“I’m glad Cheney is out there,”
(ME TOO, Mister President!)
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 Cheney’s high-profile role in defending the past administration’s national security policies.
“I’m 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. “Don’t 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.”
“I’m 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.”
He was a far better president then the arrogant p o s we have now
Using Dick Cheney's words BIG TIME
Crawl back under your rock, troll
AlanD is an obvious TROLL
'nuff said
Exactly. Unlike this arrogant p o s we have now, he kept his promises
What’s wrong with that, Troll? *rme*
Anyone who believes the dems are good for the economy needs their head examined.
You are nuts.
“You are nuts.”
Wow, there are a lot of statists on this board.
One about as high as yours, I presume is all you are aiming for? That should be a next to nothing search.
What you do in private is harder than what you do in public.
In other words .. your real character is based on what you do in private. It’s easier to put on a good face in public and to LOOK GOOD, and LOOK PIOUS, but when you’re in private, God is the only one watching - and there’s no fooling Him.
Another example. When there is a meeting going on in the outer room of my company’s offices, I usually close my office door - because when the phone rings it detracts from the meeting, as well as the person on the other end can usually hear what’s going on in the meeting and it might not be appropriate for the general public. My boss used to knock before opening the door - but I kept telling her there was no need because there was nothing I was doing behind closed doors that I would not be doing with the door open.
Well .. of course .. Al Gore would have been a much better choice!
Hmmmm ..?? A MB degree from Harvard is not good enough for you ..??
Agree they’re not bright .. but they’re fun to play with!
BTTT *sigh*
Geeeee .. could you make those letters a little bigger .. I didn’t get your comment!
You betcha!
I *had* to find my favorite happy pic of him. :)
...this one! :D
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