Former President Bush Blames ‘Bloggers’ for ‘Ugly’ Political Climate

[ProSense]

Former President Bush Blames ‘Bloggers’ for ‘Ugly’ Political Climate

Last night on Fox News, former President George H.W. Bush said the current political climate has “gotten so adversarial that it’s ugly.” Asked to offer an explanation for why there is this “incivility,” Bush pinned the blame on bloggers. “It’s probably a little worse now given electronic media and the bloggers and all these kinds of things,” he said. Watch it:

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[texpatriot2004]

1. Here's the 1st DU thread on this topic, it's on the greatest pg too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2714518

[emulatorloo]

2. Funny I didn't know Karl Rove had a blog! n/t

[C_U_L8R]

3. Oh that pesky Free Speech

messing up the beautiful Bush minds again

[Demeter]

4. I Suppose The Ugly BushWorld/ Reality Gig Had Nothing To Do with It?

Sad to see a feeble old man embarass himself in public like that.

[Imagevision]

19. Bush is 60 and his mom & dad are still rescueing him even in the bloody white house!!

this guy is like 60 going on 13, he probably misses the good ole days when blowing frogs was so-oo much easier, getting drunk and now, laura even probably sleeps alone.

[MADem]

5. Oh Jesus, call one of those whaaaaaaaaaaambulances!

[Mythsaje]

6. My letter in response

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2967182&mesg_id=2967182

[mw]

7. Two peas in a pod: Bush I and his grandmother. Oops. I mean wife.

They have an almost out-of-body way of blaming the world for the situation they find themselves in. It's a sort of constant "blame the messenger" syndrome.

Essentially, if Bush and his son want people to stop calling them losers and chimps, then they should STOP BEING LOSERS AND CHIMPS.

[Debs]

14. I've noticed that about wingnuts

For them its never the fault of the person who CAUSED a problem its always the fault of whoever POINTS OUT the problem. Abu Ghraib wasnt the fault of Bush, Rumsfeld and torturers its the fault of those who REPORTED the torture

[Cha]

8. Thass right poophead blame the

messenger..that's right out of jr's playbook who got from goebbels playbook, isn't that right?

I blame your fucking smear 'em and attack 'em Viciously because you have no record to stand on.. asshole. I hope that wasn't too Ugly for ya.

[DaveJ]

9. He would prefer we were illiterate as well. n/t

[Straight Shooter]

10. Betcha ten bucks he thinks Democratic Underground is a blog.

These people are so out of touch, they repeat talking points and don't have a clue.

Guess what, Poppy? I blame the "incivility" on Hannity, Rush, Beck, Coulter, Rove, and of course your spawn, Little Lord Pissypants. Who was it that claimed the Clintons had removed all the "W's" from the White House keyboards.

Go bite yourself.

[Bad Penny]

11. Bush blood is thicker than sanity

[sarge43]

12. Oh really? Were bloggers wearing Purple Heart band-aids at

their conventions again?

Naughty bloggers.

[ProSense]

13. Poppy being preemptive:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2967626&mesg_id=2967689

[yellowcanine]

15. Shut up Poppy. It is your spawn that has promulgated the ugliness.

Ask John McCain and Max Cleland.

[Cerridwen]

16. Horseshit!!! Look to ronnie reagan for the first rounds in this

era's ugliness; politics has always been ugly but the stuff we live with now is aided and abetted by the monstrous tide of corporate media and advertising.

[Imagevision]

17. Babs must have given Poppy the order to save junior...

[McCamy Taylor]

18. He means the Freeper who mails Faux Anthrax letters to Pelosi and Olbermann?

That kind of blogger?

[AIJ Alom]

20. Yup. It's difficult to control something that you can't invest to own.

And somehow the darn truth just keeps coming out, inspite of your best efforts to nip it in the bud.

[AX10]

21. No. The corporate controlled media is to blame for the current climate.

Also, Nixon and Reagan were proud dirty dealers in the realm of politics. They made it fashionalble to bash liberals and moderates as well as anyone who didn't tow the right wing line.

[Stinky The Clown]

22. Hey Poppy, you dumbass ... its your kid who did this .....

Him ... and that fat pasty fucker who he hangs with ... and that other fat, psaty fucker, Newt .... and all your NOCs (Non Official Crybabies) like Rush and Ann and Michelle and Laura, and Savage, and those of that ilk. YOUR party's theone that wins by yelling insults and smearing good people.

Fuck you, you out-of-touch old coot.

[sampsonblk]

23. He's 100% right

Its not his son's fault for screwing things up, its actually everyone else's fault for knowing about it and discussing it. That's so obvious! /sarc