after bush, we had PALIN, we thought she was the worst of the gop.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.
The rumor i heard is he might not have wanted to have an audio clip of himself saying "shame on me" that could have been used in any other context. But yeah he made himself look like an absolute twat that way. Not the best fast thinker.
And yet he still managed to sound more coherent than president pedo.
Well that's not getting anyone a gold star in the notes.
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Yeah, Bush was very much faking his dumb hick persona. He needed to offset his Yale and Harvard education to his target demographic. He bought his Texas ranch right before running for office.
The current GOP is a caricature of what he was doing.
Play the idiot, attract real idiots that thinks they are in good company (I don't remember the exact quote).
yup, he needed to obfuscate his origins as a rich family from MAINE, which alot of like some celebrities, lke taylor swift and THE DRUNKARD kid rock.
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Trump would probably say he invented the old saying itself, just like how he invented the phrase "priming the pump"
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Americans: we can go dumber
We'd probably be better off if we elected a golden retriever.
There's no law that says a dog can't be president...
Except they have to be over 35 years old. : (
What about dog years?
Golden retievers are loyal
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Guilty as charged.
I recall squirming in embarrassed discomfort listening to Bush try to form a coherent sentence.
GLORY DAYS
In 2001, I was one of the few against the Iraq war, and we were pariahs. Flags flying everywhere
i remember living in redhatistan in 2003. it was halloween. i thought of the thing that would be scariest to my neighbors so i dressed up as an iraq war protestor. most of my neighbors immediately got it and thought it was hilarious. about 15% of them were insanely offended and two or three grown men squared up to fight me until they realized the puny disabled kid had this long board with nails in it holding a small sign. i was not unprepared in any way.
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I got garbage thrown at me in school and I was the one called to the the office over it. I didn't even have a complex opinion on the war. I was just creeped out by jingoism and I wanted to distance myself from it.
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I know this is a meme so I shouldn’t look for historic accuracy here but a the vast majority of the US, and many of our allies, were on board for an invasion of the Middle East (Afghanistan) in 2001 after 9/11. It was the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that turned many people off.
Fool me once!
Afghanistan is in Southwest Asia, not the middle east, fyi
The middle east is also southwest Asia.
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Bush had a 90% approval rating following the attack on the twin towers. Americans were not surprised by the "war on terror", they did not resist it, they were cheering for it.
It was only later once people realised there was no obtainable goal in sight, and no exit plan. That they started questioning it. But the was years later.
In fairness, Bush's rating declined steadily after 9/11, and was in the mid 50s when he asked Congress for a formal declaration of war in Iraq.
And that makes sense - Americans rallied in the days following the attack. Bush played his role perfectly. He was very presidential after 9/11. He was serious. Somber. He mourned and offered consolation. He was dignified.
The Trump administration missed a crucial step in starting a war. He forgot that Americans hate wars of choice - and especially when the gas prices are affected.
The attack left an emotional impact that could be manipulated to brainwash support. Today's brainwashing techniques require a lot less, are more effective, and attack people's egos directly through group psychology and cults-on-demands of the engagement algorithm.
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As long as the dumb man continues to have supporters, we must assume there are still dumber men out there. Watching. Waiting. Eating dirt.
Isn't this saying US citizen are the dumber man (as a whole) for electing fucking dimwits again and again and again who have war crimes to their names?
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The south doesn't deserve to vote.
Suspend their statehood and keep them as permanent territories with zero voting representatives.
The south isn't the only states that voted for the pedo...the midwest is filled with evangelicals who voted for him all 3 times.
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Well yeah, who's the more foolish? The fool or the one that follows him?
"...you can't get fooled again"
Can't wait to see how stupid the next quarter-century idiot will be
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