of fish. Last year he lunched with Bush at the White House and also dined with the president, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and a number of other senior White House officials. He was given a pair of presidential cuff-links as a token of friendship, which he shamelessly wore at the dinner last night. "They get on famously," says a well-informed source. "If he asks anyone, it will be Roberts."

. . .

However, Roberts was circumspect about his and Bush's table talk at Downing Street. "We had a truly wonderful evening," he says, "but we didn't talk about his legacy." No one can doubt that Dubya needs some help in the writing department. On Sunday, while discussing his legacy, he said: "It takes a while for history to have its, you know, to be able to have enough time to look back to see why decisions were made and what their consequences were."

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,1065,historians-line-up-to-dine-with-bush,31475