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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also known as one of the biggest piece of shit.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The W administration was a who's who of pieces of shit.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And yet quaint in retrospect

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

He was arguably a worse president than even Trump. Which of them is a worse human being is a different question.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

#MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thank god a lot of things have happened since then. Like... Things.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Donald Rumsfeld also holds the record for deflecting the most direct questions if he is a secretly a lizard person: https://youtu.be/qQ8L9OQZs1A

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmmm, there's one part of the recording that's edited out right after Louis asks "Did you have more capability to fly it because of your lizard reflexes?" He says "I've got a thought for you..." But what does he say next? Why did they cut it??

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Lizard people are able to disrupt electronics like cameras and microphones.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Probably also the record for 'getting people you have shot in the face to apologize to you on TV'. It only happened once, but it was still weird.

edit: fuck me I'm getting old, that was Dick Cheney.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He never answered. Big lizard energy. Love that he did that

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Words from the man George W. Bush thought was the right guy for secretary of state:

We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this a known known, or an unknown unknown?

[–] ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Deep thoughts from Teflon Don.

For a brief moment during Bush(Cheney) years, there was this screensaver with some of the more outlandish quotes from his press briefings.

He had a way with words, and that way was to go nowhere. It was an art form.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Literally why I ended up on his wiki page. I was googling this as I tried to explain the concept to someone lol

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

Where’s the $2.3 TRILLION DOLLARS, LEBOWSKI???!!!

[–] Jagothaciv@kbin.earth 10 points 2 weeks ago

I’m so glad he’s dead, what a shit person. That whole administration was terrible and Bush was just a fucking idiot letting it all happen. Conservatives need to lose big in November because their legacy is dead.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Plus he's the one that brought us aspartame. What a guy.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago