No, this is not a fake story.

[theweaselking]

Bush leaving a G8 meeting:

"Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."

He then punched the air while grinning widely.

EDIT: Neither is this one.

When asked about why the US exports so much to Iran, especially cigarettes, John McCain said "maybe that's a way of killing them!"

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Look on the bright side: in 15-20 years, we'll probably slip to #2 or #3 thanks to China and India.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

You're already #3 behind those two. So, to quote greyboy "not only is he an idiot, HE'S AN IDIOT."

US is #1 *per capita*, but lower in absolute volume.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Your hairsplitting marks you as an ELITIST BUFFOON. And a SMARTYPANTS.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

I would hate him less if he weren't such a fucking dry-drunk fratboy asshole.

[seriesfinale.livejournal.com]

dry-drunk fratboy asshole

Those are his GOOD POINTS

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Are you so sure he's dry?

Only two classes of people show up with facial injuries as often as Bush does: Boxers and people who are so drunk they can't stand up. And he's not a boxer.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

This has sure the fuck been the week of gaffes.

There's Bush's above, and then McCain's, and Jesse Jackson's HANDING over the presidency to Obama by giving him yet another Sister Souljah moment (Wright was the first one), and now Phil Gramm apparently trying to tank McCain's presidential campaign by calling the United States a nation of whiners, and saying we're in a 'mental recession'. Yep, the economic downturn is all in our heads.


On Phil Gramm: he has been an asshole for 40 years, and retiring from the Senate didn't change that. Fucking Texas.

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

I think the pension one is pretty good

McCain: "Americans have got to understand that. Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that's a disgrace. It's an absolute disgrace and it's got to be fixed."

Er. Works as designed John.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Well, in THEORY you're not supposed to pay out tax money directly. You're supposed to pay out the dividends off the investments you made with the tax money, while the principal keeps getting bigger.

In practice, they let Republicans run things, so it's a financial mess.

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

ah, true, but it comes across as "why are you young people paying for old people not to live on the streets!"

[fearmeforiampink]

Yup. And it worked fine when the ratio of retirees to workers was more managable, but it no longer is. And while it's fixable, by moving onto a scheme where your pension money gets invested to pay for your retirement, rather than going straight out to the current retirees, you then lack money to pay the retirees with.

This is a problem that could have been carefully prepared for ten or twenty years ago, but now? Now it's going to be very hard to sort it.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

...by calling the United States a nation of whiners...

I still don't see the problem with that statement.

We bitch and moan but...

[ninjaguydan.livejournal.com]

I think we're gonna miss him when he's gone. I can see him hosting a game show in the future...

Welcome to another edition of "Strategery"...
-)

Re: We bitch and moan but...

[publius1.livejournal.com]

we're gonna miss him when he's gone


Not. Me.

Re: We bitch and moan but...

[spartonian.livejournal.com]

You're not a professional comedian though, are you?

Re: We bitch and moan but...

[publius1.livejournal.com]

True!

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Wait...

I suppose that Bush was _technically_ saying a lie so it makes sense. I thought for a moment that he was telling the truth for once which is just goddamn unbelievable.

[chizzer.livejournal.com]

As crass as it is, I also find this slightly heroic...

[fatfred.livejournal.com]

I just wish the media had more coverage on the bill for Impeachment that got read.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Gah, the man just has NO sense of the dignity of his position or role, does he? Has no-one ever explained the concept for formality? Or even remotely appropriate behaviour? "Yo Blair" joking rather offensively at the Queen, groping German chancellors. You'd think SOMEONE would take him to one side and say "uh, the world isn't a frat party."