The George W. Bush Presidential Library

Dear Fellow Constituent: The George W. Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages and accepting donations.

The Library will include:
1. The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.
2. The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you won’t be able to remember anything.
3. The Texas Air National Guard Room, where you don’t even have to show up.
4. The Walter Reed Hospital Room, where they don’t let you in.
5. The Guantanamo Bay Room, where they don’t let you out.
6. The Weapons of Mass Destruction Room, which no one has been able to find.
7. The National Debt Room, which is huge and has no ceiling.
8. The Tax Cut Room, with entry only to the wealthy.
9. The Economy Room, which is in the toilet.
10. The Iraq War Room. (After you complete your first visit, they make you go back for a second, third, fourth, and sometimes fifth visit.)
11. The Dick Cheney Room, in the famous undisclosed location, complete with shooting gallery.
12. The Environmental Conservation Room, still empty.
13. The Supreme Gift Shop, where you can buy an election.
14. The Airport Men’s Room, where you can meet some of your favorite Republican Senators.
15. The Decider Room, complete with dart board, magic 8-ball, Ouija board, dice, coins, and straws.

The library will also include many famous Quotes by George W. Bush:

1. ‘The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.’
2. ‘If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.’
3. ‘Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.’
4. ‘No senior citizen should ever have to choose between prescription drugs and medicine.’
5. ‘I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.’
6. ‘One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is ‘to be prepared’.’
7. ‘Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.’
8. ‘I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.’
9. ‘The future will be better tomorrow.’
10. ‘We’re going to have the best educated American people in the world..’
11. ‘One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.’ (during an education photo-op)
12. ‘Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.’
13. ‘We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.’
14. ‘It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.’
15. ‘I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.’…George W. Bush to Sam Donaldson

PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY!

Sincerely, Jack Abramoff: Co-Chair
G.W. Bush Library Board of Directors

Bush defends presidency in final news conference

WASHINGTON (AP) - By turns wistful, aggressive and joking in the final news conference of his presidency, President George W. Bush vigorously defended his record Monday but also offered an extraordinary listing of his mistakes - including his optimistic Iraq speech before a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner in 2003.

After starting what he called “the ultimate exit interview” with a lengthy and personalized thank-you to the reporters in the room who have covered him over the eight years of his presidency, Bush showed anger at times when presented with some of the main criticisms of his time in office.

“I think it’s a good, strong record,” he said. “You know, presidents can try to avoid hard decisions and therefore avoid controversy. That’s just not my nature.”

He particularly became indignant when asked about America’s bruised image overseas.

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Bush defends presidency in final news conference

Well, everyone IS entitled to their own opinion, even George W. Bush. How he can defend his “good, strong record” is beyond me, but I was never that much of a Bush fan to begin with.

With the Iraq war in its sixth year, he most aggressively defended his decisions on that issue, which will define his presidency like no other. There have been over 4,000 U.S. deaths since the invasion and toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

But it was in that area that he also acknowledged mistakes. He said that “not finding weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment.” The accusation that Saddam had and was pursuing weapons of mass destruction was Bush’s main initial justification for going to war.

The heart-throb of the Bush Bots has openly admitted it. The WMDs that he was SO insistent on, the WMDs that he took this nation to war with Iraq FOR, those WMDs, were never found. Those WMDs, that to this very day, 6 years later, they still haven’t been found.

Still haven’t been found?? There were no WMDs folks, none that could threaten the USA at least. And here’s another little gem for you, Saddam’s real *WMDs*, such as they were, had been expended when he attacked and killed so many Kurds in Northern Iraq. All that was left were a few .155 Howitzer rounds that had chemical warheads filled with Sarin. Sarin that was so chemically depleted that you could pour it directly on the human skin with NO ill consequences.

Nuclear research?? Yes, the Iraqis were doing nuclear research. Yellow cake uranium?? UhHuh, not a doubt in ANY minds, they had *yellow cake*, what they didn’t have was a system to fully refine that yellow cake!! Also lacking was a *delivery system* to deploy those imminent nuclear and chemical attacks that Saddam was, according to Bush, so wanting to launch against the USA!! Looks like Bush struck out on that one too.

If nuclear and chemical research were being conducted, with the express intent being to build a thermonuclear device or chemical weapon, and mount that weapon on a reasonably accurate delivery system were such a high priority for the Bush administration, why are we not attacking Iran at this very moment?

Bush took this United States to war in Iraq for his own personal reasons, and those reasons had NOTHING to do with WMDs or freeing the Iraqi people. Over 4,200 U.S. troops have died because OF that folly. Untold BILLIONS of U.S. tax dollars have been spent, and wasted because OF that folly. And to the bitter end, the Moron in Chief is still trying to define his legacy and justify his actions to the people of this nation.

Bush defends his record of using military might

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of pre-emptive war and warned that the United States must remain willing to “to take the fight to our enemies across the world.”

Down to his waning days in office, Bush is trying to define his own legacy, never more clearly than during his sprawling account here of how the U.S. armed forces have changed under his watch.

The president declared that today’s military is “stronger, more agile and better prepared” than the one he inherited in 2001. It was a defense against criticism that Bush has stretched the military to dangerous levels with wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

“With all the actions we’ve taken these past eight years, we’ve laid a solid foundation on which future presidents and future military leaders can build,” Bush told thousands of cadets at West Point, the premier officer training institution for the Army.

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Bush defends his record of using military might

I have to agree with Bush on at least 1 point, the military is “stronger, more agile and better prepared”, but that was an action of necessity and not one that has been exploited to the truly needed levels.

A few months ago all we heard was that our military was stretched to the breaking point by being forced to fight a 2 front war, Iraq and Afghanistan. I was, and still am of the opinion that IF this was all it took to stretch our military to the breaking point, then we are in a lot more trouble than the American citizen is privvy to.

Iraq and Afghanistan have not broken our military.

They have, due to administrative mismanagement and poor prosecution, nearly caused this nation to suffer a full financial melt down, but our troops, their WILL and STRENGTH, have NOT been broken. Their will hasn’t even been knocked off course. If that were to happen, then the USA and it’s citizens are done for.

Many of Bush’s critics say his military approach has had disastrous consequences for the U.S., embroiling the U.S. in war, angering allies and running up enormous debt.

Before Bush leaves, he is determined to tell a different story.

Bush can tell it any way he wants to. He is in the process of trying to write his own legacy. President Bush was clearly on the right track when he took us to Afghanistan following the attacks of 9-11, I have never argued that fact. My biggest gripe was Iraq, the reasoning behind it, the explanations for it, the way it was conducted and the weak attempt at managing Iraq AFTER our wonderful military totally destroyed the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Iraq did NOT have to be the long and drawn out, not to mention COSTLY, in terms of dollars and lives, campaign that it has become. A few bombs, a few well placed *A-Teams* and Iraq would be no worse off than it is today. Saddam and his evil whelps would still be dead and Iraq would be none the worse for wear.

Japan was a vanquished nation following WWII, we stepped in and administered the Japanese people and their nation. We helped them to rebuild. Look at where Japan is today. We couldn’t ask for a stronger or more reliable ally, and they are a great trade partner.

Iraq could have become the same shining success had the Iraqi war not been instigated and led by a total moron!

Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy

WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush says history will judge him, but he is getting his own crack first. Bush is using his final 50 days in office to tout his legacy, hoping to leave a lasting impression of overshadowed progress. On Monday, World AIDS Day, Bush was heralded for his leadership in fighting the disease, a point that even his Democratic critics readily concede.

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Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy

I don’t like George W. Bush. I voted FOR him, but that was because, as far as I was concerned, he was the lesser of all the evils, Republican, Democratic or any other choice. I am not a Republican. I am NOT Democrat. I am NOT a libber, I don’t blindly follow ANY party or their line of political BS. I am that rare commodity that *party parrots* fear. I am an American PATRIOT, I bow to no party. I answer to ME, I vote my conscience and I sleep quite well in doing so.

I’m not an economics guy. I look at the current issues regarding the economy and I have to rely on my friend and adviser, Jason Potts, at Lifetime Wealth Management, PC to be my eyes and ears on what to do with our money. My field of expertise is an altogether different area of endeavor. Jason tells me what HE thinks about the money markets, he’s the MBA and finance guy. I tell him what I think about tactics and strategy, that is where I did MY study.

I can tell you right now, had I been on the advisory staff when the decision was made to go into Iraq, I would have likely made the BIG news. Iraq was an ill-advised effort, nearly everyone in the national security and Intel business KNEW that. I KNOW that there were some advisers that told Bush the truth about Iraq, but the truth wasn’t what the man wanted to hear. He wanted to hear support and justifications. Here are some of my reasons for believing that Iraq, and the continued prosecution of that war, is the cause of the current financial maladies that this nation is suffering.

We are dumping BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of OUR tax dollars into one of the most oil rich nations on earth, and we are seeing NO return for OUR investment.

Personally, I would NEVER have gone to Iraq, not to attack. I would have gone under the guise of friend and ally to Saddam. That would have been the most logical effort to make in Iraq, make Saddam an ALLY, he hated Iran, he hated al-Qaida, he didn’t like us too much either but he would have taken any U.S. support he could have received.

Iraq was NOT worth the effort, the lives lost, the money spent, ANY of it, but Saddam may have been valuable had he been developed as an asset, not a TRUSTED ally or asset, but valuable none the less. He would have held Iran in check, thus leaving us free to pursue al-Qaida in Afghanistan, and Pakistan if need be, and to other areas as needed, the REAL enemy, where they actually were.

I don’t care what ANY of the Bush Bots say, Iraq was NOT a part of 9-11, Iraq did NOT support al-Qaida and there were NO Taliban or al-Qaida fighters IN Iraq until WE went there, al-Qaida came to Iraq to fight us.

Strategically, that may not have been an altogether bad thing if the truth were told. Iraq, especially the area around Baghdad, is a much easier theater of battle than the mountains of Afghanistan. The Russians suffered miserably in the rough terrain of Afghanistan, they were defeated by American supplied arms and Taliban guts. Pay attention to that last word, TALIBAN. We were supplying the Taliban with everything they needed as long as they were fighting the Russians. That old enemy of my enemy is MY friend thing.

In any case, Iraq equates to $10B a month that could be well spent elsewhere, because GWB surely didn’t have ANY idea that Iraq was better ground to fight upon, all GWB had was a hard-on for Saddam and the desire to see him dead. Damn the end results and consequences to the American or Iraqi people, ‘Daddy’ had to be vindicated, that was *Job 1* in George W. Bush’s mind.

And yes, I DO know, Saddam WAS evil personified, he was a monster, but only to his own people. Saddam was a threat to his region of the world, his immediate region, and if the people of that region didn’t have the balls to stand up to him, well hey, they were HIS people.

Bush has written his legacy, America is in a recession, we had a budget surplus when he took office. No more. Over 4,200 American service men and women were killed in Iraq, and for no REAL reason that I can see. We continue to pump BILLIONS of dollars into Iraq. We continue to lose troops lives in Iraq. Our border with Mexico is still wide open. The U.S. government became a SOCIALIST regime under Bush. Americans are on the verge of bankruptcy. We never got the *Drill Here - Drill Now* from Bush. We are still reliant on foreign oil, and as such, we are vulnerable to monetary blackmail. OPEC can strangle this nation any time they wish, simply by raising the price of oil to it’s recently high levels.

The legacy that Bush leaves behind will make Jimmy Carter look like a harmless old fool. I will reserve my opinion of Obama and his presidential prowess until such time that he really IS the POTUS.