Bush: "I Went Against My Free-Market Instincts." Beware of This "Temptation."

[MooseOfReason]

You don't believe in anything being free, let alone enterprise.

Jerk.

[ThymeTravelers]

I miss George. Life wasn't perfect, and yes war continued during his tenure just like it has since time began. I'll take one George over ten Baracks any day of the week! I felt safe with George at the helm. It feels like Bizzarro World lately.

[davis80smusic]

you want life to continue like the last year of Bush's presidency, with two lost wars and total economic collapse and bailouts, the world hating us, war between Israel and Hamas, a nuclear North Korea and threats of war against Iran? You must love stress - 80% of American Citizens and 100% of the rest of the world HATED it - to each his own...

[expatted]

Worst president ever.

[expatted]

Who wants to listen to this dimwit?

He made government HUGE and spent like a drunken sailor, all on the charge card too..

[ThefieldGeneral84]

I love the G.W.B.

[BlueTunisia]

Great speech.. I just with he as a President would have actually followed those principles... Instead of starting to WARS, lower interests to zero, printing billions of dollars, etc, etc.

[elitebanktyranny]

Did he really just say that?

I feel like I'm in another dimension....

"History shows that the greater threat to prosperity is not too little government involvement, but too much."

You are now entering.... the twilight zone

[sydsays1]

Too little too late fuckwit. That bastard should be on trial for murder and all the greedy warmongering bastards who voted for him twice (fuckin TWICE) should hang their heads in shame.There are many intelligent Americans but by there sure are a shitload of retards there too.How you people could have this cunt as pres for 8 years is pathetic.The world is still laughing.And just for the record Obama's just a puppet too.

[shiddy67]

Shut the fuck up you asshole.

I wish your family had one neck so I could my hands around it.

[Freethought42]

Bush = Liberal

You can't rewrite your 8 years of Big Government no matter how hard you try GW

[humanisall]

Greed was bush's temptation. And a mistake he should have known before ridding daddy's Tail. And the conservatives just cheered him on. The church jumped when bush told spooky stories. the "real america" converted only bigotry, the fearful, and unrealistic pride of patriotism. The civil republicans were betrayed by their own leaders. losers always try to convince the other side, their winning.

[Realizalize]

he thinks about the ffree market like mccain does about net-neutrality.

[VictoryCough]

How can anyone say Obama is any different than this man? You went against your free market instincts huh? Over and over and over for 8 years?

I voted for Bush in 2000 based on a few things. He said he was going to privatize social security-didn't happen. He said he was going to bring the troops home-certainly didn't happen. In fact the only thing he did manage to do was to throw out the rule of law. And now we are taking no steps towards returning it

[MendingMedia]

War criminal

[jensen1901]

Sure Bush NOW you say you're sorry. A lot easier when you're out of office isn't it. Too little too late.

[czubspenx]

Without a doubt, the worst ever. HIstorians will all come to the same conclusion...never believe one word that come out of Bush's mouth, whether it's his father or son. Say one thing and do another. Bush Sr. says "Read my lips, no new taxes." What a lie that was to get elected. Bush Jr. says, "Smaller government, no nation building, fiscal responsibility." Side note: Obama says change, openess, troops out of Iraq. They all lie to get what they want. Disgusting.

[audioX1]

Fuck Bush, and Fuck Obama.

[thereallurker]

Talk about a total wreck, Bush disbalanced the economy, kept interest rates too low for too long, tore apart valuable regulation agencies, gave away TRILLIONS on a trumped up war to war profiteers, now this guy wants to give us advice on the economy?

[bigal40]

last time I checked the president doesn't set interest rates dumbass.

[davis80smusic]

The Fed went along with Bush's ideas of where they should be - Greenspan spun on a dime and started pimping Bush'd tax cuts - it's unofficial, but everyone knows it - yeah, the President does HEAVILY influence interest rates

[aSingleDallasGuy]

@davis80smusic ... What a knucklehead!

The Fed went along with Bushes ideas? Give me a break. First you call him dumb now you suggest he actually had this economic idea. Bush relied on the fed like Obama does to come up the the ideas the avg president in no ways comes up with such idea without any economic background.

About your 2 lost wars comment. I assume you were rooting for the Terrorists because they are the ones who lost those wars. Sorry fr you loss my terrorists loving friend!

[davis80smusic]

that's right - he was so dumb he had only ONE economic idea - break the government financially by giving all the money to the rich - and he was too dumb to change when that plan was obviously flawed - same with the wars - he knew how to start them, but not how to win them - ask anyone in the world (aside from a handful of United States conservatives) - and see of anyone else in the world calls Afghanistan Iraq "Won" - good luck with that!

[aSingleDallasGuy]

@davis80smusic ..... haha you are such a fool!

Here you have your man-child president Obama destroying our economic system in front of your eyes and you choose to be angry with Bush for supporting it like the past 200+ years of the previous presidents.

No, but you are a socialist as long as the rich are being soaked so you can be handed *free* stuff you are happy as a pig in crap!

These so called rich people are the one who hire idiots like you dummy. Guess what? They arn't hiring now

[davis80smusic]

if you've been paying attention, you know socialist nations in Europe, South America and Asia are handling this latest crisis way better than the United States capitalist system, which has pretty much collapsed - in fact, the closer a country is aligned with the US economically, like England and Eastern European countries, the worse they got hit - I see an economic system that collapsed after 8 years of Bush - you want to ignore that and attack Obama - whatever - but the world knows better

[aSingleDallasGuy]

@davis80smusic ... haha, then why don't you move to these wonderful countries? Maybe your hero Obama and his socialist views is why America is far worse off then it was under Bush. We lost 3.3 million jobs since Obama took office and implemented his socialist views that not only did nothing to fix the economy but made it worse and much longer lasting. No, but guys like you can't possibly blame socialism as the reason. We had the best economy in American History for many years under Bush.

[davis80smusic]

How can you try to blame socialism for an economic collapse that happened in the 8th year of ultra-capitalistic Bush's presidency? - that doesn't make sense... Bush's economy was built on 8 years of Socialist Clinton's economics, which left the USA with a healthy surplus - under Bush that surplus was given to the wealthy as tax breaks spent on 2 lost wars, when financial trouble came the whole system collapsed -

[aSingleDallasGuy]

@davis80smusic ... You realize we have had no less than 14 rescessions since WWII? These down turns are a part of capitalism. I know capitalism is a bad word to marxists like yourself. These economic changes come with the territory to self correct markets. Just like Bush inherited a rescession from Clinton Obama has as well. The previous 7.5 years under Bush was the greatest economy in American History. Presidents set policies to make rescessions last as little as possible. Obama has failed.

[davis80smusic]

comparing this recession to past downturns is unfair - no serious economist says that - this was a near complete systemic collapse of capitalism - you're saying if Bush had been in office for another year everything would have been peachy - that's nonsense - it's too soon to claim Obama's policies have failed - he's been in office for about 10months - Bush had been in office that long before 9-11 hit, but I bet you don't blame Bush for being asleep at the wheel when that hit?

[aSingleDallasGuy]

davis80smusic... I see, so Obama has a tougher time with this rescession than the presidents before him who had to deal with one? That's what the liberal line is, "this is different". That's code to take over capitalism. Rescessions all had their issues and problems. However, your hero's solution is to knock down the engine that creates jobs. Spending trillions of money you don't have certainly aint going to do it. Try that at home and let me know how that works. Obama wants a welfare state.

[davis80smusic]

it's not the liberal line, it's the facts as stated by every single economist in the world - EVERYONE knows this is the worst recession since the Great Depression on the 30s - not one person says otherwise - so, like Roosevelt, some socialist actions are put into play, and after a while, when the economy improves, a conservative admin will swing back towards capiltalism - that's how it works - it's no code - this is different, and even you probably know it!

[zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1]

@aSingleDallasGuy obama has not done anything to stop businesses and government spending causes more things to be produced increasing gdp. You have to look at reality of what works and what doesn't, after all you wouldn't want private fire department you would pay to stop houses from burning down.

[bwcrackhead]

@davis80smusic its been quite a bit more than 10 months. unemployment last month was 9.5. just sayin. at which point should i come back to this post to check on "change"?

[BenkaiDebussy]

@aSingleDallasGuy "The previous 7.5 years under Bush was the greatest economy in American History."

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[aSingleDallasGuy]

BenkaiDebussy.... Prove me wrong rather than showing me a 5th grade comment. It's an undeniablefact. The USA had a far better GDP and very lw unemployment. It's on a million websites to verify yourself.

You see liberals from day 1 when Bush was president claimed a bad economy even though every stat proved them wrong. That's how they get votes by lying so morons like yourself can latch onto phony info.

But don't take my word on in check out the economist or any site who keeps track.

[zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1]

@aSingleDallasGuy what about real wage growth

[tylercjcl]

its true. During the Bush years the American economy was the best it has ever been. They created jobs for 52 straight months near the end. Once the democrats took over congress, the wheels fell off. So maybe you should decide to come up with a better response than "haha" to what is actually a fact.

[zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1]

@tylercjcl its easy to get job growth if the economy is strong interest rates are low and the government spends money left and right

[TheGeorgeBush666]

Interest rates are lower now. Obama is following the same policies.

[millersxtremedepot]

Go crawl into your little cave in Texas with your half brother bin laden you piece of country ruining shit!

[amadeusyaoi]

Why couldn't this man have been our president?

[ToddonCapeCod]

I'll take four more years of Bush any time, over the Communist, pseudo-messiah we have now!

[davis80smusic]

4 more years of ignorance, insulted allies, two lost wars, the world hating us, destroyed economy, wall street bailouts, oilmen running your life, rushing into military confrontations without thinking through the consequences - Bush has Reverse Midas Touch - everything he touched turned to shit - some hate Obama so much they want this guy to drag down The United States of America even more, rather than give Obama a chance to fix the mess Bush left.. all I can say is 'god damn!'

[ToddonCapeCod]

Oh, stop watching Olbermann for all yor information, Davis.

[gumpydoood]

Why won't he just go and SHUT THE FUCK UP??!! He got his fat fucking pension. They love him down in idiotville Texas. . .stay there you stupid fuck.

[JRockABM]

Hey Dipshit! You're not President anymore. Thanks for completely fucking our country up, just like your failed oil business, and everything else you touch. Go away, we dont want your advice.....especially when you're doing it to help your corporate and political buddies out further, instead of looking out for the people who are supposed to matter in this country, The tax paying public.

[ToddonCapeCod]

$9 trillion in deficits for the next decade.... inflicting Marxism on this country.....refusing to call terrorists "terorists".. being unable to recite the alphabet without a teleprompter... trust me, Bush is far better than the asshole we have now

[davis80smusic]

a bit of socialism and using a teleprompter - that's all you got on Obama? the deficit was started by the conservatives! Obama has made it worse, but if that's all you got on Obama, then it's pretty weak - even you'll admit he walked into a shitstorm left by 8 years of conservative rule, and is at least trying to do the best he can to make things right - at least he's smart and not an internationally recognized (even by his friends) DUMB-ASS like Bush!

[ToddonCapeCod]

The deficit might have been started by the conservatives, but Obama and the Democrats are extending it into perpetuity!! Are you freakin' kidding me??!!?!

[gingling]

Thumb up !!!

[BenJr01]

And look at what your Instincts and lack of some kind of regulations did to the economy... But right up to the almost very end, all the republicans could say was, " the economy? oh no the the economy is as stong as every, and every thing is just fine".... Yeah right !!! YOU LIE !!!!

[diah4]

This dumbass is still talking? oooh I get it, he signed the stimulus & his fellow red necks gave him strife about it, so now he's trying to right the wrong. TOO BAD BUSH. YOUR FAGGOT ASS ALREADY FUCKED US ROYALLY. AND YOU A YEAR LATE YOU ASSWIPE.

It should be illegal for this anus to even speak about economy.

[stuntdoogie]

dont believe the hype.

[MarkG45]

has anyhting bush said ever been an intelligent comment or been factually correct? I mean, was this video uploaded as an example of what NOT to believe? because that's all I see it as.

[tarmogoyf333]

what a joke...

[Towncrier123]

Did HOOVER criticize FDR after Hoover left office? Bush sent this country into a tailspin. He needs to get to the back of the plane and SHUT UP while Obama tries to pull us out of it before we crash.

[aSingleDallasGuy]

I wish you didn't get conned into that stimulus plan. That was a very liberal thing to do. On the other hand you know now it was not the right idea. This is something you learned but the current president is incapable to learn. It is part of his DNA to have the governemt run people's lives. If anyone claims George Bush is not smart but Barrack Obama is, look at the past 10 months. Obama haw wrecked this country and made it many, many more month to get over this rescession than otherwise.

[bigdogsdontbark]

looks like we have a thinker here. good comment

[chessgame1960]

When is this lying, naive, incompetent, scumbag going to disappear from public view? It is not enough we were tortured by bearing the brunt of his foolishness for eight yrs. This Socialist scum is the reason we have the Marxist scum we now have. Two Ivy League College cowards that lack the sense to tie their shoes without someone telling them how to do it. Two fools being played by others.

[millersxtremedepot]

His mom and dad are cousins, he can't help that he is retarded!

[VerbotenDingleberry]

A day late and a few trillion dollars short, bubba.

[TruthAxe]

Obama is a Collectivist crook, same as all these other guys.

The last effective president was Warren Harding (google Depression of 1920-21).

The last decent president was Grover Cleveland.

[TruthAxe]

Give it up dude. Get on mic and say "Sorry." for all your wrong decisions coming from your false beliefs.

Say sorry for Iraq and Afghanistan. Say sorry for Medicare Part D.

Say sorry for not stepping up like an authentic man of integrity and cutting government in half.

Say sorry for using power to control govt for your cronies and your kind, an entrenched Collectivist cabal.

When you do those things, you might get remembered for a man who matured and grew up to face his lying ways.

[MaxLibertas]

The Republicans always seem to remember that they're the limited government, free market party when they're out of power. Of course, when they're in power they act like Democrats. This is why we're losing our freedom, we're bankrupt, and we're screwed. We need fewer Republicrats like douchey Bush and more Republicans like Ron Paul.

[mictamper]

Bush says the role of government is to "create the conditions to allow entrepreneurs and innovators to thrive"

With this I totally agree. I also think that when these businesses grow, become greedy by breaking laws and being unethical, government should allow them to FAIL and / or they should be prosecuted.

Get corporate lobbyists out of government.

[FilthyDiaper]

WHAT A FUCKING LOSER.

[ToddonCapeCod]

Gosh, remember when America had an actual American, a real man, a leader, an adult, as president?

Ah, for the good ol' days.

Now..... we're stuck with..... UGH..... Obama

[FilthyDiaper]

You actually like this guy? What a retard.

[ToddonCapeCod]

I'm supposed to take the word of someone who calls themself, "FilthyDiaper"??!?!?!?!

Talk about being a retard!!

Stupid jackass that you are!

[FilthyDiaper]

That's a great point.

[lesliecarbone]

Yeah, I miss Ronald Reagan too.

[thequietkid10]

hope to god your not talking about Bush...Clinton ok, Regan ok. But if you support Bush and and oppose Obama you are really nothing more then a GOP whore.

[bigdogsdontbark]

No, if you oppose Obama, you are a racist or a Nazi.

[LLORT3]

for as corporatist and rightwing as Obama is, i would not be sad if i never see Bush's face again. :)

[BullDog7172]

Obama, rightwing? That's the funniest thing I have ever heard!

[LLORT3]

Well now you know how us left-wing socialists and anti-torture types feel.

I went to the inauguration with high hopes; his biggest applause lines were when he said he would hold Wall Street accountable and promised we would live up to our values in the so-called War on Terror.

So far he has turned his back on his base.

[dbahardstyle]

He has turned his back on his country

[BullDog7172]

he may be incompetent... well, he IS incompetent... but he is no where near rightwing. He is the uber-leftist that 'his base' wants him to be... he just can't get the job done. Must have something to do with lack of experience?

[LLORT3]

Obama, a leftist?

Not really. Maybe in USA standards LOL. We Israelis support socialism and really none of his policies are about that. Unless you call giving your rich people more money socialism!

Americans...are very hard to figure out. :(

[bigdogsdontbark]

I'm missing that dude right now. I had a nice little business when he was in office, and I was safer. Now, I have 2 nickels to rub together and terrorists are welcomed onto our Army bases with oprn arms.

[bigjstokes]

that guy was in the Army under Bush...

[bigdogsdontbark]

He was under Obama, too

[bigdogsdontbark]

The only difference is that Bush would have called it what it was, an Islamic Terrorist. But Obama, the great incompetent wants to say everything except that, pre traumatic stress disorder, a man made disaster. That was a good thing about Bush, he called it like he saw it. Obama, on the other hand has to get together with all the great minds in the Mao Administration before he can pass gas. That just tells me that he is a terrorist sympathizer.

[thequietkid10]

you really honestly truly believe that the change in RHETORIC from the white house is to blame for a security breakdown in one of hundreds of military bases?

It's not like this report got the White House and Obama was warned something like this might happen. Unlike a certain GOP president.

[bigdogsdontbark]

If I was to tell you that the sky was blue and then another guy came on here and said "lets not jump to conclusions here, first off we have consult the Crayola company and get them to match it with one of their crayons, then we have a group of kindergarteners that will be investigating it and until we get all the facts, lets call it greenish." Which one would rhetoric to you? right? RIGHT!

[thequietkid10]

I'm not sure what you are getting at here? It sounds like you are suddenly complaining about the media.

Anyway your wrong about the sky, sometimes it's blue, sometimes it's grey, sometimes it's black, sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's red, orange, and purple.

[joshpnw]

I was thinking the same thing regarding your first sentence.

Missing this guy right about now.

Now I have to sit and watch that Narcissist and Chief ramble on about things you know DAMN well he knows nothing about.

Can't even make up his mind about what to do regarding Afghanistan... and he sent McChrystal over there.

McChrystal: I need more troops!

Obama: I'm busy with fundraisers, concerts, crying about fox news. Don't bother me!

[faithofthefoe]

What business did you have under Bush that you no longer have?

[bigdogsdontbark]

I have a service business, and if you haven't watched the news in the last 6 months, people who lose their jobs or have to take pay cuts cancel their services so they can afford to keep their lights on.

[faithofthefoe]

I do watch the news and I all I asked was a simple question, so spare me the attitude.

[bigdogsdontbark]

O.k. sorry, my business offers a luxury service, not super luxury, I cater to middle to upper middle class people. At the end of 2007, I kept anywhere between 18-24 regular clients & between 1-5 clients that would call for one time services, etc. Up until February, March of 2009, I was having to turn people down because I couldn't keep up. And around March, they started losing jobs. Through the summer I lost everyone, I have like 5 now. I am about to have to look for another full time job.

[TruthAxe]

You bet wrong. You should have learned about money and credit and about value.

You should have learned about phony economic prosperity induced by govt policy to infuse good feelings during a war.

Most ventures and enterprises fail because persons bet wrong. They bet wrong because they don't get how life works, how the world works.

Mostly, they don't get human nature and economics.

Those who succeed, mostly, get lucky. They guess right and bet right.

[bigdogsdontbark]

Is that what Obama did with this failed stimulus? Did he just bet wrong when he put 1 million dollars into the study of catfish when he thought that it would stimulate the economy and grow jobs?

[TruthAxe]

Yes, I have mentioned already that Obama is a Collectivist crook.

[faithofthefoe]

As far as people cutting back due to economic reasons, it started long before 6 months ago.

[Trenaway]

Yes, it did. BUTTTTTTTTT it has been made far worse under Obama.

[LLORT3]

@faithofthefoe

shh, you are not allowed to rip on saint dubya

[bigdogsdontbark]

Yes, it started a little bit around February for me. I know this because we had lots of money around Christmas, because we spent alot on gifts and saved alot. Well, I have went through almost everything we saved. What made it bad was, alot of our clients either lost jobs or got pay cuts or had to go down to part time. What made everything bad was this joke Obama called a stiimulus. It dont take a rocket scientist to know that if you spend millions to research animals, it wont stimulate economy.

[FilthyDiaper]

Oh shut the fuck up.

[Towncrier123]

What did you manufacture? Body bags for the military?

[kekemankek]

If you think you were safer under Bush, you truly are an idiot. That's all there is to it.

[bigdogsdontbark]

Oh, i thought their were more to it than that. like the way Obama welcomes terrorists and wont call them terrorists and wont send troops that are needed to Afghanistan and the fact that he is a lil bitch. Thats all there is to it.

[JRockABM]

Welcomes terrorists? Where do you get your news? What an idiot. Please dont vote..it should be mandatory to have an education to vote.

[ZachRB87]

You got my hopes up. I thought he was going to admit he made a mistake.

[noiwudnttrip]

That's probably as close as we're going to get. He should have stuck with his instincts if he had them.

[czubspenx]

Bush is a total idiot.

[noiwudnttrip]

That may be, but I prefer him to the douchebag that currently holds the office.