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George W. Bush Bashes Cheney, Rumsfeld: ‘They Didn’t Make One F****** Decision’
Breitbart ^ | 11-6-2017 | Katherine Rodriguez

Posted on 11/06/2017 6:50:00 AM PST by blam

Former President George W. Bush went off on his former vice president and defense secretary, stating bluntly that “they did not make one f****** decision.” Bush made the inflammatory remark about his former colleagues in Mark K. Updegrove’s book The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, which is scheduled to be released November 14.

The 43rd president pushed back against critics who claim he did not make major decisions during his presidency, and that former Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made most of the important decisions in the White House.

They “didn’t make one f****** decision,” Bush claimed. “The fact that there was any doubt in anyone’s mind about who the president was, blows my mind.”

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Updegrove’s book describes the relationship between the younger Bush and his father, but his book is making headlines ahead of its November 14 release.

Other excerpts from the book that are already public quote both former presidents making disparaging statements about President Trump.

The elder Bush attacked Trump’s leadership style and called the current president a “blowhard.”

The younger Bush also made his disdain for Trump known recently in an October speech at the George W. Bush Institute, where he rejected Trump’s ideology and defended globalism.

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KEYWORDS: bookdeals; bush; bushes; gwb; markkupdegrove; markupdegrove; rinos; swamp; updegrove
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

““W” did not veto a single bill sent to his desk.”

Actually, he vetoed 12 and had 4 overridden.

Obama vetoed 12, too.

Most presidents vetoed around 36, several over 300.


21 posted on 11/06/2017 6:58:53 AM PST by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Savage Beast

In 20-20 hindsight, GHW Bush gave us 8 years of Clinton, and GW Bush gave us 8 years of Omaha.

That’s a helluva legacy to live down.


22 posted on 11/06/2017 6:59:10 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: blam

So GW was as dumb and stupid as suspected. Wonder how that guy sleeps after being responsible for over six thousand dead, tens of thousands more physically and psychologically maimed, three trillion squandered and America economically crippled, the culturally disastrous election of Obama and the whitewashing of 9/11. Then again he is too oblivious to be troubled. He is just enjoying all that family wealth the Bushes accumulated dealing with the corrupt, decadent Saudis.


23 posted on 11/06/2017 6:59:49 AM PST by allendale (.)
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To: blam

IF it’s true that neither Cheney nor Rummy made any major decisions in that admin., Bush is too dumb to realize that he just complimented them.


24 posted on 11/06/2017 7:00:24 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: blam

Last time I defended Dubya was before the Hank Paulson’s 700 billion bailout plan.


25 posted on 11/06/2017 7:00:54 AM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: txrefugee

Looks like the “oysters” are gone. But when you look back at the alternatives when they ran.........................


26 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:07 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

George W. was a small, stupid man. A mediocrity really. His wife led him around by the nose, and I wonder if he will admit that.


27 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:13 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: blam

It would have been great to see the bush’s go to Trump’s office and say “Ok what can we do to help?”


28 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:13 AM PST by Mr. K (NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF)
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To: blam

Bush back on the booze?


29 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:19 AM PST by onedoug
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To: blam

I’m the decider!


30 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:41 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: blam

The most important thing to the Bush family is preserving their 30 year bipartisan policy of non-enforcement of our laws and borders to flood the country with fraudulently documented foreigners.
The intent was to dilute the votes of citizens to steal our country from us.


31 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:45 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
“W” did not veto a single bill sent to his desk.

Not in his first term, but he vetoed some in his second term, particularly on expansion [Embryonic] Stem Cell Research expansion and CHIP expansion.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/Legislation/Vetoes/BushGW.htm
32 posted on 11/06/2017 7:01:52 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: blam
C'MON, BREITBART ....

Bush attacked the author of a book, not the men Cheney and Rumsfeld.


And Bush's statement is ALSO true ... HE made the decisions.

When I saw this yesterday, I was floored that it was a news item.



Now, I was late is discounting GW, but recent reports have proven to me he was as much a slimey mole as the swamp is now.

33 posted on 11/06/2017 7:02:00 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: FreedomPoster
Exactly.

‘They Didn’t Make One F****** Decision’

With this obscene, vulgar, sleazy, disgusting remark, G. W. Bush reveals that the Bushes are every bit as obscene, vulgar, sleazy, and disgusting as the Clintons.

34 posted on 11/06/2017 7:02:03 AM PST by Savage Beast (TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE THE RESISTANCE !!! VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE!)
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To: blam
How convenient for the media to dredge up discord from the Republican administration of 15 years ago to avoid reporting the crimes of the Democrat administration that was just ousted and are only now coming to light.

-PJ

35 posted on 11/06/2017 7:02:14 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: blam
The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, which is scheduled to be released November 14.

I guess we're in for a lot of Bush Bashing soon.

Also, "The Last Republicans"? I'd rather it say, "The Last Elite Republicans".

36 posted on 11/06/2017 7:03:23 AM PST by bkopto
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To: FreedomPoster

GHWB was nothing but a “Yes” man his entire career and ended up being President by default. Then, when HE was the leader, he ended all the progress made by President Ronald Reagan.

GWB? Not bright, but better than the other options we had. (Probably!)

We finally have someone in the White House who is different. It’s unsettling to all of us at times, but definitely a step in the right direction. (Plus, I have grown to love his tweets, after initially cringing.)


37 posted on 11/06/2017 7:03:44 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: Sir Napsalot

Pretty much the same here, although I still gave Bush leeway for the unusual times we were living through, up until now.

Well, if he didn’t vote for Trump, that means he voted for Hillary. And that is enough for me to disown any support I ever voiced for him...forever.


38 posted on 11/06/2017 7:04:15 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: cincinnati65

39 posted on 11/06/2017 7:04:35 AM PST by IWontSubmit (2)
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To: allendale

Thank you for the best, most succinct, and devastating recap of Schrub’s disastrous terms.


40 posted on 11/06/2017 7:07:30 AM PST by bkopto
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