The Bush Countdown Blog

The countdown is at: 380 days

2008-01-05T20:45:00.000-08:00

My apologies for missing a day in the countdown!

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 382 days

2008-01-03T19:41:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution."
—George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 2005

The countdown is at: 383 days

2008-01-02T07:42:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I was a prisoner too, but for bad reasons."
-George W. Bush, to Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, on January 13, 2004

The countdown is at: 384 days

2008-01-01T19:23:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 385 days

2007-12-31T07:23:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: What does Bush really think about at cabinet meetings?
A: "Hey! There isn’t any cabinet in here!"

The countdown is at: 386 days

2007-12-30T07:45:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 387 days

2007-12-29T08:55:00.000-08:00

A reporter cornered George W. Bush at a press conference: "Many say the only reason why you would be elected for President is due to the enormous power and influence of your father."
"That notion is ridiculous!" mocked George Jr. "It doesn't matter how powerful the man is. He can only vote once!"

The countdown is at: 388 days

2007-12-28T07:23:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 389 days

2007-12-27T07:25:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"My views are one that speaks to freedom."
-George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 29, 2004

The countdown is at: 390 days

2007-12-26T08:16:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire."
—George W. Bush, to a group of war veterans in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2006

The countdown is at: 391 days

2007-12-25T13:12:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays!

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 392 days

2007-12-24T06:43:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Today's BBOD is simply a link to another website (since I can't actually insert it into a post here). Basically, it's an animation called George W. Bush: Asleep at the Wheel. It's pretty entertaining, but most of all, it's true!

The countdown is at: 393 days

2007-12-23T13:50:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 394 days

2007-12-22T08:17:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The Postal Service created a stamp with a picture of President Bush. The stamp was not sticking to envelopes. This enraged the President, who demanded a full investigation.

After a month of testing, a special Presidential commission presented the following findings:

1) The stamp is in perfect order.

2) There is nothing wrong with the applied adhesive.

3) People are spitting on the wrong side.

The countdown is at: 395 days

2007-12-21T07:52:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 396 days

2007-12-20T10:14:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 397 days

2007-12-19T07:41:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 398 days

2007-12-18T08:12:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."
-George W. Bush on May 11, 2001

The countdown is at: 399 days

2007-12-17T07:36:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 400 days

2007-12-16T10:53:00.000-08:00

Whew! We've only got 400 days remaining before the Bush Administration says sayonara!

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 401 days

2007-12-15T07:58:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

After numerous rounds of "We don't know if Osama Bin Laden is still alive," Osama decided to personally send President Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let him know he was "still in the game."

Mr. Bush opened the letter, which contained a single line of "coded" message:

370HSSV-0773H

Mr. Bush was baffled, so he sent copies to his Chief of Staff and several Secretaries, including Condi Rice and Donald Rumsfeld. Their assistants and aides had no clue as to the meaning or translation of the code, so it was sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then to the CIA, and also to NASA. They even sent it to Britain’s MI-6 and they didn’t know either. With no clue about the translation, they eventually asked Israel's MOSAD for help.

Within a minute, MOSAD cabled the White House with this reply:

"Tell the President he is holding the message upside down."

The countdown is at: 402 days

2007-12-14T06:43:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 403 days

2007-12-13T07:38:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."
-George W. Bush on June 4, 2001

The countdown is at: 404 days

2007-12-12T08:10:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

I found a great "George W. Bush Loyalty Quiz." It tells you how much of a Bush fan you are on a 10-point scale (for the record, I came in at 0). I can't post the quiz here, but if you follow this link you can take it there. It's actually rather entertaining, and a bit funny at times.

The countdown is at: 405 days

2007-12-11T07:53:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

“He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had declared, you are a state sponsor of terror.”
—George W. Bush, on Saddam Hussein, Manhattan, Kansas on January 23, 2006

The countdown is at: 406 days

2007-12-10T08:37:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 407 days

2007-12-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 408 days

2007-12-08T09:22:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."
-George W. Bush in January 2001

The countdown is at: 409 days

2007-12-07T06:25:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 410 days

2007-12-06T07:16:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."
-George W. Bush, speaking to Catholic leaders at the White House on January 31, 2001

The countdown is at: 411 days

2007-12-05T07:48:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 412 days

2007-12-04T06:53:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 413 days

2007-12-03T07:27:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."
—George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. on September 19, 2002

The countdown is at: 414 days

2007-12-02T07:52:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

“This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It’s what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.”
-George W. Bush at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire in 2000

The countdown is at: 415 days

2007-12-01T09:44:00.000-08:00

Well, November's poll has ended, so be sure and vote on the new one to your left. Last month we found out that 90% of those who voted have never met George W. Bush, while 10% of voters actually have.

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 416 days

2007-11-30T05:42:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 417 days

2007-11-29T06:34:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That's an important part of building morale in the military."
-George W. Bush at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on March 12, 2001

The countdown is at: 418 days

2007-11-28T07:47:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 419 days

2007-11-27T07:08:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld are stuck in a life raft in the middle of the Pacific and they're running out of food... who survives?

A: The world.

The countdown is at: 420 days

2007-11-26T07:36:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 421 days

2007-11-25T07:56:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 422 days

2007-11-24T14:57:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
—George W. Bush at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas on August 13, 2002

The countdown is at: 425 days

2007-11-21T05:19:00.000-08:00

The next couple of days in the countdown might be missing; I'm going out of town for Thanksgiving and I might have internet access but I probably won't. I'll do my best to get on and update, but I'll make it my priority when I come back if I'm unsuccessful.

So, here's a Bush Bash of the Day to get you in the Thanksgiving mood:

The countdown is at: 426 days

2007-11-20T07:36:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 427 days

2007-11-19T07:10:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway."
—George W. Bush, explaining why it's useless for the rich to pay high taxes, Annandale, Virginia on August 9, 2004

The countdown is at: 428 days

2007-11-18T07:53:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 429 days

2007-11-17T09:00:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 430 days

2007-11-16T07:30:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
—George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2002

The countdown is at: 431 days

2007-11-15T07:57:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 432 days

2007-11-14T08:57:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"It is white."
—George W. Bush in a response to a child's question about what the White House is like on July 19, 2001

The countdown is at: 433 days

2007-11-13T07:11:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 434 days

2007-11-12T07:07:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 435 days

2007-11-11T08:04:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: Why is the Bush administration so bad at creating jobs?
A: Because they can barely hold on to the ones they have!

The countdown is at: 436 days

2007-11-10T07:29:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 437 days

2007-11-09T07:12:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 438 days

2007-11-08T07:13:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
-George W. Bush in St. Charles, Missouri on November 2, 2000

The countdown is at: 439 days

2007-11-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport."
—George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. on October 3, 2001

The countdown is at: 440 days

2007-11-06T06:35:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 441 days

2007-11-05T07:02:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 442 days

2007-11-04T07:18:00.000-08:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft."
-George W. Bush in St. Louis, Missouri on October 8, 2004

The countdown is at: 443 days

2007-11-03T08:18:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 444 days

2007-11-02T06:33:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: Why is it alright for George W. Bush to start drinking again?
A: Well, why not? He's got everybody else drinking.

The countdown is at: 445 days

2007-11-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

Make sure to check out the new poll for November at your left!

Here are the results of October's poll:

Have you ever participated in an anti-Bush protest?
Yes!: 36%
No, but I would: 50%
No, and I never will: 14%

Bush Bash of the Day:

"We both use Colgate toothpaste."
-George W. Bush at Camp David, MD on February 23, 2001, after being asked what he had in common with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

The countdown is at: 446 days

2007-10-31T07:09:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here's your Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 447 days

2007-10-30T07:23:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
-George W. Bush on May 22, 1998

The countdown is at: 448 days

2007-10-29T07:03:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 449 days

2007-10-28T08:22:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 450 days

2007-10-27T08:10:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

This is a Bush quote from December 2001. While reading this, please keep in mind December 2001 was 3 months after 9/11.

"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me."
-George W. Bush on December 21, 2001

The countdown is at: 451 days

2007-10-26T06:33:00.000-07:00

Today's Bush Bash of the Day is one of Bush's most popular quotes, but with a little something extra:

The countdown is at: 452 days

2007-10-25T06:37:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!"
-George W. Bush in Daytona Beach, FL on October 16, 2004

The countdown is at: 453 days

2007-10-24T08:21:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter tells him, “You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really are?”

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, “Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?”

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. “You really ARE Einstein!” he says. “Welcome
to Heaven!”

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for credentials. Picasso asks, “Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?”

Saint Peter says, “Go ahead.” Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. “Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!” he says. “Come on in!”

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter scratches his head and
says, “Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?”

George looks bewildered and says, “Who are Einstein and Picasso?”

Saint Peter sighs and says, “Come on in, George.”

The countdown is at: 454 days

2007-10-23T06:50:00.000-07:00

Make sure to take a look at the links to your left; I added several new ones last night.

Halloween is just around the corner, so today's Bush Bash of the Day is kind of meant to set the mood:

The countdown is at: 455 days

2007-10-22T07:43:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 456 days

2007-10-21T07:35:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
—George W. Bush in Greece, NY on May 24, 2005

The countdown is at: 457 days

2007-10-20T12:47:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 458 days

2007-10-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: Why can George W. Bush run for a third term as president?
A: Because the Supreme Court said if you count his vacation time, he's barely served one.

The countdown is at: 459 days

2007-10-18T12:04:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 460 days

2007-10-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

For those of you who missed it, Bush had a press conference this morning in which he discussed the war in Iraq, the situation with Iran, Vladimir Putin, and the SCHIP health insurance plan.
For those of you who saw the conference, you probably saw him stumble over his thoughts about world peace and how intervening in Iraq and Iran will help us accomplish it. Having said that, I've created a poll asking for thoughts on what he said about this during the conference. If you would like to take the poll, click on this link:

Is George W. Bush really striving for world peace?

And if you would like to see the current results, go
here.

All that aside, here's the Bush Bash of the Day:

Four boys were fishing. As their boat rounded a point on the lake,
they saw a man thrashing in the water. With no hesitation, they jumped
into the water and saved him.

It was not until they pulled him to shore that they noticed the man
they had saved was President George Bush, who had slipped away from
the Secret Service for a swim. When President Bush caught his breath,
he thanked the two boys and offered them anything they wanted in
return for saving his life.

The first boy thought about it for a while and finally answered. "I
would like a presidential appointment to West Point so I can serve my
country."

The next two thought that was a great idea, but one said he had always
wanted to be a pilot so he would rather attend the Air Force Academy.

The third boy chose the Naval Academy.

The president turned to the fourth boy, who was still thinking.
Finally he answered, "Mr. President, I would like a burial with honors
at Arlington National Cemetery." The president was shocked and asked
the boy why he would make such a request at his young age. The boy
replied, "Because when my father finds out I saved you, he is going to
kill me!"

The countdown is at: 461 days

2007-10-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 462 days

2007-10-15T09:51:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it."
-George W. Bush in St. Louis, Missouri on October 18, 2000

The countdown is at: 463 days

2007-10-14T15:23:00.000-07:00

Before we get to the good stuff, I have to explain for the break in the countdown! I moved over the weekend and am having some trouble getting my internet connection set up, so I wasn't able to get on for a day. Hopefully that won't be happening again.

Having said that, here's your Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 465 days

2007-10-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

George Bush looks out his bedroom window one January morning. During the night, someone has peed "W sucks" in a snowbank near the window. Enraged, George immediately calls the FBI to investigate. "This is an outrage!" George yells, "I want you to find out who is responsible for this right now!"

So a team of investigators goes out into the snowbank and runs some tests. A half an hour later, an FBI agent reports back to the President.

"Mr. President, I have some good news and bad news for you", the investigator starts. "The good news is that a urine analysis indicates that the urine belongs to former President Clinton."

"Ooohh." Bush laughs and rings his hands. "Once I go to the papers with this, I'm going to bring down the Democratic Party. What's the bad news?"

The FBI agent says, "It's Laura's handwriting."

The countdown is at: 466 days

2007-10-11T08:33:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"The fact that he [Al Gore] relies on facts--says things that are not factual--are going to undermine his campaign."
-George W. Bush in the New York Times on March 4, 2000

The countdown is at: 467 days

2007-10-10T06:30:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 468 days

2007-10-09T07:58:00.000-07:00

Today's Bush Bash of the Day is a mad lib I put together using some of Bush's quotes from the past. I can't actually post it here on the blog, but here is the link:

Bush Quote Mad Lib

You can really have some fun with this one!

The countdown is at: 469 days

2007-10-08T06:43:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
-George W. Bush on May 5, 2000

The countdown is at: 470 days

2007-10-07T15:03:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 471 days

2007-10-06T00:11:00.001-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
-George W. Bush on September 15, 1995

The countdown is at: 472 days

2007-10-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

(I might add, this is one of the funniest Bush compilations I've ever seen.)

The countdown is at: 473 days

2007-10-04T07:37:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

President Bush, First Lady Laura and Dick Cheney were flying on Air Force One. George looked at Laura, chuckled and said, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy."

Laura shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy."

Cheney added, "That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy."

Hearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his co-pilot, "Such big-shots back there. Hell, I could throw all of them out of the window and make 56 million people very happy."

The countdown is at: 474 days

2007-10-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 475 days

2007-10-02T07:56:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"
-George W. Bush on December 6, 1993

The countdown is at: 476 days

2007-10-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

September's poll ended yesterday and I put up a new one for October (see left). In case you missed the final results, here they are:

Have you ever considered George W. Bush a good president?
Yes, and I still do: 7%
Yes, but not anymore: 11%
No, I haven't: 82%

And here's your Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: What is the President Bush's new fitness program to get people walking again?
A: Gas at $3/gallon!

The countdown is at: 477 days

2007-09-30T08:03:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

The countdown is at: 478 days

2007-09-29T08:16:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 479 days

2007-09-28T06:43:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

George W. Bush was visiting an elementary school, and the 4th grade class he sat through began a discussion related to words and their meanings.

The teacher asked the President if he would like to lead the class in a discussion of the word 'tragedy.' So, George W. asked the class for an example of a tragedy.

One boy stood up and said, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over, that would be a tragedy."

"No," said Bush. "That would be an accident."

A girl raised her hand and said, "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone on board, that would be a tragedy."

"I'm afraid not," the President said. "That's what we would call a great loss."

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. President Bush searched the room and asked, "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally, way in the back of the room, Johnny raised his hand, and in a quiet voice, he said, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. and Mrs. Bush, was struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, THAT would be a tragedy."

"That's right! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?" asked the President.

"Well," Johnny said, "because it wouldn't be an accident and it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss..."

The countdown is at: 480 days

2007-09-27T07:16:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

The countdown is at: 481 days

2007-09-26T06:04:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it."
-George W. Bush in St. Louis, Missouri on October 18, 2000

The countdown is at: 482 days

2007-09-25T07:21:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day:

George W. Bush was out walking when he saw Moses.
"Hey, Moses! STOP!!" he yelled. But Moses walked on, ignoring him. After a few blocks, Bush caught up with him. "Moses, why didn't you stop and talk to me?" asked Bush. "Well," Moses replied, "the last time I talked to a bush, I wandered the desert for 40 years."

The countdown is at: 483 days

2007-09-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):