Donald Trump is so bad that George W. Bush looks good?

Did everybody forget that Bush lied, enriched his friends, got soldiers killed, had a creepy vice president, was an idiot, left this country at the brink of economic disaster, left office with a 24% approval rating, and wasn’t all that worried about Osama bin Laden.

Trump is just Bush 2.0 without good table manners.

But yet, Bush is in demand on the campaign trail.  He’s trotting around the country helping Republicans.

He’s campaigning for Pete Sessions, Will Hurd, Rick Scott and then a guy in Indiana and one in Missouri.

Obama is doing the same thing, but there’s one big difference – every damn appearance Bush makes will be behind closed doors.  Every single one.  You know, just like his entire presidency – citizens are not invited.  After all, somebody may ask Bush a question and then suddenly remember that he has to go call Dick Cheney for the answer.

Y’all, I hate that guy and I haven’t forgotten.  We gotta make sure that these high dollar closed door fundraisers have somebody there who will record.

The Washington Post ran this headline …

Those words after the comma, shouldn’t they be “according to people who have a lick of damn sense.”

He may get some sort of deal for not jacking around with another expensive trial, which the government doesn’t want either because it’s grueling and also expensive.  It could be a guilty plea in exchange for not retrying the ten cases that ended in a mistrial.  It could be that the government will let him keep enough money to support his family after he goes to prison.

It does not necessarily mean that he’ll flip on Trump.

But, it could.  And that’s why I get up every damn day.  Just to see who is gonna rat out.

Stuart Rothenberg nailed the 2009 Republican wave in 2009 and I hope he’s right again.

 I have argued repeatedly that while the House is up for grabs — and indeed likely to flip to the Democrats in November — the Senate is not in play. I now believe that it is, so I must revise and extend my remarks.

He outlines, race by race, how the Democrats could do it but admits that Democrats “need everything to go right” to net two seats.

He still gives Ted Cruz the Texas win.  If the election were held right now today, I would disagree.  However, we all know that Cruz’s adoration of all things juvenile and petty might turn into dirty tricks.

Bubba got a polling call last night.  It’s the first time we’ve ever gotten one so the Texas senate seat must have put us in play.

Oh, no.  Trump says the response in Puerto Rico to Hurricane Maria was “incredibly successfully.”  I heard it on the teevee using my own ears.

By the way, he also explained what an island is.  He said it was an island and you know that because you can’t drive on a highway there.

Y’all, 3,007 people died and Donald Trump threw paper towels at them, declaring himself the best paper towel thrower ever.

Well, it took them long enough to catch on that Trump is not the greatest president ever on the face of the earth and several other additional planets.

The polls. Oh my, they are not good.

Man, you wonder how long this guy can hold it together.  Already his behavior makes Nixon’s walking around the White House talking to the portraits at night look positively normal.

Y’all, do not worry about Florence. Pat Robertson fixed it.

He tossed a Shield of Protection – a term I suspect he trademarked – around the east coast.  I know a hurricane has an eye but apparently it has an ear, too, and takes commands from Pat Robertson.

“In the name of Jesus, you Hurricane Florence, we speak to you in the name of Jesus, and we command the storm to cease its forward motion and go harmlessly into the Atlantic. Go up north away from land and veer off in the name of Jesus. We declare in the name of the lord that you shall go no farther, you shall do no damage in this area.”

And the hurricane responded, “yes’um.”

Pat assures us that it’s worked against other hurricanes in the past.  He says —

“It’s almost hilarious to see them try,” he said. “They try to get in and they can’t, and then they go north and they turn around, try to come back in. They can’t do it.”

Well, you can’t argue with success.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.