Laura Bush Explains Why GWB Skipped Ground Zero Event
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DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush’s decision not to appear at ground zero with President Barack Obama after the death of Osama bin Laden is consistent with his desire to keep a low public profile, former first lady Laura Bush said Thursday.
“He’s made the real decision not to enter into politics or the public eye,” Laura Bush told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Bush said she and her husband were out to dinner Sunday night when they received word that Obama wanted to speak with him. The former president went home to take the call informing him that U.S. military forces had killed Osama bin Laden in a raid of his compound in Pakistan, she said.
“We’re very, very proud of our military and our intelligence services. It was risky and it was dangerous for our members of the military,” she said at a Dallas elementary school after announcing grants from her foundation for school libraries.
The former president congratulated Obama and military and intelligence personnel in a statement Sunday night, calling bin Laden’s death “a victory for America.”
She said Bush feels that acting presidents alone should preside over such official ceremonies as the one held Thursday at ground zero. She told the AP that her husband declined an invitation to attend Thursday’s event in New York because “that’s for President Obama to do at this point.”
Earlier this week, George Bush’s spokesman, David Sherzer, said the former president appreciated the offer to attend the ground zero event but choses to remain out of the spotlight during his post-presidency.
George Bush was in power on Sept. 11, 2001, when agents from bin Laden’s al-Qaida network hijacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, killing nearly 3,000 people in the worst terrorist attack on American soil.
Bush sent U.S. forces against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan in October 2001.
He famously appeared at ground zero days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, using a bullhorn to tell those gathered: “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.”
Laura and George Bush moved to Dallas after he left office in 2009. Both released books last year and made several media appearances to promote them, but otherwise they have stayed largely out of the public eye. They do make appearances for events related to the George W. Institute, which has put on conferences this year including one on the nation’s economy and another on helping Afghan women achieve economic success.
The institute is part of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, which is being built on the campus of Southern Methodist University and is set to be completed in 2013.
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Comments (169)
martinrnelson
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:27amGeorge Bush has been a constant class act. It’s so funny that Bush had all the support in the world from the dems on going to war, but when times got tough…the dems ran like the dems from Wisconsin. It’s also telling how the deadliest month in afghanistan have been during Obamas presidency…but you’d never know that. FU Main Stream FKRS
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:30amThats because Bush wanted nothing to do with Afghanistan or Bin Laden, he was too busy invading Iraq for no reason.He knows he deserves no credit and is being humble.
If a republican president killed Bin Laden, Hannity would already have a 2 hour special and be calling for a national holiday. Blazers would be beating their chests and having parades with red, white and blue banners and flags everywhere. Chants of USA USA USA would be heard far and wide. Instead, its like you are sorry that he is dead. When you‘re sorry to see the back of the dude that started it all just because you don’t like the guy who got him, you have been officially brainwashed
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:26pmRIGHT!
“Even if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. He has done more damage the longer he has been out there. But, in fact, the damage that he has done … is done. And even to capture him now I don’t think makes us any safer.”
OOPS.. who said this then?
Nancy Pelosi, press conference, September 7, 2006
BUT she says THIS May 2..
Report Post »“The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qaida. … I salute President Obama, his national security team, Director Panetta, our men and women in the intelligence community and military, and other nations who supported this effort for their leadership in achieving this major accomplishment. … The death of Osama bin Laden is historic”
*Nancy Pelosi
lketchum
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:11amYes, I miss President G. W. Bush a very great deal. He always did what was right, regardless of the personal consequences and that is the essence of the meaning of the word “Character.”
Report Post »Real_Reason
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:16amWell said, just as Obama has done time and time again.
Report Post »mardene3
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 4:27pmThank you! And you have “character” for realizing that! Bless you!
Report Post »carrietony
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:54pmBush has CLASS obama is at ground zero as part of his re election campaign he is a joke@!!!
Report Post »Real_Reason
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:58pmRight, everything Obama does he does because he’s either evil, hates this country, is part of a socialist agenda or has to do with reelection. Heaven forbid he goes there because he wants to honor the men and women who died there. Gods people can be stupid.
Report Post »RT4
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:52pmI really regret to voting for Bush, he put us in this path of decline with his dreams of democracy for the world, I did not know his progressive path looking for the “one world order” like his father. Learning about Laura Bush a Liberal in a closet while her husband was president, what about Bush daugther working for a liberal television.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:10amWhat brand of television does she work for?
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:45pmobama: the worst national atrocity and obscenity ever to befall a nation.
Report Post »Real_Reason
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:29pmMy Gods you people are stupid. It seem that all you people do here are bash the President who is only doing what he believes is best for the country which he loves so much. He, like Bush and ALL presidents that came before have class, else they wouldn’t have been elected.
Obama is NOT a socialist, just Bush was NOT a Nazi. I disagreed with Bush as much, if not more then you people do with Obama. The only difference is I have not stooped to throwing political slurs that I doubt most of you know what they mean. Hell, socialism would be a welcome change in this county that yes, I do love.
Smart, respectable move Mr. Bush. It‘s a shame your fans don’t have the same class you do.
Report Post »Charbet
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:56pmSorry to tell you Real_Reason, your presidential pick has dissed your Country a loooong time ago.
Report Post »rienheart
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:00amR_R, yes we are Stupid. Voting Obama into office was the Stupidest thing the American People have done in a very long time. Letting The Congress, the Senate and the Supreme Court stray so far from the edicts of the Constitution and the Bill of rights, ranks up there as well. The Tea Party is Standing up and Demanding Our Government Abide by the Laws of our Country. Yes, we are Stupid, but now we are getting educated real quick. Thanks GB.
Report Post »Real_Reason
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:13amThe Constitution was meant to be a new form of government that would change with the times. If id didn’t, slavery would still be legal. Hell, the founders added to it with the Bill of Rights, which lets me worship my Gods and lets many of you misinterpret the Second Amendment.
Report Post »Don’t get me started on the Baggers. All the those people is doing is, once again, making a bad name for America. “We don’t like things, so we‘re going to attach the word ’Socialist’ to everything he does and try and scare people to our cause.”
I can see it, a world without Republicans. Free Healthcare for all, religious tolerance, and me and my boyfriend being married. That’s the world I hope to live in one day.
WheresCongress
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:07amPrior to calling people stupid you would be wise to pick up a book or two. The pansy in the White House is reading directly from communist manifestos including Lenin’s final aha-class warfare. We get it because we are familiar with history repeating itself. In case you had not heard NAZI stands for national socialists, just what you want. Read up. The NAZI socialists and communists you admire killed millions and unless you are in Congress you may be on the hit list, after they confiscate your money and your car and your house so it can be shared with other families. Or you could start your own socialist state and invite others to move in with you now, and share gasoline expenses on the way to work if you still have a job. How’s that hopey changey working out?
We are furious because this communist organizer did everything he could to stop George Bush along with the 70+ registered socialists in Congress. When it is time for the win he is embarassed and doesn’t want a victory paid for by U.S. tax dollars(not his personal stash). We get it. We know who the heroes are and who the wimps are. He has insulted every American and that matters. Want to see your socialist Obama future? READ a book: Atlas Shrugged. If socialism comes because business is gone, who will pay taxes for entitlements? You ?
Report Post »America By Tart
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:52pmDear WheresCongress,
Gosh, you’re smart! Do you think I could borrow one of your Communist Manifestos? I didn’t even know there was more than one…and i certainly didn’t know one of them was by Lenin!
Your pal,
America by Tart
p.s. to the baby-bush lovers, a person with class, when addressing the nation regarding the search for bin laden, would have the decency to stand up straight.
Report Post »Charbet
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:26pmGW, I miss you, but the ‘Patriot Act’ is hurting every American now [ we knew it would] but was this your intention? Thank you for not showing up at Obama’s presentation at Ground Zero today, this was just the beginning of Obama’s re-election campaign for 2012, gathering in the youth of America who are too young to remember the horrors of 9/11. Why don’t you stand up for us GW? We voted for you, you have been silent for far too long…HELP YOUR COUNTRY SURVIVE NOW, or you are NOW AGAINST US, AND NOT CARE ABOUT THOSE SERVING IN OUR MILITARY NOW? Please, my grandson serves in the Military! PLEASE PROTECT SOMEONE SERVING AND BELIEVING IN THE CONSTITUTION!
Report Post »mikester8888
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:10pmPerfect, the word that comes only in the dawn of day in the life of everyone in their lifetime, Perfect, a president, theres been soo many perfect presidents, hey let me give a shoutout to a few names, a blast from the past.
Report Post »Dick Nixon and Agnew for starters. Wouldnt be right not to say hey to Mr. Woody Wilson, fine man lookin out for us all. Bill Clinton and his poeted Asst. Alvin Gore! George Bush, Fannin the flames with Freddie on his watch. Theres s many, and not to leave out our commander in chief, let here a big shoutout for the main man, Barack Obama.
What a perfect world huh!
Red Bubba
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:09pmWhy would Obama even think W would show up to one of his campaign events?
Report Post »tbb
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:08pmI wish Clinton and Carter would have the same attitude. They really need to stay out of the public eye too.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:39pmCare to wager on how often we will see the Obummer after his “one and done” term…
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:07pmI applaud his decision to stay out of the public spotlight at least during his successors term. As both former Bush Presidents have said: there’s only room for one President at a time. Laura Bush is one classy lady.
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:01pmgood for him, in his heart he already knew this would happen and it is because he laid the groundwork. miaa me yet? luv that teashirt
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:59pmCongratulations, Bush.
You and your cousin Obama have severely damaged our nation.
Report Post »mygunsweetness
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:50pmI have to agree with you on this,the big banks and the stock brokers raped our country on his watch
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:55am@SINASTA….oh yeah
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:21amThey censored my comment telling Bush to travel to Sweden so they can arrest him and extradite him to the Hague for War Crimes.
Report Post »cspooner
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:50amMoron!!!!!!!
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:48amThat’s right, Bush IS a moron.
Thank you for your support, Cspooner.
Report Post »Grandmadar
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:57pmBush has class!
Report Post »Grandmadar
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:00pmWhere did the Blaze get permission to put a sideways Christmas Tree next to my name? I never posted a picture and I didn’t think the handlers of this site had time to go to my FB acct and extract one of my pictures. Which by the way I have controls that no one other than my 43 friends can see my acct.
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:07pmSorry about your tree.
Report Post »fritobandito24
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:51pmWhat class. WE miss ya W
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:57pmSpeak for yourself.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:46pmGOD bless our 100% American President, George W Bush. Integrity and Class, President Bush still exemplifies pure American spirit and dignity.
obama is the worst national obscenity, ever.
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:19amWould have been better if Laura had missed that kid instead of killing him.
Report Post »Explain that Laura.
fritobandito24
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:11pm@Sinista Really? I suppose you prefer our current leader instead? W may not have been the brightest lightbulb in the bunch, but I’d take him back over NOBAMA any day. And No I too didn‘t agree with some of his policies but at least he had them and the world didn’t dare think we were as weak as they now do.
Report Post »exliberalgrl
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:48pmI didn‘t agree with all of Bush’s policies, but he is a class act, unlike Obummer.
Report Post »i want the truth
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:47pmGood choice Bush! And yes we do miss your leadership!! (not dictatorship)!
Report Post »needanotherReagan
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:44pmPresident Bush didn’t attend, because he knew Obumbler was putting on this show strictly for political reasons, and President Bush has too much class to be part of the charade.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:50pmWay too much class and dignity.
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:51pmBut he is a “Progressive” and a enabler for their ways, its not about party people.
Report Post »mardene3
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 4:25pmThis is the TRUTH!!!!
Report Post »keaton
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:43pmAs I think More about this,I think Obama is displaying classic symptoms of a boy raised without a father. He doesn’t know how to be a man! He is a product of the “high self esteem” generation. When you get your self esteem from people telling you how wonderful you are, rather than from your accomplishments, you feel the need to grab all the adulation you can get. A man can feel good about a job well done, in spite of who gets the credit. Lots of men toil daily ,doing the right thing with their family, without getting a medal for it. Their satisfaction comes from having done the right thing. Other men like them recognize their sacrifice. There is a cameraderie amongst men like that. They can laugh among themselves over their failings. Obama has never experienced that . He has no idea how pathetic and childish he looks to real men. We warn our sons against being like him!
Report Post »A decent father would have taught him not to take credit for things other people have done, and to give credit to others, for what they have done .He would also taught him not to brag. Deep down Obama is wondering why his father abandoned him.
LB
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:58pmSpot on, Keaton!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:01pmkeaton
Report Post »As I think More about this,I think Obama is displaying classic symptoms of a boy raised without a father.
————
Sorry but I beg to differ .
Obama has had a biological father = Obama Sr
a step father = Lolo Sotero
a grandfather = Mr Dunham
a substitute father = Frank Marshall Davis
a sugar father#1 (= suga daddy ) = al Mansour
a strategic father = Saul Alinsky
a spiritual father = Jeremiah Wright
a sugar father#2 ( = suga daddy ) = George Soros
a he gave me a puppy father = Ted the drunk Kennedy
He has had plenty of fathers, he just never grew up
Micmac
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:22amWell said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »keaton
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:43pmThank you President Bush. We all miss your class
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:20amBush must have missed a LOT of classes….
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:50pmKeaton–
Report Post »I agree I miss George and Laura and their HONESTY
Obummer is a weak telepromting ________
Speaking of classes? HOW about Obummers GRADES at all those fancy dancy colleges?
WHAT is he hiding? That he flunked ECONOMICS?
You don’t need to see his transcript to know he did
hannahh
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:16pmI miss you President Bush and I miss your class Mrs. Bush.
Report Post »Balthazor
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:43pmNow if it was Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter they’d jump at the opportunity to get their faces in front of a camera again. Bush has more dignity than these clowns could imagine.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:00pmApparently, Clinton turned him down too……….now you know it’s bad!!! :-)
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:02pmDelectado Bill did get an invite from BHO. Turned it down.
Report Post »Ron Burgundy
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:42pmI wish he would come out and thank the bamster for continuing his policies….. That would make these ish bags scramble
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:03pmVery good idea. :)
Report Post »BHAMCONSERVATIVE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:41pmHe made the right choice. I would have turned Obama down too. lol
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:15pmNo only would I have turned Obama down, I would have turned him OFF, if I’d seen him on TV!
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:32amHeck, yeah the Gangsta Prince could never and will never say anything that changes what we do not already believe.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:38pmW spent too much and was asleep at the wheel, but he was and is a class act and I am so glad he did not appear with our fearless leader.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:48pmW did the right thing. And you made a typo: It should read “fearful leader.” (and leader is a stretch!)
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:49pmI have issues with his spending, expansion of the goverment, betrayal of our border gaurds and laxity on PC BS intruding on security measures (wow, that’s a lot) but I always felt he loved America and respected the office entrusted to him. He was, relatively speaking, a good man in the White House, and occasionally even a passably wise one.
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:01pmI keep saying that though he had faults (mainly on the overspending side), President George W Bush will be seen in a very good light when the true history is finally written. He made mostly correct decisions including the prosecution of the War on Terror and its offspring the Wars in Iraq and Afganhistan. I respect President G W Bush; he is a Leader.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:10pm@Islesfordian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:49pm
I have issues with his spending, expansion of the government, betrayal of our border gaurds and laxity on PC BS intruding on security measures (wow, that’s a lot) but I always felt he loved America and respected the office entrusted to him. He was, relatively speaking, a good man in the White House, and occasionally even a passably wise one.
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“I have issues with his spending, expansion of the goverment, betrayal of our border gaurds and laxity on PC BS intruding on security measures (wow, that’s a lot)….”
~~ Are you talking about OBAMA?
“…but I always felt he loved America and respected the office entrusted to him. He was, relatively speaking, a good man in the White House, and occasionally even a passably wise one.”
~~ Are you talking about George W. Bush?
I have issues with Obama’s maniacal spending, laughable border security, lies, lies, lies, socialist agenda, cap & trade, punitive taxes on businesses, support of union control of local governments, support of radical protests, his self-proclaimed Communist friends in and around the White House, his czars, his stimulus pkg. that gave money to foreign countries to boost their economy instead of ours and that was spent to restore mosques in foreign countries, and his unfettered arrogance.
I voted the Dem. ticket for 50 years until I realized that all they wanted was my money, my vote, and control over me. No thanks!
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:30amHe would have been there if his book tour was still underway, or maybe if Sean Hannity drove him.
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 10:43amYes, class never goes out of style.
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:38pmI’m sure that W. didn’t want to be part of the dog and pony show the administration is putting on.
poverty.sucks
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:49pmDistance ones self from evil doers.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:50pmUnlike the “Mission Accomplished” moment of Bush’s administration, this was real. The mission actually was accomplished.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:54pmFormer President G.W. Bush has MAINTAINED that he wants to stay out of the spotlight. I doubt he would have gone to Ground Zero had Obama NOT gone.
I haven’t seen coverage of it. Has Obama gone yet; and if so, did he wear his blue suit and red cape?
Report Post »CaptGregg
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 10:59pmGWB always showed class while in public office, and has continued to do so in his private life. Compared to him, BO looks like a Jerry Springer guest. It’s also worth comparing the behavior of the two living Democrat ex-presidents to that of our two living Republican ex-presidents.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:07pmIt’s Bushes fault, G W B sucked, he was a terrible president, the last 8 years….blah, blah, blah. If I was Bush and Obama has done nothing but made me a boogie man, I wouldn’t show up as the Token White guy to make the ONE look good. He will not do anything to help Obama, since it was all his fault, let BHO stand alone. By the way, Obama can pat himself on the back without any help. I think he can also orally release his second shakra by himself, Obama is very flexable, kink of like gumby.
Bush going to stand next to Obama would be like a fire hydrant standing next to the dog that’s been peeing on him for the last 2 1/2 years.
Report Post »101
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:26pm“Miss me yet?” YEP!
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:31pmjzs that mission was accomplished. It’s the difference between a battle and a war. If you can’t figure it out, I’ll let my 12 year old daughter explain it to you.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:31pmI was never a great fan GWB on some things, but the declining of the invitation was a very respectable and wise choice. Obama can spike the ball all by himself. He wont be in the game much longer (God Willing).
Report Post »revel222
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:34pmI believe President Bush did the right thing and why should he expose himself to the cruelty and bullying of this administration. He must be so disappointed in the direction our government is heading. Enjoy your retirement President Bush but don’t forget to vote in 2012.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:41pm@ JZS
Code Pink & the muslim brotherhood called & they need you @ their next protest .
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:43pmGod bless George Bush, not our greatest president, but far better than the current one.
JZS ,The mission was accomplished thanks in part to policies instituted by George Bush, and of course our fine military.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 11:44pmyes this mission was for real folks and sadly the one responsible for getting it done won’t get any credit. and that individual still remains a gentleman. Former President George Bush Jr. …. sir a job well done. if not for you‘re conviction and steadfastness under fire then and up to the very day that the imposter and cheat tries to parade you around only to mock you and your staff for it’s labor.
Report Post »tttThank you again Sir. you have shown grace and dignity to those who least deserve it. You’re a better man than i. i‘d smack the everlovin’ pigfat out of those …………………………
Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:16amHey JZS,
Looks like I was late to the party.
Just wondering if you saw the quote from Carville I posted earlier today? Care to opine?
Report Post »Intellectual Honesty
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:17amThe offer to come to ground zero was certainly gracious considering Bush‘s public comments in 2002 about his attitude toward Bin Laden’s location, which of course he proved with the strategic blunder in Tora Bora…in light of this Bush was wise remain hidden.
To make the point finer: Comparing the intellect, presence, wisdom, grace, gravitas, prestige, ability, sophistication, judgment and knowledge between these two presidents is so stark I’m embarrassed all over again every time these clips of Bush are foisted upon me; particularly when I see Bush slumped over a podium jabbering like an alcoholic car salesman trying (and failing) to complete a coherent sentence, let alone a coherent policy. I suspect an inferiority complex is much more at play here than Bush’s “class.” And no I’m not trying to convince you of this….your children and grandchildren (and their spouses) will be talking about this difference among themselves for years to come while they are pulling away from your house or (nursing home) at Christmas. Your instincts to spin Bush bull into Bush gold will be in a pathetic class by itself in the long view of history….trumping support for Wallace, Douglas & Hoover in its idiocy. Sorry folks, but those are the facts….as you, your offspring, and the history books will illustrate…..and no I’m not trying to be insulting; I love plenty of foolish republicans, I just lose patience for your willful blindness periodically and need to vent so I don’t exp
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:22amEven Clinton wouldn’t go .. enough said!
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:23amGeorge W. Bush shows the difference between a REAL gentleman and one who only wishes he were. He has shown great humility and is a model for former Presidents as far as I am concerned. I only wish that Jimmy (wimpy) Carter, would take the same path…that senile old fart is an embarassment to himself and to this country…he needs to stay home in Georgia, and let the big dogs bark.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:25am@Robert – CA ~
Report Post »Thank you. I was just sitting here thinking what group JZS would belong to and decided against suggesting the Girl Scouts. Don’t want to give them a bad name. The Code Pink bullies is right on spot! Thanks.
banjarmon
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:27amBush is still more of a President than what is there now!!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:33am@ Intellectual Honesty
Report Post »Go ahead and explode…. It’s a Free country. I sure others here would agree.
Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:34am@I.H.
I sense a bit of envy in your missive.
What do they call it? The Green Eyed Monster?
Barry has never been gracious in his life. He asked only to make himself look better. Even Clinton turned him down.
The future will only need to determine which was worst. Carter, or Barry.
Report Post »flashlight
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:39am@ Intel Hon…
Report Post »As Jonathan Swift warned centuries ago, “you cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into”.
RepubliCorp
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:05amJZS “The mission actually was accomplished” Sorry not true……… only one guy, hundreds to go
Report Post »Intellectual Honesty
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:15amFlashlight…That quote could not be more elegant, thank you!!
Report Post »unsalvageable.org
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:24amPresident Bush is a class act. Obama should take notes on how a real President handles himself. http://www.unsalvageable.org
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:41amBush was no saint. He engaged in mud-slinging just like the rest of them. So much so that he was able to make an actual war hero look like garbage while faking his own service record. Obama overcame the odds to be president. Bush was an alcoholic til his 40‘s and then had daddy’s help. what a joke. white boy with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:55amIt is true that Obama just completed what Bush set place to happen. Obama just followed through and nothing more. Obama is not a leader, I think he knew that we the people would have sought to bring him up on treason charges if he would have done anything else but sign the order to kill Osama Bin Laden. We would have found out and we would have a real uprising against him and his administration. I don’t give much credit to Obama for signing the order to kill OBL. I give the credit to all the people who remained fatihful to their duty and orders given to them by Bush. Obama just happened to be in the White House when it came about. Thank God for all those who made this possible and excuted the mission, and I do thank Obama for signing on to the plan, but I believe that he knew he didn‘t have much of a chance if he didn’t. Now lets see what happens with the debt limit and the Budget for 2012. Maybe he will learn, I doubt it he comes from Chicago, IL.
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:59am@Bible quotin
Your “actual” war hero did not need any help to look like garbage. He did, and still does do that just fine, all by his little self.
You sound racist to me. Why do you hate white boys, why?
Report Post »bmwrider
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:06amNo one misses the pathetic failure that was the Bush Administration.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:13am@BMW
Wrong again goat breath.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 5:31amPoor BHO. Things are not going according to his personal admiration expectations. He was sure that by now anyone and everyone would see him for the great man he is, and fight to stand next to him. Yet he also knows very well (and is even proud) that his game is based on “lie, cheat, and steal.”
What heroic inner conflict! I wonder how he is going to make us suffer for it?
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:18amBill Clinton also turned down Obamie’s invitation. :) NO ONE wants to be seen anywhere near Obama.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:49amIt is petty, but I hate the “Miss Me Yet?” picture. Honestly, no I don’t miss you. Other than what you did to go after the Taliban for harboring terrorists and going after Saddam for violation of the cease fire agreement, you did not do anything to really help the country. Massive spending and government programs when you could have cut spending since the Republicans controlled the house and senate (I won’t say conservatives because they were not), creation of the TSA and Homeland Security. No, Mr. President, you did two things right and even then you faltered in the running of the wars and let them bog down when decisive (and probably unpopular) action was needed to let the terrorist dogs understand we mean business. Though doing those two things right is not a pass on everything else that you left messed up.
Report Post »jimmythebullet
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:59ami.h.-
Report Post »or,possibly(yet to be confirmed),your offspring will be talking about the coup that took place in the w.h.on 5/1/’11.they may be talking about how the golfer-in-chief and president jarrett were left out of the decision to take out the “garbage”.
obviously,you haven’t taken a look at the link showtime,azdebi and others have provided concerning this mission.
let pres.skinny but tough take his victory laps and do his endzone dances.it’ll be even more satisfying if this information ever sees the light of day.one can only hope that someone “in the loop” will show testicular fortitude and let the sunlight do it’s job-disinfect.
“praise the Lord and pass the ammo”
jimmy “the bullet”
Psalm 144:1
smithclar3nc3
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:59amBush just recently biked 200 k/m for a charity that helps wounded soldiers. I don‘t think it’s the spot light I think it’s Obama that Bush doesn;t want to get near. Personal I think he made the right choice
Report Post »the guy is horrible and hands down the most ideolg president in history
smithclar3nc3
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:06amJZS,
Report Post »What mission was that?
The mission to kill an unarmed man with more intell than anyone about what terrorist plots are being planned around the world before he could be taken to camp waterboard and question.
Is that the mission to which you speak? Because hands down that has to be the dumbest mission I’ve heard of in awhile.
urrybr
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 10:35am. . . and . . . Pres. Bush has class!!
Report Post »MommaGrizzly
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:53amI miss him so much!
Report Post »MemphisViking
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:10pm@ Intellectual Honesty – “…intellect, presence, wisdom, grace, gravitas, prestige, ability, sophistication, judgment and knowledge…” Are you really Chris Matthews? How’s that thrill up your leg? Check the mirror, you’ve still got some brown on your nose.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:07pmUnlike the “Mission Accomplished” moment of Bush’s administration, this was real. The mission actually was accomplished.
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Wow JZS I didn’t know that the death of Bin Laden meant that Al Qaeda was dead as well? Take another swig of the Obama cool aid tho and all will continue to be well in your little world.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on May 7, 2011 at 6:10amHe knows what’s been shown in the media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGmnz5Ow-o There are several like that. He let Osama get out of Tora Bora into Pakistan. He totally took his eye off the target by taking us into Iraq. Bottom line, he knew he’d be booed.
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