“Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director for The Hurt Locker, about the Iraq war. But she forgot to thank the two people without whom this film could have never been made: Bush and Cheney.” — Jay Leno on Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker
“President Bush said that he often turned to prayer during his presidency. Hey, I think we all turned to prayer during his presidency.” — Jay Leno on George W. Bush and prayer
“The president says he wants to do away with ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy in the military. This is not to be confused with George Bush’s ‘Don’t know, don’t care’ policy.” — David Letterman on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
“President George W. Bush made his debut as a motivational speaker. Afterward, Bush said the crowd was so motivated many of them left halfway through.” — Conan O’Brien on George W. Bush as a motivational speaker
“President Obama made his health care address to Congress. It went pretty well, except for one weird part in the middle when a congressman from South Carolina suddenly yelled out, ‘You lie!” It’s amazing — this guy was able to sit through seven years of PResident Bush telling him everything in Iraq was fine.” — Jimmy Kimmel on Barack Obama and Joe Wilson
“This is Obama’s 12th appearance on the cover of Time magazine. This beats President Bush’s record of 11 appearances on the cover of MAD magazine.” — Conan O’Brien on Time magazine’s favorite cover boy Barack Obama
“Nice work with the hug dodge,” Barack Obama told Bono after the U2 frontman avoided hugging then-President George W. Bush.
Judging by many of the comments, in hindsight Bono shouldn’t have slighted Bush. Of course, had more people known about it then, many would have applauded Bono. It’s just another example of how trying to be mean and not be friendly actually takes more effort than to simply be nice.