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Miles Archer

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10. GWB kept a low profile after leaving the White House because...

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:14 AM

Jun 19

...as much as he was famous for "not liking to read," he read enough about his escapades with Cheney to know his best bet was to settle into a quiet, anonymous retirement. "Out of sight, out of mind."

He was famously pressured to "SPEAK OUT" against Trump during last year's election, and he declined. My personal belief is that he did so in order to avoid re-litigating his own shady past, because Trump fans are ADDICTED to "whataboutism," and any DIRECT criticism by Bush against Trump would be met with choruses of "He lied the US into Iraq"...and the irony is that if MAGAts threw that back at him, it would only be to "own" a Trump critic, and not because they had any great understanding of...or gave a rat's ass about...Iraq.

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Trump should NEVER be referred to as "a convicted felon" WITHOUT ADDING "and an adjudicated rapist." [View all] Miles Archer Jun 18 OP

Agreed! SheltieLover Jun 18 #1

And a thief of classified documents BOSSHOG Jun 18 #2

He should always be referred to as a criminal Krazy_Kat Jun 18 #3

Technically. Adjudicated sexual assaulter JT45242 Jun 18 #4

I default to the WaPo article... Miles Archer Jun 18 #6

Yep a sexual predator who has never faced any real consequences for anything JT45242 Jun 18 #9

GWB kept a low profile after leaving the White House because... Miles Archer Jun 19 #10

We should constantly remind voters that he is a rapist. That's his whole personality and morality. Walleye Jun 18 #5

I'm loving your righteous anger malaise Jun 18 #7

Wonder how much he would have won by if he were not a convicted felon, sexual abuser, and worse? Silent Type Jun 18 #8