Posted on 01/29/2006 12:48:43 PM PST by notes2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush says Bill Clinton has become so close to his father that the Democratic former president is like a member of the family. Former President George Bush has worked with Clinton to raise money for victims of the Asian tsunami and the hurricane disaster along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Asked about his father and Clinton, Bush quipped, "Yes, he and my new brother."
"That's a good relationship. It's a fun relationship to watch," Bush said in an interview with CBS News broadcast on Sunday.
While attending Pope John Paul's funeral, Bush said, "It was fun to see the interplay between dad and Clinton. One of these days, I'll be a member of the ex-president's club. ... I'll be looking for something to do."
He said ex-presidents share rare experiences that others cannot understand. "And so I can understand why ex-presidents are able to put aside old differences," he said.
Bush said he checked in with Clinton occasionally.
"And you know, he says things that makes it obvious -- that makes it obvious to me that we're kind of, you know, on the same wavelength about the job of the presidency. Makes sense, after all, there's this kind of commonality," he said.
Bush jokingly referred to speculation that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former president's wife, will seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency. He had earlier referred to the former first lady as "formidable."
"Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton," he said, referring to how Bill Clinton had followed his father, and Hillary Clinton could follow him.
My sentiments exactly! I have several co-workers who are flaming moonbat dimwit liberals & left-wingers. I am civil & polite & professional with them at work, but I don't go break bread or socialize with them after work. GW Bush & other Repub appeasers go out of their to socialize & appease & try to curry favor with the left-wing Dummies who hate & despise them even more as a result. It really boggles my mind!
The Clintons will be hard-pressed if Bush keeps this up. They cannot win by nice talk. They will be between a rock and hard place. How to mine hate when their opponent is seen as so generous? Especially the Beast. It will be impossible.
That's true, but be careful about giving Bill the credit. His cuts to the military budget were excessive during his 8 years as CIC. I think it would be accurate to say the US Military in Iraq was awesome in spite of Clinton.
This can be pretty funny though. It seems that every time GWB says something absolutely pathetic, either because he's a terrible public speaker or because he's telling us about his new guest worker program, there are always those who consistently rationalize how his words are secretly brilliant.
Everything you post is the truth? Reagan was a RINO... no he was Goldwater conservative... no he was RINO. LOL Come on CT. You can't make up your mind. You may have yourself convinced that everything you post is the truth. You haven't convinced me anything you post is the truth. The rhetoric you offer on US political history is mainly built on your perception of events, but is really nothing more then your opinion. And you're entitled to your opinion. You're a self-professed ex-Democrat. From the sounds of your multiple anti-Reagan rants, I don't think you changed as much as you thought you did. Maybe you've fallen off the politcal wagon and landed on your head one too many times. Sorry. You can't be taken seriously.
Btw, I posted a 1977 speech by Reagan where he called himself a conservative on several occasions. A full four years before you said he accepted the conservative label. Did you refute it? No. You ignored it.
It's quite obvious that Reagan and his advisors made calculated decisions to advance his agenda and further his success throughout a long career in the public eye and the political arena. The fact that Reagan mentioned FDR and JFK in some of his speeches should come as no surprise to anyone. When it suited his needs, Reagan also mentioned Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, TR, Coolidge and few other Chief Executives. Reagan was a master of the spoken and written word. He evoked the words of many famous people from throughout history in an effort to further his agenda, make his points and connect with the American voters.
I'm not interested in reviewing the Reagan record as Governor of California. That was Reagan's first elected position and it offered him many opportunities to experiment with a lifetime of ideas he formulated over a 35 year career as a radio sports announcer, movie/TV actor, union leader and spokesman for GE. Reagan's two terms as Governor gave him some serious on the job training that came in handy down the road. Thereby, making it more relevent what Reagan did as POTUS, then what he did as Governor.
I'm focused on the Reagan Presidency and keeping the facts straight about the Reagan record while he served as President of the United States. Reagan was a strong leader working under extremely difficult conditions to advance a conservative agenda for America. Throughout his two terms in office Reagan had to deal with a hostile Democrat House led by Speaker Tip O'neill and later on, Speaker Jim Wright. Unlike today, with Bush43 very fortunate to have the GOP controlling all of Congress, back in the 1980`s Reagan was forced to negotiate and compromise if he expected his policies to see the light of day. Reagan dealt wisely with Speaker O'Neill and was successful in getting major parts of his agenda passed into law.
Faced with the worst economy since the Great Depression, Reagan governed boldly. He was successful in getting his economic recovery plan, tax reform, defense buildup and reductions in the welfare state enacted in his first term. Reagan's second term was highlighted by serious bilateral agreements for reductions in strategic nuclear weapons of both the US and the USSR. Reagan made the world a safer place for everyone. Reagan also found time to win the Cold War, dismantle the USSR, vanquish Euro-communism and free 500 million people from the once powerful totalitarian regimes of the Eastern Bloc.
>>>>Reagan was right. The Democratic party did change. Reagan said in 1980 that the Democrats had changed and he had not.
Reagan said he never changed? Reagan was famous for saying, 'the Democratic Party left me, I didn't leave the Democratic Party'. The man who once supported FDR`s New Deal and Truman's Fair Deal became an Eisenhower Republican and didn't look back. All the while, becoming more and more of a fiscal and social conservative. In 1976 Reagan also said, "fascism was really the basis of the New Deal." Your revisionism is quite extraordinary.
>>>>Reagan only proposed ending fraud and waste in government spending. He did not propose any cuts. Is that conservative?
Fact. In Reagan's first term, domestic spending was restrained, real cuts occured in non-defense related discretionary spending and throughout his eight years in office, welfare entitlement spending was reduced from the Carter years. I gave you the OMB.gov figures once before, if you want me to post them again, just say so. Reagan also seriously rolled back government regulations and employed his veto pen 78 times! Bush43 doesn't know what the word veto means.
You may call that "an interesting game designed to fool the foolish", I call it successful leadership under adverse conditions.
>>>>>I am a great Reagan fan.. Reagan was consistent. His views did not change in his life time. When the Democrats became Republicans and Republicans became Democrats, Reagan became a Republican.. So did I.
In my book, no one that goes around obfuscating the Reagan record and undermining the Reagan legacy is a Reagan fan.
I think Bush is right. When you're done raping and pillaging the country, and you know you aren't going to be going back for seconds, it becomes easier to live and let live. Plus, you discover you have a lot in common with the pirates who went before you.
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I think my support of GWB is coming to an end with when this piece of crap Clinton continually goes overseass and blasts the US and the sitting President. Something very wrong with this picture to even associate yourself with this man they call Slick Willie. Just what in hell are the Bush's thinking? BJ Bubba hasnt even come out in support of GWB and yet he is made into a God???
No, you're not! Anytime you get the "Howler's" claws out, you know you're doing good. Blackbird.
LOL!
Yeah, that pic from Invasion of the Body Snatchers really does describe the "Cult of Bush" crack Suicide Squad here...
No matter how bad the guy screws up, they can still scream shril and loud his praises!
How about a BARF ALERT!
Just to be clear, you're repeatedly pasting a capture from FILM about FANTASY...directed by one of the most vocal critics of the U.S. among today's extremely liberal entertainers, and who is also an avowed mao-communist.
Perhaps the pointing is misdirected.
Might as well just take it to the XBOX, is my point, if that's the standard. Film captures hardly represent one's own opinion, nor validate it. That actor depicted there, also, Donald Sutherland, is hardly an example of one who represents sanity and conservativism.
Nice.
You have an exceptional way of deflecting a point!
I despise the Marxist Southerland...but you seem to miss the point of what his character is doing in the film at that moment!
See, he's "screaming" to the others like him that there is an "outsider", or an "unbeliever" in this case. It's classic metaphor/example of what the "Cult of Bush" types do here when anyone questions the actions of their Demi-G_d!
But, A+ for your obfuscation and deliberate misdirection! And you did it with such flair!
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