(CNN) –- The White House said Wednesday President Bush will go directly to Midland, Texas after leaving Washington on Inauguration Day.
White House spokesperson Dana Perino said the President and First Lady Laura Bush will leave Andrews Air Force Base, and fly to Midland for a “welcome home event” in Centennial Plaza on the town square. They will fly on one of the jets he used as Air Force One during his presidency, though it will have a different designation that day.
Midland was the site of his send-off rally when he left for Washington before taking office in January 2001. The president lived in Midland as he was growing up, and it is the first lady’s hometown.
The President and Mrs. Bush will then fly to Waco, and go to their ranch in Crawford for the first night after leaving the White House.
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GOODBYE and GOOD RIDDENS!
I thought this day will never come. Thank God!!! Do you need help packing Mr. President? I can have a convoy of Uhauls up to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in no time. Good riddance.
Midland Texas should be wiped off the face of the Earth for being the launching point of this bumbling buffoon's reign of error
George W. Bush – all hat, no cattle.
Just go now. why wait two more weeks. Trust me no one will miss you.
What? He didn't book the Blair House!! Bush knew this day would come no big deal 8 years and you're out. It's not like he's leaving the job broke or without medical coverage for the rest of his life.
Click...Dial Tone....Goodbye!!!!
George W. Bush – all hat, no cattle.
Where'd he get that hat from?
So If I understand this article Midland wants this Idiot back? Now that speaks volumes for Texans. it must be a village thing.
I expected to hear him say "I'm goin to Disneyland..ha huh" I'm sure going to miss the laughter he gave me on Youtube!
don't come back
Good riddings!
I HOPE TO HEAR FROM THEM NO MORE. THE BUSHES ARE ALL CRIMINALS.
What a wonderful day when he leaves. This country is ready for a real president!!..Fly away on BONE HEAD1.
Do we have to take him?
Good Luck, President Bush and thank you for 8 years of hard work against all odds–you will be known as one of the Great Men in the future! Can't wait for the libs to spew their hate on this article..after all, they have freedom of speech thanks to you and others like you!
Cue the Liberal nut job posts in 3, 2, 1 .....
Rats. We had a hot bucket of tar, a big bag of feathers, and a long hard rail all ready for him in D.C. for his trip out of town.
Waving good bye to you along with millions of other happy Americans.
Thank the Lord! I cant wait until January 20. Its not coming fast enough!
And by the Grace of the Lord, we will never ever have another Bush in the White House in the Future!
Good. I would have made him walk back to Midland.
YAY.
Now all we gotta do is convince Mexico to take Texas back.
Goodbye and Farewell, only thirteen days to go.
Wouldn't a more appropriate "welcome home" be in Connecticut as he's actually from there?
Like a dog with tail between legs.
THE WORLD WILL BE DANCING IN THE STREETS WHEN BUSH IS GONE. WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
Why is it I could... But CNN couldn't.... Barack Obama will go down in History as America's Destruction..,.. He will have all the Problems!
No other American President as had his Problems.... They were not Muslim. Not Black. Most not Ambition Green....
Jan 20th will be the most wondrous day we've had in 8 years. Good riddance Bush.
Too late, Noah, this Liberal nut bar already had his say, so... 3, 2, 1, B–e me.
Okay Jan, name 8 things the GWB has done put this country in a better place. And I am a very moderate independent, so much for your lib attack theory, Noah and Jan. Jan you either obviously are joking or you must be an inmate that has not been in the real world in the past 8 years.
Do ya think he can leave this afternoon instead?
Just leave the keys to the WH under the front door mat, I'm sure the Obamas will find it....
He's going to Waco? How appropriate.
WISH HE COULD LEAVE SOONER!!!!!!!! WHAT AN IDIOT. THANKS BUSH FOR TRYING TO RUIN OUR COUNTRY.
Maybe he still has time to start another war before the 20th and judging from some the blogs it just might be civil.
Heeee Haw...Must be nice to be rich rich rich....
Wow, you people are so immature, you think Bush makes the U.S. look bad? Take a look at some of the comments on CNN and then think who really looks like the idiot. For goodness sakes, GROW UP.
The paper cowboy.Go back to the state of your birth,Conn.
"Jan" said...
"Good Luck, President Bush and thank you for 8 years of hard work against all odds–you will be known as one of the Great Men in the future! Can't wait for the libs to spew their hate on this article..after all, they have freedom of speech thanks to you and others like you!"
I say...
"Jan, it's idiots like you who are to blame for putting the idiot in office"!
Texans – you still have a chance – maybe his plane will go through the Bermuda Triangle and he'll never be heard of again.
Obama/Biden
MIGHT I HUMBLY SUGGEST ALASKA.
YOU & PALIN CAN KEEP AN EYE ON RUSSIA &
YOU CAN KEEP AWAY FROM OUR EYES AT THE SAME TIME.
Thank goodness we will be free of bush once and fore all. The sooner the better. Do we have to wait?
@ Proud Americans
Don't lump all Texans in that village. All Texans don't want him back either.. especially in Dallas. He's not a true Texan anyway.
The “welcome home event” in Centennial Plaza should be at The Hague.
They should fly him straight to the Hague to be tried in the World Court for criimes against humanity and/or war crimes. Cheney too.
Thank You President Bush for your service. You did an admirable job during a very tough time in our history.
You are to be commended and thanked by All Americans for your service
Don't let the door hit you on the way out!!
Good riddance!
Take care George. We know that you had help doing all the damage. You were just following the instructions given to you by the evil ones. You had a choice to deal w/the scrutiny of the public, or the wrath of the string pullers.
Joe buddy, by mid July you'll be singing a different tune.
Can't we just place him into a Wylie Coyote-ish slingshot and launch him through the air out of Washington?
Bye!!!
And so, having looted, gutted and otherwise plundered his native land, our intrepid yet brainless hero rides off into the sunset.
Hi-ho, Clueless! Away!
I knew that Jan 20th was going to be an emotional day for me, but it looks like I have already started crying. Saying goodbye to an Idiot has never been easy for me, dear God please help me get through this. I know in my heart that America is losing it biggest Idiot President in the history of this country and it's going to be real difficult for all of use to get use to having Intelligence in the White House. But, with time I hope some of my pain will decrease, but I can tell you I'm going to miss this little Idiot of a President.
As the late, great Ray Charles sang, "Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more."
So that's the village who's idiot is missing.
Apparently, the village has been missing its idiot all these years. I guess they deserve him back, then.
What do you give an Idiot President for a going away present?
Say what you will and what you must. On Jan 20th, we will have worse in there. I just hope my govt check is enough so that I don't have to join the sweeping crime wave of the next four years.
The level of hate here is the kind of "Change We Can Believe In"?
Nice job everyone. So far we've got "good riddens" and "good riddings" but no one has said "good riddance" which is the actual phrase. So you're not only fired up about posting meaningless hatred – you've done it with no concern whatsoever for looking intelligent. Double bravo.
I can't WAIT to wave goodbye and watch him get on that plane. It'll be the BEST thing he's done in the last eight years.
January 20 is going to be a great day!
First of all, Jan you are stupid if you think the Bush administration was successful. It pains my eyes to look at the Bushes. They have ruined this country and now they are off to live happily ever-after in Texas. Now this is something that Americans should be pouting about. The Blagojevich and Burris story is nothing compared to Cheney and Bush. Only in America do red-neck complain about unfounded rhetoric. Bush and Cheney should be beginning their prison sentences.
HURRY UP YOU DIP STICK, DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YA ON THE WAY OUT. THANKS FOR THE MESS YOU'VE LEFT US TO PICKUP. THANKS FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT I NO LONGER HAVE IN THE GOVERNMENT I FINANCE. HERES' HOPING THE RETIREMENT YOU GET AND HAVE STOLEN FROM MOST OF YOUR GENERATION IS LONG AND BORING. YOU STINK AND CHENEY, IS NOW FREE TO SPEND HIS HALIBURTON STOCK OPTIONS.
Now Dallas will known as the site of two presidential tragedies.
Good lord he looks like an imbecile in that hat...
If I were President Obama, I will wait a few days before conducting any business in the Oval Office. I will have the White House staff open up all the windows to make sure all of the stupidity is aired out.
Thats not the only place he's going!!
"Cue the Liberal nut job posts in 3, 2, 1 ….."
Haven't heard from too many "liberal nut jobs", just your average Americans who are very excited to see Bush leave.
He may be one of the worst Presidents in our nation's history, but he is not a bad man. I wish him well, and hope others would do the same. Oh, and I am not a "liberal nutjob" because I think he was a bad President. I just happen to not have slept through the last 8 years,
@Noah,have you become the moderator or is that your lifes ambition?Your on this blog 24/7 and use about 100 names while spewing your Rush Limbaugh sound bites. Why dont you go out and look for a job,or are you collecting welfare too?
Bush going back to the bush. Finally.
He should be going to trial for war crimes instead of going back to Texas. He's a criminal in so many ways.
War Criminal.
He has broken our country, our economy and our military personnel will no doubt suffer for decades to come as a result of Bush's implementation of torture methods. As someone with a loved one currently serving his 3rd tour of duty in Iraq – I'm very offended by the notion that this misguided aggression against a soverign nation that did not attack us has kept us safe.
Those of you defending him are seriously in need of evaluating the facts. Crediting Bush with the fact that we have been kept "safe" is like crediting the captain of the Titanic for avoiding icebergs after it sunk. But hey – tell yourselves what ever you have to so that you don't have to admit you made a mistake in voting for him or believing his lies or having any responsibility for the thousands of dead American military personnel and innocent Iraqi citizens.
If we so cared about democracy, why have we sought to destroy our own?
And yes, northside Irish, you are right – jr. is NOT from Texas, contrary to what the put on accent would suggest.
I have never been a Bush Basher but as of today, I am. What he did regarding the Blair House is disgusting. I hope they NEVER return to Washington in any capacity. Having said that-good riddance!
For all the naysayers here I say that I can't wait till January 20 either, because we are then less than 4 years closer to being RID of Obama!! He can have a "welcome home" rally in Grant Park again, only this time the park will be empty!!
Bush looks better already... like the weight of the world is off his shoulders... Cool!
Good luck, Obama.
Ted
Going back to the ranch he bought 1 year before declaring in candidacy to dupe the public into thinking he was one of them?
You don't have to pretend to be a cowboy anymore, George. I'm sure there's a nice place in your home state of Connecticut for you.
Isn't their an Island he can go to like "Corsica"
I wonder how many people they will have to pay to stand in that crowd?
Thank you for your service and keeping this country safe Mr. President! You and your wife have done a fine job in representing this nation.
Instead of Midland, Bush should go straight to Iraq; walk through the squares outside the green zone (without protection) and see how many shoes are thrown at him then. Only after 4,000+ will he begin to realize that he has blood on his hands for the innocent, dead Americans and Iraqis! SHAME ON YOU BUSH, MAY YOUR DAYS IN TEXAS BE FILLED WITH DISGUST AND REGRET OVER YOUR PRESIDENCY!
Hey Newport News–FYI it is a ten gallon hat and most rich Texan men wear them and ultra-expensive cowboy boots. I lived in Texas in the 80's and while I didn't care for it, at least they are proud of their state and the people who come from it. Bush is NOT an idiot and neither is Laura. Give it up and leave them alone.
Before all you liberal nut jobs bash all Texans, look around Illinois for a good roll model to show your children. I’d also wait a couple of years and get to know B.O. before I use him as one. Would you use Slick Willie? That leaves Arkansas out.
Ride off into the sunset cowboy!
Que people posting countdown timers on thier posts in 3, 2, 1 …..
What a stupid picture. Bush: An idiot right to the end. Good riddance, Dubya, and don't ever come back to Washington. We will probably never fully recover from the disaster that was your eight years in office.
As I look back on his time as president, I try to think of the good things he has done for this country..... This could take a while!
So thanks Bush for killing my fellow Marines, committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, undermining the constitution & bill of rights, wasting tax payers $$ (that could have been used to save us from the economy your incompetence created), destroying the environment, I know there’s more what else am I forgetting?
I read a comment on here recently that someone questioned how we could think this man was the worst president in US History, & said that title belonged to Hover or Buchanan. Well, Hover’s downfall was a lack of understanding for the economy, & Buchanan was a lame duck but because he seemed unable to get anything accomplished. Bush on the other hand broke more laws & obstructed justice on a level no one could have every imagined! Now that is why he is considered by most historians to already be considered the worst President in US History! It is my opinion that he is a failed leader on a similar level to Emperor Nero.
Jan, Bush wouldn't know what freedom is if it came up from behind and bit him on the half-moons.
I love President Bush. What a great man with a strong sense of morality. More than everyone else, he understood the difference between right and wrong and good and evil. The world will be a much worse and dangerous place without Bush in office. You people will rue the day he left office and we got stuck with Obama.
President Bush has protected us for the past 7.5 years. No one would have thought this possible. History will see President Bush kindly.
Ah yes...the altruism of the liberals appear once more. And they now want us to support THEIR president.
Good Luck.
@Proud American, can you actually put together a coherent sentence without the word 'idiot' in it? For that matter, how about just a coherent sentence?
Jan and Noah: laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing, even most of the sitting Repulicans now think he blew it big time. Laughing, laughing, laughing.
All the liberals blame GWB for this financial crisis, when it is the leaders of corporate America that is mostly to blame. Good luck if you think Obama is the savior of these problems. By the way under the Bush administration since 911 America has been safe while other nations have face faced the attacks of terrorists. That is no accident.
Good riddance criminal!
Welcome Home President Bush!!!
I for one, welcome the Bush's back to Texas! I think President Bush did the best job one could do given the situation he inherited.
God Bless President Bush!!
Thank you for protecting our homeland since 9/11.
Thank you for getting us out of the Clinton recession/internet bubble collapse and leading us to five straight years of economic growth. (It is unfortunate that the end of your Presidency coincides with the great housing collapse that was caused in large part by Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and Fannie and Freddie).
Thank you for taking the offensive in the war against Islamic Terrorism!
Thank you for ridding the world of Saddam Hussein!
Thank you for spending money confronting Aids in Africa!
Thank you for standing up for Israel as its enemies seek its destruction!
Thank you for making our relationships with Japan, China and the rest of Asia much stronger!
Thank you for speaking out against injustice, whether it is Islamic terrorists, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez or barbaric Islamic states!
Thank you, President Bush. You will be missed!
They are probably so happy to leave Washington!!! LOL..I would be tooo
George W. Bush will be treated well by historians in the future. He will go down as one of our greatest! Good by Mr. President. Thank you for your service.
*Throws Confetti*
Goodbye, Sayonara, Peace out, So long, Farewell, Adieu, Auf Wiedersehen...
Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Rove and Wolfowitz should be starting their prison sentences for being TRAITORS to our country rather than retiring at taxpayer expense with Secret Service protection and all the other perks they will have. They took a healthy country and turned it into
a debtor nation, hated by everyone on earth, an economic disaster and so many other wrongs I don't have the space to list them all. I just hope Obama has what it takes to provide the leadership to pull us through all that we face to remake our nation and I believe he does. Lets keep the GOP in the toilet where they belong along with the aforementioned retirees and hope they never resurface in any place or time.
I just have to say Thank God there is a GOD...Jeb Bush announced that he will NOT seek the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Martinez..Said that the timing was off. Yeah right, maybe it's because the people of Florida are getting smarter and would say "NOMORE BUSHES NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN". I thank my fellow Floridians was sending this message to Jeb. And now to the current Bush..Who is paying for these to flights back to Texas? We taxpayers again? He should take a Greyhound bus back....Let him sit in the back of the bus like he done to the American public for the last 8 years.
Dear Jan and those like you,
I have no hate to spew. George W Bush simply put is the worst president ever. From his policies to his reckless disregard for science. From his appointments to his cocky attitude he represents not only the worst administration in our history but considering the safe-guards of our constitutional democracy, his was the worst presidency possible under our system.
All of my animosity towards our W stems from the actions that he has taken as chief executive. The minute he leaves office that all goes away.
Which brings up an interesting point for you Obamaphobes out there. Don't you think you should actually wait until President-elect Obama does something before complaining?
One other thing for you Obama haters. I can sympathize with you not liking the outcome of an election........ just think how upset you would be if McCain had won the election and the Supreme Court turned around and gave it to Obama.
Good riddance ..................
SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYA. Don't come back you hear. Do you have to stop at TX? Why don't you just keep on going past ole TX until you can't go anymore? We don't want you here anymore don't you get it? The bottom of my shoes to ya GWB. What a low life you are. You have caused much pain for people all over the world. I hope you have a long life to see how you have messed up our world and the lives of many people. All that money with nowhere to go and be loved. My shoes will be facing up as you fly over.
GOOOOOOD BYE
Crawford ranch? More like campaign stage prop. He never laid eyes on it before he ran in 2000. In six months, the "ranch" will be quietly sold.
C YA! Your Mexican friend said you are a FAKE Cowboy! Don't bother.
Goodbye Mr Bushed. The World is so depressed from your 8 years of mismanaged, so-called, messed-up, big stick policies, total disregard for humanity, and outright .... failure. You tried to try, but you just didn't have the Brain for the job.
Just for that one day, Waco should change it's name to Wacko in honor of the president's arrival.
To the lady in Calif -
What did Bush do regarding Blair House?
If you are referring to the idea that the residence was reserved for the time being & he didn't bump whoever was staying there simply because the Obamas wanted it prior to them normally being entitled to it then he DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT!! The incoming president & his family are allowed to move into Blair House a specific amount of days prior to the inauguration. The Obamas are in DC way early to make the transition easy on their children (kudos to them for that) but that doesn't mean they are entitled to Blair House just because they are in town
People here need to be better informed..the Blair House is where the Obama's will be prior to inauguration, only issue was Obama wanted it in time for his children to start school (about a week earlier than traditionally requested)
And if you think the President actually schedules occupancy of the Blair House, you are even bigger idiots than you sound on these blogs.
Is there any chance he might go earlier?
I guess Jan is still looking for one. I for one thank him for "bushisms". Too funny.
Why is Bush claiming he is a Texan? I have been a Texan all my life, but Dubya Bush is afraid of livestock!!! That is his biggest fear....What true cowboy do you guys know that is afraid of cattle? I am not a cowboy and I am not afraid of horses. He should go back to Conneticut instead....
What a glorious day it shall be.
May God protect Obama!
Sorry texas but great news for Washington and the world.
Goodbye to President Bush!! I'll miss you like I miss the flu!
Bye Bush! I've been waiting for this moment since November 2000!
Americans please stop all this hate. George Bush is YOUR fault. Your experiment failed miserbly. I hope you now realize without a doubt, that you can't take a IDIOT out of a village and turn them into the President of the United States. I honor you for trying to change the life of Idiots, but please never again try to make one a President. Thank You Texas but please keep this one inside your border.
I predict Bush will be heading to Argentina soon, to escape prosecution for war crimes.
You served our country well, thank you.
ding dong the dummy's (almost) gone!!!
NO,YOU'RE NOT ...INSTEAD YOU GEORGE BUSH,DICK CHENEY AND DONALD RUMSFELD ARE HEADED TO THE HAGUE FOR WAR CRIMES TRIAL.
@Jan.It must be nice to sit home and post on here all day and night and care about only one issue and not give a hill of beans about anyone else.Ive seen alot of selfish people on here but you take the cake.Maybe you should be praying for your own vision to clear .up
Two fingers! Peace out!
See ya! Wouldn't want to be ya! By the way, nice hat!!
He should be headed to the Haige instead.
Please don't judge Texas by this man. Remember, he is not a Texan, he is a carpetbagger.
Back to Texas? We should all send a petition to Chuck Norris to go to Waco as Walker, Texas Ranger, and show Bush exactly how tough Chuck is!
Putting aside that it is bush, I imagine that it must be rather emotional for an ex-president to wake up on 21 January with the realization that he really has nothing to do.
For four or eight years, a President has woken up to morning briefings and the stressful environment of making really tough decisions. Ex-Presidents have to go from that non-stop high stress environment to being unemployed overnight. I can imagine how stressful that is.
That has got to be one weird feeling.
Please don't judge Texans by him. He is not a Texan. He is a carpetbagger.
I don't really give a rip where he goes – just that he's GONE! Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Air Force Nothin'! Good riddance.
Can he go today?
Good luck and God bless Mr. President. Thank you for defending us all even if we don't all appreciate it!
Holy crap! Bush looks sharp! The Mrs. always looks good though!!
A Woman In California For Obama:
I'm an Obama supporter myself, but Bush didn't do anything wrong in regard to the Blair House. It simply wasn't available and normally isn't until I believe 5 days before inaugeration day. The Obamas didn't seem put off by the denial, they still got to Washington to make sure their girls started school on time.
WONDERFUL I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR JAN 20 2009 SINCE NOV 4 2004 OH WHAT A GLORY DAY BUSH GOING BACK TO TEXAS AND BARACK OBAMA SWORN IN YAHOO YIPPIE YAHEE YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Counting the days until you get out of town!
Jan, you are an idiot!!! What has this idiot of a President done to be blessed by you??? Please NAME them!
May he never set foot in Washington again! I wish to God he would just dissapear. He has done NOTHING but seperate this country with his hate and his stupidity!
Good Bye, See ya, So long!
Just when you thought things were bad enough..prior to 20 Jan 09, after 20 Jan 09, they're going to get worse....careful what you ask for libs, ....many more of you will be unemployed, without a home, no savings....because of fiscal irresponsibility on behalf of the Obama administration that will eclipse the mistakes Bush made.....it's going from the frying pan into the fire! ECONOMICS 101 – you don't increase a tax burden, or further government spending in a recessionary economy......People want change...I do to, but the blindness of the country to elect a bafoon who's never even led a shift at McDonald's....well, you get what you pay for, and in your haste have something...the buzzwords of "Change," and "Hope," sound good, but this selfish democratic fiasco has no intentions of providing either...that's unfortunate, so many believers, yet the results aren't going to be there. So sad for all of us...this cheerleading, party atmosphere will end...and the recession will get deeper....all because of the "me first," "get out the vote,' "lack of any financial sense," population that voted in this regime....let the games begin!
Go ahead, call me bitter, angry...I'm not, it's more of a sad thing; to know that my country could've pulled together and fixed things, however, more problems were brought about. We were supposed to fix the problems Bush left behind, not add to them!
*Throws Confetti*
Goodbye, Sayonara, Peace out, So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen...
Oh one more thing President Elect please have the White House scrubbed and open the Windows to rid of the Bush Filth, Lies, and Corruption and Barack you might want to think about having the White House Blessed by a Presit before you move in to rid of the Bush evilness and Bad Doings that were done while bushie was there! JAN 20 2009 OH WHAT A GLORY DAY FOR AMERICA AND THE WORLD!
Thank god. Hope he can leave the country that would be better.
Why stop in Texas? Go to South America. Peru somewhere............mountains......jeez.
I'm glad that he's not coming to Houston....We have a Democratic Mayor here in Houston, and there is no deficit here, and people are working & spending money here like crazy ! and needless to say, there
are plenty of decent paying Jobs here !
Larry C.
Houston, Texas
Crook … Criminal … I presume the people writing this have information on the trials and convictions of Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc that the rest of us do not have. Can you please inform us of the details? Or at least about the indictments, surely there must be grand jury indictments? Lacking these, since you apparently have all the evidence needed for indictments and trials sure to produce multiple convictions, please contact Pelosi and Reid. I'm sure they will even let you conduct the prosecution with all the indusputable evidence you have in hand.
It's nice to see that "Freedom Of Speech" is still alive and well in America. As a military veteran of 12 years, I know and defend the rights and freedoms of all Americans and it allies at any cost. With that said, some people tend to take these freedoms a little overboard and sound like total idiots in the process. Does anyone remember Sept 11th 2001 and the impact it made on changing America forever? Do I agree with the wars overseas? Yes. Am I dissappointed in how they have been mishandled? Absolutely yes. President Bush could have done a better job, but I am not the president and I have no idea what all goes on that the press never finds out about. He doesn't work on a timeclock, it's 24/7/365. How many of you out there work those hours? Could you have done a better job? For those of you that said yes, I expect to see your names on the next election ballots because obviously we have been missing your expert guidance in foreign affairs. Did all of you bash President Clinton like this when he left office? You remember him, right? The one who let Bin Ladin do as he pleased for all those years. The one who had sexual relations with a young intern in the oval office and lied about it. It's disgusting to me to read some of these messages from obvious liberal democrats who enjoy nothing more than to bash a man who wasn't manager of the local McDonald's, but the leader of America and the free world. Have you ever made a mistake in your job?
SSgt Michael Thomas, USMC 86-98
Registered Republican who Voted for Obama.
Angie, you should go back to school and learn proper grammar and spelling...or are you one of those drop-out, entitlement hounds...who, not knowing one of the issues at hand, voted for Obama because he's black, or because some ACORN Zombie handed you $10?
Bush kept all of us safe, unfortunately, even you shortsighted morons that post here bashing his every breath. You're so brainwashed by the Obama corruption train, that before you open your mouths, you should really not rely on the MSM to provide facts, but research data. Too many votes were either handed to Obama through ignorance, or bought by ACORN scum money....paybacks are hell, and the next 4 yrs will be your payback.....
Can we file war crime charges on the 22nd against both Bush and Cheney?
Thank you for your time that you served this country Mr. President, I know that with such a stressfull job like being the president no one can get everything right,a dn im sure there are things we all we like to have done differently in hindsight, hopefully this democrats that continue to bash you can realize this as well....Would like to hopefully meet you one day as well!
The day couldn't come soon enough. Please don't allow this man to leave the state of Texas again!
He should go to New Orleans instead...we don't want him here...an embarrasment to us conservatives! And I agree....us Texans know how to balance the budget and keep people working....government get out of the way!
Good luck and Thank You President Bush.
I can't wait to see what all the liberal whack jobs are saying six months from now when it becomes obvious the PE Obama doesn't have a clue...
Good riddance, George. May we never see or hear from you again.
I guess he signed enough contracts (future and present) with the government for the CARLISLE GROUP (his dads company), KBR and Halliburton to be able to carry ($$$$) his great-great grandchildren through their lifes (and their children) at the american public expense. Must be nice to set up his future family forever!
Folks it doesn't take all of this hostility. "We" elected President Bush to office ... TWICE (and I say "We" even though I DID NOT vote for him but am a member of this GREAT country). Yes he has failed miserably but it's our own doing. So regardless of how you feel about him you can't knock him too hard. If he was doing so terribly there is a thing called an impeachment process that "WE" could have directed "OUR" representatives to implement. Yet "WE" rode the wave hoping things would get better but they obviously did not. While those of you are pointing at Bush as the problem just look at the fingers pointing back at you and accept that "WE" screwed this one up but thankfully "WE" have another chance to rectify the situation if "WE" support the incoming administration and demand that our representatives look out for "OUR" best interests. God speed President bush and welcome aboard President Obama!!!
good -bye, have a good life.
We only know the whole picture when we see the whole picture so its hard to say anything when perception is chosen by individuals in freedom, that is the point though. The apperance from information we did get, I wish that the White House would not have rolled out the red carpet for Englands number one family as wide as we did so we could have done a little more when France came to visit. Why not have the whole royal brady bunch for a party so nobody is left out?
Good to know ! --- We`ll move the tar pot to Midland and await his arrival.
Note to Kenneth:
WE did not ELECT Bush twice. He was appointed once and elected once.
Why doesn't he just go now? I mean, he was hardly adverse to taking long vacations at "the ranch" back when he could have done things that actually would have made a difference in people's lives. What's one last week of goofing off to this most lame of lame ducks? It would be an entirely fitting end note.
He should never have left Texas in the first place-the world would have been far better off had he stayed home!
Thank You --- Oh, Great Uniter !!!!!!!!!!
TCM January 7th, 2009 2:40 pm ET
Just when you thought things were bad enough..prior to 20 Jan 09, after 20 Jan 09, they're going to get worse….careful what you ask for libs, ….many more of you will be unemployed, without a home, no savings….because of fiscal irresponsibility on behalf of the Obama administration that will eclipse the mistakes Bush made…..it's going from the frying pan into the fire! ECONOMICS 101 – you don't increase a tax burden, or further government spending in a recessionary economy……People want change…I do to, but the blindness of the country to elect a bafoon who's never even led a shift at McDonald's….well, you get what you pay for, and in your haste have something…the buzzwords of "Change," and "Hope," sound good, but this selfish democratic fiasco has no intentions of providing either…that's unfortunate, so many believers, yet the results aren't going to be there. So sad for all of us…this cheerleading, party atmosphere will end…and the recession will get deeper….all because of the "me first," "get out the vote,' "lack of any financial sense," population that voted in this regime….let the games begin!
Go ahead, call me bitter, angry…I'm not, it's more of a sad thing; to know that my country could've pulled together and fixed things, however, more problems were brought about. We were supposed to fix the problems Bush left behind, not add to them!
______________________________________________________No one is calling you bitter or angry. JUST STUPID.
Poor Texas. It's one place I won't visit. Make sure he does not get out ever again.
@TCM
I wonder what has happened in your life to make you so mean/angry/evil.
Thank you Mr. President for Serving our Nation.
While we might disagree with some of your views, we respect and understand the incredible responsibility you have had on your shoulders for the last 8 years.
Rebecca January 7th, 2009 1:59 pm ET
Welcome Home President Bush!!!
I for one, welcome the Bush's back to Texas! I think President Bush did the best job one could do given the situation he inherited.
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Boy are you an Idiot. I guess he didn't know what to do with a surplus he inherited, world peace, a booming economy, civil liberties and intelligence briefings? Wow I guess you Idiots do stick together.
Mike, Syracuse NY January 7th, 2009 1:57 pm ET
@Proud American, can you actually put together a coherent sentence without the word 'idiot' in it? For that matter, how about just a coherent sentence?
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No Idiot I can't. Anymore questions?
2nd attempt to post –CNN didn't post an earlier one of mine here, nor one related to Palin. Do I detect some bias and censorship here?– Here goes again: BUSH SHOULD BE HEADING TO JAIL, INSTEAD OF TEXAS, LUCKY SOB. And about Palin, in a nutshell I said that CNN shouldn't keep posting tabloid articles about her, directed at ignorant people –potential voters– who adore her because "she's one of us", since all they are doing is empowering her to run for president in 2012, and her election is a threat to the country, because she's a nitwit, even a bigger one than Bush. There, let´s see if CNN's censorship is still in full bloom, and I won't see this posted again!
Good to see this happen. Unfortunately 8 yrs too late. CNN please when Bush is gone do not report on anything this jerk does in the future. Thank you. And yes post this.
"BJ January 7th, 2009 3:02 pm ET
Good luck and Thank You President Bush.
I can't wait to see what all the liberal whack jobs are saying six months from now when it becomes obvious the PE Obama doesn't have a clue…"
Funny you say that about a President Elect who has already mapped out most of his cabinet and plan for the first 100 days still TWO WEEKS before taking office.
Here's the deal: after EIGHT YEARS of Obama (yes - you will get eight years of him) let's revisit this topic and count the MAJOR MISTAKES made during Bush's eight years and Obama's eight years.
NO ONE is perfect. EVERYONE makes mistakes. NO PRESIDENT IN HISTORY has made the number of MAJOR blunders Bush has during his tenure.
The VAST MAJORITY of America is eager to see him disappear from site.
GROSS!!!!
he is literally, LITERALLY moving 10 mins away from me.
now i'm going to have to move since they have been covering the neighborhood. i'll be darned if i'm going to let some crazy blow up my house thinking it is his.
OK you bunch of losers!!!!!!!! has it ever occured to any of you Bush bashers that a president can only do what congress lets him do?? if bush is sent for war crimes all congress should follow. after all they voted for the war right??
JANUARY 20TH 2009 HANG IN THERE AMERICA
George Bush and the Stepford Librarian, Laura, are moving to Dallas and the ritzy neighborhood of Preston Hollow. I guess one grows tired of cultivating sagebrush?!
The Stepford Librarian is going to write her memoirs. How long does it take to pen a two-page pamplet? And will Laura explain the death of Michael Denton Douglas?
I haven't agreed with everything that Bush has done while in office, but he's kept our country safe and for that I'm thankful. You may not like how he did it, but he lived up to his promise....no attack on our country.
Obama better be of the same mindset or we will see another attack before his done. If so....please let it be Hollywood.
Everyone should throw a shoe in front of his motorcade as he leaves for the airport......
Goodbye Mr. Bush!! I'll miss you like I miss the flu!
When you leave the White House, don't let the door hit you on the way out. On the other hand, maybe it should. Maybe, just maybe, it will knock some sense into you.
@ Mike in Dallas, just curious – why didn't you vote for McCain?
Thanks you for keeping us safe Mr. Bush. Enjoy the rest of your life in Texas with a clear conscience knowing that you served our country well.
Hope they don't forget to invite all 8 of their friends!