Bush's Resignation Speech

[Geist Zero]

I received this in an e-mail and I thought I would pass it on to all of you on CB7Tuner.

We all have our disagreements with President Bush. Immigration, U.S. Attorney firings, Iraq , Darfur , etc., are all hot topics these days. The following "speech" was written recently by an ordinary Maineiac [a resident of the People's Republic of Maine ]. While satirical in nature, all satire must have a basis in fact to be effective. This is an excellent piece by a person who does not write for a living. It is sent with the author's permission.


The speech George W. Bush SHOULD give:

BUSH’S RESIGNATION SPEECH

Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans." Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.
I’ll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.
I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it out.
Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners, including record numbers of MINORITY homeowners. And while we're mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an all-time high. Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the Clinton administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.
Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.
We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this "blood for oil" thing. If I were trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq 's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied; People Died' crap either. If I were the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty.
Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named ' Clinton ' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to outspend and out-tech them.
That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you, and the bastards are all over the globe.
You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement, and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor.'

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.
Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dang it, you might just as well FedEx a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.

In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching.

I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.
So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.
Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there are just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.
So that's it. God bless what's left of America . Some of you know what I mean. The rest of you, kiss off.

[owequitit]

An interesting look at the American public, I must say.

[deevergote]

Very interesting. All good points. I was expecting something a little more outwardly "pro-Bush", but honestly, I totally agree with much of what is said.

However, many of the things mentioned in that speech, as well as public belief, is not directly tied to the President at all. He has influence, sure... but not as much as people seem to think.

George Bush is not a breathtaking leader. He's quite average, as a leader, as an American, and as a human being. He isn't responsible for single-handedly destroying the world, though!

[Ralphie]

Thats pretty good.

For the most part its on point. There are just some things i beg to differ with but im not getting into that, as this thread isnt about that and weve had far too many of those.

[SuperTuner12010]

I agree with that completely.Too many people are crying and saying everything is Bush's fault.Most people dont see whats really going on.

One thing that strikes me is that the media doesnt show how many US citizens who are working over there in Iraq die.And they complain how im not sure of the number now but lets say 4000 of our men have died in Iraq.How many Americans had died in World War 1 and 2 alone its numbers are far greater than wahts goning on in Iraq.Also how many Terreorists have we killed?

The general media puts the wrong idea in peoples heads.

[gloryaccordy]

While I agree that for the most part the American public is at best, ill-informed, and more realistically, voluntarily ignorant, that doesn't change the fact that Bush and his crew have royally fucked up a lot of stuff.

The economy is pretty volatile right now, thanks to the housing boom created by the Federal Reserve when they brought the interest rate down to zero...

Of course, our legitimacy in the international world has been at best weakened... more realistically completely obliterated... which wouldn't matter, if we took an isolationist stance, but not when we claim our place as the world's police.

I'm pretty sure every administration had some level of corruption in it... fine... but I don't think in recent history we've seen an administration with such a complete lack of regard for checks and balances, or with as many fuck ups as this one.

Quite frankly I think Bush Jr. will go down in history as one of the worst presidents of all time, and no, this is not stemming from lame ass liberal NE college BS because I hate those chumps too. I consider myself decently informed about what's going on in the world... better than peeps who worry about Bradgelina all day... and even knowing just a little bit, I think Bush & Co. have done a consistently terrible job.

[f22a4bandit]

I agree with that completely.Too many people are crying and saying everything is Bush's fault.Most people dont see whats really going on.

One thing that strikes me is that the media doesnt show how many US citizens who are working over there in Iraq die.And they complain how im not sure of the number now but lets say 4000 of our men have died in Iraq.How many Americans had died in World War 1 and 2 alone its numbers are far greater than wahts goning on in Iraq.Also how many Terreorists have we killed?

The general media puts the wrong idea in peoples heads.

I agree that's it's not all Bush's fault as well, but you have to understand that you can't compare this war with WWI or WWII. There were clear cut enemies in both of those wars, and the majority of the United States were behind the decision to go to war. This one is different; there is no way to distinguish an enemy from a civilian until they start firing at you, and the war that got Saddam out of power is over, hence why I think people are getting so upset as to why we're still over there letting our troops get pummeled by an almost invisible enemy.

[owequitit]

Very interesting. All good points. I was expecting something a little more outwardly "pro-Bush", but honestly, I totally agree with much of what is said.

However, many of the things mentioned in that speech, as well as public belief, is not directly tied to the President at all. He has influence, sure... but not as much as people seem to think.

George Bush is not a breathtaking leader. He's quite average, as a leader, as an American, and as a human being. He isn't responsible for single-handedly destroying the world, though!

This country has not seen a breathtaking leader for a long long time.

Here is an interesting perspective on the concept of a breathtaking leader too.

What defines a breathtaking leader?

The more polarized, narrow minded etc, our country becomes, the less likely we are to find a "breathtaking leader." The reason is simple. What appeals to one polar group will not appeal to the other. Our politicians, are left catering to one group or the other, because both are juxtopposed, and can't be wooed at the same time.

Of course, this is the way America likes it. Why? because the squeeky wheel gets the grease, and the vocal minorities are the only vocal groups. Everyone left standing in the middle, either doesn't care, doesn't think they can make a difference, or doesn't want to make waves. Many are to wishy washy to decide where they really stand, and thus can't even decide who is right or wrong. If a leader could come along and mobilize the middle "Americans", then we MIGHT have a breathtaking leader. But considering how self centered, and self serving the average American is these days, I doubt it. We no longer have a national concept of unity or forward progress. It is all about "what I want." They don't call it the "Me Generation" for nothing.

You see examples of this everday, whether it be in the obvious tilts and slants of any media agency you care to name, or just in people's comments.

The country has honestly gotten to the point where the average American has become disenfranchised to the point of not understand what actually makes a country go around. That is compromise. You win some, you lose some. Or the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Americans are also unrealistic about what is required to succeed. You just can't have everything all the time. We want the Federal Government to provide every benefit imaginable, but from a purely cost/economic standpoint it is just completely impossible. Then when you add everyone's desire to not be economically affected by such changes (i.e. everyone wants THEIR taxes to stay low), you have the current situation, with decreasing benefits, spiraling costs, and huge debt financing, the likes of which the world has never seen before.

Unless people pull their heads out of their asses, and learn that they can't have everything they want all the time, we are screwed. There will be no "breathtaking" leaders.

Until Americans realize that the world doesn't revolve around them, and decide to do what is best overall, there will be no such thing as a "breathtaking" leader.

Until America realizes there are no such guarantees as "entitlements", we are screwed.

I find it funny that most "progress" groups are the most ass backwards groups in most of the country. You know the ones. They are the ones that preach "betterment" and "equality" and "posterity," when really they have invented a way to push their self serving agenda that really only benefits a select few people. I could tear such parties on both sides of the fence apart all day long.

Our forefathers were on the right track when they created this place. The problem is that 230 years later, our Constitution and freedoms have conditioned us to believe that certain things are guaranteed by nature. They are not. The only guarantee is that we are born, and we die. Everything else is a combination of work, sacrifice, and random chance.

As long as we are disillusioned into thinking there are "guarantees" in life, we as Americans are screwed.

[owequitit]

While I agree that for the most part the American public is at best, ill-informed, and more realistically, voluntarily ignorant, that doesn't change the fact that Bush and his crew have royally fucked up a lot of stuff.

The economy is pretty volatile right now, thanks to the housing boom created by the Federal Reserve when they brought the interest rate down to zero...

Of course, our legitimacy in the international world has been at best weakened... more realistically completely obliterated... which wouldn't matter, if we took an isolationist stance, but not when we claim our place as the world's police.

I'm pretty sure every administration had some level of corruption in it... fine... but I don't think in recent history we've seen an administration with such a complete lack of regard for checks and balances, or with as many fuck ups as this one.

Quite frankly I think Bush Jr. will go down in history as one of the worst presidents of all time, and no, this is not stemming from lame ass liberal NE college BS because I hate those chumps too. I consider myself decently informed about what's going on in the world... better than peeps who worry about Bradgelina all day... and even knowing just a little bit, I think Bush & Co. have done a consistently terrible job.

You clearly are not as informed as you should be on economics. The downturn in the economy was occuring BEFORE Sept 11th, in fact it was showing signs the day Bush took office. It was many of Bush's policies that have kept it where it is. If you think it is volatile now, you would be real impressed with where it was, had nobody done anything. And to attribute overall economic volatility to 1 economic factor, is simplistic at best.

Also, at what point was it decided that we were to be used as "World Police?" I believe that the first President to use that was during Korea...it was subsequently used again in Vietnam. The term "world police" was framed long ago. Now here is the problem. At what point do we, as "civilized" people allow world attrocities to happen? At what point do we turn our cheeks, and pretend that we can't see it? What does that do to our international credibility? Here is the problem. We are screwed no matter what we do. If we get involved, we are the evil bad guys that push our agenda on others. If we don't get involved, we are the selfish bastards that don't care about anyone else, and just let people die. So no matter what, we are not liked. In 50 years it won't matter. In 50 years, China will be pushing their agenda on the entire planet.

Anyway, you are now left with a moral dilemma. Do we go and save people, or do we not, and let them die? You can argue either side, but we are screwed either way.

Typically, the "world police" agenda is pushed by Liberals. How many "world police" conflicts were we involved with during the Clinton Administration? I can think of at least 2 right off the top of my head. Military is not a police force. They exist to destroy life, and to destroy it to the point that the enemy no longer has the desire to destroy life. To confuse its function with anything else is a recipe for disaster.

[Ralphie]

^^^ That is exactly right. While i believe Bush and his co made some not so great desicions and i know Bush's agenda has money at the top along with his Texas plains cohorts, the fact of it all is that we have slowly ruined this country. In hundreds of different ways. Its a really uneasy time right now, we are making advancements in fuel economy and pushing for ways around fossil fuels but at the same time i think our healthcare industry is at its worst. Its a hard scale to balance but i think the American public bitches a lot when we should be doing more.

The other day i heard something like only 2/3rds of the county votes....wtf is that about...i mean i knew not everyone voted but thats a lot of people. And another thing that i hate is how in the 60's and 70's if people wanted shit done we took it to the streets and protested and got in peoples faces...no with the internet and the media its all about whos in the spotlight....no one wants to go outside and get their hands dirty....they want to send a message like this from their laptop while drinking a late at Starbucks using the wifi.

Fucking ignorance, arrogance, and carelessness. If we could work on those 3 traits wed be off to a better start.

Sometimes i just dont know tho, this generation kind of sucks but im eager for the younger ones....they seem to be eager to learn and be worldly....they want change bad...so i guess well see.

[owequitit]

I agree that's it's not all Bush's fault as well, but you have to understand that you can't compare this war with WWI or WWII. There were clear cut enemies in both of those wars, and the majority of the United States were behind the decision to go to war. This one is different; there is no way to distinguish an enemy from a civilian until they start firing at you, and the war that got Saddam out of power is over, hence why I think people are getting so upset as to why we're still over there letting our troops get pummeled by an almost invisible enemy.

Is an invisible enemy any less of a detriment to your life? Especially when they could be anywhere you might be, with the singular goal to kill you?

Is that hazardous to your health?

Anybody who thought the "war" would be over when Saddam was removed was stupid.

Actually, we should have just walked out. People would be not so happy, had we done that.

Also, there was support for the war when it started. The problem is that 99% of Americans have no concept of committment. It is seen in the divorce rate, the theft rate, the crime rate, and in many other social indicators. That is why the comment about 'Survivor' in the original post was so fitting. People honestly expect this stuff to be solved in one season of a TV show. Hell, it started as soon as the first shots were fired. What, like they were honestly going to just open their doors and let us in?

The truth of the matter is that we HAVE made progress, and the VAST majority of the country is better off than they were. There is a contingent group of people that sees the opportunity to seize power, because it will suit them, and allow them to push their agenda onto the masses. It will be no better than Saddam, but it will be their way, so they will be happy. And you know what? They are going to beat us. Simply because they are willing to do what it takes and we are not. Watch 'The Patriot' to see an example of what I am talking about.

And we as a country are outraged about 4,000 people dying in 4, almost 5 years. Where is the public outcry against drunk drivers? More than 40,000 people died last year alone, in car accidents. Alchohol was involved in 51% of fatal accidents. That is over 21,000 people killed. IN ONE YEAR. Where is the outrage? Where is the call to arms? Why must so many innocent people die each year? Oh God the horror! Who died needlessly, and who died for a cause? Where is the media attention? Why aren't you crying for help and equality and solutions?

It isn't sensational enough, and it might actually affect YOU. You can't just sit in a chair and piss and moan if they take away YOUR rights can you?

The Democrats and the Republicans are nothing more than Political Pharmacists. There was a whole slew of people who made it big off of this in the 1900's. They made fortunes by selling placebos for every ailment known to man. Visit Fullford Mansion on the St Lawrence River for an idea of how they succeeded.

The Democrats are selling little pink pills to pale people. The Republicans are selling little pale pills to pink people. Neither one does a damn thing, but they both result in those parties furthering their agenda.

[owequitit]

^^^ That is exactly right. While i believe Bush and his co made some not so great desicions and i know Bush's agenda has money at the top along with his Texas plains cohorts, the fact of it all is that we have slowly ruined this country. In hundreds of different ways. Its a really uneasy time right now, we are making advancements in fuel economy and pushing for ways around fossil fuels but at the same time i think our healthcare industry is at its worst. Its a hard scale to balance but i think the American public bitches a lot when we should be doing more.

The other day i heard something like only 2/3rds of the county votes....wtf is that about...i mean i knew not everyone voted but thats a lot of people. And another thing that i hate is how in the 60's and 70's if people wanted shit done we took it to the streets and protested and got in peoples faces...no with the internet and the media its all about whos in the spotlight....no one wants to go outside and get their hands dirty....they want to send a message like this from their laptop while drinking a late at Starbucks using the wifi.

Fucking ignorance, arrogance, and carelessness. If we could work on those 3 traits wed be off to a better start.

Sometimes i just dont know tho, this generation kind of sucks but im eager for the younger ones....they seem to be eager to learn and be worldly....they want change bad...so i guess well see.

If you factor out old people, the voting rate is around 20%. And people wonder why all the politicians cater to them. BECAUSE THEY VOTE!

As far as the generational comment...how does a self centered group of people teach their kids to not be self centered?

Also, I would like to mention. Talk is cheap, and work is not.

[Ralphie]

If you factor out old people, the voting rate is around 20%. And people wonder why all the politicians cater to them. BECAUSE THEY VOTE!

As far as the generational comment...how does a self centered group of people teach their kids to not be self centered?

Well yea thats true about the catering.

As far as teaching the younger ones not to be self centered i dont know how to answer that but i do know my yonger bro and sis are way different then my entire graduating class. Even their friends, they look at our new technologies as keys to get ahead and to help fix things instead of to find out what brangelina is up too.

I dont know, i mean im sure its not cut and dry but i just think the "me" generation might barely get by but after that things will change i know it because their already about it. My bro wants to go into internation law and my sister is headed to medical school. They are not playing im telling you lol.

[owequitit]

Well yea thats true about the catering.

As far as teaching the younger ones not to be self centered i dont know how to answer that but i do know my yonger bro and sis are way different then my entire graduating class. Even their friends, they look at our new technologies as keys to get ahead and to help fix things instead of to find out what brangelina is up too.

I dont know, i mean im sure its not cut and dry but i just think the "me" generation might barely get by but after that things will change i know it because their already about it. My bro wants to go into internation law and my sister is headed to medical school. They are not playing im telling you lol.

That is a good point, and I was hoping you would bring that up.

People are not only opportunistic, but it has been proven that they are altruistic (help others) on varying levels, depending on the individual.

The only saving thing we have, is the hope that younger people will see how we are doing things, and question it, and form a different path, that might lead back in the right direction. The pendulum effect if you will.

Honestly, my biggest bitch about the current situation is that we have 2 vocal groups of retards. We have the ultra liberal groups that have it stuck in their head that conservative ideals or values are bad, no matter what.

On the other hand, we have the conservative pinheads, that believe any forward progress or liberal ideals are bad no matter what.

Here is a good example. Health care is a liberal ideal. At some point, someone decided that people needed help, and their had to be better ways to help them. It was forward progress, and was thus liberal. Hypocrites, was a founder of the belief. He was Greek. I don't see anyone criticizing when their life is being saved.

On the other hand, we have the ideal that if it isn't broken don't fix it. These values, while sometimes frustrating, keep you alive and well everytime you board an airplane. We already know it works, and we aren't going to bet YOUR life on something new, until we have PROVEN that it works better. Just because it is new, does not mean it is better. Hell, Microsoft releases new stuff all of the time, but it isn't necessarily better. That is a conservative ideal. I don't see anyone complaining when their airplane lands safely...

Both inherently promote the preservation of life.

The problem is that the truth lies in the middle, and until we are willing to deal with that again, we have brought our effective use of resources to a standstill. I have started to see the middle become agitated though, which is good. Even with as much as Bush is hated, the Dems are still having an uphill battle, which is a good sign that people are getting tired of the shit.

[Fake Thug]

I use to blame G dub for all the bs that goes on in this country projected onto the rest of the world, Till I learned about special interests, NGO's, retarded groups like NOW, LA Raza, NAMBLA, Amesty INTL. etc. Potus takes too much heat, especially when he's not the one that runs the country.

Contrary to popular belief the prez isn't the one that declares war. Its those useless, take 8 months out of a year for recess fux in capitol hill. The congress controls the country, in turn they are controlled by special interests, pnac, Mexico, china, etc.

They have a lower Approval rating than dubya, but who's going to impeach them? Demosluts were voted in to bring change and suprise suprise. Things are still the same. I remember all that b.s. about what Nancy Pelosophony was going to do in her first 100 days as speaker of the house, I bet them demotramps were thinking "SUCKER" when they got voted in. No I am not repulican. There is no party for me.