# Once again, GWB (TWP - The Worst President) asleep at the switch. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690 "2008-08-12T00:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/1 "2008-08-12T00:53:50Z")
Does anybody with a functioning brain think that it is coincidence that Russia invaded Georgia while Dub was on his much publicized trip to Beijing? Russia makes their statement that they intend to make the USA the number 3 superpower while our lame duck “Idiot in Chief” is looking at volleyball asses. [Dub at the Olympics](http://fleshbot.com/assets/images/fleshbot/2008/08/20080811ass.jpg) We’re locked down in Iraq while the real powers that want to bring us down are exploiting the idiocy of the Bush administration, thumbing their nose at us and telling us to bend over. Georgia was the hope for Western style government in the area and now the crooks in Moscow are rubbing our nose in shit because we can’t challenge them. So Dub returns to Washington and makes a meaningless speech. The only thing he’s really pissed off about is that he couldn’t go directly to Crawford, TX and go to sleep for the month of August like he has in the past. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/2 "2008-08-12T01:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=Spartydog] lame duck “Idiot in Chief” is looking at volleyball asses. [Dub at the Olympics](http://fleshbot.com/assets/images/fleshbot/2008/08/20080811ass.jpg) [/QUOTE] Despite all our differences, I share Bush’s position on volleyball asses. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/3 "2008-08-12T01:06:25Z")
[QUOTE=Spartydog] Does anybody with a functioning brain think that it is coincidence that Russia invaded Georgia while Dub was on his much publicized trip to Beijing? [/QUOTE] I think it was much more likely to coincide with the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, regardless of whether Bush was there or not. Do you think Bush being in China would have changed the US response? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/4 "2008-08-12T01:11:13Z")
[QUOTE=bienville] Despite all our differences, I share Bush’s position on volleyball asses. [/QUOTE] I cannot categorically state that I agree or disagree with this position, and conclude that the issue requires further study. Yes, lots more study. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/5 "2008-08-12T01:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] I think it was much more likely to coincide with the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, regardless of whether Bush was there or not. Do you think Bush being in China would have changed the US response? [/QUOTE] Yes, they may have proceeded if Dub was in Crawford but the fact that he was in Beijing trying to get some positive spin made it a lot better for the Ruskies. Fact is, this stuff is very calculated. Moscow fully intended to do it when they would get the least amount of media attention (read: during the Olympics and Dub played into it). The Bushies had to have known that it would happen yet they played to the cameras instead of attending to business. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/6 "2008-08-12T01:36:11Z")
Obviously this problem calls for unilateral military action on our part. We desperately need some fresh thinking in Washington that will not mindlessly repeat the most grevious mistakes of the Bush administration and finally do something about despots you can make a lot of vague historical comaprisons to Hitler with. Thanks for pointing that out, **Sparty!** BTW, Putin was also in Beijing for this little soiree, so if a leader can excuse himself from invading a nation to attend the opening ceremonies in Beijing, presumably President Bush isn’t required to maintain an entirely symbolic 24 hour call at the White House at the expense of diplomacy to other important nations. The situation in Georgia is devoid of good actions to take on our part. Grumbling about Bush being at the Olympics when it started is rather doltish, uninspired, and shopworn for the Dope bitching on the part of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/7 "2008-08-12T01:40:27Z")
In the silver lining department - maybe this will mean that the neocon.s and their ilk will stop yakking about how Iran is the next Nazi Germany and that islamo-terrorism is the biggest threat to world civilization evah… Russia just did a great big, “I’ve got your threat right here, bitches.” and they know there’s not a damn thing the US can do about it save ferry the 2,000 Georgian troops out of Iraq so that they can fight in their own country. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/8 "2008-08-12T01:43:27Z")
Bush was in China? But I thought only Nixon could go to China. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/9 "2008-08-12T02:22:44Z")
Will there be blood in the water when Georgia plays Russia in water polo? > **[Blood in the Water match](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match)** > > The "Blood in the Water" match (Hungarian: melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Russian: Кровь в бассейне, romanized: Krov' v basseyne, lit. 'Blood in the swimming pool') was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The match took place on 6 December 1956 against the background of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the last two minutes with b... ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/10 "2008-08-12T02:32:27Z")
[QUOTE=Spartydog] [Dub at the Olympics](http://fleshbot.com/assets/images/fleshbot/2008/08/20080811ass.jpg) [/QUOTE] Is that picture real? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/11 "2008-08-12T02:41:00Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] Will there be blood in the water when Georgia plays Russia in water polo? > **[Blood in the Water match](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match)** > > The "Blood in the Water" match (Hungarian: melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Russian: Кровь в бассейне, romanized: Krov' v basseyne, lit. 'Blood in the swimming pool') was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The semi-final match took place on 6 December 1956 against the background of the recent Hungarian Revolution, and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the last two m... [/QUOTE] There are reports the Georgia Olympic delegation has returned home. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/12 "2008-08-12T02:42:51Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] Will there be blood in the water when Georgia plays Russia in water polo? > **[Blood in the Water match](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match)** > > The "Blood in the Water" match (Hungarian: melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Russian: Кровь в бассейне, romanized: Krov' v basseyne, lit. 'Blood in the swimming pool') was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The semi-final match took place on 6 December 1956 against the background of the recent Hungarian Revolution, and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the last two m... [/QUOTE] Don’t know about the water, but there will definitely be blood in their milkshake. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/13 "2008-08-12T02:49:44Z")
For Fucks sake. Can Europe maybe just step up for once? Look at a damn map. Blaming Bush for this is almost childish. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/14 "2008-08-12T02:49:45Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] Is that picture real? [/QUOTE] I have access to the AP wire and looked it up; it’s real: > [@](#): > > President Bush gestures toward the back of Misty May Treanor as he visits the practice of the U.S. beach volleyball team the [sic] 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. At right is Treanor’s teammate Kerri Walsh. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/15 "2008-08-12T02:58:33Z")
[QUOTE=gravitycrash] For Fucks sake. Can Europe maybe just step up for once? Look at a damn map. Blaming Bush for this is almost childish. [/QUOTE] And although it could arguably be an overreaction on Russia’s part, wasn’t Georgia’s fresh offensive on South Ossetian rebels what sparked the Russian action? If Georgia had not attacked in South Ossetia, Russia would not have invaded. It doesn’t seem like the timing of Bush’s trip to Beijing was in Russia’s calculations. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/16 "2008-08-12T03:19:55Z")
What \*\*Sam \*\* said. I don’t think Russia was in control of the timing. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/17 "2008-08-12T03:25:44Z")
The Russian/timing thing is rediculous. Not even an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/18 "2008-08-12T03:36:35Z")
[QUOTE=SanibelMan] I have access to the AP wire and looked it up; it’s real: [/QUOTE] Cool, that’s about as close as you can get to mooning the bastard and not getting tossed in Gitmo, methinks. Well played, Misty May! (Although it does look like he’s fixing to slap her on the ass. Ewwww . . .) ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/19 "2008-08-12T03:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=Spartydog] Yes, they may have proceeded if Dub was in Crawford but the fact that he was in Beijing trying to get some positive spin made it a lot better for the Ruskies. Fact is, this stuff is very calculated. Moscow fully intended to do it when they would get the least amount of media attention (read: during the Olympics and Dub played into it). The Bushies had to have known that it would happen yet they played to the cameras instead of attending to business. [/QUOTE] God, what a crock of shit. Do you have any idea what’s going on in Georgia, at all? It was going to happen wherever Bush happened to be at the moment, and Russia’s response was tactically designed to coincide with Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia, not the fucking Olympic ceremonies. I’m not a fan of Bush, but this is ridiculous. It’s akin to Putin saying that the US is furthering the conflict by flying Georgian troops back home from Iraq. It’s convoluted conspiracy theory nonsense. Grasp at bigger straws next time. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690/20 "2008-08-12T04:06:29Z")
Yes, blame the Evil US for everything. Do other countries take responsibility for anything? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-gwb-twp-the-worst-president-asleep-at-the-switch/459690.md?page=2)