Thank God He’s The EX President

3:10 pm EST April 2nd, 2009 | News | 13 Comments

George W. Bush didn’t know what the G-20 was. Eight years. Sweet Jesus.

UPDATE: The story is apparently in dispute. And yet, it isn’t as if George W. Bush was on top of a lot of the rudimentary details of being leader of the free world.

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13 Responses to “Thank God He’s The EX President”

  1. ed says:
    April 2, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    Worst.
    [Technical].
    President.
    Ever.

  2. Repack Rider says:
    April 2, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    He could have figured it out if he had taken his shoes off.

  3. Jay says:
    April 2, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    How do you say TOOL in ThinkProgress think?

    The story is bogus.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AA17020081111

    Now, how long will it be before Oliver links back to this entry saying, “I was wrong” or “ThinkProgress was wrong” or posts any kind of retraction at all?

    I’ve got good odds on “When it snows in hell”

  4. SaveFarris says:
    April 2, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Remember, only conservatives fall for hoaxes.

  5. Repack Rider says:
    April 2, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Farris and Jay,

    If the story is bogus, the only reason anyone believed it is because Mr. Bush was clueless on so many things that one more wouldn’t surprise us.

    But assuming you are right, then a retraction is in order from OW, and I will be the first to apologize for saying that Mr. Bush couldn’t count to 20 with his shoes on. It’s not like there is a shortage of Bush stupidity to exploit. He’s still the guy who thought the Prime Minister of Germany deserved a back rub at the conference, even though she hadn’t asked for one, and talked shit with Tony Blair with his mouth full of PBJ, both caught on tape and indisputable.

    If a retraction is in order, it would not change the fact that the leaders at last year’s G20 pointedly avoided shaking hands with Mr. Bush, and did their best not to be photographed with him, while this year they can’t get close enough to Mr. Obama or pose for enough photos. What does that tell us?

  6. bryan says:
    April 3, 2009 at 4:10 am

    “If a retraction is in order, it would not change the fact that the leaders at last year’s G20 pointedly avoided shaking hands with Mr. Bush, and did their best not to be photographed with him, while this year they can’t get close enough to Mr. Obama or pose for enough photos. What does that tell us?”

    Er, Bush has cooties?

  7. Tyro says:
    April 3, 2009 at 8:44 am

    In sort-of defense of Bush… while I wasn’t there, most recorded interactions of Bush in meetings show him remaining silent and never asking questions. The reason for this is because he is generally not not aware of what he “should” know and what he should ask about. It strikes me as more likely if Bush didn’t know what the G20 was that he would hear “G20″ and then stay silent, and perhaps nod along as though he knew, and look it up later.

  8. Dennis says:
    April 3, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Yet another ‘fake but accurate’ story from emotionally troubled BDS sufferers.

    Think Progress does neither. That is fact. And accurate.

  9. ed says:
    April 3, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Can’t we all at least agree with the central premise of the post: It’s a damn good thing that George Bush, Jr. is no longer [technically] President.

    Also, unregardless of what was said or what people in hindsight say they didn’t say was said, we can all agree that George Bush, Jr., unlike his immediate predecessor and successor, is an ignorant and incurious buffoon, and that it’s not only plausible, but highly unlikely that he knew what “G20″ meant.

  10. Jay says:
    April 3, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    Can’t we all at least agree with the central premise of the post: It’s a damn good thing that George Bush, Jr. is no longer [technically] President.

    Oh I see. So that means shit can be made up just so long as the “central premise” of the post is agreed upon. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. To a dumb-ass maybe. Well, considering who wrote the comment, it doesn’t surprise me.

    And Oliver, I see that you couldn’t just say, “Think Progress was wrong.” The story is not “in dispute.” The story is horseshit. Bogus. Fake. False. A lie. Crapola. Nonsense. Bull.

    If the story is bogus, the only reason anyone believed it is because Mr. Bush was clueless on so many things that one more wouldn’t surprise us.

    No, the reason some people would believe it is a serious case of Bush Derangement Syndrome. If there was a story that said Bush was the true Unabomber and that Ted Kaczynski was railroaded, you idiots would believe it.

  11. ed says:
    April 3, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    George Bush, Jr. is an ignorant and incurious buffoon and objectively one of the five worst presidents in the history of the U.S. I agree with the title of this blog post “Thank God [George Bush, Jr.]‘s the EX President.”

    Also, the “Bush Derangement Syndrome” meme is right up with the Teleprompter Meme as far as a huge bowl of Lame goes. Truly pathetic.

  12. Dennis says:
    April 4, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Also, the “Bush Derangement Syndrome” meme is right up with the Teleprompter Meme as far as a huge bowl of Lame goes. Truly pathetic.–ed

    Oh really, ed? I thought you guys quite liked it.

    Enough anyway that you decided to emulate it.

    Lame for thee but not for me? To go along with your ‘fake but accurate’ meme you seem to be so accepting of?

  13. ed says:
    April 4, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Worst.
    [Technical].
    President.
    Ever.