Posted on 02/26/2010 10:06:59 AM PST by STARWISE
For the first time, former President George W. Bush has said publicly that he approves of former Vice President Dick Cheneys high-profile role in defending the past administrations national security policies.
Im glad Cheney is out there, Bush said Friday morning at a reunion breakfast that was the inaugural event for the Bush-Cheney Alumni Association.
The reception, held at a downtown Washington hotel, was closed to the press. Attendees supplied this account of the remarks.
Cheney originally had been scheduled to appear with Bush but did not come because he is recovering from a heart scare. Bush visited his former vice president in McLean on Thursday and said Cheney is feeling well and has a fierce constitution.
The former president started with a funny patter that several attendees related to stand-up. In announcing his book, he joshed: This is going to come as quite a shock to people up here that I can write a book, much less read one.
Turning serious, Bush said: I don't want to be involved in politics, but I do in policy. He talked about his own record, saying of his signature education reform: No Child Left Behind was the most advanced civil rights legislation since the Voting Rights Act.
Giving advice, he urged humility. Dont swagger.
Sometimes I got carried away rallying the country," he said. "I think the swagger criticism was fair. A lot of others weren't. I hope I conveyed a sense that I was a lowly sinner who found redemption. I'm not better than anyone else. What makes me different from others is that I realized I needed help.
Im religious I confess, he continued. One of the challenges in life is: Maintaining religious piety is harder when the pressure is off than when it is on. But now there is still a dependency in a greater grace.
Bush made it clear he plans to continue to keep a low profile: I have no desire to see myself on television. I don't want to be a panel of formers instructing the currents on what to do. I'm trying to regain a sense of anonymity. I didn't like it when a certain former president and it wasn't 41 or 42 made my life miserable.
Take back your votes? Does that mean you would rather have had Al Gore or John Kerry?
I suspect that Bush operates on the principle that the Bible says, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay saith the Lord.” I think GWB is leaving it up to God to take care of things for him.
Squire is like the entry-level Fender. It’s owned by Fender, so they make copies of the top of the line Fenders (Jazz Bass and Precision Bass), but they’re made overseas, with cheap wood and a lower (much lower) level of craftsmanship.
Yes it does.
Cheney is this close || to causing mayhem on Obozo.
Yeah, real special. In a Mikey Huckster sort of way.
Although he often made me very angry, I still loved that man.
One of his qualities was that when the good people made it clear that they did not want what he was selling, he was humble enough to let it go, unlike the stunade that’s in office now.
Now that's a statement by an Honest Conservative! I agree that Harriet Miers, No Child Left Behind, Immigration Reform, etc. made me incredulous, the 'body of work' that was the Presidency of George W. Bush had way more positives than negatives. And like you, I loved the man.
Here's a picture of the Bush Alumni breakfast posted to Twitpic by Twitterer @almacy.
Fun Fact: I am happy to report that Stephen Furst is no longer fat.
No, I would have just not voted at all. Gore and Kerry sucked and would have been horrible, but as I said, the only thing I care about is the bottom line. Under Bush, the government grew. Taxes didn't go up in the short run, but they will in the long run because of the deficits he ran. Yes, I know they are worse under Obama, that is not an excuse. Yes, you can also say there was a war and we were attacked. But if terrorism was truly an existential threat, we just would have nuked the whole Middle East instead if fighting this namby pamby 9 year war. So no, I don't need to rethink anything. I don't support big government in any way, shape or form, for any reason. I will no longer dishonor myself by voting for someone that represents big government ever again. I invite you do do the same.
oh fine. nice stereotype ‘all men’.
so, in other words, our soldiers who died for your right to vote, died in vain?
If you believe what you write you are one dumb SOB....
Put some ice on that Jimmuh!
damn straight!
So in other words, you like big government?
Nope, guess again. Go drive an airplane, tuffguy.
that's it?! that's the extent of your lame reply to 'our soldiers have died for your right to vote'?!
Tell me you've got something else!!!!!
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