[Tulsa Ramjet]

Is this some kind of joke designed to stir up the conservative masses? Because if it isn't, it is starting to confuse the hell out of me. I don't get it. Here is a history revisionist, former president, pounding on your son's policies daily, and they want to hang out like they just finished up a game of "Risk" and everything is hunky-dory. Somebody with insight please explain it.

[sagar]

"Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton"

All in the family. :D

[freemama]

Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton, Bush (Jeb).

[lilylangtree]

Clintoon will suck up to anything and anybody to gain respectability that he so desperately needs to benefit his cow's political aspirations. Gotta remember that clintoon and the cow are amoral, and ethically-challenged members of the human race.

[wallcrawlr]

Its a pro-hillary puff piece.

[Theodore R.]

It goes back to 1989 in an education conference in VA, when then President Bush began to gush uncontrollably over having Governor Clinton at the conclave. Or maybe, it's no different from Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., gushing over GA Jimmy Carter.

[dead]

Neil lobbied for a new brother that would make him look less shitty by comparison.

[Stark_GOP]

Keep your enemies close to you.

[mhx]

and they want to hang out like they just finished up a game of "Risk"

The scary thing is, they did just finish playing a game of Risk -- a real game of it, using the actual Earth.

[Pylot]

You have to remember that while the CIA was running drugs and guns in and out of Mena, Arkansas, good old Bill was the Guv.

George H W Bush was the head of the CIA at the time.

So they probably have a relationship based on keeping each other out of jail. Alternatively it may be a keep your friends close and your enemies closer approach on the part of the two former presidents.

[nickcarraway]

Lay down with dogs...

[Reagan Man]

The "Bushies" will tell you, GHW and GW are gentlemen and respect the office of the President too much. Therefore, they avoid telling Slick to take a hike. Neither Father or the son are confrontational men. Besides, one day soon GW will belong to the ex-presidents club. Then GW, GHW and Slick can all play golf together. Some Bush cheerleaders will tell you, its part of the Bush "strategery" to make sure Hillary Rotten never gets the Dem nomination, let alone wins the Presidency. You know, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That was the Corleone Family, of course.

Frankly, its an embarrassment to

[Stultis]

Well, if Bush Sr. is now a FOB, that means it's only a matter of time till he's scr@w@d over and cast aside. He'll learn then. (However bizarre that he hasn't done so already by simple observation.)

[fizziwig]

We can only speculate....or expectorate....

[clawrence3]

LOL - I wouldn't read too much into this - although I've finished a few Risk games in my life that have indeed ended the relationship back in the real world!

[3AngelaD]

Paging Dr. Freud. Remember Clinton's real father was dead, and he didn't get along with the stepfather. Bush senior is probably the first decent older man he's ever been around, and he is too smart not to appreciate that. Bush senior is a genuinely good man who sets high standards. Who knows what kind of person Clinton might have turned out to be if he had had a Bush senior in his life at the critical times, like the President did. A father's care and guidance are of supreme importance.

[JohnLongIsland]

keep your enemy close at hand.

[Niteranger68]

I'm thinking that Clinton absolutely hates this.

[ronnied]

familiarity breeds contempt....

[Iwo Jima]

Read "Compromised" by Terry Reed. Then it will all become clear. And scary.

[MineralMan]

"I don't get it. Here is a history revisionist, former president, pounding on your son's policies daily, and they want to hang out like they just finished up a game of "Risk" and everything is hunky-dory. Somebody with insight please explain it.
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You already have it. Except for actual threats like Al-Qaeda, it IS like a game of "Risk" to all these folks. And that's the answer.