# I'm gobsmacked...I feel sorry for George Bush! (pit due to political aspect) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771 "2009-05-17T19:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/101 "2009-05-19T23:48:29Z")
[QUOTE=Carol Stream] Who the hell is Chaney? [/QUOTE] :smack: That would be my version of our former VP when spelled on an iPod. Ah well…I’m sure that, eagle eyed poster that you are, you were able to dynamically translate my miscue there and determine who I actually meant. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/102 "2009-05-19T23:53:21Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > :smack: That would be my version of our former VP when spelled on an iPod. Ah well…I’m sure that, eagle eyed poster that you are, you were able to dynamically translate my miscue there and determine who I actually meant. > > -XT What does an iPod have to do with it? Seriously, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/103 "2009-05-19T23:58:57Z")
Try typing on one some time. I didn’t catch that I was spelling his name wrong…despite literally spelling it on this board for years. -XT ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/104 "2009-05-20T00:01:51Z")
Hell, that’s nothing, imagine how shocked I was to hear how much he likes the Lenin Sisters… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/105 "2009-05-20T00:12:51Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Why should you guys be allowed to pity yourselves? You chose him, the second time after you knew that he had dragged you into a long war at tremendous cost. > > Why should you have the luxury of self-pity? **I** did not choose him. (Speaking of Chaney, I think I read that they’re distantly related.) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/106 "2009-05-24T04:32:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Hell, that’s nothing, imagine how shocked I was to hear how much he likes the Lenin Sisters… I wonder what he thinks of the Marx brothers. Groucho, Harpo and Karl 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/107 "2009-05-24T17:38:38Z")
> [@AdmiralCrunch](#): > > That being said, I’m glad the predominant narrative is shifting from “Bush is evil” to “Bush got promoted past his capability and didn’t have the character to deal with difficult circumstances.” It’s more accurate. Nobody _is_ evil. Evil is as evil does. Everyone _is_ evil in the measure that they _do_ evil. Bush, elected, confirmed, endorsed and supported by the American people, has done a lot of evil. Bush is gone and I do not feel sorry for him. The American people though, continue most of the same policies and have not condemned or renounced all the evil done. Bush is a scapegoat for policies the American people wanted and continue to want. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771/108 "2009-05-24T17:44:26Z")
Bush went along with it. He was their golden boy, their flag waving mission accomplished poster boy. He bought into it and helped sell it. Hell, he appointed all the other assholes. To hell with him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gobsmacked-i-feel-sorry-for-george-bush-pit-due-to-political-aspect/496771.md?page=5)