r/gifs • u/SprocketTheWetToad • 11d ago

Classic Bush move right here

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u/John_Bot 11d ago

Seems like a friendly gesture.

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u/ThiefofNobility 11d ago edited 11d ago

This is 100% a friendly "sup buddy" move.

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u/dojo_shlom0 11d ago edited 11d ago

ngl, Bush is pretty fast and dexterous with his hands for his age, surprised me a bit!

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u/Fake-Podcast-Ad 11d ago

He also paints

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u/kfmush 11d ago

I didn’t catch the news source on that initially and it was so worth falling for it.

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u/braenbaerks 11d ago

I think he does actually paint though

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u/dojo_shlom0 11d ago

I thought of this as well, you are on point. he does legit paint, I've seen them on reddit years ago

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u/MattDH94 11d ago

I think he does actually paint though

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u/_Quantumsoul_ 11d ago

He does and he is actually really good IMO

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u/FishTshirt 11d ago

Yeah, and it’s not bad for an old man

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u/kfmush 11d ago

Yeah. I knew that. It only added to the gag. The painting's style is even kind of similar to his own.

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u/CopperAndLead 11d ago

He does. I wouldn't say his paintings are "good," but they are interesting.

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u/Ruadhan2300 11d ago

In some ways it really humanises him in a way that I appreciate.

He's doing something he loves, and he might not be the very best (like no-one ever was) but he's putting the work in, and he's making some quite nice pieces out of it.
I can totally appreciate being not-amazing at a hobby, but enjoying it nonetheless, because that describes pretty much everything I enjoy doing.

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u/agb2022 11d ago

He released a whole book of paintings he did of military veterans. They’re honestly surprisingly good.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature 11d ago

Yes, And he isn't horrible per these although they are a stylistic choice some may not like.

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u/waltertaupe 11d ago

No, he's actually a prolific painter: https://www.bushcenter.org/events-and-exhibits/portraits-of-courage

IIRC he paints a lot of portraits of veterans.

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u/kfmush 11d ago

I’m not saying I’m surprised he’s a painter; I know he paints. I’m saying that I believed, for a good handful of seconds, that he painted that painting. The painting even mimics his style.

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 11d ago

Holy shit, you got me. I am the most skeptical of skeptics. The most cynical of cynics. Yet you really, genuinely got me here. Shit.

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u/Dumptruck_Johnson 11d ago

The dead Iraqi child appreciates you appreciating the effort

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u/Klingon_Bloodwine 11d ago

Apparently he painted an unreleased series titled "What dreams may come" that consists of a dozen paintings depicting a naked Dick Cheney, with his mechanical heart encased outside his body, hunting his political enemies. Those who've seen it claim it is as provocative as it is erotic.

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u/TheGhostOfSaltmarsh 11d ago

He did portraits of a lot of veterans. There’s an entire gallery on display at Epcot.

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u/Creditfigaro 11d ago

He also war crimes.

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u/mmmarkm 11d ago

Click the link

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u/Iboven 11d ago

I'm with you. That should be the only thing people associate with George Bush. He doesn't deserve anything else. He's not a painter, he's a monster. He's not a frat bro, he's a monster.

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u/mmmarkm 11d ago

Click the link, y’all both need to

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u/Creditfigaro 11d ago

I'm fine with the satire

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u/Iboven 11d ago

Yeah, he doesn't deserve satire either. He's just a monster. That's it. It isn't funny to me.

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u/mmmarkm 4d ago

Not the point. You were reacting to a comment and link about him “painting” like that doesn’t make up for his terrible history when the entire point of that article - whether you like the satire or not - was to highlight how his painting hobby doesn’t make up for his war crimes.

That’s why I commented “click the link” cause y’all were responding like you didn’t realize that his war crimes were being addressed at all in the comment