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[–] TRAHR@quokk.au 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Affair me once, shame on shame on you. Affair me you can't get affaired again.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

There's actually a theory that dubya changed it up mid sentence to avoid getting quoted as saying "shame on me" which would make for an excellent sound bite.

Whether that's true or not, I don't know if even he himself knows at this point.

Fun fact, Dubya, nearly two decades out of lettuce office, is a month younger than the current POTUS.

[–] NovaVeles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Absolutely he changed it mid sentence. Also by comparison with the sad rape sponge they have in office now, Dubya seems moderate!

I cannot find it now but there was a clip of Bush sitting with Obama and Clinton at Trumps inauguration, he points at Trump and whispers something to Obama and Clinton and they all start killing themselves laughing. I so desperately want to know what he said!

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah. He sounded dumb on TV, but it's like one of those "ordinary person vs Olympian" things. He sounded dumb on TV partly because you're comparing him to excellent speakers. Most people would sound dumb next to Obama. Accounts from people meeting Bush in person generally agree he's smarter than he seems.

Of course, none of that has anything to do with being at best ineffectual as a president and at worst a war criminal waging wars of aggression. Keeping people like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld around certainly didn't help.

[–] NovaVeles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

George W Bush's legacy everybody!