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‘Democracy Working’: Bush Likes What He Sees in Tea Party Activism

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  • trukmek
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:49pm

    At least he was smart eough to get people who knew about things he didn’t know of. A man who was proud of his country, as was his wife. At least she was proud of it without her husband having to be president. And not saying anything about incoming presidant right after leaving office showed some class, at least to me.

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  • trueblueday
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:22pm

    It’s good to hear this former President again. For too long he’s kept silent while Carter and Clinton run around spewing their c**p. I hope for more of these discussions and get his thoughts on the current president and his ilk.

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  • mjgma
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:39pm

    See he gets it, he knows that most Tea Party Supporters didn’t support his policies either, but he understands how the country works and that it is working. See he is smarter than he is given credit for. I didn’t support him as President, but I never disrespected him and now that I’ve seen the Obama-nation alternative, I would just like to apologize to President Bush. He’s a gentleman and acts presidential unlike the current president.

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  • jkduh
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:34pm

    Hope Obama don’t think President Bush just talked crap about him now..
    You Know Obama if you like tea ****** His word not mine.. you must be racist.
    If you are racist gotta be about Obama.

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  • zagfan
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:05pm

    Miss Him…Yes I do!!!

    Miss Mrs. Bush,,,Yes I do!!

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  • DMD
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 1:57pm

    The wax coated ear hair on W has more sole than BO

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  • DMD
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 1:54pm

    Amen “W”

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  • NHABE64
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 1:33pm

    The Tea Party and people like Sarah Palin, Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh are a great part of what is trying to save this great country. God bless them all, I absolutely love the Tea Party, nor will they stop until Obama is gone. Obama HATES the Tea Party, he says they are a nuisance but he scared to death of the movement. He is also scared to death of Glen Beck and he knows we all know it. I bet he hides behind his desk everytime Glen is on at 5 pm. Ha! Ha! Oh yes, I love the Tea Party movement, may they never go away. Sorry Barry Obama, your day of departure is nearing and you damn well know it. “Your leaving on a fast plane, don‘t know when you’ll be back again”. Hopefully for this country, you will never return.

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  • BlackMan
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:46pm

    You know, I have seen this man speak in person MANY times – without a Teleprompter. and he sounds Brilliant unscripted – -> But something happens to him when he knows he’s on camera or somthing…. I would go to see him whenever he was in town here in Grand Rapids, MI – - > the crowd would be fired up, he’d be walking around speaking with a perfect Texas eloquence – - < Then he would get on TV and sound STUPID! he's like the Anti Obama! who sounds brilliant with a Teleprompter and a camera, but Dumb as box of rocks without one!

    I think I can speak for the Tea Party on this one.
    BUSH is no conservative, but . . . Compared to Obama, MY GOSH he seems like a Founding Father!

    'Nuff Said

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  • WestTexasCountryBoy
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:21pm

    Sure did not agree with a lot of things that happened under his watch, but never doubted his faith or love of his country and Mrs. Bush had more class than any First Lady since JFK was in office.
    The progressives seem very upset that he will not get in the sewer with them, they have been blaming everything on him for two years and the man has enough class to ignore them and it drives them CRAZY.
    God Bless America

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:42pm

      President Bush has a lot of class. I have a lot of respect because he didn’t blame anyone else he just got the job done. I can not stand anyone that sits there and whines after getting a job they paid millions to get like Obama. Sadly I think Obama will go in to history as the biggest whiner.

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  • Russell C
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:20pm

    Though I’ve never been to a tea-party rally, I’m active in other ways, we all can join in. I write letters and articles, please see my latest at Breitbart’s BigJournalism: “How an Enviro-Advocacy Group Propped Up Global Warming in the MSM – A Nov 2 Election Connection” http://bigjournalism.com/rcook/2010/11/02/how-an-enviro-advocacy-group-propped-up-global-warming-in-the-msm-a-nov-2-election-connection/

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  • NoStar
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:16pm

    Bush is an ignorant tool who does not understand the difference between crony-capitalism and the free market. He increased the federal government’s control of k-12 education, and health care. He brought us to the edge of insolvency paving the way for Obama to finish the Cloward and Piven strategy of bringing down the government to bring on world wide communism.

    His smirky smile makes him look like a little boy who got caught in the cookie jar, but knows if he looks cute enough, he won’t get punished.

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    • NoStar
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:01pm

      Also note that Bush’s comments were favorable about people getting more involved in politics. He said nothing about the small government ideals that fuel the tea parties. Obviously, he does not share the concerns of tea parties.

      You have to give him an A+ on a diplomatic answer that evades the question skillfully.

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    • hifi74
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:26pm

      Maybe so, but the one thing he was always very consistent about was peoples’ constitutional right to peaceably gather and protest what they thought was wrong. Even with the one lone woman who day after day would stand outside his home in Texas and protest him, he would continually defend her right to stand out there and protest, despite not agreeing with her ideology. That does say a lot about his character.

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    • Independent Tess
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:43pm

      So good to see Bush. Though I disagreed with certain policies, Bush had integrity and truly loves our country and the soldiers who defend it. Not so Obama.

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:37pm

      In case you don’t understand the difference this is a sincere person telling the truth. Why don’t you go back to your liberal blogs and join the b*tch fest? I’m so sick of the Liar in Chief that we have now I gag every time I see him.

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  • hisuelos
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:58am

    I was reared in TEXAS, conceived and born there actually. I LOVE George Bush. He is a good, GODLY man, sincere and kind. He is not “slick”. What you see is what you get. How blessed we were to have him and to still have him around. That he has remained silent through the debacle which followed his Presidency states in no uncertain terms that he IS a man of honor. His behavior lends dignity to the office of President. There are three other presidents running a muck these days whose words and actions do anything but dignify that high office. One’s currently loose in Asia (meeting up with his “old best friend” you can bet) and the other two are probably in bunkers somewhere awaiting whatever destruction is planned for us. Mr. Bush’s father is not one of those three. Breaking news idjits: “Our GOD is aware. HE does not sleep nor does HE slumber, and HE IS protecting HIS kids!” Thank you, Mr. Bush for your sacrifices, your prayers for and your faith in AMERICA. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU AND MRS. BUSH SAFE AND WELL AND IN HIS ARMS. Amen!

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  • seemsew
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:54am

    Would much rather have Bush in the Oval than Barry!! We the People should have stood up and hounded him alot more to continue his pursuit in 2004 of Fannie and Freddie. He should have been much more vocal on the subject until We the People were awake.
    Yes, there was too much spending and too much reaching across the aisle (WHICH DIDN‘T WORK THEN AND WON’T WORK NOW) but I do sincerely thank him for the two supreme court justices that he was able to get seated. Roberts and Alito will become more and more important as the years go by.

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    • barthom
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 4:31pm

      GW Bush was decent, moral, and made it once again acceptable to love God openly and to be polite to one’s political opponents. I‘ll tell you why I didn’t hound GW Bush when he was in office. I didn’t watch him closely, nor help by writing as many conservative letters as I did when Clinton was President or during Obama’s time. With Bush, I thought, “Sigh! Now I can rest! There are adults in the White House. They will take care of us.” But, now I write letters all the time. We need to send conservative messages to the establishment Republicans to help them remember reality. It must be difficult for a good guy to keep perspective while in DC. I think we should learn from Bush and be polite. It makes the fight fair. We have the truth; they get to be rude. I don’t like some of the rude jokes that I hear from the conservatives. Simply keep speaking the truth, folks!

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  • quicker
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:48am

    Never once did I see him blame past adminastrasions for what was handed to him.He just rolled his sleeves up and went to work.After 9/11 this contry could have went in the crapper.But things he did helped turn things around .the man yes man because a true man don`t play blame games.Did you hear that Barry. A true man just picks nup the peices and goe`s back to work .He also don`t look for opertunitys for photo ops.He just doe`s what right.

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  • Jimmers46
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:44am

    Bush is already being vindicated,although still hated by the left. He stood firm to his convictions under extreme pressure,not many can do it and retain the dignity he shows.
    People who don’t believe in God will believe anything else

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  • neverending
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:29am

    He looks absolutely fantastic – he had some really tough situations to deal with and he truly dealt with them unlike bozo the clown in the office now. I cannot even begin to imagine having that much responsibility on a daily basis, unbelievably difficult decisions to make day after day – did it all with dignity and without blame. Had the ultimate respect for the Whitehouse and the American people. I don’t think there has been a President that was treated more disgusting or more disrespectful than he was. Made my stomach turn every time I saw it but then that is why the lowlifers do.

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  • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:28am

    We are not a Democracy, Bush; We are a Republic.

    A Democracy allows a simple majority to run rough shot over the simple minority, while a Republic gives the People the chance to examine what their representatives are doing and maybe come up with a better representative the next time around, while also freeing up the People’s time so that they can focus on being productive for themselves.

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    • MJDalton
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:22pm

      Protecting the minority, from tyranny of the majority.

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  • troyvar
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:26am

    Wish he had had a better policy on illegal immigration and better fiscal policies in the last two years of his presidency. I know, real tough with a Democrat House and Senate but he should have used the veto pen. A few other nit picky things but all in all he’ll go down in my book as one of the good guys.

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  • RodT82721
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:25am

    This is what the simple truth looks like.
    After 2 years of continuous lying, what a breath of fresh air.

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    • neverending
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:46pm

      Wonderful breath of fresh instead of the finger pointing blabbering fool we have now.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 4:01pm

      CLASS … something sorely lacking in Obama and CO.

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  • AzDebi
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:06am

    Love that man!

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  • IowaWoman
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:02am

    Well maybe he gets it. Obama and the Progressives sure don’t.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 4:00pm

      Well you have to be “listening” to get it. … they still don’t seem to be even after November 2. maybe they will in 2012 …!

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:31pm

      Obama doesn’t get it. I watched him speak the day after the election and he thinks he didn’t “sell” the crap he was doing to our country well enough. He’s still not listening.

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:01am

    Miss you Mr. Bush. It’s good to hear someone of honor defending democracy.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:18am

      Bush’s abandoning of the free market (“in order to save it”), and his regulatory intervention into the housing market, gave the Progressives a crisis and someone to blame for when they abused the crisis for their Marxist agenda.

      Bush is partly to blame for the Progressive’s current power and, I’m sorry, but I’m not so sure Bush was the free market Capitalist we thought he was.

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    • neverending
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:21am

      He is one of the best. So good to see him.

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    • Freelancer
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:28am

      Hey Doctor…. What are you talking about? He “TRIED” to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddia Mac but his efforts were stymied by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. Frank and Dodd PERMITTED both entities to screw up knowing full well what the end result would be. How is Bush to blame concerning the housing crisis when he appointed a regulator to audit them and the regulator gave numerous warnings about a potential collapse. Doesn’t Barney Frank asking “what planet do you live on?“ and saying ”Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are fundamentally sound and there are no problems with them.” ???

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:31pm

      Freelancer,

      This is what I mean:

      Continuing on the Road to Ruin
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiInauovWDc

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:00am

    He looks a lot happier now. I’m glad, he had a tough 8 years.

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    • Vie_En_Ras
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:10pm

      That was my first thought. He looks a heck of a lot better than on Jan 20, 2009. Then again, you have to remember makeup artists. But even makeup can’t make you look happy. Didn’t like a lot of his policies during his run, but I am quite impressed with how he’s conducted himself afterward.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:59pm

      Have to agree … he looks younger and “brighter” you can’t do that with make-up alone. Even his deportment seems more relaxed … I hope he and Laura have many happy years.

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  • untameable-kate
    Posted on November 6, 2010 at 10:58am

    I love him. After having to sit through a couple of minutes of Bill Maher, that was like a breath of fresh air.

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    • WORKS FROM HOME
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:05am

      I think his actions show him to be a unworthy of tea party recognition. But we thank him for waiting to show his support after the elections.
      IF you have the time you need to watch your reps’ every move and make sure people know about what they are doing. If a couple of people in each city got together to watch their reps they could do incredible work.
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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:27am

      Thanks for serving for 8 years Mr Bush, you were a godsend compared to Mr Obama and those marxist-socialist elitists friends of his.

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    • Peters
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:31am

      Isn’t it odd that this former president praises the Tea Party as a healthy function of our democracy; the Tea Party, which has been quite critical of him on certain issues we should add.

      And then, on the other hand, we have Bill Clinton that believes the Tea Party, rallying behind the Constitution, is filled with idiocy, of misinformed fools that and hate government as he put in the Poltico on September 20th of this year:

      “The problem is that if you look at the financial energy behind the tea party movement, it’s not about restricting abuse of big public and private power. It’s about destroying the role of government in our life so that private centers of power will be untrammeled, and I don’t think that’s good for average Americans.”

      Mr. Clinton, as intelligent as you think you are, and as all liberals do, you fail to recognize the essence of the Constitution that we defend. The Constitution Mr. Clinton is all about “restricting abuse of power.” Restricting the abuse of power is the essence of the Tea Party; stopping the abuse of power, where ever it’s found including yours and Mr. Obama’s corruptions. It’s really that simple, Mr. Clinton.

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    • troyvar
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:35am

      @Works, I’d rather he stay out of politics and advocating, the left would use it as a hammer to bludgeon us with. I don‘t want any more Jimmy Carter’s running around.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:05pm

      Due to his policies, we have BO. Each passing presidency has shown a decline. Since Reagan, it’s been all downhill, IMO.

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    • Canuck GB Fan
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:28pm

      I’d like to give him a hug for being a decent, even keeled caring humang being. Not full of disdain and hate.

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    • Kisha
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 1:41pm

      That’s right, democracy IS working! Yahooo!!!!!!

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    • Robert W
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:19pm

      I dont really care what Bush thinks, but Ill take him over B.O., as a matter of fact Id take the president of Bush beans over Obummer.

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    • JohnEightOne2Ten
      Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:39pm

      I think it goes without saying that George Bush was not the most eloquent public speaker, but how many of us are either. At least he could say good morning without a teleprompter like President Obomination. Give him credit Mr. Works From Home, he is a real human being who served during a really difficult period and had to put up with a bunch of Pelosicrats in Congress. As you pointed out, he had and has the class to keep his mouth shut when he should. Tell that to Clinton and Carter, two C grades for sure!

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    • jbh
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:15am

      I just hope the republicans this time go back to the core values of the Constitution of the United States.

      The people have made it quiet clear in this election. Bush I have always liked as a person and President. How many people in his country could ever imagine Laura Bush traveling to Spain, when there are 10′s of millions of people unemployed? And then go to Maine for another 10 day vacation, and now you have India. I wonder if she is proud of America now, since the people working are PAYING the bills.

      Laura and George Bush would have been exciled to Aruba the next day.

      But guess what you can always say racism, or the republicans did it. But the truth is simple when you look at what we have spent and the state of the United States currently.

      And as far as healthcare when was the last time you ever heard of doors in Congress locks being changed so dems had a private place? And all the deals made behind closed doors. And finally on the election, take a moment and check who voted for the healthcare bill as far as dems and see how they did they fair???????????

      Make no mistake the people of the US did make the right call this election. And the people of the United States did say simply enough STOP.

      Just my opinion.

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    • ArdenDulou
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:31am

      Paradigmm: The Bush hater post has merit but like any good liberal tries to pin everything on Bush. Bush did not (did not) de-regulate the bank. If you actually looked it up you would had seen it was CLINTON and the congress who did the big deregualtion in 1999. So, please remember this and try not to misinform next time.
      Also, like a good liberal you mix up regulators not doing their versus de-regulation. Stop drinking the Kool Aid and read for yourself. We live in an era where regulators are bought and paid for and more laws won’t do a darn thing.

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    • Paradigmm
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 4:10pm

      Arden, as you correctly point out it was the Clinton’s administrations economic advisor Larry Summers who diligently worked on removing regulations which allowed the start of the financial collapse. But I didn’t say Bush was at fault, only that he “helped”. He helped by putting the final nails in the coffin when his economic advisor Edward Lazeer pointed out the flaws and potential problems to come yet Bush did nothing to correct it.
      And it’s not that I’m a Bush hater, I’m and “establishment” hater! I am just fed up with everyone thinking that this man was some sort of demigod when actually he was and still is the worst President this country has ever had, for a lot of the reasons I mentioned in my previous post and many I didn’t.
      By “establishment” I mean every bought and paid for politician that takes money from special interest groups or corporations to do their bidding instead of the peoples will. On that point, they are ALL guilty. Soon to be house speaker being the worst. But it’s not one side or the other that is guilty of that, both sides are equally guilty, or would you argue that? Regulators fall into that same group as they repeatedly ignored warning signs of potential problems because they were being paid to look the other way.
      The problems we have in this country did not start with just one administration but a culmination of “all” the previous administration, including Obama’s. I am just a critical of both parties because they are both motivated by greed and power, and until that changes, our country is doomed.
      Furthermore, you will note I did not attempt to insult you or refer to kool-aid to make my point. Those kinds of tactics are exactly why the two sides cannot come to some sort of consensus and I will not lower myself to that level. You want to talk facts, I’m with you. You want to insult me; you’ve already lost the argument!

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on November 7, 2010 at 8:28pm

      @Paradigmm
      There was a very good show on NatGeo today called inside 9/11. It was Clinton’s fault. He was so busy defending his “digressions” that he didn’t have time to take care of the threats and terrorist attacks the US had been experiencing. HE was warned and did NOTHING!

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