Class, vs. No Class.
November 26th, 2007 at 09:36pm Leo Pusateri
From inviting Teddy Kennedy for movie night, to allowing the democrats to write his education plan, President Bush has bent over backward to enact the “new tone” he set out to implement in Washington.
Say what you want about Bush, but he has been gracious in all things, resorting to criticism of his opponents in only the most dire of situations. Despite attack after virulent attack, President Bush, honoring his office, has again and again taken the high road, not allowing his office to wallow in the pit of hyper-partisan politics. Such was the case when Bush graciously hosted Al Gore at a gathering today at the White House…
Yes, the very same Al Gore who was the progenitor of this tirade; yet the very same Al Gore who at one time (in 2002) had this to say:
In a speech February 12, his first major political address since the US Supreme Court stopped a vote count in Florida and handed the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, the Democratic presidential candidate, Al Gore, declared his full support to the Bush administration’s plans for expanded warfare in the Middle East. Gore called for a “final reckoning” with Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
The former vice president spoke in New York City before a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations, the think tank that publishes Foreign Affairs and has long exercised important influence on foreign policy, whether the occupant of the White House was a Democrat or Republican.
Gore specifically solidarized himself with the “axis of evil” rhetoric in Bush’s State of the Union speech. Bush’s bellicose language—particularly his singling out of Iraq, Iran and North Korea—has been widely denounced in Europe and criticized even by several congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Republican Senator Chuck Hagel.
“As far as I’m concerned, there really is something to be said for occasionally putting diplomacy aside and laying one’s cards on the table,” Gore said. “There is value in calling evil by its name. One should never underestimate the power of bold words coming from a president of the United States.”
And yes, the same Al Gore who made this speech in 1992.
While President Bush has remained steadfast in his principle that the world needs to be rid of Islamic Fascism and terrorism in all its forms, democrats like Al Gore, Ted Kennedy and Dhimmi Carter have been doing their level best to play populist politics like a dime-store piano.
Yet President Bush continues to take the high road.
Class– or no class?
You decide.
Entry Filed under: Kook Left, President Bush
13 Comments
1. rubbersoul | November 26th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
no class
2. liberalT | November 26th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
bush taking the high road? so when he:
(1) fired US attorneys for failing to act on political grounds he took the high road?
(2) when he refused to give up emails - that the court has already ordered in previous cases are a matter of public domain - in order to protect himself and his administration he took the high road?
(3) when he took us to war on false pretenses he took the high road?
(4) when faced with abject failure on all levels of local and federal government to Katrina and his response was “good going brownie” that took the high road?
(5) when he has dismissed any general that has taken odds with him about the situation in Iraq - he took the high road?
(6) when he helped cover up or perhaps even participated in the outing of a CIA covert agent - he took the high road?
(7) when he put his unqualified friends in high positions or attempted to - he took the high road?
(8) when he vetoed a bill that would enlarge benefits for sick children - he took the high road?
(9) when he vetoed a bill to rebuild the water ways in New Orleans - he took the high road?
(10) when he spent the first 40 years of his life living off the success of his father, drinking himself under the table and doing cocaine - that was taking the high road?
You have got to be kidding me. If his road was any lower it would be a tunnel…
3. Brian Gregory | November 26th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
President Bush, for the most part, has led a classy administration. His term has seen some questionable tactics by government officials, but he has not wavered in his refusal to lower American standards, on basically any issue.
Let me say that I have no real quarrel with Al Gore. I would have wanted the recount to continue if I were in his shoes - any of us would. Somebody had to act on global warming…surely the Republican majority wasn’t doing it unless they were forced. I’m glad he’s not President, but I respect his committment.
4. USA | November 27th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Too bad he’s a incorrigible criminal.
5. Class, vs. No Class. | Po&hellip | November 27th, 2007 at 12:15 am
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6. USA | November 27th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Criteria for a belief to be considered delusional:
1.certainty (held with absolute conviction)
2.incorrigibility (not changeable by compelling counterargument or proof to the contrary)
3.impossibility or falsity of content (implausible, bizarre or patently untrue)
Huh!…That is every conservative.
7. james allegro | November 27th, 2007 at 2:11 am
Leo, that’s what so amazes me and so impresses me about President Bush is his honesty, integrity, courage and his desire to do what is right for the country no matter what. He is so different from any other politician I have ever seen and that is why so many love him. His ability to do what he feel is right no matter what the polls say or what irrational and lunatic criticisms are directed at him. The democrats and the lib media better try to pick on somebody else cause President George W. Bush is way out of their league.
8. Angry Redneck | November 27th, 2007 at 8:18 am
It’s amusing to read what the liberals post when the article concerns President Bush…insults, attacks, and cute little numbered lists of half truths and evident self descriptions. And they question his class? I suppose next they’ll try to say that Reagan had no class or was delusional in his stand against the former Soviet Union.
9. neocon | November 27th, 2007 at 10:14 am
I agree completely. When I read libT or USA postings I feel like I am back in 2005 and/or in an elementary classroom.
It’s obvoius from their postings however that they are young, impressionable and naive. So I do cut them some slack.
Garbage in, garbage out kind of thing.
10. lilly06 | November 27th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Angry Redneck:
They are not insults. Ask some of the most intelligent minds in the world and I’m sure George Bush will be written in history as America’s most incapable president.
Lets look at Hoover’s actions to help the depression in the late 20s…nope he’s even worse than that.
Lets look at president Carters presidency, Democrat but lets face it not a great president…Nah Bush is even worse than that.
You can believe all you want to you literally have to lower your IQ to a few levels before you can believe this president is any good.
Why don’ t you go on you tube and type in ‘Bush blunders’, you’ll see all the speeches that he managed to mess up.
This isn’t a we hate Republican thing…there have been some great Republican presidents Ab Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower but this president…nah.
11. searp | November 27th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Style points in a President don’t count for me, give me policy achievements any day. On that score Bush has been the worst in my lifetime.
Bush is rigid, ideological, confrontational and personally unaccomplished. His policies, foreign and domestic, have been rejected by the public, hence the crushing defeat in 2006.
12. liberalT | November 27th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
on that note, besides horrible approval ratings a full 25% of Americans believe that Bush is the WORST PRESIDENT EVER. Classy
13. Joe | November 27th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
neocon,
young, impressionable and naive?? I voted for Reagan twice. That was the last REPUB President I voted for. I was happy with his first term. Not so much with his second. Bush 41 was awful, so I opted to hold my nose and vote DEM for the first time.
Young? Wrong.
Impressionable? I have my own opinions.
Naive? Wrong. I’m guessing I’ve voted in more elections than you have, but I could be wrong.
Bush is by far worse than any President in my lifetime. I don’t know enough about Hoover, but that wasn’t my lifetime.