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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 09:15 PM
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Shrub only likes SHORT world leaders. Vicente FOX sez Shrub is scared of horsies!!1
& neither the Carlyle Group *OR* CocaCola conglomerates could *see* Shrub as pRezident!!1


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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008591432

Mexico's Former President Vicente Fox Calls Blasts "Windshield Cowboy" George W. Bush In New Book


September 21, 2007 10:21 a.m. EST

.... Fox, who left office in December, questions Bush's reported love of horses and calls his one-time U.S. counterpart, a "windshield cowboy"-a cowboy who prefers to drive, saying, ''A horse lover can always tell when others don't share our passion."

In his book, Fox calls Bush "the cockiest guy I have ever et in my life," and blasts the president's stance on immigration, along with the GOP's platform on the issue in general. Fox also holds Bush and the White House responsible for the war in Iraq, blaming Bush's stubbornness for the international backlash the war has sparked. He also calls his former friend's Spanish "grade-school level" and admits his own surprise in the former Texas governor's rise to the top of the U.S. political scene.

"I can't honestly say that I had ever seen George W. Bush getting to the White House," Fox writes in his book.



http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3994.htm

.... In a column posted yesterday on Salon.com, Joe Conason writes: "Preferring to avoid public scrutiny for obvious reasons, executives at the Carlyle Group usually say nothing about their firm's connections with the Bush dynasty. But last April 23, Carlyle managing director David Rubenstein spoke quite frankly about the comfy sinecure he provided to George W. Bush more than a decade ago -- and how useless Bush turned out to be. Whether he knew it or not, Rubenstein's remarks to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association were recorded."

Rubenstein said, "We put (Bush) on the board and (he) spent three years. Came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I kind of said to him, after about three years - you know, I'm not sure this is really for you. Maybe you should do something else. Because I don't think you're adding that much value to the board. You don't know that much about the company.

Rubenstein continued: "He said, 'Well, I think I'm getting out of this business anyway. And I don't really like it that much. So I'm probably going to resign from the board.' And I said, thanks - didn't think I'd ever see him again. His name is George W. Bush. He became President of the United States. So you know if you said to me, name 25 million people who would maybe be President of the United States, he wouldn't have been in that category. So you never know. Anyway, I haven't been invited to the White House for any things." ....

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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 09:17 PM
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1. Hell, they aren't alone. I never in my wildest dreams during the 2000
election ever thought that pointy-earred fuckwit would ever sully and comtaminate OUR White House.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 09:20 PM
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2. It came as a stomach turning shock to me as well!!!!
Edited on Fri Sep-21-07 09:25 PM by BrklynLiberal
...but I feel compelled to ask... WHERE THE HELL WERE ALL THESE CRITICS WHEN IT COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE????
I would not exactly call it courageous to come out now, when shit-for-brains' approval ratings are at 29% to claim that you never really thought he was a good candidate. How about telling us what you thought at the start of this bumpy ride, when your thoughts might have made a real difference? HUH? What about it Justice O'Connor, Mr. Greenspan, Gen. Powell???
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 09:24 PM
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3. I dunno. I was here. But all my candidates/votes LOSE!1
I remember my eldest sister and my mother crying over STEVENSON's loss (2nd). I remember riding a bus and arguing with an old lady over NIXON. What else can I do?!1
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 09:26 PM
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4. My parents voted for Stevenson too.....
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-07 08:09 AM
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6. Oh you are so right. Those people's faces can be used for at least one
definition of the word traitor.
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133724 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-07 10:23 PM
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5. You mean this Horsey....



He should be.....
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