Bernie Kerik gets 4 years in prison

By GottaLaff

Rudy's BFF in prison? I wonder if they'll allow conjugal visits:

Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.

Kerik was hailed as a hero after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He admitted last year that he lied to the White House while being vetted for chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

He also pleaded guilty to tax fraud and six other felonies.

Good choice for Homeland Security, BushCo.

75% of ex-Bush officials can't get hired

By GottaLaff

Gee, who wouldn't want to hire someone who was connected to known liars, frauds, and criminals?

While the market for job-seekers in the United States might be sour, for most it isn't as impenetrable as it is for the nearly 3,000 former members of the Bush administration.

Between 70-75 percent who are looking for full-time work still haven't found new jobs, according to a Saturday report by the Wall St. Journal.

"That 'is much, much worse' than when Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton left the White House," Carlos M. Gutierrez, who served as Bush's commerce secretary, told the paper. [...]

The think tanks "lack interest in hiring high-profile Republicans when Democrats control the White House and Congress," said the Journal. "Mr. Bush's low approval ratings at the end of his term don't help, said Leonard Pfeiffer IV, a Washington recruiter for nonprofits."

In that case, I'm sure that the former Bushies will more than appreciate, support, and take full advantage of, President Obama's tax cuts. In the meantime, maybe they can spend some of their spare time volunteering at homeless shelters before, say, enlisting in the military.

He's gone. Good riddance.

By GottaLaff

"A cheer went up in the bus, and there were tears in their eyes." That's what Al Roker just said about the high school students he was with today.

Former President George W. Bush has left Washington

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama saw former President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush off Tuesday afternoon as the Bushes left Washington.

They are now en route by helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base, where they will board a flight to Midland, Texas. The plane was used by the former president as Air Force One, but does not have that designation for this flight, since he no longer holds office.

See video.

Give Bush the boot, literally

By GottaLaff

Throw boots (and other things) at Georgie Bush. Hear him say, "Ow!" And then do it again. Follow the link. And click on WMD. That's an order.

H/t: Eve

Doonesbury: Good riddance to Bush edition

By GottaLaff

Nobody says good riddance like Trudeau:

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VIDEO: "Tanks in My Memory" (bleeped version), a "tribute" to Bush

By GottaLaff

I heard this on Stephanie Miller's show the other day. An apt, and hilarious, tribute:


THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
THE HELL YOU PUT US THROUGH
DESERVES A BIG F**K YOU
FROM BUSH V GORE
TO ENDLESS WAR
IT REALLY WAS A COUP
SO F**K YOU, GEORGE BUSH

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
YOU FAILED AND SO MUCH MORE
APPROVALS THROUGH THE FLOOR
YOU ARE THE FIRST AT BEING WORSE
THAN ALL WHO'VE COME BEFORE
HOW INEPT YOU ARE

YES IT WAS HELL WHILE IT LASTED
TO SEE OUR COUNTRY SO DETESTED
AND HOW IS IT YOURE NOT ARRESTED
IT WAS NOT FUN
SO MUCH HARM DONE

AND TANKS IN MY MEMORY
THEY RUMBLE THROUGH MY DREAMS
LIKE ABU GHRAIB SCREAMS
THE COUNTLESS LIES
AS GOOD MEN DIE
AMERICA GOT REAMED
HOW AWFUL IT WAS

THINK YOURE THE MINISTRY
GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY
MAKE TERRI SCHIAVO STAY
THE WORD OF GOD
YOU CHRISTIAN FRAUD
ISNT YOURS TO SAY
HOW GHOULISH IT WAS

GOODBYE LETS MAKE IT FOREVER
WITH YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY RESERVED
WITH SUCH FAILURE ITS REALLY DESERVED
JUST MAKE MY DAY
GO FAR AWAY

SANK THE ECONOMY
DEREGULATION SPREES
SEND FACTORIES OVERSEAS
EXPORT THE JOBS OF WORKING SLOBS
DRIVE THEM TO THEIR KNEES
HOW BANKRUPT YOU ARE

EMPTIED THE TREASURY
CUT TAXES FOR THE RICH
FINANCIAL BAIT N SWITCH
A COSTLY WAR
AS BAILOUTS SOAR
YOU REALLY FOUND YOUR NICHE
YOU F****D US GEORGE BUSH

I WAS AN AVERAGE WORKER
THEN MY JOB, HOUSE AND WIFE WENT AWAY
BUT MY CREDIT CARD DEBT'S HERE TO STAY
NO BANKRUPTCY
TO SET ME FREE

HOMELAND SECURITY
THE TOWERS THAT FELL DOWN
NEW ORLEANS LEFT TO DROWN
READ MY PET GOAT
WATCHED BODIES FLOAT
YOU REALLY ARE A CLOWN
HOW CLUELESS YOU ARE

HOW'S THIS FOR VICTORY
FROM SHOCK AND AWE T.V.
TO LEASHED DEPRAVITY
THE DEAD ARE HID
NO CONTRACTS BID
BIN LADEN STILL RUNS FREE
YOU PUNK A** GEORGE BUSH

YOUR PREEMPTIVE WAR WAS FOLLY
WORLD SYMPATHY SOURED TO FURY
THE WORLD COURT SHOULD NEXT BE YOUR JURY
SO MANY DIED
YOU SATISFIED?

RIGHT-WING PHILOSOPHY
THE GARBAGE THAT THEY SPEW
TO BENEFIT THE FEW
ERADICATE
THIS CULT OF HATE
WE'RE GIVING YOU THE SHOE
ALL TOGETHER ONCE MORE

U.S. BUSHECTOMY
ITS TIME FOR US TO CUT
THIS BOIL FROM OUR BUTT
HIS PUBLIC LIFE
UNDER THE KNIFE
BYE GEORGE THERE GOES ONE NUT
SO F**K YOU
F**K YOU
GEORGE BUSH.

Bush's Final Speech. Finally. Here is the substance:

By GottaLaff










I said "substance", not content.

Trading Places

By GottaLaff

Mm, mm, good!

Over the next 36 hours, ABC News says White House staffers will go through the behind-the-scenes business of trading places with the Obama team.

"At 9:00 p.m. Friday, the highest-level staffers will turn in their gear; and the West Wing will become a ghost town. Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, Counselor Ed Gillespie, and Press Secy Dana Perino are the senior staffers who will remain here, on standby. Monday is a federal holiday so the White House would be closed anyway. On Tuesday, Special Agent Donald White of the U.S. Secret Service will shadow President Bush, sit in the customary front 'shotgun' seat of the limousine, and guard the President until noon. At 12:01, Agent White steps over to a position behind Barack Obama."

Oh man, that was dee-lish. Please, sir, may I have some more?