Ah, I remember it making the news cycle back then when a bunch of people started mailing gifts of pretzels to the White House afterwards.
I look forward to him rotting in hell with Kissinger.
The only "good" part about Bush's presidency is that it ended, and he had the dignity to just shut up and retire and spend his days painting.
The Bush II presidency sucked, but I didn't think any of us imagined it could get worse under Trump.
I couldn't believe a Republican president could get elected ever again.
I am so disappointed with the US voting public. They will never again live it down.
My favorite parts of Bush II were:
- How in the literal fuck did the United States of America [re?]elect him in 2004?!
- He was the stupidest, most vengeful, evangelical-pandering yokel who cared nothing about the moral costs of expanding the American Empire. He taught me how to not lose my shit as much when almost a quarter of American adults voted for Trump in 2016.
Couple reasons:
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Incumbents tend to have an advantage in elections. People fear change and keep voting for the same people in power, which is why term limits are so important. John Kerry wasn't the most charismatic candidate to field against Bush either. He wasn't great at communicating his stances or demonstrating consistency, so people turned to the incumbent.
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People back then were still deluding themselves that the US was doing good work in the Middle East. 9/11 was more recent to 2004 than the start of COVID is to us today, and so a lot of voters wanted to keep it going until it yielded the results they wanted.
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His greatest accomplishment
Too bad he recovered
not as great as his dad vomiting on the prime minister of Japan though
my favorite part of this is the subtle implication that the choking only started january 13 and must have ended on some later date.
