[11th Commandment]

Bush is old school in that the President goes home and acts as like a President. Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson. Nixon, Reagan and Bush all acted this way. They supported the office holder because they know the difficulties of the office. There is a story that Eisenhower was at the Kennedy White House for an event. He quietly walked with JFK and schooled him on his fiasco on his handling of th Bay of Pigs invasion. Result, a different Kennedy during the Cuban missile crises.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Bush is old school in that the President goes home and acts as like a President. Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson. Nixon, Reagan and Bush all acted this way. They supported the office holder because they know the difficulties of the office. There is a story that Eisenhower was at the Kennedy White House for an event. He quietly walked with JFK and schooled him on his fiasco on his handling of th Bay of Pigs invasion. Result, a different Kennedy during the Cuban missile crises.

Kennedy needed a vote of confidence from (Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in Europe) Eisenhower to help him out of the sickening loss of face entailed in the Bay of Pigs fiasco. So he Called Eisenhower to meet with him - at Camp David, IIRC - and they took a private walk together during which Eisenhower ripped him a new one. Then Eisenhower publicly gave Kennedy the support he had to have.