[latina4dubya]

There's a time to have character and there is a time to be realistic.

and different issues and circumstances call for different responses... this Haiti relief issue is not one where President Bush should have blasted the President... President Bush isn't being a fool here like some FReepers say... he knows who he is... he is confident in who he is... what people think about him doesn't shape him... i think it takes character and inner strength to not get defensive over very little things... this is a little thing... i'm glad he's not petty like the Clintons and Obamas... yuck!

[MarkAccord]

George W. Bush should have declined the invitation and had his father George H.W. Bush do the honors. That would have been the smart thing to do.

[livius]

this Haiti relief issue is not one where President Bush should have blasted [Obama]

I agree. I think Bush should have done way more to defend his policies and the GOP when he was president, but I don't think anything good would have come out of his attacking Obama now.

However, I wish he would come forward to defend capitalism and free markets. He was panicked and strong-armed into the stupid "bailout" that the Dems have used as cover for all the bizarre things they have done since then. But I think that he is fundamentally not a statist, and it would be a great help for him to come out and say this and explain the bailout.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

this Haiti relief issue is not one where President Bush should have blasted the President... President Bush isn't being a fool here like some FReepers say... he knows who he is... he is confident in who he is... what people think about him doesn't shape him... i think it takes character and inner strength to not get defensive over very little things... this is a little thing... i'm glad he's not petty like the Clintons and Obamas... yuck!

Yes, definitely... all this "grousing about" by some FReepers here is just the same ones who were always complaining and grousing about him before. They're playing politics just like they always were (and just like the Democrats do).

Heck when President Bush was asked if he thought that he was helping Obama out by his comments on Haiti...

"Nothing I do could ever help Obama dig out of the hole he's in..."]

[ishabibble]

Sing it, Sister!!!