Video: The obligatory “Bush very mildly criticizes Obama” clip
posted at 9:20 pm on June 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
Big headlines for this on Drudge last night and in papers today to provide kindling for a hoped-for Dubya/Obama conflagration, but these light jabs are the rhetorical equivalent of wet matchsticks. Is Bush not supposed to speak about policy at all, even in general terms, for the next four or eight years lest it offend the Lamb and his media apostles? If he wanted to hammer The One on a pet issue, he would have gone after with him for his silence on Iran’s democratic movement. As it is, it looks like he avoided the topic entirely, no doubt well aware of how counterproductive his comments could have been to U.S. foreign policy right now.
My TARP-hating boss will enjoy his lecture about the glories of the free market, though. Exit question: Should Bush, of all people, really be making cracks about the folly of sending terrorists for therapy?
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“the Lamb.”
I like it, AP.
you are one creative cat
blatantblue on June 18, 2009 at 9:23 PM
On economic matters, Bush shouldn’t really say anything. Increasing spending and decreasing taxes leads to huge deficits…
Krydor on June 18, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I kinda like it… But “the lamb” suggests that the lamb will be sacrificed… So far everyone but the lamb is being thrown under the bus…
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:25 PM
The Lamb = “The One who must be obeyed”.
Me Likey.
portlandon on June 18, 2009 at 9:27 PM
No, this is the post-resurrection Lamb, returned triumphant to usher in utopia for the righteous (ACORN, Chris Matthews, Chavez, etc.) and punish the wicked (conservatives).
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM
The “Lamb” needs to get the rest of the sheep and get the flock out of here.
portlandon on June 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Should Bush, of all people, really be making cracks about the folly of sending terrorists for therapy?
hell yes!!!!it’s still a free country, at least for now…
SHARPTOOTH on June 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Figures Obama would never actually take the nails… gotta come back after all the sh*t hit the fan…
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:29 PM
So doesn’t this make “The Lamb,” the “Lambmeister?”
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:29 PM
The lamb is drawing flies.
fourdeucer on June 18, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I am sure that they originally thought they were going to be able to “turn” these guys at GITMO but I bet the ones that remain would qualify as sociopaths in any country.
Cindy Munford on June 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Say what you will, but I wish he was back behind that desk in the Oval Office. At least he killed terrorists and not just flies.
ThePrez on June 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Got a missile coming my way. Can’t comment.
Aloha
alohapundit on June 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM
10 times the President and 100 times the man that Obama is.
W is still my President, I raise a glass to you, sir.
NoDonkey on June 18, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Ditto
daesleeper on June 18, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Just to be clear, there’s plenty of “Tarp-haters” out here too.
Rovin on June 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM
So if Obama is The Not-so-sacrificial Lamb, what does this make Bush?
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Say what you want, the Bush family is one classy group. I am so glad the Texas Rangers honored him tonight and that he received a standing ovation. I wish I had been there.
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Should Bush, of all people, really be making cracks about the folly of sending terrorists for therapy?
hell yes!!!!it’s still a free country, at least for now…
SHARPTOOTH on June 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Obama thinks sending them to the Bahamas is therapy.
fourdeucer on June 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Well, his crucifixion came through the sufferings of his ancestors under slavery.
Oh, wait–he’s from Kenya. And he’s half white. So (1) he’s not descended from slaves, and (2) he might even be descended from slave-holders.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Who reflects most all American’s sentiments about TARP.
Lamb. Yummy. Marinate, put on grill. Yummy!
freeus on June 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Obama is hyper-sensitive, is very defensive and attacks anyone who criticizes him. Bush pretty well sat quiet for eight years and took a lot of abuse without speaking up for himself and his administration. He should have spoke up then. He should speak up now.
Star20 on June 18, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I know
I’d come out swinging
f em all!
blatantblue on June 18, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Got a missile coming my way. Can’t comment.
Aloha
alohapundit on June 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Never fear, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system is on its way. Thankfully the defense budget cuts haven’t kicked in yet. A year from now, you’re on your own.
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Yeah… pretty much puts that title to rest… Sad… I liked it… There’s got to be a way to get this Lamb thing in there.
I do know, Bush is the Scape Goat.
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:36 PM
You are suggesting that because Bush increased spending, and decreased taxes…. lead to “huge” deficits – even compares to what Obama is doing? Where do you get your dope.
Not only are they not in the same league, they aren’t even in the same galaxy.
JeffinOrlando on June 18, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I Hopey you are right, or I will be Changey my shorts soon.
*poo*
alohapundit on June 18, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Will flies be barry’s missile defense?
send lots of flies into the missile?
blatantblue on June 18, 2009 at 9:39 PM
They couldn’t find a character in the life of Christ evil enough to compare Bush with. So they’re just going with Hitler. Palin got off easy with the Pontius Pilate rap.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:40 PM
I do know, Bush is the Scape Goat.
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:36 PM
hell yes!!! in more ways than one…
SHARPTOOTH on June 18, 2009 at 9:40 PM
The Obama White House is on the line, they want to know if you have time to cast an absentee ballot, just in case you are, er, unable to vote in 2012.
NoDonkey on June 18, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Kim: The plies arl cominh!!!
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I miss Bush. I wanna hear more about what he’s been up to in Texas. I’m sick of hearing about every time the Obama’s go out for hamburgers!
Emily M. on June 18, 2009 at 9:41 PM
And if you’re voting their way, it’s okay if you’re not registered. Or even a legal citizen.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I Hopey you are right, or I will be Changey my shorts soon.
*poo*
alohapundit on June 18, 2009 at 9:38 PM
On the other hand, I have limited sympathy… being in Hawaii and all. :)
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM
If Hillary hadn’t gotten in line… Well, she would have become Judas!
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I agree with you on the former, but as to the latter, many economists declare that that tax cuts INCREASE tax revenues.
mdenis39 on June 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Spot on.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM
At least President George W. Bush has more class than Al Gore……….
(audio content warning)
Seven Percent Solution on June 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Alternate universe…
The people will be sacrificed for the Lamb.
katy on June 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM
LOL !!!!!
I said that aloud
LOL’ed to death
Roh my Goood!
blatantblue on June 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM
I think Bush was a medicore president mostly because of his fiscal policies. Obama is even worse.
I think people are stretching in calling this criticism.
therightwinger on June 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Heh. Flies…missile defense…
ladyingray on June 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Hey look, it’s Obama’s mentor …… W.
fogw on June 18, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Now you need to get me to LOL to death…
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I was a bit disappointed in Pres Bush at the end, but he’s a class act. And I’ll use him as an example to teach my kids about leadership.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Emily M. on June 18, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Today, I mentioned to my dad that we should go to W’s house in Preston Hollow to say hello then he reminded me of the Secret Service.
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Ding, ding, ding! Yes, Dissent is no longer patriotic. Its evil. And racist. They want to outlaw glorification of the private sector and every other conservative policy.
Speedwagon82 on June 18, 2009 at 9:45 PM
In the famous words of Lt Kermit Tyler to the Pearl Harbor radar operators: “Don’t worry about it”.
Limerick on June 18, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Another words,President Bush is saying,
Ta da,told you so,
but,noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,
nobody wanted to listen to me!!
canopfor on June 18, 2009 at 9:46 PM
In traditional terms, the answer to that question has been yes. The outgoing POTUS didn’t say anything to allow the incumbent room to govern. That dynamic changed with Clinton who scrambled in the aftermath of the 9/11/01 atrocities to blame something other than his own failed policies for the incinertion of over 3,000 Americans.
The filthy liar in the White House has upped the ante by bashing GWB in every single speech for the failures of his own administration. Yes, the economy was bad when the filthy liar took over but obama is still failing and the more he is failing the more he bashes the previous administration as an excuse for his own bad stewardship.
It is only right for the GWB to respond. GWB never blamed Clinton for all his bad leadership- even after those policies killed 3,000 Americans. The filthy liar in the White House has been relentless in being the street thug that he is. He doesn’t deserve the silence of the previous administration so that he might lead because the filthy liar in the White House has yet to show a single example of leadership.
I defy one of the filthy liar’s supporters to show one place where the bastard has been a leader.
highhopes on June 18, 2009 at 9:46 PM
I’m not an Obama booster, but I will admit he’s led our economy straight off of a cliff.
NoDonkey on June 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I’d prefer more silence of the lambs.
Fava beans and Chianti…sorry…Hope and Change, that spells Moon!BobMbx on June 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Pushed it, you mean?
blatantblue on June 18, 2009 at 9:49 PM
No, forget what I said.
Our economy was hanging onto the cliff by it’s fingers..
So Obarfo stood over him at the edge, and stomped in his fingers — one by one they slid off, until economy fell into the jagged rocks below, and was subsequently devoured by Chinese debt collecting vultures.
blatantblue on June 18, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Yeah, I also thought the hopes for a celebrity Presidential deathmatch were being stoked just a tad too hard. Obama and Bush supporters shouldn’t really get too riled at all about Bush’s comments, though I’m sure if they’re referenced at all in the MSM they’ll be used to remind us all of how dreadful Bush was.
Wellsy on June 18, 2009 at 9:50 PM
highhopes on June 18, 2009 at 9:46 PM
AMEN!!!
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 9:50 PM
OT but necessary: If your first language is Japanese, do you have to type “ROR” instead of “LOL”?
BobMbx on June 18, 2009 at 9:51 PM
BobMbx on June 18, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Reminds me of the last scene in “A Christmas Story”.
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 9:52 PM
My experience has been, type L say R.
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:53 PM
HAHAHAHA…fudge!
ladyingray on June 18, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Highhopes, maybe I’m reading too much into your comment, but are you less than thrilled with our new president? It *seems* like you might be feeling less than euphoric about him.
(:
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I’m just waiting for Laura Bush to show up and tell Michelle it’s not kewl to shop at Claire’s
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 9:56 PM
…has yet to show a single example of leadership.
highhopes on June 18,2009 at 9:46PM.
highhopes:
There is one outstanding leadership quality that Hopey
has shown,
his Leadership skills in Apology for America Tour!!(Sarc):)
canopfor on June 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I keep believe W hasn’t come out and criticized Obama more vocally. He’s standing of above it all, “he’s sort of like God.”
Shock the Monkey on June 18, 2009 at 9:59 PM
If GW wasn’t such a class act he would really bust him in the lambchops.
fourdeucer on June 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Taking you off my surf tour 2010 list in 3…2…1….
j/k come out for the Mai Tai’s, but stay for the fireworks.
alohapundit on June 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Leadership is like a weapon–can be used for good or evil.
Admit it or not, the President is leading. But he’s taking us in the wrong direction.
With his ideology, I would rather him *not* lead.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 10:01 PM
We’ll see—We’ll see.?.?.?. Geez, we HAVE SEEN!!! If this isn’t socialism, what the …. is it???
PaCadle on June 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Taking you off my surf tour 2010 list in 3…2…1….
j/k come out for the Mai Tai’s, but stay for the fireworks.
alohapundit on June 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Just as long as they don’t hit Maui, I’m cool. Seriously, you crack me up.
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Point taken! LOL
I neglected to exclude all the negative ways the administration is leading the charge. My bad.
highhopes on June 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Claires
Upstater85 on June 18,2009 at 9:56PM
Upstater85:
First off Us85,I’ll have the courtesy and decency not
to ask you how you came across said website!Tee-Hee!
But,I thought you were supplying a drape company website!!
Haha:)
canopfor on June 18, 2009 at 10:05 PM
“We won.”
Really, Bob? Because it doesn’t seem like you believe the election is over.
Feel free to end the campaign.
Any day now.
I’ll be right here holding my breath.
Thanks.
Wingo on June 18, 2009 at 10:05 PM
“we won”…..WTF is that? I didn’t know Barry ran against George.
Limerick on June 18, 2009 at 10:07 PM
I’d compare Obama to the Captain of the Titanic, except if this clod hit an iceberg, he’d be elbowing the women and children out of the way on a straight path to the lifeboats.
NoDonkey on June 18, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Wow! I’m not usually accused with being subtle when it comes to the current adminstration. Sarcastic or not, it’s a nice change from all those who turn way when I use terms like filthy (as in corrupt) liar to describe the evil man in the White House.
highhopes on June 18, 2009 at 10:08 PM
You call that criticism? Even after eight years of taking it from the dems and lots of reps Bush still has class.
Obama(2009): “I inherited this mess.”
Bush(2001):” The people that did this will hear from all of us soon.”
No comparison. Bush is looking better all the time.
bigtexmex on June 18, 2009 at 10:08 PM
“The lamb is a goat, a kid even.”–Snagglepuss
jimmy2shoes on June 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
This launch is just to get the gyros dialed in…no fear…by next year the NK should be able to score a direct hit. They don’t have nuke launch capability yet but the do have plenty of chemical weapons. Aloha…..
izoneguy on June 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
That’s what he said after “winning” against Alice Palmer…
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
To which I respond, Who the Hell is this man for apologizing on behalf of America. He may be the President but that doesn’t give him the right to preach morality on behalf of the nation. Barak Hussein Obama is an evil maggot. The sooner this is recognized the sooner we can begin the de-worming process the nation needs.
highhopes on June 18, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I was just kidding with you (in case my intent wasn’t clear). You’re probably saying what many people feel.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Hey, take it easy on the maggots. They serve a purpose.
bigtexmex on June 18, 2009 at 10:12 PM
You forgot the part where, on the way to the lifeboats, he blamed the ship builders, the watch standers, and nature for his own failings.
highhopes on June 18, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Okay, lest I get banned, I posted my last comment before seeing your latest.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I was just kidding with you (in case my intent wasn’t clear). You’re probably saying what many people feel.
jazz_piano on June 18, 2009 at 10:12 PM
oh you bet your arse he’s saying what i feel….
SHARPTOOTH on June 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Obama can’t pick up Bush’s dogs poop.
bigtexmex on June 18, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Next time we think about electing the guy who was in charge of the poop deck Captain, we’ll perhaps have second thoughts.
NoDonkey on June 18, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Not a lamb, more like Lambchop the sock puppet.
glennbo on June 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
To which I respond……
highhopes on June 18,2009 at 10:11PM.
highhopes: I agree!
I can tell you,through all of Obama’s gaffes,and his ad
mitted screw-ups,its going to take a Republican President
years in foreign diplomacy,to straighten out all the damage
that Team Obama,and the Liberal Party has done upon America!
———————–:)
canopfor on June 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Not Lamb as in sacrifice — Lamb as in Lamb of God, aka Jesus. Allahpundit, atheist, made a religious pun.
Blake on June 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM
No… but I heard Bawney was rummaging in the White House lawn and found some of Barney‘s poo… He mistook it for Bo’s…
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM
This was empirically proven during the Reagan and Bush Presidencies. Only liberals believe raising taxes raises revenues. They are wrong about this – and most other things.
Basilsbest on June 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I fail to see the difference…
Upstater85 on June 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
When his smarmy face is on tv, we mute it… but it always looks like he is saying something clever like “I know what you are but what am I?” or “Nana-nana-boo-boo we won.” Did he really say “we won” in response to an American citizen expressing his First Amendment Right to Free Speech? This is one wicked bad dream America is having!
redwhiteblue on June 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Doesn’t Gibbs just try to imitate Obama at his press briefings?
His constant stammering seems to be his attempt to sound hyperintelligent, nuanced, and very specific with his word choice – because these people are convinced that just using the right word all the time is what prevents/solves problems.
thebadoutlaw on June 18, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I know this is soo off topic but a post earlier made me think about this and I apologize if its been said before but what kind of arrogant ass names his pet after his initials?
Excuse me while I go take JS S@@@@@@ out for a walk.
proudteadrinker on June 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
A couple things: They think Reagan and people who support this idea got lucky. We’ll never get anywhere until we convince them it wasn’t luck.
Also, they’re right – in the short term. They could raise everybody’s tax rates to 85% or something tomorrow and revenues would spike dramatically for a fiscal year or so until everyone regrouped, quit their jobs, got laid off, etc. Sure – they’d balance the budget and bring in a ton of money to the goverment, but it wouldn’t last.
Until politicians, pundits, and people who make political television commercials get off their lazy rhetorical/creative/visual/verbal asses and find a way to explain this stuff to an increasingly undereducated nation that has virtually no long-term memory, a disintegrating short-term memory, that has no time to digest information and no attention span to do so with — you can kiss your solid economic theories goodnight because they’ll never be put into practice.
It’s our own damned fault, though, for not engaging in these battles enough. Sure, the media is a big part of the problem, but we need to stop blaming everyone but ourselves and do something productive. There’s nothing worse than a bunch of whining Republicans.
thebadoutlaw on June 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Well…”technically”…the First Daughters named the dog….
ladyingray on June 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM
If you take the statement of obvious facts as criticism, maybe you need to look a little more closely at yourself.
Merovign on June 18, 2009 at 10:53 PM
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