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Miles Archer

(22,797 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:07 PM 9 hrs ago

EVEN DUBYA KNEW that being seen on the golf course while sending soldiers to die added up to BAD F*CKING OPTICS.

A 2008 interview with former President George W. Bush has resurfaced after President Donald Trump chose to play a round of golf amid the Iran-Israel-U.S. war.

In a May 2008 White House interview with Politico, Bush said he decided to quit golf after the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, which killed the top U.N. official in Iraq – Sergio Vieira de Mello.

“I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man’s life,” he told the outlet. “I was playing golf — I think I was in central Texas — and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, ‘It’s just not worth it anymore to do.’ ”

“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he continued. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”

https://www.aol.com/articles/george-w-bushs-comments-golfing-222435561.html

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EVEN DUBYA KNEW that being seen on the golf course while sending soldiers to die added up to BAD F*CKING OPTICS. (Original Post) Miles Archer 9 hrs ago OP
Now watch this drive.... mikeysnot 9 hrs ago #1
This administration likes to shove the optics in our face Walleye 9 hrs ago #2
Well, it's the impetus behind Trump's moron dance Miles Archer 9 hrs ago #3
Don't know why anybody would take seriously a man who tries to dance like that Walleye 9 hrs ago #5
Precisely! SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #7
The Fascist Felon doesn't give a sh!t. Dulcinea 9 hrs ago #4
Self awareness is not in tfg's playbook UpInArms 9 hrs ago #6
Never thought I'd defend W, but even he was more professional than the fucking asshole. Initech 8 hrs ago #8
And he knew "some weird shit" when he heard it at Trump's first inagural Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #9
Well, as someone holding high office has been known to say, Mme. Defarge 8 hrs ago #10
When is the last photo of him ACTUALLY golfing? Not riding a golf cart, Maru Kitteh 8 hrs ago #11
;-{) FORE! Goonch 8 hrs ago #12

Walleye

(44,580 posts)
2. This administration likes to shove the optics in our face
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:11 PM
9 hrs ago

They wanna make us eat it and like it. That’s the essence of a rapist and a bully.

Miles Archer

(22,797 posts)
3. Well, it's the impetus behind Trump's moron dance
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:16 PM
9 hrs ago

He knows that people outside of the cult aren't fond of him. So, the moron dance basically rubs their noses in it.

It IS funny to me that when Musk did his drugged-out dancing prancing dipshit pogo-bouncing all over the stage at the MAGAt rally, Trump asked "What the hell is wrong with Elon?"

I guess it's because we are expected to simply witness the moron dance in a state of awe, but no one else is allowed to have a moron dance of their own.

Dulcinea

(10,010 posts)
4. The Fascist Felon doesn't give a sh!t.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:17 PM
9 hrs ago

He doesn't care about his own kids. He sure as hell doesn't care about sending other people's kids off to war.

Attilatheblond

(8,726 posts)
9. And he knew "some weird shit" when he heard it at Trump's first inagural
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:13 PM
8 hrs ago

Things are bad when W can notice.

Maru Kitteh

(31,639 posts)
11. When is the last photo of him ACTUALLY golfing? Not riding a golf cart,
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:53 PM
8 hrs ago

GOLFING.

I saw some recent shots of an old man riding in a golf cart. We do that all the time at the nursing home, let old guys have a ride on the golf cart. They love it. Keeps them happy and better behaved, easier to manage.

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