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Bush 41 Warns of 'Ghastly' Future Under 'Wild Democrats'

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October 05, 2006 5:22 PM

ABC contributor Michelle Dubert reports: While campaigning for Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) in the Philadelphia suburbs today, former President George H.W. Bush warned of a "ghastly" future for his son and other Americans if "wild Democrats" take over Congress.

"I would hate to think what Arlen's life would be like, what Rick's life would be like, and what my son's life would be like if we lose control of the Congress," said former President George Bush in a reference to Pennsylvania's two Republican Senators. "If we have some of these wild Democrats in charge of these committees, it will be a ghastly thing for our country."

"They'd be pushing through all kinds of crazy legislation," he added, "And they would be issuing the subpoenas, dragging people in just to be getting headlines."

The former President made his remarks at a Santorum fundraiser at a private residence in Gladwyne, PA that was also attended by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA).

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War, violating the Geneva Convention, prostitution of the poor on health care, tax breaks for the extremely wealthy, stealing money from Native Americans, and now pedophilia in action......Crazy sounds good when compared to immorality....

Posted by: Phil | Oct 6, 2006 7:10:45 AM

When the Democrats win the house and/or the Senate, this administration will finally be held to account. There has been no oversight of the Executive branch under the Republicans.

The Executive knows what they have done and the American people do not. That is why they will do and say just about anything to hold power.

Our very constitution and democracy itself hangs in the balance.

United the Democrats stand; divided the Republicans fall. Let us hope that this is so.

Posted by: Carollt | Oct 6, 2006 7:23:09 AM

Can they think of ANYTHING new to say or do? If they don't lose BOTH houses of congress I will have lost MUCH faith in our democratic process.

Posted by: TB | Oct 6, 2006 7:50:14 AM

What could be more wild than appointing an internet child molester to the head of the committee to protect children from online predators? Maybe appointing former coal/oil lobbyists to our energy committies. Or former logging lobbyists to our healthy forest committies. Or the most non-diplomatic person who has such disdain for and agression towards the UN, to be head of the UN! Or a guy who works with horses to be head of FEMA! Honestly. It's not even as if they make unwise choices, they always seem to pick the exact opposite person than what they should be looking for. Wild indeed.

Posted by: H | Oct 6, 2006 8:03:08 AM

No doubt Herbie is proud of his Party, the one that gives new meaning to the phrase/slogan No Child Left Behind. Or is it, No Child's Behind is Left.

Posted by: ta | Oct 6, 2006 9:01:16 AM

Republicans running scared. This is trash talk from Bush41. I could think of ALOT worse fates than having the GOP lose the House and Senate in November. (And I am a Republican who is so ashamed of this administration that I will vote for Democrats this fall!) We need a fresh start to get some things accomplished!

Posted by: ET60 | Oct 6, 2006 9:11:38 AM

Bring on the balance. Absolute power corrupts. We saw it with Democrats before and the Republican party has taken it to a whole new level. I don't trust either party.

Posted by: Rob Harris | Oct 6, 2006 9:25:23 AM

This man is better off fishing off Kennebunkport than offering his archaic opinions on the election. I certainly thought he WAS a stateman, but his latest defense of his indefensible son leaves me wondering whether or not 41 has been in too many fishing tournaments in Maine!

Posted by: Rich | Oct 6, 2006 9:56:51 AM

What on earth is Bush senior talking about? I used to like him, but good grief, he's now as nuts as his son is! Todays article on the border fence is a good example of George Bush's abuse of power and complete disregard for what Congress passes etc. The Foley debacle also shows how low the Republicans will stoop to retain power in the Congress. Using our youth for their power is as horrible as the Iraq war. Bring the Democrats back so we can get our freedoms and middle class Americans back!!

Posted by: Pat | Oct 6, 2006 10:00:13 AM

The next poster here to use the phrase "islamofaschist" or similar has to buy a round of beer for every reader!

Guys, are you so STUPID that you can't even hide your affiliation while spinnblogging for your party?

You wouldn't last five minutes in Washington, even me, a foreigner, would do better...

Posted by: Martin from Germany | Oct 6, 2006 10:01:44 AM

What's really sad is that 41 doesn't care about what's good for the country, only that it will be bad for Republicans and especially little Dubya.

BRING IT ON!!!

Posted by: Ex-Republican | Oct 6, 2006 10:19:22 AM

As much as I hate W, I am willing to wager that if he was free from influence of his dad's cronies he would be a much better President. Cheny, Rice, Rumsfeld are all dicks that have screwed our country up by operating a 2nd & 3rd term for Herbie Bush. I have lost all respect I had for HW Bush. I love on Larry King when King asked if he planned on reading Woodward's new book and Bush was like NO, it's critical of my son. Well God damm, like it would hurt to read something critical of your screwup son? It's not like tens of thousands are dying while we are draining our Treasury because of his infalability....

Posted by: Andrew Alexander | Oct 6, 2006 10:33:48 AM

Sure George Sr. jests!! God forbide we, the American People who have to live day by day under the rathful watch of George's dictator son, might actually get a Congress that believes in all those crazy things our Founding Fathers believed in...like liberty!!

Posted by: news across the neocon empire | Oct 6, 2006 10:37:18 AM

Oversight is a very scary thing...especially if you have a lot to hide.

Posted by: Ed | Oct 6, 2006 10:48:45 AM

Old man, Bush, is nothing but a child abuser himself. Anyone who has done the research, knows this very well. Child abuse has been going on for decades, in ALL administrations. Nothing new here! They are both as guilty as the day is long. What comes around, goes around. Where are the decent people in this world? Oh, I forgot! Once they are in office, they have sold their souls to, satan.

Posted by: Judy | Oct 6, 2006 11:32:46 AM

As I recall when this administration came into power they were handed a $3 Trillon surplus, W gave that to the rich class as quickly as he could. More recently he and his republican buddies gave big oil billions of dollars in tax breaks while the public was paying over $3.00 a gallon and big oil was reaping (raping) their biggest profits ever recorded by any company. Did you think our country would ever condone, must less, recommend torture, imprisionment without trial, war based on lies, monitoring our telephone calls and reading our emails. No matter how "wild" the democrats get, it can't be any worse than the last 6 years of the thugs we have had running the country.

Posted by: Charlie Ellenburg | Oct 6, 2006 11:33:13 AM

It's unbelievable how some people on here quote directly from the Bush Administration, using terms such as "islamic facists." Why do you have blind support for a criminal? A facist is an extremely conservative person, and "terrorists" are not conservative. Why do you think Adolf Hitler hated Joseph Stalin? Hitler was on the extreme right and Stalin was on the extreme left. Take a history lesson before you start spewing inaccuracies.

If anything, George W. Bush is more of a facist than anyone else. The military commissions act, secret spying, media control and propaganda, illegal detention of suspects, and wars caused by lies and doctored intelligence. This is all just the beginning folks. Vote democrat or you will be very sorry. George Bush is turning this country into a dictatorship. (And the bigger criminal, George HW Bush, is now standing up for his son because he knows what he and his murderous republicans are about to lose.)

Posted by: Brian | Oct 6, 2006 12:13:56 PM

Oh, gee whiz.... it would be terrrrible to have an OPPOSITION! We aren't used to that, we are poor little whining republicans always under the spiked boot of vociferous liberals who are far more powerful than we are, they have all the MONEY behind them. We are just limpwad pious Christians trying to...

Heavens, that man, his brood and his cronies make me sick.

Talleyrand

Posted by: Talleyrand | Oct 6, 2006 12:27:12 PM

If you want some very interesting reading concerning that heartwarming and humanistic George H.W. bush (the evil Bush) read David Ickes book : Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster. If what he says in the book is true then that would explain alot about how the Bush dynaty operates. If it is not true then I wonder why the Bush family has not used their formidable resources to squash Icke's book. If the truth lies somewhere in between rhen it is still eye-and mind- opening.

Posted by: Rick Amburgey | Oct 6, 2006 12:34:06 PM

PANIC in the ranks.... this is what happens when things go awry. Never mind the country's future, never mind the kids, never mind the concept of values - they need to hang on to the Bush Dynasty.. the truth eventually prevails.

Posted by: LM | Oct 6, 2006 1:10:21 PM

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