Bush, who has announced he has already started to work on his memoirs, has not taken shots at Obama.I am no great fan of President Bush's, and I was glad (to say the least) to see the end of his administration. However, because it is important to give credit where it is due, particularly when so many others on the Right are calling for President Obama's outright failure, I thought I would take a moment and say that W.'s statement was refreshingly gracious and statesmanlike.
The 43rd president said last week that Obama “deserves my silence,” adding “it is essential that he be helped in office.”
It is nice, as Lincoln would say, when we occasionally see the better angels of each other's nature.
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Why should Bush soil his "reputation" by making comments critical of the Obama administration?
ReplyDeleteHe has Cheney and other idjits like Andy Card and Ari Fleisher out there doing his dirty work for him.
Perhaps. Just this once, though, I'm going to presume he did something admirable.
ReplyDeleteThat was nice of Bush; it reminds me of the late Betsy Blair's refusal to bad-mouth her ex Gene Kelly. Not a perfect analogy, but somewhat similar.
ReplyDeleteI bought a People magazine and read it on the plane, and a woman wrote to complain about too much cover time devoted to the Obamas; she would like to read updates on George and Laura Bush. Obviously, a Republican. I've lived long enough and seen enough administrations to know that this is typical. Tragedy made the Kennedys an exception.
Barbara