Bush: 'I Want to Be the Peace President'

[maddezmom]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - After launching two wars, President Bush (news - web sites) said on Tuesday he wanted to be a "peace president" and took swipes at his Democratic rivals for being lawyers and weak on defense.



With polls showing public support for the war in Iraq (news - web sites) in decline, the Republican president cast himself as a reluctant warrior as he campaigned in the battleground state of Iowa against Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) and his running mate, former trial lawyer John Edwards (news - web sites). Bush lost the state in 2000 by only a few thousand votes.


"The enemy declared war on us," he told a re-election rally. "Nobody wants to be the war president. I want to be the peace president."


Bush has called himself a "war president" in leading the United States in a battle against terrorism brought about by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=1&u=/nm/20040720/pl_nm/campaign_bush_dc

The irony never stops.....

[22181]

1. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

[grasswire]

93. PEGGY NOONAN

That's what she advised him over the weekend: "Bush has to appear reluctant to make war." This comes from Noonan's brain.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

104. Or her ass. It's hard to tell sometimes. n/t

[shoelace414]

2. uhh. yea

Bush has called himself a "war president"

This is like giving yourself a nickname. kinda egotistical

[Poiuyt]

3. Bush is a flip flopper

[Beetwasher]

4. FLIP FLOPPER!!!

Huge, mega flip-flop...I'm a war President to I'm a peace president???

[aden_nak]

5. So is anyone going to tell him?

Is anyone going to tell him that the correct phrase is "Wartime President"? I mean, "War President" is more accurate. . . but surely Karl must have noticed by now.

[judge_smales]

6. I don't think that you can choose

your own legacy.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

14. Sure you can.

All * has to do is kill or otherwise silence anyone that he suspects might say bad things about him in the future. I don't know if that's actually possible, but he's certainly trying.

[yardwork]

7. Shrub-Chimp loves being a "war pres'dent"

Even though he's a miserable failure at it, just like everything else.

[ronnykmarshall]

8. He is a piece president.

A piece of crap!

[Cha]

69. That's right! president(sic)piece o' CRAP!

[midnight armadillo]

9. But peace means no profits!

What would the Carlyle Group do without wars?!? How would Poppy Bush eat???

[tabasco]

17. Star Wars

Corporate Enrichment Program.

[fdr_hst_fan]

110. With his HANDS-

like MOST chimps do!

[RobertSeattle]

10. Orwell spins in grave at 15K RPM

Either be a "War President" (and have a successful war)

Or be a Peace President (and maintain the peace)

Ya can't be both

[MurrayDelph]

52. Well, according to Orwell...

If "Ignorance is Peace"

he is well-over-qualified to be the Peace President!

[D-Notice]

56. Err...

I think you mean

"War is Peace"

"Ignorance is Strength"

But yeah... he is over-qualified

[MurrayDelph]

79. You are correct.

I do apologize.

Besides, the Ignorance is Strength should probably be assigned to our strong-man California Governor

[Rebellious Republican]

11. Don't let your Flip..., Flop George! N/T

[Cheneys_former_heart]

12. No, he wants to be the PIECE President

Like he's been all along.

[PragMantisT]

13. Well, he's off to a slow start!

Another flip-flop. He keeps saying he's a war president. He has to have a competitive advantage in something.

[pinniped]

15. Flop-Flip alert!

The asshole chose his roles and will no doubt go down as the stupidest dumbfcuk pretz in U.S. history.

[0007]

100. No doubt about it!

[Jacobin]

16. By conquering Iran?

How...........1980's.....specifically 1984.

[Terran]

18. OMFG! The cluelessness just keeps on rolling!

By the way George, WHICH enemy was it that attacked us?? Ooops! It was the Saudis! MF dumbass!!!! :grr:

[tridim]

19. "The enemy declared war on us"

Iraq declared war on us? Wow, that sounds like a lie. Wait, Iraq isn't the enemy.. Uhh.. Uhmmm.. inotherwords.. 9/11.. Terror.. Smoke em out.. won't get fooled again.

[struggle4progress]

73. He's got a few loose wires. eom

[UpInArms]

20. ROFLMAO!!!

The Warp Resident is a Piece of Shit!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

This POS will say anything but the truth - he just wants more power. He thinks that he can get everything else through next time - remember he just said that if he gets another term, we're off to Iran!

:puke:

[Fridays Child]

21. C'mon! No, really! I mean it! I swear!

[trogdor]

80. OMFG!

That is just hysterical!

[_NorCal_D_]

97. Best. Picture. Ever.

:D B-)

[Lavender Brown]

22. Yeah, peace is your middle name George.

:eyes:

[Neshanic]

23. Mr. President, your Nehru jacket and beads are on the bed.

[havocmom]

46. Collar must be too tight,

no O2 getting to that man's brain.

[tandot]

24. He'll get his peace come January 2005...when John Kerry is President

Bush a "Peace President"...he sure was working on that image very, very hard the last two years... :crazy:

Did Saddam and the Iraqis declare war on us? I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. Stupid me thought we were just invading a country for the heck of it...or to convert these "terrorist Muslims" to Christianity...or to take their oil... /sarcasm

[RubyDuby in GA]

25. What a crock

Some nice person needs to tell asswipe that you can't run as a War President and a Peace President at the same time, unless he's schizophrenic and that just proves my point that he's a mental and shouldn't be allowed near sharp objects.

[damnraddem]

26. I guess Dubya discovered that it wasn't any fun anymore ...

being a war president. LOL!

[Gman]

27. Puhleeeezzz, spare me.

[Lisa]

28. "now watch this drive!"

C'mon, everyone -- admit it -- that's what you mentally added!


He sounds like such a whiner: "Nobody wants to be the war president. I want to be the peace president."

[MisterP]

59. he also says that being Pres & defending Murka is "hard"

Presidentin's HARD! Arithmetic is HARD!

[Bertha Venation]

29. Good Christ. You KNOW these words weren't scripted.

And if they were, then Shrub's team truly has no sense of irony.

[fishnfla]

37. maybe God told him to say that.

only it was something like, "ok for the last time asshole, listen up!"

[bluestateguy]

30. Is this from the Onion?

Did Tom DeLay come out in favor of gay marriage too?

[drdtroit]

31. ASSHOLE

kind of sums him up, doesn't it?

[Neshanic]

32. If he starts wearing hip hugger bell bottoms...maybe Jenna's.

[mark11727]

108. Brain Bleach Alert !

Pleez don't make me think up images like that in my braiiin.

[jimshoes]

How about we make him the ex-pResident

Now he's not even campaigning on his past "accomplishments". Like 2 failing wars and a miserable economy, apallingly low re-enlisment rates for the Army and National Guard, billions in funds that cannot be accounted for, an outed CIA operative, and the worst terrorist attack in the history of America. Well, I guess that isn't much to run on then is it?

[benfranklin1776]

33. What sheer juvenility.

This sounds like an insecure junior high, wanna be "cool kid," bully:

"I am the war president. That sounds so cool. I can do whatever I want because I am the war President and I said so." OOPSie daisy, that's not so popular anymore, now that the Supreme Court smacked him down on his power grab and people have lost their appetite for a daily diet of death and destruction. Peace is the cool ticket now, so its, "Forget what I said before, I am the peace President got it?, and oh my opponents are baddie lawyers, nah nah nah nah." ^(*&^%*& sophmoric jerk.

Major league flip flop from a major league A-Hole.

[baldguy]

34. Oh, yeah. A piece of Afghanistan, a piece of Iraq, a piece of Iran...

A piece of a marine over here, a piece of a National guardsman over there,

[arwalden]

35. Flip Flopper

[bushisanidiot]

36. Sorry, President FUCKUP, but you can't have it both ways

you pound your chest and declare that you are a "war president", now you want to be the "peace president"?

heh.. guess those poll numbers are too low for ya, eh?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[liberalmuse]

38. "I wanna be the peace president, daddy...

and I WANT IT NOW!!!" Somebody fucking make it stop before I split my gut laughing at this pathetic fool. If there were a god, he'd have smote this "peace" of shit INSULT of a president already.

[Monte Carlo]

39. Thank you, Mr. Bush. You just handed Kerry a killer campaign ad!

When idiot princes let committees do their thinking for them...things like this are almost certain to happen, and often do.

[FreakinDJ]

40. Where is Bugs Bunny when you need him "You Maroon"

[Strawman]

41. To borrow from Judge Smales in Caddyshack

Bush apparently also said he didn't want to execute the mentally retarted but felt "he owed it to them."

[Emillereid]

42. Oh Brother! God, please deliver us from this FOOL!

[cmf]

43. OMG, I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying!

peace president? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[wish_I_could_vote]

44. can he really be this stupid?

[laylah]

90. Obviously

this time and many others! :silly: And, OH, by the way,welcome to DU. Hang out, learn and absorb all of the awesome knowledge in our part of the Universe. Welcome aboard!

Jenn

[sofa king]

45. I want a prehensile tail.

But that ain't gonna happen either.

[TEXASYANKEE]

47. Peace President?

Doesn't Rove remember how dismal Shrub's approval rating was prior to 9/11 ... is he sure he wants to go there??

"The enemy declared war on us ..." Really? I consider myself fairly well-versed on current events, but I admit that I missed the part about Iraq declaring war on the US. Does someone have a link or website on that?

[Th1onein]

48. Poor little Bushie........nuthin's his fault. He WANTED to be Peace

president but those darned Iraqis, uh, Saudis, uh, Iranians, uh......well, anyway, everybody's just picking on the poor little old peace president who was forced into being a war president by uh, uh, uh......

[nosmokes]

49. * wants to be the peace president and i wanna play 2nd

base for the padres.

i'd say our odds are about the same...

what a pompous ass we have sitting in the oval office, and we hafta get him outta there come november.

get mad, get active, get organised, get rid of him.

[dave29]

50. I guess that takes Iran off the table

until after nov 2nd that is

[The_Casual_Observer]

51. I'll bet he wants to be the peace president now

Now that 51% or whatever have had enough war. No, he doesn't watch the polls!

Somehow I don't think that this is going to sit to well with the freepers and the other jerks, it seemed that they were all for kicking arab ass, getting 9/11 revenge,containing the terrorists in Iraq, and showing the world how hard the USA is.

[BAPhill]

53. Too Late...

How can he possibly undo what he's already done.

:dem:

[MisterP]

54. "Four more years and America will be safe"

but Chimpy, you said the War on Terr' will last for decades
he gets stupider every day

[maddezmom]

58. AP - Bush: Re-Election Will Ensure U.S. Safety

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=2&u=/ap/20040720/ap_on_el_pr/bush

[Dover]

55. Bush isn't even a PRESIDENT.

eom

[cliss]

57. Click on the link and check out the article.

Take a really close look at Bush. He looks like crap. I've NEVER seen him look this bad. Not even after his falls, his pretzel choking, the humiliation & embarrassments he's had to endure.

Now look at the small photo of him lamblasting into the microphone. Doesn't he look like a lunatic?

He is, by the way. Photos don't lie (unlike him)

[mumon]

63. He looks like he's doing Karnak the Magnificient...

[maddezmom]

64. man he's pale...must be time for a visit to Crawford

[mumon]

68. "Two Hundred"

(Rips open envelope, and reads "How many electoral votes am I going to lose against John Kerry?")

[foo_bar]

78. Yes Sir!

[cliss]

71. Thank you. that's it.

Now take a close look. Notice the blood-shot eyes. The eyes looks a little glassy. This could either be from a) drinking or b) lack of sleep, which comes from worrying.

Look at the hand, which is involutarily wiping his brow. Either he's sweating, or he's worried. Notice the blank stare into space; almost cross-eyed.

Look at the wrinkles on his forehead, deeper grooves than ever. The hair is wiry, almost turned grey overnight. Very brillo-padish.

Now observe the neck. Look at all the loose skin, hanging over his shirt collar. Very wrinkled, very loose. The Old Boy is aging rapidly.

[Lisa]

75. and the blotchy skin ...

When he's happy and confident, his cheeks color up and his skin tone appears more even. (And his nose, which I suspect goes red when he rubs it under stress, doesn't look as obvious.)

I guess this could also be due to being touched up by a makeup artist right before the appearance, though.

[NicoleM]

60. Hey George--

they're lawyers because they were smart enough to actually GET INTO LAW SCHOOL. Which is more than you can say.

[mumon]

61. Which is it? War or Peace? Isn't that a "flip-flop?"

He's a war president! A peace president!

Gee, I only wish he could get a 1 on 1 with Ali G.

[sofa king]

62. Here's one for you, maddezmom.

At this rate, my next attempt at biting visual commentary will involve someone stepping on a rake.

[Solly Mack]

65. do forgive me while I wallow about the floor, overcome by side-splitting

laughter.

[wish_I_could_vote]

66. I'm sorry

Just have to say that every time I come back to the latest news page, this headline just cracks me up.

[Anwen]

67. I don't find this funny at all.

It just makes me really angry...this jerk has got to go. :grr:

[Robbien]

70. Me too. Mainly because the press let him get away with it

What is wrong with those guys? I thought this was going to be a spoof article, but he actually said this nonsense. And no one called him on it!

[Anwen]

74. Yeah, that's probably the worst part...

I don't know why I continue to be surprised by this stuff! :-(

[lostnfound]

72. You can be: fire your entire staff, hire Kucinich to select replacements.

There's a plan George. You can do it.

[deacon]

76. lol! but but but, i thought you were the war president gw? n/t

[truthisfreedom]

77. too late, georgie. you broke it, you bought it. schmuck.

your 30 day return policy expired.

[ixion]

81. chimpy is niether a peace nor a war president... he's just a spoiled

rich kid LOSER.

Everything he's ever touched in his life has turned to crap.

[fob]

82. Step #1 - Stop the warmongering!

Step #2 - Resign

Step #3 - Run for President of your local Country Club, and institute peace there

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

83. No more flightsuit?

Bush will grow a beard, wear the peace symbol around his neck, sandals, and a burnouse and begin chanting "ommmmmm" during his speeches.

[scarface2004]

84. the acid he dropped is kicking in!!!!!!

i love a flower girl!!! will be his next mantra!!

[flordehinojos]

85. As Madeline Allbright would say,

I takes c*jones!
:hippie:

[TankLV]

86. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Whew - that is sooooooo funny!

You mean he's actually SERIOUS?!?!

[Zech Marquis]

87. HA!!!!!

relunctant my ass :puke: the peace President huh? How about falling to pieces with the whole world watching :evilgrin:

[Hotler]

88. Truly a weak platform to run on.

Is this the neo-cons plan, play a narrow focus card and hope they win??? OR! They don't care how lame the little turd is, they have the election rigged. And they're laughing all the way to the banks and supreme courts. I saw Paul Bremmer doing a press conference in front of the European press back in the beginning. A journalist asked him what would happen to Iraq if Bush lost the election? Bremmer without hesitation said, "That won't happen, we don't see that happening." He didn't even flinch. It's all smoke screen, these treasonous thugs are sure of themselves. This administration has something up it's sleeve.

[Digit]

89. The "Flop", flipped eom

[devinsgram]

91. The only thing he is

is a piece of s**t.

[Citizen Daryl]

92. Hard to watch a junkie in withdrawal.

He's like a junkie who's almost at the end of his fix. He's coming to the end of the ride and he knows it, and he'll promise you the moon and the stars and a bag to put them in if you'll just hook him up with one more score. That's all he needs is one more, just one more, and he'll sober up. Just one more and he swears on his God that he's going straight after this one last hit. You want peace? He'll promise you peace. You want prosperity? On a silver platter. You want jobs? More than you could ever imagine. You want compassion? He'll be a great big fucking Care Bear. Just hook him up one more time. Just one more time, that's all, just one more time, okay? Don't make him beg, damn it, he just wants one more fucking hit. Just one more goddamn fucking hit. What's wrong with you, you heartless fucker? Can't you see he's getting the shakes? Just give him one more fucking hit!

*ahem*

It's sad to watch, really. And a bit scary. A junkie will do whatever he has to do to get what he needs. Lie, cheat, steal ...

... kill.

Addiction will do that to you.

[wordout]

94. "I want to be the peace president."

Have you not read, o' king, that "There is no peace for the wicked."

[ibegurpard]

95. Too late, fuckwad.

You had your chance to "change the tone" and be a "compassionate conservative" and you shit all over the trust that people like me were willing to extend to you.

[joanne]

96. It would be laughable

except for the fact that thousands have died because of his LIES. :puke:

[hyphenate]

98. You can't have it both ways,

asshole!

What a schmuck.

[bvar22]

99. Wannabe a Peace President??????

bush* better worry about being the
WAR CRIMES
PRESIDENT*

He belongs in a dock before the families of 10,000 innocent civilians he killed for no good reason.
opps? but....but....but...I wannabe a Peace President!---NOT


Besides, the Peace President spot is already taken by Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Don't need a bush*.

[fortyfeetunder]

101. Is that #$*#)($* bucking for a Nobel Peace Prize?

This guy has probably woken up from his three year drunk and pretzel fest to find being a warmonger is not all it's cracked up to be.

He thought he'd be a shoo-in for a Nobel Peace Prize -- recall his name has been nominated more than once in his administration. But cooler (and more intelligent) heads prevailed. There is certainly plenty of people who have done more for peace than * at any point in his deranged life. So now he wants to be known as a peace president, now that Iraq is showing signs of unraveling as the US handed over soverignty to them.

Sorry George. You ain't getting any peace prize, so fuggedaboutit and go suck eggs or something.

[LynneSin]

102. And I want to be Miss August in Penthouse Magazine

:eyes:

[DFWJock]

103. This just in....

Bush also wants to be the "smart president."

[mark11727]

109. ...and Fredo wanted to be the next Don.

n/t

[RodneyCK2]

105. He sounds desperate to me.

I think this is a good sign that he is sinking. I would imagine a clown suit with juggling balls is around the corner, anything to raise poll numbers.

[jackstraw45]

106. The international media is still alive

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/21/1090089197575.html?oneclick=true

"War and peace president: Bush takes his pick

After launching two wars, President George W Bush said today he wanted to be a "peace president" and took swipes at his Democratic rivals for being lawyers and weak on defence."

[mark11727]

107. It's a bit late for all that "peace" talk, Smirky.

n/t

[theHandpuppet]

111. That's easy, Dubya...

Just STOP KILLING PEOPLE!!

[drscm]

112. Bush: 'I Want to Be the Rape Counselor' eom

eom