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peppertree

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22. Hear, hear. As I told a Repug friend in January 1999:
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:09 PM
12 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Feb 16, 2026, 04:18 PM - Edit history (1)

"Bush will be the nominee - and if he wins, there'll be nothing but wars and recessions."

I was also fairly certain that the first such war, would come about by way of some well-staged, false-flag incident - and that the media would breathlessly follow along like Labrador Retrievers.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

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How is this mass murderer walking free? Go back in your back in your bottle Shrub Blues Heron 15 hrs ago #1
As if he has any right to lecture anyone. BlueTsunami2018 15 hrs ago #2
Yeah, I haven't forgotten those 8 long Bush years PatSeg 15 hrs ago #6
Hear, hear. As I told a Repug friend in January 1999: peppertree 12 hrs ago #22
That was very prescient of you PatSeg 10 hrs ago #27
Why, thank you Pat. It is what it is. peppertree 8 hrs ago #29
Wow, some friend PatSeg 5 hrs ago #32
Well said. peppertree 4 hrs ago #33
You're welcome PatSeg 2 hrs ago #34
From the OP link FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #3
"It's hard to believe that Dubya actually wrote this .... But DAMN!" BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #8
Maybe Laura his wife had something to do with writing this FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #9
I expect he still has staff who work for him for when he does appearances BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #10
Copilot probably wrote that. Mosby 13 hrs ago #13
I doubt that ... it's too nuanced and incisive FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #23
He probably didn't write it FoxNewsSucks 12 hrs ago #19
sublty can be so loud at times--as in this case. But I think Trumps pea brain will not get it!! riversedge 15 hrs ago #4
Too little and 15 months too late, W SSJVegeta 15 hrs ago #5
He wrote an essay? Zackzzzz 15 hrs ago #7
More weak tea anyone? FalloutShelter 14 hrs ago #11
Yep. Real profile in courage, that one. Scrivener7 10 hrs ago #26
There's a straight line from Bush's "extraordinary rendition" of "enemy combatants"... CaptainTruth 13 hrs ago #12
Shrub was never known for subtlety Jilly_in_VA 13 hrs ago #14
He and his family have an obligation to do much, much more. nt wiggs 13 hrs ago #15
"I'm a member of a Secret Society, a society so secret, I can't even talk about it." czarjak 13 hrs ago #16
Thanks George. Gore would have been better, but history is history. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #17
The war criminal finally said something??? FoxNewsSucks 12 hrs ago #18
He was never this eloquent Bayard 12 hrs ago #20
I have mixed emotions about George and his dad. Not sure if they were the organ grinders or the monkeys. twodogsbarking 12 hrs ago #21
Oooooo mahina 11 hrs ago #24
Tragedy RogueTrooper 10 hrs ago #25
I DETEST hearing Trump somehow makes Dubya "look good" Skittles 2 hrs ago #37
He could and SHOULD do a LOT more, but I'll take what I can get for now! tableturner 9 hrs ago #28
I suppose NO ONE ever had a come to Jesus moment GenThePerservering 8 hrs ago #30
Pres Dump will be calling him a lot of names on his social media account soon. mdbl 5 hrs ago #31
He wrote something? LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #35
FUCK YOU Dubya, you warmongering piece of SHIT Skittles 2 hrs ago #36
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