Slog - Comments on "A nice verbal letter to a guy we really care for" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really George W. Bush, along with his dad and his brother Jeb, took a break from lunching at the Bush compound in Kennebunkport to surprise-call Rush Limbaugh's show today and congratulate him for being on the air for 20 years. THE PRESIDENT: Rush Limbaugh? RUSH: Yes, sir, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: President George W. Bush calling to congratulate you on 20 years of important and excellent broadcasting. All three Bushes congratulated Limbaugh in turn, but the dumbest Bush talked the longest. THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'm just calling along with President 41 and the former governor of Florida. We're fixing to have... Copyright 2008 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:00 -0800 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:38:11 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by mackro mackro Probably not whom Rush wanted to have call, I gather.

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091660 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:19:27 -0800 Comment by Skip Actually, The President thought he was calling in for REO Speedwagon tickets.

]]> Skip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091661 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:19:46 -0800 Comment by Little Red Ryan Hood Leave it to texans to instantly think all our economic troubles can be solved by drilling for oil, maybe next he'll say we should sell a few head of cattle and get pissed off about Calvera and his gang of bandits stealing our horses.

]]> Little Red Ryan Hood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091662 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:20:16 -0800 Comment by schnoodle I just learned something new...I didn't know we drilled for gas...

]]> schnoodle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091680 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091680 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:44:00 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Afterwards, they all enjoyed $250 Cuban cigars lit with $100 bills and relaxed by having a real-live Texas-style skeet shoot; the elder Bush won the gentlemen's competition by bagging a total of five poor people.

"Pull!"

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091682 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:46:18 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' Kennebunkport is one of my favorite places on earth. I hate that those filthy scumbags are hanging around their pigpen at Walker Point again like a bad smell.

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091685 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:51:07 -0800 Comment by douglas pill poppin', draft dodgin', sleazy criminal types sure do get along like peas and carrots...

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091698 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091698 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:01:15 -0800 Comment by w7ngman "we need to be drilling for some oil and gas in order to take the pressure off the gas prices"

If you say it enough, it becomes true.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091699 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:01:18 -0800 Comment by max solomon i hate Bushes so much i don't even want to eat baked beans anymore. and you can forget my kids going to the Bush School!

wait, too late...

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091703 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:04:52 -0800 Comment by anthony Wow, do you really believe that western bull? You don't, right? I will assume it was just sarcasm.
The presidents image has always reminded me of my grandfather. The entire texan thing.... its weird. I can't see how someone like that became president.

]]> anthony http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091729 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:22:02 -0800 Comment by Non I hope GW lives so long to be the but of every joke, of every judge, of every historian, of every rational person, to have nobody left willing to associate with. Denounced by Christians, conservatives, and the World. I hope that he begins drinking again. I hope that he feels so very alone and terrified that he will go to the hell his kind purport exists. I hope these things, I truly do.

What an absolute tragedy for each and every good American.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091740 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091740 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:27:53 -0800 Comment by monkey Rush wet himself a little, I'm sure.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091751 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:39:59 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle If we're doing so well in Iraq, why aren't Rush and GWB spending their summers vacationing there?

I hear Michelle Malkin can use some more sun ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091761 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:45:05 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @5, actually, after that, they called me and asked if I had Prince Albert in a can.

Then they did what you said.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091778 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091778 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:55:31 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo #14: Just play along. Most prank callers can't call in an airstrike if your response fails to amuse them.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091799 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:20:22 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I am praying for them all to die. Tonight, in their sleep. Dear God, make it happen. Jesus, take them from us. Yes, Limbaugh too.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091872 Politics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:02:24 -0800 Comment by Greg You know, at least Rain City Jacks do their circle-jerks in private.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091961 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1091961 Politics Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:32:21 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Rush wet himself a little, I'm sure

A little? He straight up came in pants, along with every dumbfuck "dittohead" listening.

This whole story makes me want to vomit.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1092016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1092016 Politics Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:51:43 -0800 Comment by AMB January '09 can't come soon enough.

]]> AMB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1092102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_nice_verbal_letter_to_a_guy_we_really#c1092102 Politics Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:16:21 -0800 Comment by K X One
Thank god Bush brought integrity back to the White House!

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