Decision Points - George W. Bush interview with Matt Lauer

[HopeForPeaceNow]

Yes. Most of us were awake 2000-2008.

Invading the wrong country for control of a dwindling resource... $3 trillion cost... 500,000 dead did NOT make us safer.

Blowing up the Global Economy did NOT make us safer.

Refusing to admit to your part in any of that and blaming the next guy like 10 year olds on a playground does NOT maker us safer.

Manufacturing mass Tea Party hatred for government through Corporate owned media does not make us safer.

Conservative dogma is killing US!

[mattjshannon]

@wrestlingbrian123--you are right, we need to leave him to his retirement, but I do have to add one more jab--he needs Karl Rove to lead his book tour--the man has no PR skills (oops that's two jabs).

[DarwinsFriend]

When you're still a drunk at 40, you're done.

In the succeeding interviews since this particular one - it's easily seen that this man still shell shocked from the 8 years, as the supposed leader of the Free World.

GWB's brain circuitry is fried. The citizens in the numerous "fly-over" states still identify quite closely with this pathetically sad individual, and that's only natural.

His very dim administration of my country will be looked upon as dark days indeed by historians, forever.

[mlocurto19]

If there were no term limits I would cast my vote for you yearly, YOU will go down as a President who had the backbone to make the tough decisions and ignore the polls, Media, those liberal fools!!!! Endorse another For 2010 and Get our Country into Responsible hands again. Miss you! Lets Edify and Thank our Men in Uniform!!

Daurhter of Colonel Thomas S Ferdinand USMC!!!!

Semper fi

[mattjshannon]

Low point of his presidency was Kanye's remarks? It wasn't the over 7,000 lives (4,000 war, 3,000 WTC)? On his watch? All for what? Shows you he was so out of touch with the American psyche he can't even think up something that really did effect the nation--like irresponsible waging of war, or his lack of response to Katrina, 2008 financial collapse. I have eight years of "low points, not decision points, this man has amnesia.

[wrestlingbrian123]

@mattjshannon Here we go more george w bush bashing why can't you people see this is the past it does not matter now let's turn our focus on current events and problems and leave our Nation's 43rd president to a peaceful retirement.

[HNK222]

@wrestlingbrian123 Yes, golly gee, just because Bush committed the same war crimes we put Japanese soldiers to death for, and just because he intentionally started an unnecessary war for which he boasts he would have started even KNOWING there were no WMD's, and just because his economic policies created the worst economy since the Great Depression (not to mention illegally spying on the American people without warrants which is a Federal crime), people continue to "bash Bush"!! Leave him be!!

[scfloyd1]

@mattjshannon : I couldn't have said it better myself.

[ed2kou1]

God bless ya! You're haters are just limp wristed JACKASSES! Thye're not even informed, they just say we hate W! You say he's a war criminal lol! They blame the economy on you, do they give you credit when it was good till 07. What happend in 07, oh yeah that;s right. Nazi Pelosi and her band of renagades took over! Iraq didn't have WMD'S, but everyone knew who had them before. 9-11 Changed the world! Al Queda prior to 9-11, hadn't attacked America, wher's that get us! Miss Ya W

[TheTalshiar]

Shit for brains 1 (Bush) and shit for brains 2(Obama) are the two worst presidents in US history. This country is so screwed. How much sobering up did they have to do to this loser to put him on tv?

[celmser]

I kind of respect george bush because unlike obama he took his criticism well.

[scfloyd1]

@celmser taking criticism is one thing, but invading a country when its not warranted is another. His decision to invade Iraq, a country that never attacked America was his worst decision. Obama's decision to pass health care reform did deepen the debt but will help people in the long run. Bush's decision to invade Iraq got our own men and women killed, to include countless innocent Iraqi's. I hope you see the comparsion. 

[celmser]

@scfloyd1 A lot of democrats voted for the iraq war like hillary clinton and john kerry.

[scfloyd1]

@celmser If i was a doctor and I tell you, you had cancer and you needed this injection to make you feel better, wouldn't you take it? I hope you can read between the lines my friend. If you don't think bullshit goes on behind close doors, your either naive or just plane stupid.

[celmser]

@scfloyd1 no i think you're naive

[scfloyd1]

@celmser Your about as dumb as a box rocks. Oh by the way, Noura Al-Maliki was re-elected today, a shiite puppet to Iran. Also today and maybe you have heard of him, Muqtada al-sadr, the infamous cleric that hated our troops in Iraq and planned for their demise, is now in charge of 40 seats in the new paraliment. How wonderful was it for us to invade Iraq. So, not only were we lied too, but now we have an Iranain back government in Iraq. How lovely. Shiites in Iraq run and Shiites in Iran.

[krokion]

@scfloyd1 Just adding to your comment. China and Iran are fast becoming backers of Pakistan. We will lose major influence in the region. This however may be a blessing if it brings stability to Pakistan thus reducing our commitment there. In any case we need to get out of this pandoras box.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 Saddam Hussein and his piece of shit sons are dead thanks to Bush and he had the same intelligence as the Democrats who gave him power including Kerry, Edwards and Hillary. Bush would have coasted to re election in 2004 with his post 9-11 approval ratings as Commander in Chief in a War in Afghanistan America supported yet risked his legacy and re election by invading Iraq which is what he believed would keep us safe. That's leadership!

[scfloyd1]

McCain was a backer as well and look at how the country voted in 08. The country was so pissed at Bush and his lies, Obama won states Democrats haven't one in years. I'm telling, the war in Iraq will forever be wrong no matter what the outcome will be over there. It was a war of choice, not necessity. Iraq was not a threat to America.

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 Bush lost his power to the dems for invading Iraq dumbnuts. If I was a doctor and I tell you, you needed a injection to make you feel better, you would say "lets do it". I hope you see my point. Scared tactics worked, but in the end the dems won both houses of congress, and the presidency. McCain, who ran and was rejected by the country. Bush left with an all time low approaval rating. His approval rating was terrible, near the bottom tier of all the presidents who served our nation.

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 Hey Bibadben7, did you hear the good news today? The infamous anti-american cleric, Muqtada Al-Sadr, the one who preached american hatred and prayed for the demise of American service memebers is on the new parliment and has a total of 40 seats. WOW! Al-Sadr, a shiite, went to Iran for a brief period to take asylum because he preached to kill americans is now in the new parliment with 40 seats. A shiite victory backed by Iran. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

[mlocurto19]

@Bigbadben7 You said it!!!! and we gave them so much time to remove the wmds Liberals are great armchair quarterbacks!!

[scfloyd1]

@celmser He's an arrogant ass.

[eyesword101]

I like Bush as a person but as a president i dont fancy him

[c1magr8]

It;s official ... bush is STILL a COMPLETE FUCKING CLUELESS MORON! The ABSOLUTE WORST president EVER!!! Thank god this clown is out of the white house!

[DarwinsFriend]

Jimmy Carter is a genius compared with this blinking idiot.

[drumlord420]

@DarwinsFriend Jimmy Carter wasn't syupid by any means, he was a push over, though. Bush is just a stupid monster...

[whittenj1]

wish he was still running this country--atleast we would be SAFE and still a superpower

[scfloyd1]

@whittenj1 I think Obama has done an outstanding job. In fact, we haven't had a major attack on our soil since he's been president. Stop drinking the cool aid, you idiot. Oh, by the way, Bush is ranked by historians (pretty smart people) 38th out of 43 presidents.

[celmser]

@scfloyd1 Since obama has been president there have been 4 terrorist or attempted terrorist attacks for example Fort Hood

[scfloyd1]

@celmser I can go down the road and attack my local Royal Farm store if i want. Fort Hood, all though how tragic it may be, it is not 9-11 in any way shape or form. We haven't had a castrophic attack like we did under the Bush adiministration were we lost an enourmous amount of people.

[scfloyd1]

@celmser Attempted plots that were interrupted by the Obama administration. Good job I say to the Administration for keeping us safe. Plots occur all the time. The key thing is if those plots don't become deaths, than we win. Good job to the Obama administration.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 Today's historians are mostly Post 60s Hippie Liberals!

Obama has done nothing but force Socialism down our throat against our will which is why you saw many of those who voted for him give the House back to the Republicans and almost the Senate.

How in the Hell can you force an American to buy either private or public health insurance if he doesn't want to?

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 Can you name all the social programs he has shuffed down your throat? I'm sure you have health care, so what's it to you. This is for children who need it. I'd rather see my tax dollars go to those who need it, than it had payed for a BS war in Iraq that killed my fellow Marines asshole.

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 Yeah, yeah, yeah, more excuses for the arrogance of the Bush administration. He is 38th out of 43 presidents, so deal with it. His mouth and cowboy attitude screwd this country up.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 You can't rate a president at 38 when he just left office, it takes several years if not decades to properly evaluate their legacy.

Naturally the haters will act quickly to place him low.

how you can vote for a man who can look at his own children and know that he would have supported their slaughter while they slumbered in their mother's womb had it been her choice to do so is beyond me.

Then again you are a Democrat, killing the unborn is just part of your culture.

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 Historians have already ranked him 38th dumbnuts. I'll even give you the website so you can see for youself, and if you have trouble seeing, i'll even provide you glasses to see clearly. No matter what the end result will be in Iraq, the justification will never exonerate Bush for invading a country that never attacked us. I don't understand how you can't comprehend that in your two dimensional mind. Iraqi's didn't kill us on 9-11.

[DarwinsFriend]

How is it this fool still doesn't understand what a stupid choice it was to go into Iraq?

[thenancyfactor]

He protected this country and I will always be grateful to him.

Go G.W.!!!

[scfloyd1]

@thenancyfactor He did nothing but bury over 4,000 service memebers due to invading (IRAQ) a country that had nothing to do with 9-11. Good job Bush.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 Bush declared a war on terrorism and was given intelligence that Kerry/ Edwards/Hillary had too and gave power to invade over. To his knowledge their were WMDs for a dictator who had slaughtered his own people and fellow Muslims in Iran. Bush would have coasted to re election in 04 with his post 9-11 approval ratings as Commander in Chief in a War in Afghanistan America supported yet risked his legacy and re election by doing what he believed would keep us safe. That's leadership!

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 First of all lets get something that is factually correct dumbnuts. Bush declared war on Iraq, a country that never attacked America. 17 out of 19 hijackers were from Saudia Arabia, one from Egypt and one from Amman, Jordan, all of which were residing in Afghanistan. I don't by the whole intelligence thing for a bit. If that was true, how come Bush was the only one that invaded. If it was such a big deal and so iminite, why didn't others act before Bush was President. Its all BS.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 Also Bush had unemployment under 5 % and 4.8 million new jobs for several years until the Democrats had control of congress. It was the Pre Bush Democrat bill that Clinton signed in to law for too many low income family mortgages that Republican...s, including McCain, warned would send the Banks in to bankruptcy and when it happened the Democrats blamed Bush and McCain. The 23 million jobs and balanced budget Clinton get credit for was all with a Republican controlled Congress.

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 Bush losts thousands of jobs, gave tax cuts to the rich, back big special groups (Halliburton, dick's old company). Just ask his former secretary of treasure, Paul O'neil what he thinks of Bush. He told Bush not to give out tax cuts because they didn't have the money to do so, but he did anyhow. I like how Clinton left hillbilly a surplus, but like all things, he managed to screw that up too.

[zutp090]

Bush rocks mannnn. balls of steel!! thats what a true leader is.

[scfloyd1]

@zutp090 Balls of steal and dumb as a box of rocks.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 I'd like to see you try to run an entire country especially in a time of crisis.

He was re elected so he can't be as dumb as you!

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 He was re-elected because most Americans are ill informed. Don't think we are the smartest country. We rank in the world in math in science 25th and 26th. Just because you get re-elected doesn't make you smart. Americans are just stupid.

[Bigbadben7]

@scfloyd1 What in the Hell does math scores have to do with being informed about a country's leaders?

The Liberal media spun Bush's image time and time again by blaming him for Katrina when it was a state/city problem and the Gov didn't for ask for aid soon enough and the Mayor didn't get the city emptied as Bush pleaded w/ him to do. They blamed Bush for Clinton's failed mortgage bill and ignored the Dems support for Iraq. Clinton had as much intelligence about 9-11 terrorist as Bush had.

[scfloyd1]

@Bigbadben7 I point out the scores dumbnuts because you think, like most southern ignorant dumb asses that America is the smartest country and that we are always right about everything we do. I don't see it like that at all. We failed up, and now deal with it. Saddam Hussien hated terrorist. He killed the kurds because the Kurds had backed Iran during the Iran Iraq war. Besides, what does that have to do with us. In Uganda, people die everyday, should we go there too?

[bigjonnyjon]

many years on he's still got shit for brains.. fucked america up well and good , nice to see him still smile all the way thru the interview though..

[MrFreedomdemocracy]

WHO SAYS:

"GOD BLESS GEORGE W. BUSH" ......

..... DESERVE TO STAY IN A PERMANENT WAR IN IRAQ WITHOUT NEVER COMING BACK HOME AND IN ECONOMIC DEPRESSION LOOSING 1M JOB/MONTH FOREVER!!!!!!!!

[ed2kou1]

@MrFreedomdemocracy  GOD BLESS GEORGE W BUSH!

[iyot34]

@MrFreedomdemocracy ! Well no need for that cz A new war is comming the Afganistan war OBAMA 3 times the soldiers copared to IRAQ plus he gonna TAX your lazy ass...OWWW You are not worried cz you dont even have a Job right? Hmmmmnnn.....Freeloaders!

[aholegamerz]

@MrFreedomdemocracy GOD BLESS BUSH????? WTF U TALING ABOUT MORE LIKE WORST PRESIDENT EVER!

[American000ful]

War isn't pretty and I'd like to think not "Politically Correct" like the policies our nation has so stupidly adopted. These are TERRORIST we're talking about! Waterboard the Hell out of them! I love Bush, he made tough decisions and I would love to have him back in the White House.

[didyamaker]

@American000ful Amen.

[DjBobbyLosAngeles]

@American000ful what if there innocent? What if there not the bad people?

[gpl61]

He was a good and decent man and a good President unlike the total disgrace we have now. I was proud of him as my president. God Bless you President Bush. I miss you!

[bearlooter]

@gpl61 Thats not saying much being you fuck your sister and all..America voted Obama so deal with it , your really going to be pissed when we vote him in again

[gpl61]

@bearlooter Is that the best you can do lol? Is that your best shot? I guess you either can't read a newspaper or you missed last tuesdays election. You must have been studying how to come up with such brilliant oratory.Obama is done asswipe. You can try to wish away the reality of disgust the majority of the country has for this guy and his agenda all you want...but it's over dude. Maybe you could apply for a job as his advisor once he tossed out. After all he just loves feckless losers LOL

[bearlooter]

@gpl61 lol keep telling yourself that, now go turn on glen beck and take your meds child

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

@bearlooter

BUSH RULES!!!!

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

@bearlooter

"REPUBLICANS(OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOH, scary)" ARE TAKING OVER!!!!!! YOU LOSE, DEAL WITH IT. LMFAO HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA­!!!

[bearlooter]

@DoNotBeHighandMighty lol only on fox kid

[DjBobbyLosAngeles]

@gpl61 interesting...he's doing some of the same stuff Obama does......

[dionusos2]

Bush lied to us about his authorization of torture. Thought his gut was more compelling than evidence when it came to waging the war in Iraq (which he botched). His tax cuts will add $4 trillion to the deficit, yet he still advocates them without telling us how he'd offset that amount. (course he thinks cutting taxes/increasing spending makes sense) His hands-off economic policy paved the way for the current economic recession that Obama's being blamed for. He failed with NCLB. He was(is) a joke