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Offline thundley4

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Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« on: May 03, 2011, 01:31:56 PM »
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WinkyDink   (1000+ posts)           Tue May-03-11 12:28 PM
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Taking bets that Bush will accompany Pres. Obama to Ground Zero Thursday.
   
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phleshdef (1000+ posts)           Tue May-03-11 12:46 PM
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9. I think it would be completely appropriate if George Bush and Bill Clinton were both at his side.
   
From a completely objective perception, all 3 Presidents had to deal with Osama Bin Laden. This kind of event SHOULD NOT have partisan and ideological strings attached to it. We have plenty of time to fight Republicans on how Bush started neglecting the search for Bin Laden later in his term and how President Obama resumed the search and saw it through to success. An event like this is not designed to be a celebration of liberalism and the Democratic party. Its an all American type of event and whether some like it or not, George Bush and his supporters are just as American as the rest of us (something they won't admit about us, but I'm not about to treat anyone with the kind of fear mongering, bigoted regard they are guilty of, not even them). The fact of the matter is, Bush IS a former President and he IS one of the Presidents that were, at least for a time, on the forefront of the fight against Bin Laden. Thats not meant to be any kind of praise. Its just a historical, undeniable fact.

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RevStPatrick   (175 posts)           Tue May-03-11 01:42 PM
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12. I think it's a given.
   
As I much as I can't stand anything about the Bush family, Obama is a gracious person, and will probably invite the whole clan. Along with assorted Clintons, Giuliani and others. I think it's appropriate. Hopefully, Dubya will keep his trap shut.

Obama is the most vindictive (p)resident I have ever seen occupy the White House.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 01:33:26 PM »
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phleshdef (1000+ posts)           Tue May-03-11 12:46 PM
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9. I think it would be completely appropriate if George Bush and Bill Clinton were both at his side.
   
From a completely objective perception, all 3 Presidents had to deal with Osama Bin Laden. This kind of event SHOULD NOT have partisan and ideological strings attached to it. We have plenty of time to fight Republicans on how Bush started neglecting the search for Bin Laden later in his term and how President Obama resumed the search and saw it through to success. An event like this is not designed to be a celebration of liberalism and the Democratic party. Its an all American type of event and whether some like it or not, George Bush and his supporters are just as American as the rest of us (something they won't admit about us, but I'm not about to treat anyone with the kind of fear mongering, bigoted regard they are guilty of, not even them). The fact of the matter is, Bush IS a former President and he IS one of the Presidents that were, at least for a time, on the forefront of the fight against Bin Laden. Thats not meant to be any kind of praise. Its just a historical, undeniable fact.

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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 02:08:02 PM »
As Rush was saying today, when we landed on the moon under Nixon's administration, Kennedy got the kudos for it because it was his vision and ground work.  If you listen to Obama you would think that he was the man that actually put the lead into OBL.  NO, he did everything all the way along.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2011, 03:03:34 PM »
Took a look over there.  Why do they persist in making drunk jokes?  The man hasn't drank in 20 some years! 

On the other hand, I did a search over there using the terms "Drunk Fired Drinking Laid Off" and got pages and pages and pages of returns. 
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 03:53:24 PM »
Only if he shows up winky, only if he's there.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2011, 04:49:56 PM »
I hope so....the contrast should be illuminating.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2011, 04:56:22 PM »
I would love a giant video display behind the president running a loop of Bush on top of the fire engine:

WORKER: We can't hear you!

BUSH: Well I can hear you and soon the people who knocked down these buildings will be hearing from all of us!
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2011, 05:00:06 PM »
President Reagan asked Carter to fly to Germany to greet the returning hostages. Obama would never let the lime light shine on anyone else but him. Not even Clinton.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2011, 05:26:15 PM »
Obama is gracious?
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2011, 05:42:22 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on May 03, 2011, 05:26:15 PM
Obama is gracious?

Yes, but only to his personal friends, allies and lapdogs.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2011, 05:54:50 PM »
Quote from: miskie on May 03, 2011, 05:42:22 PM
Yes, but only to his personal friends, allies and lapdogs.

I think he's arrogant as heck, if anything the gracious 1 is Bush.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2011, 06:12:03 PM »
Yeah go ahead and include Clintoon. After all he's the one that allowed 9/11 to happen and if it wasn't for him Bush and Omoron wouldn't have had to "deal" with him.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2011, 06:14:05 PM »
Quote from: Randy on May 03, 2011, 06:12:03 PM
Yeah go ahead and include Clintoon. After all he's the one that allowed 9/11 to happen and if it wasn't for him Bush and Omoron wouldn't have had to "deal" with him.

The DU needs to google Monsoor Ijaz and Clinton let Obama go.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2011, 06:16:23 PM »
Quote from: miskie on May 03, 2011, 05:42:22 PM
Yes, but only to his personal friends, allies and lapdogs.

Only as long as they serve a purpose, then he won't hesitate to turn on them like a kicked rattlesnake.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2011, 07:46:44 PM »
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Obama is gracious?
Quote from: miskie on May 03, 2011, 05:42:22 PM
Yes, but only to his personal friends, allies and lapdogs.
And his red diaper doper baby friends.
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Re: Will President Bush upstage Obama at Ground Zero?
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2011, 08:17:10 PM »
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We have plenty of time to fight Republicans on how Bush started neglecting the search for Bin Laden later in his term and how President Obama resumed the search and saw it through to success.

I think it was Barry Switzer who (first) said, “Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.” This applies to Obama and finding Bin Laden. Of course he's going to get partial credit, maybe even the lion's share, politics being what they are.

The fact is, though, that we wouldn't even be there if Gore had been president. Dealing with terrorists was supposed to be "a law enforcement problem, not a military problem" according to the moonbats of a decade ago. I suppose we'd still have FBI agents running around cave-to-cave in Tora Bora with search warrants.
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