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EarlG

(23,469 posts) Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:31 AM Jan 6

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Pic Of The Moment: Mar-A-Lago Press Conference Interrupted By The Ghost Of George W. Bush

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Pic Of The Moment: Mar-A-Lago Press Conference Interrupted By The Ghost Of George W. Bush (Original Post) EarlG Jan 6 OP

The Bush family has been instrumental in getting the US to this point. Shame on them! Clouds Passing Jan 6 #1

Yes, if the BFEE had their druthers, it would have been Jeb not fooled Jan 6 #19

What really got it rolling was popsdenver Jan 6 #21

I suspect their cabal orchestrated the 1960's assassinations Clouds Passing Jan 7 #29

!!! niyad Jan 6 #2

!!! niyad Jan 6 #3

Mission Accomplished suegeo Jan 6 #4

And 'The Piggy' answers.... MiHale Jan 6 #5

Studying really helps. SupportSanity Jan 6 #13

If only it were the ghost of Orange Julius Caesar passing through a Dubya Bush press conference ... generalbetrayus Jan 6 #6

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jan 6 #7

PERFECT!! KICK!! Bengus81 Jan 6 #8

shared! nt TBF Jan 6 #9

I guess Trump, Rubio, Bondi, et al forgot Colin Powell's rule: COL Mustard Jan 6 #10

Thanks EarlG MustLoveBeagles Jan 6 #11

I so miss the Pics of the Moment, thank you dickthegrouch Jan 6 #12

Thank you for a much needed laugh! yardwork Jan 6 #14

Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge. If you can dodge a shoe or two flvegan Jan 6 #15

I remember those W dodging shoes cartoons! electric_blue68 Jan 7 #28

"We'll pay you later". JohnnyRingo Jan 6 #16

Jeep 'em coming EarlG! marked50 Jan 6 #17

Trump is haunted by many ghosts, wherever he goes. usonian Jan 6 #18

No Trump without Bush 2000! DemocracyForever Jan 6 #20

Two scumbags and war criminals. Dave Bowman Jan 6 #22

Great picture but I think there is a world apart between Bush, as bad as he was, and trump. Wonder Why Jan 6 #23

Correction: You're doing great Trumpy. (like Brownie praise b4 he was sh*t canned.) n/t Jacson6 Jan 6 #24

Winning hearts and minds through shock and awe IronLionZion Jan 6 #25

"The Strange Return of George W. Bush" red dog 1 Jan 7 #26

OMG, and W isn't even dead yet! summer_in_TX Jan 7 #27

Clouds Passing

(7,416 posts)

1. The Bush family has been instrumental in getting the US to this point. Shame on them!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:33 AM

Jan 6

not fooled

(6,623 posts)

19. Yes, if the BFEE had their druthers, it would have been Jeb

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 12:25 PM

Jan 6

seizing the Venezuelan oil.

popsdenver

(1,851 posts)

21. What really got it rolling was

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:02 PM

Jan 6

HWBush and his entire CABAL, running things, starting in 1980......Reagan was just a front man, and a pawn.

Then Cheney/Rumsfeld and THEIR CABAL really took it into Warp Speed, WBush was just a drug/alcohol brain addled pawn....

Clouds Passing

(7,416 posts)

29. I suspect their cabal orchestrated the 1960's assassinations

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #21)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 07:31 PM

Jan 7

niyad

(130,385 posts)

2. !!!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:33 AM

Jan 6

niyad

(130,385 posts)

3. !!!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:33 AM

Jan 6

suegeo

(3,119 posts)

4. Mission Accomplished

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:09 AM

Jan 6

Seeing Bush in a flight suit, while armed service members were stalled on a boat and who were waiting to get home, was too much. much too much.

Let's hope Putin's puppet remains fully clothed in his ugly blue suit and diaper, and his socks don't shred under the immense weight of swollen ankles.

MiHale

(12,741 posts)

5. And 'The Piggy' answers....

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:10 AM

Jan 6

I passed my cognitive tests 15 times last week…

SupportSanity

(1,578 posts)

13. Studying really helps.

Reply to MiHale (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:04 AM

Jan 6

generalbetrayus

(1,589 posts)

6. If only it were the ghost of Orange Julius Caesar passing through a Dubya Bush press conference ...

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:11 AM

Jan 6

LetMyPeopleVote

(176,503 posts)

7. K&R

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:14 AM

Jan 6

Bengus81

(9,958 posts)

8. PERFECT!! KICK!!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:20 AM

Jan 6

TBF

(35,958 posts)

9. shared! nt

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:35 AM

Jan 6

COL Mustard

(8,057 posts)

10. I guess Trump, Rubio, Bondi, et al forgot Colin Powell's rule:

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:45 AM

Jan 6

You break it, you bought it.

Chickens will come home to roost on this one.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,118 posts)

11. Thanks EarlG

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:54 AM

Jan 6

dickthegrouch

(4,382 posts)

12. I so miss the Pics of the Moment, thank you

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 10:57 AM

Jan 6

Your sense of humor gels directly with mine.

yardwork

(69,087 posts)

14. Thank you for a much needed laugh!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:19 AM

Jan 6

flvegan

(65,947 posts)

15. Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge. If you can dodge a shoe or two

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:22 AM

Jan 6

you can dodge war crimes, Donald.

Now watch this drive.

electric_blue68

(26,363 posts)

28. I remember those W dodging shoes cartoons!

Reply to flvegan (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:34 AM

Jan 7

One in particular was W ducking, shoes flying past an armed forces person rolling his eyes.

JohnnyRingo

(20,627 posts)

16. "We'll pay you later".

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:24 AM

Jan 6

I've never been to an oil company executive board meeting, but that doesn't sound like something that would sell. Of course I'm not a business genius who had a TV game show, so what do I know.

I do know going into Venezuela amidst a civil war comes with great risk. Exxon could spend a fortune setting up oil production only to be thrown back out when the next president hands the reins back to Venezuela. I doubt future administrations will be obligated to reimburse them.

marked50

(1,566 posts)

17. Jeep 'em coming EarlG!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:40 AM

Jan 6

usonian

(24,065 posts)

18. Trump is haunted by many ghosts, wherever he goes.

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 12:17 PM

Jan 6

Orange person turns a whiter shade of pale.

Share.

DemocracyForever

(46 posts)

20. No Trump without Bush 2000!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 12:39 PM

Jan 6

For all that Trump claims to hate the Bush's he continues to use the roadmap they created for him., as in Bush Sr's kidnapping of Noriega to W and Jeb's theft of the 2000 Presidential election in Florida that was rubberstamped by the GOP controlled Supreme Court with a number of those same Supreme Court judges who appointed W, having been appointed when Bush Sr was either Vice President or President. Our country will never be the same because of the Bushes.

Dave Bowman

(6,908 posts)

22. Two scumbags and war criminals.

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:30 PM

Jan 6

Wonder Why

(6,632 posts)

23. Great picture but I think there is a world apart between Bush, as bad as he was, and trump.

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 02:29 PM

Jan 6

Jacson6

(1,827 posts)

24. Correction: You're doing great Trumpy. (like Brownie praise b4 he was sh*t canned.) n/t

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 02:42 PM

Jan 6

IronLionZion

(50,993 posts)

25. Winning hearts and minds through shock and awe

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 11:32 PM

Jan 6

Maybe he'll give lots of US tax dollars to Halliburton.

red dog 1

(32,665 posts)

26. "The Strange Return of George W. Bush"

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:04 AM

Jan 7

https://politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/20/george-w-bush-hamas-analysis-00122516

summer_in_TX

(4,063 posts)

27. OMG, and W isn't even dead yet!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:21 AM

Jan 7

So perfect!

He might as well be.

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