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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:10 PM
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Who says Bush didn't sacrifice for the Iraq War effort?: He and Laura gave up "entertaining"
Edited on Fri Dec-05-08 10:11 PM by marmar
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from ThinkProgress:



Bush: Laura and I gave up entertaining because of the Iraq war.»

During an interview yesterday with NBC News’s John Yang, President Bush offered his reason as to why he and his wife Laura haven’t been “big entertainers” at the White House over the years:

BUSH: We’ve had a lot of fun in this experience. We haven’t been a real social first couple. A lot of it had to do with the war. There were periods of the presidency where it was just inappropriate to be big entertainers But we had a lot of friends and family here in the White House and its been really a lot of fun.


Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/05/bush-war-entertain/


Last May, Bush also said that he gave up golfing because of the Iraq war, in “solidarity” with U.S. troops and their families. Nevertheless, as Bush noted, his time in the White House has “been really a lot of fun.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/05/bush-war-entertain/


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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:12 PM
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1. He lied about giving up golf too
that was proven.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:16 PM
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4. There really isn' t much that can be believed about the sob is there?
What has he leveled with us on, ever?
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:33 PM
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8. But they still never call him out on it.... Can you imagine a kid at school?
That could get away with his crap, by either the faculty, the students, his peers or his church?
I couldn't when I grew up and neither could others and I'm a little younger than Bush

This is a major breakdown of ethics and accountability by our country.

He is still the kid that got away with blowing up frogs.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:14 PM
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2. Drunks are not very good host is the real deal
I'm sure pickles tips the bottle some too.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:15 PM
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3. Hopefully she doesn't mix liquor and her many prescriptions.....
n/t
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:17 PM
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5. Funny you should say that
cause back in my party days I mixed all kinds of meds with liquor. Did we ever.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:19 PM
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6. The arrogance and sociopath tendencies are astounding
aren't they?

They remind me of Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake", or Mussoline who up to the bitter end would not accept his wrong doing.

They have no shame of letting the Gulf Coast die.....Thousands of American soldiers die, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's die.......they have no shame.

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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 10:23 PM
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7. Wow, where's my boots,
it's getting pretty deep.
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