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George W. Bush: 'Bigotry seems emboldened' in US
The Hill ^ | October 19, 2017 | Rebecca Savransky

Posted on 10/19/2017 9:13:39 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that "bigotry seems emboldened" in the modern U.S. He also warned that the U.S. needs to accept "globalization" and reject "white supremacy."

He criticized the “governing class” without specifically mentioning President Trump.

"Discontent deepened and sharpened partisan conflicts" in recent years, he observed during a speech for the George W. Bush Institute. "Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seem more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bush43; dubya; georgewbush; globalism; whitesupremacy
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To: All

Hey bush - ESAD.


81 posted on 10/19/2017 9:57:19 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: Mariner

> He [George W. Bush] failed all of America, bloating the budget and initiating a war where the US had no interests. It killed thousands of our best and led to the rise of ISIS, Iran’s dominance of the middle east and Russia’s return there. <

That is true, every bit of it.

And the rise of ISIS helped set off the civil war in Syria. And that war set off the current Islamic “immigration” to Europe. Some folks still don’t want to hear it, but W is responsible for a lot of misery, misery that will still be present 50 years from now.


82 posted on 10/19/2017 9:57:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I can’t believe I ever supported this moron.


83 posted on 10/19/2017 9:58:23 AM PDT by samtheman (As an oil exporter, why would the Russians prefer Trump to Hillary? (Get it or be stupid.))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The Bush clan—seeing their dreams of running a third world South American Oligarchy in the United States with George P at the helm going up in smoke.


84 posted on 10/19/2017 9:58:24 AM PDT by riri
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To: Sans-Culotte

GW Bush is a congenital idiot, period.


85 posted on 10/19/2017 9:58:33 AM PDT by laconic
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To: nuconvert

Listen to W’s speech. It was most definitely aimed at President Trump and his supporters.


86 posted on 10/19/2017 9:59:13 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: Salgak
OK, I'll just say it; I don't like the Bushes.
Nonetheless, I've worked hard at giving them the benefit of the doubt....when there WAS a doubt. For years we were told that W refused to criticize Obama out of a sense of decorum, but now that he's attacking Trump, I have no choice but to call BUSHWAH! on that.

He wasn't criticizing Obama because he fundamentally agrees with Obama; he's compelled to flame Trump because his precious RINOs and their policies are being placed in the crosshairs.

That's as simple as it gets. Remember Occam's razor.

87 posted on 10/19/2017 9:59:38 AM PDT by stormhill
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Whenever we start getting on a roll, you can always count on a Bush to rain on our parade.


88 posted on 10/19/2017 9:59:49 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Salgak
Oh, and another thing, did you notice that he was actually railing against "bigger tree"?

At one time his speech impediment seemed actually endearing but now it just sounds imbecilic.

89 posted on 10/19/2017 10:06:25 AM PDT by stormhill
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To: FranklinsTower

>>Bush is scared of something, otherwise he has no reason for coming out.

He’s a Transnational Progressive. His fear is that the American People will realize that we don’t need neo-feudalism under his family’s rule.


90 posted on 10/19/2017 10:07:55 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: montag813

“George W. Bush Institute
ROTFLMAO! Is that a home for retarded trust fund children?”

His two daughters would feel right at home.


91 posted on 10/19/2017 10:11:14 AM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: MichaelCorleone

Why should she divorce him? She’s probably even worse.


92 posted on 10/19/2017 10:11:21 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ...)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
OK the gloves are off. I tended to give Dubya the benefit of the doubt, but he chose not to keep his mouth shut, and quit while he was ahead.

He committed some egregious mistakes as president. He can't afford to revive our memories, but I would be happy to join the memory patriots.

93 posted on 10/19/2017 10:14:24 AM PDT by publius911 (Seriously??)
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To: Bryanw92

I made a ton of calls for his campaign in 2000 and 2004, exclusively because of his opponents. I’m sorry I did anything for the warmongering moron. I tore up the signed photo of this pathetic draft dodger and his bad driver wife years ago.


94 posted on 10/19/2017 10:15:40 AM PDT by laconic
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To: Original Lurker
Bushes are worse than Obama and the Clintons.

I was telling Freepers the second year of GW that he was a One Worlder and the same turd polishers for the GOPe were here constantly reminding us that GW had a Super Secret, Super Genius plan to fix everything. He did of course have a plan, just not what we wanted.

The tax code exists in its current form because it is exactly what the Congress wants. Believing that either party gives a R@ts @ss what we want, is just deluded thinking. I predict that if you are currently paying taxes, no matter what form, your taxes will go up.

95 posted on 10/19/2017 10:18:34 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: PTBAA
BLM, the Black Congressional Caucus, the NAACP, and the NFL Players Union

Oops!   Missed a few:   the NBPP, Congressional Black Caucus, Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, Calypso Louie's Nation of Islam, and Obama/Clinton/Soro's Antifa and Obama's Organizing for America

96 posted on 10/19/2017 10:20:14 AM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
"George W. Bush: 'Bigotry seems emboldened' in US"

So is stupidity George. Crawl back in the hole you just came out of.

97 posted on 10/19/2017 10:21:20 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: alternatives?
I can’t stand the two bit, sanctimonious, huckster with a silver spoon in his mouth

Remember Ann Richards version?

Poor George, he can't hep it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

98 posted on 10/19/2017 10:22:48 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Well, at least he confirmed our suspicions, viz. he was a treasonous globalist all along.


99 posted on 10/19/2017 10:24:11 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The Bushbots who swallowed his lies back in the day still won’t apologize to those of us who knew and stated what he was very clearly. They can all rot in hell.


100 posted on 10/19/2017 10:28:05 AM PDT by HalfIrish
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