No denying, it was a tough spot.
But was it unavoidable? Did The Nameless One host a similar event for GHW Bush?
But then, lying for him is like breathing for you and me, only more effortless.
Dan
I asked myself the same question. Could President Bush just have gone out of town, or arranged his schedul differently to coincide with another seemingly important function? I don't know enough about the official workings of the office to say with certainty.
However, the creepy one, did host a similar event for the Sr. Bush and I understand he was most gracious. Though, lying for Clinton, is as you mentioned, as easy as breathing air.
As sincere as I may be for speaking the truth, and standing up to the left, I do recognize there are occasions when it is just not appropriate.
Veering from this story, but introducing a similar topic, Rush said that at President Bush's party he approached and had a very amiable conversation with Larry King. I wonder why he found it so necessary. There were 4,999 other guests and unless King approached him, contact with King was easily avoidable. In my humble opinion, to soothe his own guilty conscience about it, Rush tried to put his approaching and conversing with King on an even par as Bushes comments during the unveiling of Clinton's portrait, which it isn't.
However, I was not upset because Rush had his picture taken with Gorbachev, because we defeated Gorbachev. I view Gorbachev attendance at Bush Sr.'s 80th birthday, and his picture with Rush, as evidence of America's defeat of communism in eastern Europe and the remarkable turn of events there and in our relations with the Soviet Union and the eastern block countries. It was a victory, that I thought I would never see in my lifetime. God Bless President Reagan.