[ambrose]

[ambrose]

How much more of this are we supposed to take?

[SedVictaCatoni]

Shrug. That's politics. It costs President Bush absolutely nothing to say "Clinton sure tried hard" and "had a lot of energy" and "sure made it clear that he cared a lot".

[VaBthang4]

Did Clinton fall asleep?

Anyway, GW is once again a class act.

[OldFriend]

And in response, billclinton said he felt like a pickle.

Anyone care to interpret or was it just the drugs speaking.

[hgro]

It was getting pretty cow pie deep in that Clinton portrait session. Hillary got her stony features memoralized too. What a waste of canvas and paint on those two.

[Migraine]

And I'm honored to be a small part of it."

...and for once, the bastard bilkster wasn't lying.

[mrsmith]

"he was bitter at Clinton for defeating his father "

The nonpartisan reporting of AP is to love. Using "love" as it is in tennis that is.

I wonder who Clinton invited to the occasion: Betty, Sid? But AP reporters aren't interested in any factual information- they're trained journalists.

[Ciexyz]

This is entirely appropriate. President Bush and Laura are people of grace and courtesy.

Reminds of Bush having a White House screening of that film celebrating Kennedy and Bobby defusing the Bay of Pigs situation. Can't remember the title, but it starred Kevin Costner. Bush invited prominent Dems to the viewing and in effect, honored the memory of JFK.

[over3Owithabrain]

and he was bitter at Clinton for defeating his father in the 1992 presidential contest.

Will the AP ever stop editorializing and making shit up in a supposedly fact piece?

[BossLady]

When I first saw this I looked at the source and thought for sure it would say "The Onion"! LOL!

[Brett66]

The portrait:

[Digger]

"Bill Clinton could always see a better day ahead and Americans knew he was working hard to bring that day closer," Bush said. "Over eight years it was clear that Bill Clinton loved the job of the presidency. He filled this house with energy and joy. He's a man of enthusiasm and warmth, who could make a compelling case and effectively advance the causes that drew him to public service

Would like to see that guy who does a Reverse Speech do one on this statement.

[Tax-chick]

GW is a gentleman ... reason #2,481 he should be our next President ... and how nice if we never had to look at the Clintons again ...

[M007]

It might be that President Bush was trying to reach out to moderate Dems that voted for Clinton.

[New Perspective]

[afraidfortherepublic]

Oh, yes. Rush commented that the gathering would have been a good place for a "mass arrest".

There was Hillary, Bill, Hugh Rodham, Tony Rodham, and ever so many lesser criminals gathered in one room. Where was John Ashcroft when we needed him?

[The Bandit]

Wouldn't been very PC to for Bush to have said "EIGHT years America put up with this lying, rotting piece garbage whom was refered to by a segment of our morally decaying society as President William J. Clinton...."

[Clara Lou]

"Glowing"? What'd I miss?

[livius]

Romans 12:19-20.

12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

[Beeline40@aol.com]

I watched the ceremony this morning. Yes, they were very nice words that President Bush said, and they were all true. You have to keep in mind what he didn't say. He never used the words: integraty,(sp) or honor. There are some other words used to describe a president as well, but they escape me at the moment.