LIVE THREAD: George W. Bush Presidential Library Dedication Ceremony

C-SPAN3 ^ | April 25 | Staff

[PghBaldy]

The George W. Presidential Center is a state-of-the-art facility located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Opening to the public on May 1, 2013, the Center will house the George W. Bush Institute and the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The Library and Museum is the 13th Presidential Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal agency.

I hope I am doing this right, and not stepping on toes, but did not see thread.

http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/

[penelopesire]

Carter is trying to clean it up now....

[Jedidah]

Did I just hear Jimma say something gracious about W? The Sudan story was nice.

Pigs are flying.

(But the cutaway of W’s skeptical grin was priceless.)

[rochester_veteran]

Yet as time goes on, GWB is looking better and better over the course of time.

Yes, GWB is looking better and better!

George W. Bush’s approval rating just hit a 7-year high. Here’s how.

Posted by Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan on April 23, 2013
Christian Science Monitor

Days before the official opening of his presidential library, George W. Bush is experiencing something of a comeback when it comes to his public image.

Almost as many people (47 percent) approve of how Bush handled his eight years in office as disapprove (50 percent), according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. That’s the highest approval rating for Bush since December 2005. Bush’s approval dipped all the way to 23 percent in Post-ABC polling in October 2008 and was just 33 percent in January 2009 when he left office. (His approval rating was below 40 percent for 26 consecutive months before his term ended, the longest streak of sub-40 presidential ratings since polling began in the 1930s.)

And, what’s fascinating is that it’s not just Bush’s overall job approval numbers but the intensity measures. In the new Post-ABC poll, 34 percent say they “strongly” disapprove of the job he did while in office; that’s the lowest strong disapprove number for Bush since January 2005.

Bush’s biggest gains over the past few years have come among seniors (30 percent approval in 2008, 57 percent approval today), non-college whites (34 percent in 2008, 57 percent now) and moderate/conservative Democrats (10 percent in 2008, 33 percent now).

Who hasn’t changed their views of Bush? African Americans (90 percent disapproval in 2008, 84 percent disapproval now) and Democrats (90 percent disapproval in ’08, 73 percent now).

Here’s a chart — courtesy of the good people at Capital Insight — detailing the comparison between Bush’s aggregate 2008 numbers and his showing in the new Post-ABC poll across a variety of subgroups.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

[penelopesire]

Yes you did..he started out poorly but ended on a good note. Clinton up now.

[penelopesire]

Clinton says he told Obama that this was the latest greatest presidential library to attempt to re write history.

Not funny..crowd did not laugh.

[caww]

Clinton is such a ham....

So glad this thread going....really something to see these Presidents and wives at one time...and hear them speak!

[Biggirl]

Said quietly to daddy Bush, congrats to the Yale hockey team winning the NCAA’s hockey frozen four championship, his old college stumping ground.

[TexasRepublic]

Anyone would look good by comparison to Obama; possibly even the incompetent Carter.

[Biggirl]

At least Rush has some talk material today. He calls the Clinton liberary some interesting names.

[Doogle]

"...oh sheeesh, Hilda the Hyena's cackle can be heard over the mic....*cackle cackle cackle*

[caww]

Clinton mentioning wanting to “Keep” our nation of immigrants.....(illegal aliens). Legal immigrants don’t need to be kept they aren’t running from the law!

[Biggirl]

Obama is now speaking.

[Biggirl]

Obama is now speaking.

[caww]

Photo of cat looks like my CAT!

[Biggirl]

Cute kitty picture!

[penelopesire]

Wonder how Obama will insert himself into the library like he did in all the presidential online biographies.....lol ???

[bgill]

Gag, gag, gag!

[nutmeg]

Ugh, get off the stage, Bubba... it's all about you, all the time, isn't it?

Here comes the Marxist narcissist in Chief now...

[caww]

Oh no...don’t know if I can hear Bo for very long...my stomack is rolling all ready!

[bgill]

Thirty seconds in and he’s already inserting a lot of I, I, I, I.