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George W. Bush warns "bigotry seems emboldened" under Trump
CBS News ^ | October 19, 2017 | Rebecca Shabad

Posted on 10/19/2017 11:11:19 AM PDT by Rennes Templar

President George W. Bush on Thursday issued a thinly veiled warning about the state of American democracy under the current president, arguing that "bigotry seems emboldened" and politics is "more vulnerable" to conspiracy theories.

Speaking at the George W. Bush Institute's "The Spirit of Liberty: At Home, in the World," a national forum in New York City, the former president warned that the trend in Western countries of moving away from democratic confidence and global engagement is seeping into American culture.

Parts of Europe, Bush said, have developed an "identity crisis" as a result of economic stagnation, youth unemployment and fears about immigration.

"America is not immune from these trends," warned Bush, who noted that public confidence in U.S. institutions has declined in recent decades and discontent has "deepened and sharpened" partisan conflicts.

"Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories," he said. "We've seen nationalism distorted into nativism."

Bush warned that the U.S. faces the return of isolationist ideology even though he said that American security is "directly threatened by the chaos and despair" of other nations around the world.

The former president listed a series of recommendations that he suggested would improve the state of democracy. First, he said that the U.S. must harden its defenses in terms of confronting cyber threats.

"The Russian government has made a project of turning Americans against each other," said Bush, who added that cyber threats should not be "downplayed or tolerated."

Bush said that there should be a projection of American leadership, the importance of active citizenship should be strengthened and trust in democratic institutions should be restored. He said that Americans should pass civic ideals onto the next generation.

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KEYWORDS: bush; donaldtrump; dubya; georgewbush; trump; w
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To: Rennes Templar

Bush could have said this, verbatim, about the left when he was President. There was bigotry and conspiracy theories galore when Bush was CIC.

He was dead silent during obama’s reign; could not bring himself to say anything, muttering about the ‘respect’ for the office. Now he has been vocal suddenly.

I have NO respect for a man who sent thousands to fight the ‘war on terror,’ ending and marring their lives (and their families)....and all the while, would not defend them when they were being attacked politically and legally.


61 posted on 10/19/2017 11:53:34 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: ifinnegan

Actually Bush coming out against Trump helps Trump more than anything.


62 posted on 10/19/2017 11:54:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

“Actually Bush coming out against Trump helps Trump more than anything.”

Probably. It really doesn’t make much difference what Bush says.

I’m not addressing that.

I am addressing fake news.


63 posted on 10/19/2017 11:56:40 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Rennes Templar

FUGWB!


64 posted on 10/19/2017 11:58:32 AM PDT by M1911A1 (President Trump. Ahhhhhhhh.....)
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To: Rennes Templar

Stuttering Amnesty whore George Junior - Go back to your finger-painting and booze.


65 posted on 10/19/2017 11:58:52 AM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: Rennes Templar

the George W. Bush Institute’s
********
As big a joke as McCain’s institute.
A monument to the egos of failures.


66 posted on 10/19/2017 11:59:57 AM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: Rennes Templar
They were right: Bush is an idiot!
67 posted on 10/19/2017 12:01:25 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Those who want to repeat history try to prevent others from knowing it.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Wish the Saudi’s would put their Gimp back under the floorboards.


68 posted on 10/19/2017 12:03:47 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: piytar

“I regret ever having voted for or supporting the Shrub.”

C’mon, look who the alternatives were. True, Bush gave us perhaps the biggest blunder of the war in Iraq since Lincoln did the south, CFL bulbs, increased CAFE standards, and laid the grounwork for Obama X 2. But compared to Gore or Kerry it was a moral imperative to vote for Bush.But now GW should just continue to shut up as he did for Obama.


69 posted on 10/19/2017 12:08:46 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: piytar
"The Shrub" lol 😂 Love it 👍
70 posted on 10/19/2017 12:08:47 PM PDT by ResisTyr (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Rennes Templar

Hey W I want my money back


71 posted on 10/19/2017 12:12:46 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (High quality, Low price, Speedy executionÂ…pick any two)
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To: Rennes Templar

The Bush’s Skull & Bones Society is a Satanic organization. Nuff said.


72 posted on 10/19/2017 12:13:42 PM PDT by ResisTyr (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Rennes Templar

Where are all tge Bushbots? The Bushes are a disgrace to the party, wish they would shut up and go away.


73 posted on 10/19/2017 12:14:22 PM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wikikileaks via murdered ex-UK Amb, murdered he was, cover up it is)
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To: Rennes Templar

Jeb! - showed the world how worthless the Bush brand is.


74 posted on 10/19/2017 12:14:57 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: dfwgator

The only thing funnier than considering the idiot Bush as a painter and accomplished savant is seeing Bush dressed as a fighter pilot. Mission Accomplished.


75 posted on 10/19/2017 12:15:15 PM PDT by laconic
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To: Rennes Templar; LS; Publius

Greasin’ the wheels for a possible George P run?


76 posted on 10/19/2017 12:17:23 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: Tucker39

He’s a real POS and an absolute insult to every last vet that served in Iraq. Obama gives everything they fought for right back to the enemy and there’s Dubya making blood brothers with him and Michael, utter sc*mbag. Plus not ONE peep from him for 8 years when Obama was committing one blatant act of treason after another but here he is only 9 months into Trumps Presidency laying this racism garbage on him.


77 posted on 10/19/2017 12:19:40 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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To: Rennes Templar

That headline is total Bull Shit.

Bush never explicitly named President Trump by name in his remarks and I don’t see him alluding either....


78 posted on 10/19/2017 12:28:05 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Rennes Templar

Not a peep out of this man for 16 frickin’ years either to defend himself or criticize Hussein. Now he’s become the Chatty Cathy Doll of the 21st Century. You pull his string and he says, “I’m stupid and I can’t shut up.”


79 posted on 10/19/2017 12:31:54 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: Rennes Templar

This week has seen a full push against Trump...Bush, Rove, McCain and so many others...plus the media.
If Trump falls we are dead....


80 posted on 10/19/2017 12:38:21 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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