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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:55 PM
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Oh, Dear GOD, NO... After ALL he did to PROTECT us... "Bush Library Struggling To Raise Funds"




George W. Bush is Fundraising Personally for His Library
February 14, 2009 01:21 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/2/14/george-w-bush-is-fundraising-personally-for-his-library.html

Don't say that former President Bush hasn't been hit by the crumbling economy he handed off to President Obama. Friends tell us that it has slowed the drive to raise some $500 million to build and endow the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Dallas's Southern Methodist University. "It's a bad environment," says one. Bush is taking no chances: He's making donor calls himself, and even his dad, the 41st president, is helping out, as are former aides like Karl Rove. In the future, say associates, look for Bush to host fundraising events in order to meet a goal of completing construction in 2013. But for now, "he's laying low," says one.


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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:56 PM
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1. Psst: George - You don't exist.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:56 PM
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2. Maybe he should ask Halliburton, Bechtel, et. al.
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:57 PM
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3. Oh, come on!
How much does it take to enshrine My Pet Goat and his favorite coloring books?

Maybe Poppy will cover for him... again.

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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:57 PM
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4. He only needs enough for an outhouse and a copy of "My Pet Goat"
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:11 PM
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18. Jokes for the John
A book on a hook right next to the crapper.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:57 PM
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5. couldn't've happened to a more deserving fella'
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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:58 PM
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6. LOL.....I adore your smilies and post K&R
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:04 PM
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15. I was moved to show my appreciation for his eight years of public service...
:rofl:

:patriot:
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:58 PM
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7. Maybe thats why he is going to Canada to give that speech....
He is doing it to raise money for his library... ugh Still can't believe that anyone would be stupid enough to pay this guy to give a speech, cause he can barely talk at best.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 07:59 PM
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8. Gosh, how much could an outhouse and a copy of the Washington Times cost?
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:00 PM
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9. Problem solved
Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 08:03 PM by rocktivity


:rofl:
rocktivity
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:00 PM
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10. Are scratch 'n sniff books that expensive these days?
:shrug:


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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:00 PM
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well that makes a lot of us methodists that protested his library happy
we tried to stop it but well- i guess money does talk and it`s saying no.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:00 PM
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11. I've got your donation right here, George.
:puke:
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:01 PM
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12. Maybe they can get Bernie Madoff to help them out. nt
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:05 PM
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16. If Rove's making calls, they already have one corrupt bastard workin' the phones...
...and two is always better than one, right?

:rofl:

:patriot:
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:02 PM
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13. I've gotten robocalls from the 'Licans before . . .
Even on my cell in Romania and Australia (you'd think demon diallers would prevent that). I'm just dying for my personal call from Schimpanski.
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:04 PM
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14. How many rooms does it take to store "The Pet Goat" and other favorites of Dubya? n/t
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:05 PM
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17. I'm so glad I have all my phones on the NO CALL LIST
:-)
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Believing Is Art Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:20 PM
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19. I'm hoping for a museum, I've got some great ideas
They could have a goat as a living installation piece, a map with the country of Iraq mislabeled as Afghanistan, the WMD exhibition would just be a sandbox, there could be a whole Shoe Wing. The nightly band at the museum would be, of course, the Tax Cut Tenors.
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