Bush Funeral Illustrates Usefulness of Liberal Republicans to the Left

The New American ^ | 07 December 2018 | Steve Byas

[detective]

Writing in Political World for Yahoo News, liberal writer Matt Bai began his weekly column, supposedly about the death and funeral of the late President George H.W. Bush, talking about the Trump presidency. As he put it, “In this moment, of course, Bush’s death became another opportunity for us all to reflect on … Trump.”

For those on the Left, almost any event of any significance is “another opportunity” to trash Trump. Bai's “reflection” is blunt: “Trump, alone among any presidents I can recall, exhibits no obvious sign of underlying goodness.”

Bai’s use of the Bush funeral as a way to castigate Trump was not unique among the media, who cast themselves as objective journalists, but who are really ideological warriors for progressive politics. Philip Rucker of the Washington Post likewise used his own coverage of the Bush memorial to micro-analyze every Trump movement.

“When others sang an opening hymn, his mouth did not move,” Rucker noted (not that unusual in church services, actually). “And when one eulogist after another testified to George H.W. Bush’s integrity and character and honesty and bravery and compassion, Trump sat and listened, often with his lips pursed and his arms crossed over his chest.”

[detective]

As Rush Limbaugh so aptly put it more than once, when the Harlem Globetrotters perform, they need an opponent to defeat. That is provided by the Washington Generals, who conveniently lose night after night, because that is their role. But at least they get to be part of the show.

These are the types of Republicans the media adores — those who don’t fight back, and then can be used to attack the current opposition upon their deaths. Those, such as John McCain and George H.W. Bush, who “reach across the aisle” to accept the latest liberal cause, the ones that grease the wheels for the expansion of the size, power, and scope of government and are internationalists or globalists.

The lesson is clear. Go along with the Left, and when they go to bury you, they will say nice things about you, but only to undermine the current Republican opponent.

[SaveFerris]

[For those on the Left, almost any event of any significance is “another opportunity” to trash Trump.]

That is especially true at Yahoo. Matt Bai is definitely what the article describes.

[SaveFerris]

BTW, not only did Yahoo “fall in love” with Bush 41, they also love James Comey, Rex Tillerson (even before today), W (especially when he feeds or hugs Mooch), and lately, even some love for Jeff Sessions.

I’ve seen the posts (there are articles and then a lot of comments from Huff Po Democrats there).

[luvbach1]

The Demonrats will have lost their acceptamce of the president’s current choice for AG despite his designee’s service under Bush 41. It’s more than enough that he is a Trump appointee that he be implacably opposed.

[SaveFerris]

It’s really amazing to watch all the contortions over there.

It’s like being inside a sanitarium for mentally-challenged.

They only know three things:

1) President Trump is bad
2) Hillary is innocent
3) Barack Obama is awesome, nearly god-like.

[Bookshelf]

Trump can take solace from the fact that Presidents Jefferson and Roosevelt had legions of haters, in politics and the press. Yet they end up on Mt. Rushmore.

[SaveFerris]

And yet we still have pearl clutchers. I don’t know what they think is gonna make the liberals and the NWO folks happy except for a NWO liberal / Uniparty GOP Establishment creep.

[dragnet2]

That’s why I didn’t watch a single minute of the Bush propaganda. Trump is right as usual, those in media are flat out evil liars.