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Good people can differ, and this is such a case in point. Personally, I agree with piasa - that Bush spoke of volunteerism, something that Bush practiced. No one is an idiot for having an honest opinion.

that Bush spoke of volunteerism, something that Bush practiced. No one is an idiot for having an honest opinion.

GHWB is the swampiest of all swamp creatures. A truly evil man. I'm still waiting for a credible explanation of where he was and what he was doing on November 22, 1963. The only adult in the USA who can't remember exactly what he was doing that day. I was 5 years old and I remember every bit of that day.

But as you say everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

GHWBush first used it in his 1988 acceptance speech. Is it related to volunteerism or diversity? If it wasn't volunteerism, that's how he used it in future speeches and that's what it became. He helped establish the Points of Light foundation. They provided grants for volunteerism.

From the speech:

And that is the idea of community - a beautiful word with a big meaning. Though liberal democrats have an odd view of it.
They see "community" as a limited cluster of interest groups, locked in odd conformity. In this view, the country waits passive while Washington sets the rules.

But that's not what community means - not to me. For we are a nation of communities, of thousands and tens of thousands of ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, neighborhood, regional and other organizations, all of them varied, voluntary and unique.

This is America: the Knights of Columbus, the Grange, Hadassah, the Disabled American Veterans, the Order of Ahepa, the Business and Professional Women of America, the union hall, the Bible study group, LULAC, "Holy Name" - a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.