One thing about G-Dub.

[weso1]

Look I get why people don't like him and how he messed up. It's well deserved. But just put those things aside in this thread if you will be so kind. Maybe we can just discuss the subject of this thread since we all know what Bush was now as a President.

So here it is:

Imo, he delivered one of the best modern day speeches in relative modern history when he delivered his famous bullhorn speech at the fallen towers. The lines he delivered on the cuff were exactly what the country needed to hear at the time and the delivery was perfection. And it was clearly off the cuff. I still get chills listening to it. What are some others thoughts not of G-Dub in particular, but this particular speech?

[yeezus]

I think he's someone who should not have been a president, but I personally think he's a pretty good dude. He does a lot in his charity work and I think truly cares about people. And I don't think anything he did as president changes that, because for the most part everything they all do is staus quo.

[yeezus]

oops got out of character there for a second.
George Bush doesn't care about black people!!

[weso1]

I feel like this reply is off topic but yet I can't help but feel:

[yeezus]

I feel like this reply is off topic but yet I can't help but feel:

It's well off-topic, but as long as we're saying nice things about W...

[Julio3000]

I think that September 11, 2001 brought home the enormity of the job of the President of the US. I had friends who wouldn't have pissed on the guy if he were on fire who felt sympathetic and positive about him after that.

Let's not pretend that he didn't royally **** up everything after that, though. Really.

[Runnin]

So here it is:

Imo, he delivered one of the best modern day speeches in relative modern history when he delivered his famous bullhorn speech at the fallen towers. The lines he delivered on the cuff were exactly what the country needed to hear at the time and the delivery was perfection. And it was clearly off the cuff. I still get chills listening to it. What are some others thoughts not of G-Dub in particular, but this particular speech?

It was the exact right tone for that particular moment. The country needed to see a Pres standing in the rubble with a bullhorn looking pissed. It did that but I don't think it qualifies as a "speech." It was Bush, the ex-cheerleader doing probably the one thing he knew how to do, lead a crowd in a "Let's go get 'em cheer." Unfortunately the people we went after had nothing to do with the attack.

[goldfly]

and he then followed that up with "Go shopping and they hate us for our freedom"

just saying

[Julio3000]

and he then followed that up with "Go shopping and they hate us for our freedom"

just saying

Yep.

Joe Biden, bless his heart, had a line in his stump speech—he was running for president in 2004, remember—and I heard it early on, in a couple of small rooms, and it resonated. He said that at that moment, G-Dub should have asked America to embark on a Manhattan Project, an Apollo Project, to wean ourselves from Middle East oil. I agree, wholeheartedly. What we did was just the opposite. Imagine what could have been different if we'd taken dumbass Joe Biden's advice instead of Dubya's.

[Julio3000]

and he then followed that up with "Go shopping and they hate us for our freedom"

just saying

Again, yes. This cannot be forgotten. Every good thing that he did was wiped off the board when this happened.

[Tapate50]

This is a pretty solid moment from the guy as well. Never gets old.

Read Decision points as well, good read .

[AerchAngel]

Cheney's puppet. He ran the country not Dumbya.

I fvcking hate Cheney, the only person I hate in this world.

I am serious.

[weso1]

Great job staying on topic guys

[NinersSBChamps]

I loved GW. At least he cared about the military.

[yeezus]

I loved GW. At least he cared about the military.

lol wut

[NinersSBChamps]

lol wut

Military life was much better as it typically is with a Republican in office. Yearly raises were higher with Bush in office than Obama. Just a fact.

[goldfly]

he loved them so much he sent more of them to die in Iraq than the amount of people that died on 9/11

[goldfly]

Great job staying on topic guys

i think it is on topic to take the whole post 9.11 speeches instead of just one speech that turned out to be total bs

again

just saying

[NinersSBChamps]

he loved them so much he sent more of them to die in Iraq than the amount of people that died on 9/11

Yeah or he could have sat back like like a typical pussified Democrat and let our country get attacked.

[The Chosen One]

Yeah or he could have sat back like like a typical pussified Democrat and let our country get attacked.

We had 10+ embassy attacks under Dubya after 9/11.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.