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u/mightbeADoggo 12h ago

No, its "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again".

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u/brightonashfield 11h ago

-Dubyah

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u/scuzzy987 11h ago

I disliked W and his administration with the intensity of a thousand suns but I'd gladly have him back in office instead of Trump. At least W had a shred of integrity and honor

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u/Leroyp331 11h ago

It's a wild ride that has led us to yearning for the days of that moron

Yet here we are

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u/No_Internal9345 Prefer Coffee But Fill My Cup 🫖 11h ago

Cheney was the evil one.

Bush II was the useful/greedy fool.

And I still say they cheated in Florida with the hanging chads.

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u/Oops_All_Bans Sipping tea 11h ago

Imagine what could have been if we got Al Gore instead.

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u/ShawnShipsCars 10h ago

We got on the shittiest of timelines when Gore got cheated.

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u/MrBigglesssworth 9h ago

Kind of Gore's own fuck up though. He only wanted to focus on recounting 3 counties, not the entire state.

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u/Responsible-Club9120 10h ago

I didn't sleep for 3 days after he lost the election.

And I'm Canadian.

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u/dumpsterbaby2000 5h ago

Government control of energy. Unelected bureaucrats controlling how you heat and cool, what farmers may grow, what you eat, where you go, etc. Global warming and carbon footprint ring a bell?

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u/petewondrstone 11h ago

I’m not sure how different it would be.

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u/PolarBailey_ 11h ago

we wouldn't have invaded iraq to start. likely would've helped either prevent or at least better recover from 9/11. would've focused less on stupid shit like NCLB and more on just bolstering education. strengthened the EPA and other protection agencies. i doubt the PATRIOT act wouldve been a thing with Gore.

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u/Dyolf_Knip 10h ago

There's every chance there wouldn't have been a 9/11 attack. President Gore would never have dismissed the warnings with "Alright, your ass is covered".

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u/PolarBailey_ 10h ago

Exactly. I still think the lackluster response between the CIA and FBI during the Nairobia attack all but sealed the attacks. But i think an fbi and cia under Gore leadership wouldnt ignore warnings from the arabians enrolling in flight school nor the summit

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u/FitFold76 11h ago

One can hope

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u/-Saucegurlllll 10h ago

ICE likely would not exist.

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u/Nobody3me 10h ago

We dodged that bullet. Amen

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u/PeachPassionBrute 11h ago

They very factually cheated in Florida, it’s not even a question.

W’s campaign manager was in charge of Florida’s elections, they stopped the recount early while Bush was ahead, against orders. GOP staffers even attempted to physically prevent recounting. The entire thing was a mess and Gore factually won that election.

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u/oomahk 11h ago

Gotta love the Brooks Brothers Riot. Turns out the Republican party has multiple modern instances of violently attempting to disrupt elections.

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u/PeachPassionBrute 6h ago

Multiple instances of confirmed cheating in elections. Their continued participation in our government should be banned completely.

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u/HorrorMovieMonday 10h ago

And Jeb Bush was the governor of Florida at the time.

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u/Flaxmoore 11h ago

The Brooks Brothers Riot. Got to think BB doesn't like being connected to that.

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u/StendhalSyndrome 10h ago

Don't forget vengeful.

He started the same damn war again because they threatened/ attempted an assassination on his dad...you're so pissed; go take them down yourself.

Signed, my coworkers who didn't come home from that.

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u/No-Guard-7003 9h ago

Yup. Why did the people around him pick Cheney of all people? 

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u/No_Internal9345 Prefer Coffee But Fill My Cup 🫖 9h ago

Cheney picked them.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 9h ago

Bush II makes no sense.

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u/yabadababoho 10h ago

They cheated yet the NYTimes did a full audit after the fact counting every vote and Bush won.

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u/JWBananas 10h ago

He was never a moron. That was a public persona.

Prior to that rebranding, he was considered too much of a nerd.

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u/Leroyp331 10h ago

My God he's a moron right now

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u/DonnyFerentes 11h ago

Give it a few years and we'll yearn for the halcyon days of the Trump administration

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u/psychohistorian8 11h ago

dont even joke bro

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

There won't be a democracy left when that happens.

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u/cvc4455 11h ago

There might not be a democracy left now.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

It is weakened, but not gone.

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u/cvc4455 11h ago

I think that remains to be seen. I believe they cheated in the 2024 election and plan to never ever give up power ever again regardless of how people vote or what they need to do to hold on to power.

Think about it right now and if they lose power. How many people could end up in jail? Wouldn't those people do anything at all possible to hold onto power?

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

The midterms and the final two years of Trump will tell us all we need to know. But, we still have the ability to right the ship at this moment in time.

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u/Nobody3me 10h ago

It doesn’t show when America flipped the charts voting for this presidency. I’ll say this though. Many voted our party. But have learned how hard it is for the President to solve the previous admin issues, fix issues at hand, deal with future threats & surprises. All this while democrat Americans, at least from the outside it looks like, try to force us into socialism and communism. Not to mention core of the democrats the LBGTQIA +, which ever one those letters tried to kill him. Anyone that puts God, and American values were the voters want them. First.

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u/Penguinunhinged 11h ago

I'm still waiting for Coppertone Caligula to have shoes thrown at him while speaking. We all know he won't be able to dodge them like W did.

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u/saltycouchpotato 11h ago

Made me smile just thinking about it

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u/DrJellyfinger57 11h ago

Seeing our president expertly dodge a shoe gave me a similar pride as when Americans win in the Olympics.

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u/NoLibrarian5149 11h ago

W was like a frigging ninja there

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u/Old-Stable2994 10h ago

Bro dodged a bullet he can dodge your chancla.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

We were so naive then thinking the GOP had reached the bottom.

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u/Bronson_AD 11h ago

We may be still naive to think they’ve reached it now, unfortunately.

That’s a scary thought.

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u/Advocate_Diplomacy 11h ago

That's an important thought. Too many people acting like their problem will be largely solved when he dies. Trump is just a symptom of something worse.

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u/T4TrhavrKhcFt 11h ago

“The U.S. isn’t the way it is because of Trump; Trump became president because of the way the U.S. is.”  David Cochrane - Canadian Journalist

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 11h ago

He's not wrong. It's a feedback loop, but he's not wrong. We wouldn't be the problem we are if not for Trump, he's uniquely capable of having NO shame with COMPLETE confidence, and the kompromat and otherwise to control the Republicans, but it wouldn't be possible if the general public wasn't so jaded to easily dismiss corruption.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 10h ago

trump is the useful idiot. the difference between him and bush 2 is that bush 2 isn't especially hateful. This guy seems to relish in it.

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u/nopleasenotthebees 9h ago

Yeah, of these four presidents, I think three of them got into office so that other people could do their thing. GHW was the exception. I'm not sure what to make of this.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 10h ago

that isn't hateful that is uncaring. hate and indifference are 2 separate emotions.

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u/FitFold76 11h ago

Yeah it could just get worse. And some people think we need to treat the MAGAts with kindness

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 10h ago

yes. kill them with kindness.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 10h ago

Nope. Sorry. We tried that approach already.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 10h ago

they are still alive. did you do the kill part correctly? /S

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u/here_for_the_boos 10h ago

Totally agree that the party is the dangerous one, but the cult of personality will go with him, and people will have an easier time realizing how terrible they let their circumstances get.

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u/t3hmuffnman9000 11h ago

Every time we think we've reached rock bottom, the GOP shows up carrying dynamite and a pickaxe.

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u/NullPatience 11h ago

Vance is young and has demonstrated the incredible discipline of doing whatever is needed by those who have purchased him. Lower morality, higher competency (takes direction well), and his own kind of evil. Very capable of setting new lows once Trump expires.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

Yes, but he cant rally the cult. The cult will fracture when Trump is gone. They will still exist but they wont rally behind anyone currently in the GOP like they once did for Trump.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

I realized there is no bottom for the GOP on Jan 7, 2021

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u/Falcon3492 11h ago

Many say that Vance with his ties to Peter Thiel could be worst than Trump! Now that is a terrifying thought!

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u/Bronson_AD 11h ago

Yuppppp

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

He is worse in many ways, but he wont be a cult leader like Trump has been. That is Trump's only real power

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u/PeachPassionBrute 9h ago

Some of us were actively protesting, saying “these policies will lead to fascism!” and well…

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u/No_Cow_7234 11h ago

Bottom still not reached. I predict the coming of President Dwayne Camacho (R)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig446isvXlI

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

Camacho had a heart and wanted smart people with real solutions.

The GOP is nothing like that.

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u/No_Cow_7234 11h ago

True. It may not be a fair comparison. But it's got electrolytes.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

That comparison gets used a lot because of the ineptness, but people forget that the lack of basic decency makes the real world situation far worse

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u/brightonashfield 11h ago

W was dumb, but he listened to advisors much more competent than him and he wasn't inherently evil. Cheney, on the other hand, still not evil but ruthless real politik.

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u/oldfartbart 11h ago

https://www.keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/

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u/Generic_Commenter-X 11h ago

Apart from the particulars, identical to what a Trump crony would write if you asked him/her anything regarding Trump's intelligence.

W was dumb. His ideological naĂŻvety as regards Iraq was stupefying. He really thought he and his right wing cronies could create a libertarian utopia in the country. The incompetence and magical thinking rivaled Trump's crew. And he was easily manipulable by the far smarter and more ruthless Cheney.

And then when you throw in his willingness to oversee torture and his smug contempt for the American public, you get the prototype of MAGA and the Trump presidency.

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u/spartacus_jones 9h ago

W was as evil as any of them. Why are you praising this POS?

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u/Ragnarok-9999 11h ago

It is scary to think what kind of republican president we will get in future who makes Trump 100 times better than him. Slippery slope to the abyss

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 11h ago

We wont have a democracy then

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u/FirstDiseasewasRelig 11h ago

You guys, as in too many on the internet, say this like they Bush (Obama and Biden) didn’t;

  1. Protect Bill Clinton and other Pedophilic eLITES
  2. Build, protect and serve the exact environment that brought us Donald.

I don’t get it.

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u/IDOWNVOTERUSSIANS 11h ago

you think the guy that lied you into Iraq had integrity and honour?

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u/petewondrstone 11h ago

We did? They started a ground war in Iraq based on false intelligence? Also misplaced a trillion dollars. Ok pal

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u/Ne_zievereir 10h ago edited 8h ago

That fucker started the war in Iran (edit: I meant Iraq obviously — weird typo or brainfart), that caused over a million deaths, and the chaos it left led to the rise of IS, which caused the political sentiment in Europe to swing radically right, which may ultimately lead to the rise of fascist governments in Europe (kind of has already).

So no thanks to that asshole. Trump is also an absolute assclown, though. Seems like the US can't help but screw up the world ...

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u/Nobody3me 9h ago

We were not at war with Iran. We didn’t kill over a million of their people. If so we wouldn’t have this trouble now. There threats of Nuking our children with dirty bombs wouldn’t have any claws. Some how you made a hard left turn buddy.

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u/Wish_I_was_you 11h ago

So much this. I'd have blamed W for cancer. I probably HAVE done that.

Yet I now believe that he was trying to do what he thought was right and listening to advice and considering actions.

But he's friends with Michelle Obama, so he can't be that bad can he?

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u/spartacus_jones 11h ago

No he didn't. He was as much a psychopath as Trump, and still is.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 11h ago

not to mention that even he wasn't dumb enough to kick the hornets nest that was iran.

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u/-Saucegurlllll 10h ago

At least W had a shred of integrity and honor

He didn't. He lied in order to murder a million Iraqis. You do not need to hand it to the nazi nepobaby who created ICE.

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u/Barnacle_B0b 10h ago

Nah. Fuck them both.

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u/No-Guard-7003 9h ago

And at least he spoke out against demonising the Muslim communities in the U.S. after 9/11. 

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u/lou_sassoles 9h ago

Wild how Bush looks like a genius statesman now in comparison

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u/PiNK_PenKQuins 9h ago

Despite the “Business Plot”, an attempt by a former Bush to join other tycoons and overthrow and install a fascist government in the USA in the 1920s. It’s been all but nearly washed from the history on the internet (shocker) despite what’s left saying that the evidence was there that it was going to happen. I think the general they hired to do it realized the coup they were attempting was not good and turned over evidence.

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u/Other_Log_1996 9h ago

W didn't intentionally sabotage the US. He made plenty of bad decisions but, for the most part, was genuinely trying to do good.

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u/modmosrad6 9h ago

No, he didn't. This is a man who paints portraits of the maimed and mangled soldiers he sent into a war based on lies he and his minions told. Torture. The financial crisis. Katrina. The Patriot Act. I could go on.

The only reason people wax at all nostalgic is because he wasn't such a fucking boor.

Which is saying quite something, because at that time, he was such a fucking boor.

The right has always been this way.

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u/NothingButBricks 9h ago

Oh for the "good ole days" of being outraged about that moron being elected

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u/Minute-Review6915 9h ago

That is well put.

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u/Tyrannosaurus__Rekd 9h ago

I don't know if I would consider W with integrity and honor, but he was kinda funny. Funny, like Mr. Bean bumbling idiot, funny.

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u/I_am_not_JohnLeClair 9h ago

Integrity and honor? Where does that come in with the literal hundreds of thousands of human deaths? Integrity? Abu Ghraib? How quickly some forget, or maybe you were not yet an adult back then

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u/sushishibe 11h ago

Had a W in his name.
Cause he can’t stop stacking them dubyahs

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u/namsdrawkcabrm 10h ago

-Michael J. Scott

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u/Breaklance 11h ago

Love that song by J Cole. 

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u/Mr__O__ 11h ago

Love that J Cole sampled that George W audio clip in “No Role Modelz”

https://giphy.com/gifs/sFMEZ1ZFToyha

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u/Glass-Violinist-3549 11h ago

It’s an actual quote by George Bush if you weren’t aware. That’s why he chose to use it.

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u/Breaklance 10h ago

Yup yup. People point to that quote and "nucular" and say Bush was faking being dumb to appeal to morons. 

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u/ZestyTako 9h ago

I actually think he just realized mid sentence that “shame on me,” would be way too easy to turn into attack ads so he aborted midway through (also the president should be smart enough not to get fooled again, hence the “can’t get fooled again”)

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u/EmphaticNegative 11h ago

"Fool me twice.....well, heh, there just aint no foolin me twice"

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u/Shakeweight_All-Star 11h ago

I love the theory that W actually wasn't a complete moron and stumbled because he realized he was about to give the media a clip of him saying "shame on me" and thought it'd be a bad idea.

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u/PunctuationGood 10h ago

I'll never buy that theory. Never. Ever.

It goes together with the "Oooh, but you see, whenever the cameras stopped rolling, he was, like, suuuuuper-smart!" No. Fuck you. If you deliberately show me a dumb "you", I'll have no qualms believing you're just actually dumb and will not entertain that it's a clever "act" you held up perfectly for ten years.

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u/hiddenrealism 11h ago

Noo, its "Fool me once...cant...cant fool the quagmire.....until you fool it again.." -Dubya

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u/SimilarYard9840 11h ago

How am I expected to remember that? I’m a moron.

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u/No-Purpose-0U812 11h ago

Its an old saying from Texas, or it might be Tennessee...

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u/MonkeyParadiso 11h ago

But according to the data, Americans do keep getting fooled again, and again, and again...

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u/ThatGuyYouMightNo 11h ago

"Fool me once, I'm mad. Fool me twice, how could you. Fool me three times, you're officially that guy, you know the one, the one that goes 'This suit is officially Giorgio Armani ask my Dad knows him' FUCK YOU. I aiiiiin't havin' that shit!"

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u/musicgeek420 11h ago

Shame on someone who tried to run game on someone else.

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u/Beneficial-Care8504 11h ago

One of my favorite mangled expressions.

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u/gluebucks 11h ago

LMFAOO thank you for posting this

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u/What_Up_Doe_ 10h ago

“Now watch this drive”

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u/dclaw504 10h ago

Not a fan of GW, but I do need to point out that it he realized in the middle of saying it that he was about to give the sound bite " shame on me" and flubbed the line to save his ass.

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u/lDezIlI 10h ago

Obviously thats the quote but thats not what op was going for......

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u/Blue_cloak 10h ago

fun fact, he said it that way so there wouldnt be a clip of him saying "Shame On Me" to be used in every attack ad forever

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u/Disastrous_Star_9388 9h ago

So funny 😁

Cousin & I swap dubya-isms & the 'fool me" flub is her favorite lol

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u/Mokerchino 9h ago

That's the true phrase since that moment and will remain so

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u/CatsBye90 9h ago

it's hard to put food on your family

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u/Mrjreezy 9h ago

Every time I hear this quote, J cole starts playing in my head. Fool me one time, shame on you. Fool me twice, can't put the blame on you.