Your farewell message to President Bush

Making for the exit

Osama bin Laden released a final message taunting America just as George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House. In 20 words or less, what would be your farewell message for President Bush?

January 15, 14.15hrs: Ok, we get the message .... this blog is now closed to new posts

Comments

[Gio, London]

I hope he drowns into a oil well.

[Al]

You were unlucky that terrorists attacked the USA on your watch. Only the history books will judge your reactions fairly.

[Diogo Liberal]

Dear Mr. Bush,

Many thanks, for sure things would be far worst for those who love freedom if it was not for you.

[ripper]

an obama in the hand is worth two of the bush!

[Alex]

God bless America for finally removing this phenomenal idiot from power!

[Dave]

Go to Jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect £200.

[jayil]

F*** you Mr Bush for making the world a more dangerous place.

One day God will be your judge... & dont you forget.

[Andrew in Toronto]

Well that wasn't so bad....

[steve]

congrats on doing your best.....

[russell]

God President, lousy, dumb Americans.

[Mark]

- Economy dead
- Environment dead
- U.S. Reputation dead

Osama Bin Laden... missing

Mission Accomplished

[ian phillips]

I hope the fear of your name been tarnished with your actions and inactions, corruption and cronyisms, keep you awake at night. uncomfortable in the cold sweat of disgrace and shame.

[John]

Best wishes in the future.I thank you for work against terrorism and protecting us from them at home.

[Ronnie]

See you in The Hague.

[jimmy]

Good bye and thanks for all the fish!

[Michael McKnight]

Toppled a gang of religious thugs and a vicious dictator in 8 short years - Well Done!

[Nicholas Wesley]

One positive will be that the loons suffering from'Bush Derangement Syndrome' will crawl back under their rock until they are called upon to to felate the next tyrant or dictator now that Saddam has got his just deserts.

[Daryl Evans]

A complete muppet leaves the Whitehouse.

[Dom]

your stupidity was an affectation i believe but the damage you have wrought during your reign is immeasurable. as an athiest i think we shouldn't leave your judgement to a supposed afterlife, i think a genocide case should be leveled against you and then i think you should be hanged, see how you like it.

[Mara MacSeoinin]

May you have a disease named after you.

[T]

Good riddance to bad rubbish

[Ian Lucky]

Remember, what goes around comes around...

[Riff]

So passes into hisorification a president to be memorialized for an uneternity.

[Juan Dasani]

For the past 8 years, President Bush has met every situation with predictable moral integrity. He has been judged quite harshly by people whose primary choices in life concern punctuation and participles. History will judge him kindly. Oh yes, the children of Iraq will never know what the Bathist party under
Ude or Kusay would be like. Where's the "thank you" note?

[Amanda]

Remember that it is easy for people to judge when they are not the one's faced with making the ultimate decisions. Also remember that many do not realize that Congress is the legislative branch...It is not up to the President to find the answers to all of America's problems. Come back to TEXAS!!

[Bill]

Mr. Bush,

Most of the people posting the hatred on here are the ones who claim to be compassionate and un-judgemental. They are called liberal luntics, and they are everywhere. However, they can't help their stupidity and ignorance because the liberal press spoon fed them a bunch of crap about you the entire eight years. I don't know how you did it and kept your character. Thanks for keeping our country safe from the terrorists that Clinton exposed us to in 2001, which is your number one responsibility as President of this country. They were planning more attacks and you stopped them. The jerks posting here with the hatred are selffish, mindless little creeps and frankly, I would have let them all die instead of saving their miserable lives. So, to you morons posting all this hate, your savior Obama is going to harm this country worse than another one of your gods did by the name of Jimmy Carter, the worst president this country has ever had. Get ready to pay taxes...opps, I forgot, you probably don't have jobs.

[YYYOOOO]

Einstein was right again:

The universe may or may not be infinite,

but human stupidity is for sure infinite!

[Sister Sue]

May the ghosts of all the people you have killed rise up and haunt you forever. May the screams of those you have authorized to be tortured ring in your ears day and night. Great job, Bushie.

[Michael Walshe]

'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.'
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)

On the basis of this test, Mr. Bush can hardly be said to have achieved a passing grade.

[Hardeep Sihdu]

Never in the field of (supposed) democracy was so much wrought upon so many by one so inadequate

[Lauri]

Yo Bush! You got some blood on your shirt!

[mike jackson]

Bush will rot in hell just like "Ronalad Reagan". Tony Blair wil surely join them.

[TONY H]

They say things come in three's !! Lets hope if one of your girls runs for President she takes after ... well... anyone else really.

[Seth]

To all you idiots who have bashed Bush. Screw you!! History will show that his actions have saved countless live. The sad thing is some of the lives saved were yours!!

[Mike]

Mr. Bush, maybe if you didn't do such a good job of protecting these ungrateful atheist liberal assholes, a few more bombs would have fell on their heads and blown their children to pieces.

[Kenneth Bladon]

Thanks, Dubys - I never had any intention of travelling to your benighted nation, but you have made it even less attractive than it was before!

[Babasaheb]

Well only history will judge the President. He did what was right for America. This is only the first chapter it has a sour ending. Understand our bitterness. Will it be better or worse in the future after Bush.

[Shaun Crowther]

And don't even THINK about coming back............

[SWW]

Wish you and Cheney rot in HELL.

[Sufi Munir]

When leaders make mistakes, the nation suffers. When people elect leaders like Bush, the whole world suffers.

[Carlo Rossi]

I feel sorry for the guy who makes bumper stickers saying 'A Village Is Missing Its Idiot' because now he'll be out of work.

[john r. shaw]

A job well done! I pray for president Bush every night!.

[SWW]

Bush Achievements:

1. "Looking" for WMD in Iraq and found nothing
2. Get over a millions Iraqis death
3. Get over 3 millions Iraqis disabled
4. 4500+ US soldiers death
5. 15000+ US soldiers disabled
6. Benefits couple companies in defense industry and oil and gas company
7. Slow response in Katrina cause more than 2000 death
8. Set up Patriot Act
9. Leak CIA operative name (this is treason in US)
10. Wasted close to 3 trillion US dollar in war and Home Land Security
11. Let Greenspan run economy
12. Let Cheney run the country
13. Let Rumsfeld and wolferwitz run the war machine

Bush is DUMB and US people are duped and the world pay the price.

[rainer]

Am I glad that this illiterate jerk and his bunch of morons are off!

[Mr Brunswick]

There are worse men to lead a superpower, and it should not be said that he is an evil man, he did his best and was found wanting,
Tomorrow looks better for his Tenure

[sanjay sharma]

eat more samosas and kebabs please.

[sanjay sharma]

eat dosa as well please and nan and lamb curry please.

[Michael Wright]

How strange it must seem to have a black man standing up and saying "God bless President Bush".

Mr. Bush, you have served this country with integrity and honor, and have affected countless lives for the better; from many of whom you have not and probably will never get a kind "thank you. With God's help you guided us through many disasters, and turmoils, of which it seem the world has forgotten. With the Lords guidance you have kept our nation safe since 911, and its not because the fools haven't tried again. You stood with integrity in the face of the most biased and hateful media in the world, "The American Media". You have made a few mistakes along the way but not with the intent to create harm. May God richly bless you Mr. President.

I love and appreciate you.

[Julie in MA]

Mr. President,

Thank you for trying to do the right thing. I'm sorry that people "Monday Morning quarterback" and forget about Sept. 12, 2001 when we looked to you for strength.
You did your best and we, GRATEFUL Americans DO THANK YOU FOR IT!
God Bless YOU and your family!

[kakhtar]

Invasion of Iraq and killing hundreds of thousands inocent people then terrorising Afganistan and now setting the Isreali's on Gaza.Boy you have a lot to answer for! And he talks about getting rid of terrorists? I wonder which category of terror he belongs to?

[Hoboo Bob]

I genuinely think he did what he felt/was advised was the right thing, that he's not an evil man. However the consequences of his poor judgement and decision making will stain World history for generations.

I doubt we'll see a trial, but George W knows it's his bad.

[Peter]

Burn in Hell!

[dennis]

Thanks,Twisted Shrub,you have brought great shame on your nation and it's people. You have also shown America what the rest of the world knows about the US government and it's nefarious activities and history. That is something we Americans REALLY ought to thank you for. Good riddance,you drunken man-monkey.

[Carl]

May the wind be at your back.... and blow you straight to ....

[Laszlo Takacs]

The American presidents, in spite of all their apparent power are just puppets in the hands of a ruling financial oligarchy. I have more freedom of action than they do. I personally think, Bush did a good job as the chief entertainer (clown) of the world. He simply played his part marvellously, and we, the spectators, had a good time enjoying his performance. Thank you Mr. Bush.

[Joe]

If life gets tough in Texas, I guess the Zionists will repay you by finding you a secret safe haven somewhere for all you have done for the Israelis.

The only armed services evader, who ran off from the National Guard when it looked like Vietnam was on the books, to vault to the rank of Commander-in-Chief. But then what can you expect from the USA, all because their first President happened to be a General, then wrote a Constitution that called for all his successors to be C-in-Cs also. Oh yes, and because they didn't have a standing army at the time, also included a 'right to bear arms', and we all know how that turned out, don't we, NRA ? Only in America, you say !

[alan]

may you burn in hell!!

[Anonymous]

Good riddance.

[Marion Pragt]

Dear mr. Bush
in your own words, we are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. God bless America, if I'm allowed to end with such an obliged, but of course well-meant remark. How we will miss you...

[Anne-Sophie]

thanks a lot for having turned the world into such a mess! Maybe, in a couple of years, when somebody does something very stupid, we'll say "oh, he made his/her W.Bush!"

[EBowles]

With any luck we will never hear from this guy and his goons again, unless of course it is at the Hague.

To coin an old Beach Boys song,
"Wouldn't it be nice?"

[Alex]

History will judge you to be the monster you truly are.

[SILVIA+]

Grazie al cielo, è finita!! bye bye Mr. Bush, ora farai i conti con la tua coscienza, se ce l'hai!!!!!!

[Itsme]

You can have my shoes too bushy bushed bushman ?

[Haroon]

Greetings the Bush,
Hope you have attained what you wanted from your term in office...with the second in the background.
You have brought situations to the foreground however harshly, sadly and destructively you have.
If you get this message, I will invite you to Somalia - - if we attain peace after the tactful work of the Ethiopian troops you signed happily for!

Haroon
:-))

[e mchugh]

And let us thank all of the European countries for their past practices of Colonization, Everywhere you selfserving folks went carving up countries there continues to be hatred ,war and suffering.

[Steve Beards]

See Yer Bush, Thanks for nothing !

[Joe in New York]

W.... Thank you for leading while some in Congress were looking to Brussels and Chicago for inspiration.

Thank you for 52 consecutive months of job growth, no second 9/11, breaking Libya, the McCain surge, world-beating AIDS investment in Africa, the historic marine sanctuary, sounding the alarm on race-based lending wrought by Clinton, upholding NAFTA, standing by Blair and Howard, and much else.

You achieved this despite the most debilitating attack on America. And despite the complaints of rock stars and FaceBook pundits who imagine that perhaps Chamberlain was correct and today's terrorists are misunderstood.

Gazing at the Panglossian festival that surrounds us all now, I notice that you didn't make much of an effort to be tres branche. And, shucks, I thank ya for that as well.

[Adrian Birks]

George W. Bush will be greatly missed. He has stood firm against Islamic terror and taken the fight to the terrorists after suffering the world's biggest terrorist attack.

Although still a threat, Al qaeda has been severely damaged, and the war on terror has freed 50 million people in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He refused to sign the ridiculous Kyoto treaty and proposed a constructive alternative for clean energy. He always advocated the spread of freedom and believes in the dignity of all human life. The US remained largely prosperous throughout his presidency and his tax cuts gave back the people their own money.

President Bush is a man of principle and courage has always acted with dignity. He has never ducked making a big decision for the sake of short term popularity, and will be judged a great man.

Barack Obama has a lot to live up to. God bless George W. Bush.

[W. Marne]

Thank you for having the courage and integrity to do what you thought was right in spite of the vitriol your political opponents hurled at you.

[Rob]

Murdering dog, may you live to see what you have done.

[Matt]

"It took a long time to thaw, its gonna take a long time to un-thaw."

Sums it up.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

[Abigail]

Bush is a good guy and a mediocre president who committed many mistakes. Concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, the jury is still out on a final decision, but it does not look good, although obviously no-one will regret Saddam. Bush's handling of the financial crisis is also not to my liking. As he said it himself a few weeks ago, he threw away the principles of a free economy for his ridiculous plan. I strongly fear that he was the new Hoover and that Obama will give us a remake of FDR. Last time, it almost destroyed the world's economy and gave us WWII. Let's hope this time for a better future for all of us.

[Jerry Hutchins]

Dear Mr. President - I am still with you and have been since 2000 and was so proud you were in office and our Commander in Chief after 9/11. Well done and I am saddened that so many in the press and my fellow Americans have such a hard time understanding your style. YOu do not worry about polls just what is right or wrong.
You make a decision and stick by it. I think you and Laura do not belong in DC. You are too good a person and too honest for that town. God bless you and thanks. I will always keep your picture in my office and you were my President. thanks Jerry Hutchins Texas

[Karen]

President Bush should be commended for never having wavered from his principles and values, sometimes having made mistakes, but always having cared for his country and its people. I hope history will be kind to him. Unlike other recent presidents, he certainly cannot be called a liar.

[irene]

Thank you Mr President,for all you did to keep us safe in the last eight years. I grew up in England after the war and know what could have happen if we did not win. Wake up America he brought respect back to the White House.I wish you and Laura much good health and happiness.

[john mcphee]

Eight years too late in coming.

[George]

George Bush is not an idiot just an over average man givin a way too difficult job, he shouldn't have run for president.

[UNO]

As an African, I will only say thank you. You have done more for Africa than any president in history. HIV aids is down, African country debts were written off - two bold moves championed by you and Tony Blair that has helped bring Africa out of the dark ages. As much as I dont like the deficit you have put the US in and the ensuing recession - I am forever grateful for your service.

[quapstealer]

Everybody wil be saddened to see you leave office Mr President: except those that aren't deranged.

[Elizabeth]

Wow, the hate expressed here for Obama is pretty amazing, as he has yet to even take office. And how extactly did Clinton expose us to terrorists in 2001? It's thanks to people who spew such baseless and mindless vitriol that the past 8 years have been such a shameful black mark on America's reputation. Don't blame Bush for all the crap we've put up, blame the right wing 'minority' for helping him steal two elections.

[George]

Poor guy... I just wish he'd stayed in Texas and opened a small souvenir shop somewhere ...

[Jack Lacton]

Dear Mr Bush,

Thank you for leaving the world a better place than you found it.

Thank you for standing up to evil rather than continuing the Europeans' policy of appeasing the worst people in the world.

Thank you for the tens of billions of aid you have given Africa to fight the scourge of AIDS.

Thank you for building strong, bilateral relationships with many countries throughout Asia and Eastern Europe.

Bad luck that you couldn't undo the Democrat's financial industry debacle before it collapsed and hurt everyone. Now they're back in power they'll have to fix what they broke.

Enjoy your retirement. Stay well.

[Terese]

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye! Thank you for killing all those innocent people in Iraq they really deserved it. Enjoy your retirement.

[John Saunders]

It should be proven now that stupid people cannot lead. Bush is a C student and a man who does not understand the world very well. The reason he failed were because he was not smart. Dumb people should not be President, Prime Minister or head of anything. This is why your stupid brother in law is not the head of his company, because he would screw it up. If you take away the awful things he has done, he is at best a foolish man who should never have been considered for a jo of that magnitude. If you belive he is not a total idiot then his actions can only be explained by pure evil.

[Jeff]

Next time I see you I hope you're in handcuffs.

[Jack Samuel UK]

I hope your grandsons face same fate as the children of Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Gaza (get bombed with American weapons made in USA). And I hope you live to see that.
rot in hell scum bag. I am sure Hitler and you will be spending your after life together

[Mario]

Mr Bush,

Do ignore the hatred posted by the liberal/socialists who claim to be tolerant, compassionate and democratic (!).Their hatred is amazing, but to be expected ! They know no better!They have been brainwashed by the left wing media which fed them with crap during your presidency.

Thank you Mr Bush for your fight against terrorism.Thank you for moral integrity.

May God bless you always.

[Chris]

Juan, an awful lot of Iraqis will not know what life under Saddam Hussien and the Bathist party would be like, because they are dead.
Dubya is reponsible for a lot more dead Iraqis, than Saddam ever was.
The democracy he was bringing them was rooted in his desire for oil. A more confused president is hard to imagine.

[tom]

Your run for presidency came with so much promise to promote business and progress. The 9/11 atrocity shook the world with horror and you stood up and chased the transgressors against the pressure of others. I think your presidency has been a remarkable journey and you have coped amazingly well. Your reaction time is also remarkable !

[Mark]

Goodbye George, don't let the door hit you in the ass...

[Nancy]

I never liked Bush....but I liked the Islamic idiots even less. Too bad he was not able to completely rid the world of them all! You say good riddance Bush...I say good riddance Islamists!Hopefully Obama will send the rest of them to Allah!

[John Wood]

Before he gets around to writing an "autobiography" or appearing on numerous chat shows let us all remember Dr Johnson;

'Tis sometimes said that swans do sing before they die; T'were no bad thing that some might die before they sing'

[Iain]

Oh well. You tried your best. And that's all that matters! Shame about the economy, foreign image etc. etc.

[M]

The realty is that the world is faced with another global problem. A problem that was ignored because it mostly targeted Israel and Jews (at first as most of the greatest fiends in histroy have i.e. Stalin, Hitler, Saddam,). Now that London, New York, Mumbai, Russia, China, Spain, Colombia, Jordan, Pakistan (and the list goes on) face the same Jihadist threat of ruthless and ultimatly wrong terror some have woken up to the threat, led again by America and as it turns out president Bush. Most great leaders ranging from Mohammed to Moses to FDR where criticized during their reign it is only in retrospect that we can appreciate their actions. President Bush simply attempted to keep his promise to the American people namley to protect them and confront a dreadful enemy. This is directly connected with Americas strong support for Israel. That is, Israel and Jews are always in the front line of the worlds problems, America as the undisputed leader of the free world (though I am sure many readers would disagree) partly perceives thia and supports Israel against a common threat. Regardless, Bush tried to galvanize the free world which is neccessary to defeat terror. By the free worlds press printing uncertian "facts" about Bush and the west we undermine that mission. Again I stress whether we like Americans Jews or Muslims is irrelavent. We must unite to defeat our and our childrens common enemy Terror in its REAL FORM (not a twisted term used by terrorist actors). Bush attemepted this and it is only a matter of time beofore the free world coaleces behind his true words.

[John Murphy]

Good riddance to bad rubbish as my old mother used to say. may your murders and lies come back to haunt you for the rest of your life.

[Peter]

Nobody is going to look back and say he was a good president, but lets be honest, it wasnt the easiest time to be an american president.

After 9/11 he did what he belived was right. It was his only option. It was either go to war or do nothing, and that wasnt going to happen.

I think he would have been looked upon more favorably had he been a bit more tactfull with his public appearances.

Either way, i dont think he will be missed.

[Taavel]

When W took office the economy was way better than now. The deficit was running in the black, it was a surplus of millions. Like every oil company daddy gave him that he bankrupted, he did the same to what was the most powerful nation in the world. Now that nation is in the same dire straits as ones we used to "rescue". W's father was a great President. Jeb was a great governor and would have been a great President like his father. W has ruined the Bush name just as he has ruined the entire US economy. He invaded a sovergn nation that had nothing to do with 9-11 and should have to answer for that. All of the innocent lives that were lost in the name of "Weapons of Mass Destruction" (that did not exist) is one of the most appalling stories in recent history. W blames the CIA for bad intel. Read George Tennet's book for the truth on that. W has blamed every travesty he created on one of his cronies, why you ask. Just wait and see who he pardons before he leaves office. One thing W is a master at is blaming others and covering up his messes. I hope Congress investigates W after he is out of office and somone takes Bugliosi's advice from his book, "The prosecution of George W Bush for Murder". Good riddens W, than G-d we'll never have to see that smirking face again!

[nilliam]

The disgraceful, criminal acts of this administration will take years to rectify. Bush has done more harm to America than all the terrorists put together.

[ACJOW_I]

Little point in flogging the dead
horse of gaffes and shortcomings, Mr.
President. Fare thee well and an
especial thank you for an
unprecedented investment in the
health of the indigent in Africa
and other lesser developed regions.