Posted on 07/07/2013 9:11:35 AM PDT by markomalley
President George W. Bush cautioned against criticizing gay couples, saying in an interview on “This Week” that you shouldn’t criticize others “until you’ve examined your own heart.”
Bush had waded into the revitalized same-sex marriage debate last week - if only barely - in a comment to a reporter in Zambia, who asked whether gay marriage conflicts with Christian values.
“I shouldn’t be taking a speck out of someone else’s eye when I have a log in my own,” Bush said last week.
In an interview in Tanzania with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, the former president explained his comment further.
“I meant it’s very important for people not to be overly critical of someone else until you’ve examined your own heart,” Bush told Karl.
As president, Bush opposed gay marriage, and Republicans pushed ballot measures to ban it at the state level. The topic has seen rejuvenated discussion after the Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on same-sex marriage, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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What does that have to do with fag marriage?
Besides that, he didn’t do a very good job - the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were run pretty badly, of course much, MUCH worse under 0buttatollah, but under Bush Islam was called by HIM a “religion of peace” and catering to Islam got rolling.
No, Bush was pretty bad. He was better than Algore of course. But if we don’t get an actual Constitution-minded president and congress we’re going to have to do the Egyptian thing pretty soon.
What would you care if a bunch of gay men are fornicating sanctioned by the US government and recruiting the military and boy scouts to their ‘orientation', if a terrorist blew you up in your home? It wouldn't matter then anyways.
GWB's wiretapping us and invading two countries and giving them the vote kept you safe.
I bet giving illegals the vote will work just as well as it did giving it to those poor Islamic muslims. The vote fixes everything.
“It will get less than ten responses.”
But a lot more people will read it and learn from it.
I particularly liked your ‘adult child, born to privilege’ explanation of his behavior.
Like you he never fooled me. But then I remembered 1994 when he opposed Prop 187 even though it had nothing at all to do with his state of Texas.
The signs of what he is were there all along.
Examine my heart George? I’d like to examine your brain, I’m not sure you have one. Or at least you are missing that part that stops you from saying stupid (bleep).
I wish GW would take up drinking again, he’d make more sense.
What a jackass
Without 9-11 he would never been so revered here
I’m also convinced he was ready to start pushing amnesty just before 9/11 happened, and he had to put it on a back burner.
He's re-emerging now for one reason and one reason only - immigration reform.
The Bushes must really think its gonna pay off for them.
” Since Reagan we have failed to nominate a decent Conservative who gets it. Let that sink in a minute. We’re talking 24 years since we’ve had a person who wasn’t afraid to make the Conservative sales pitch. JUST THE SALES PITCH! Reagan wasn’t perfect, but he educated people about what sound government looked like. Who has done that since? Nobody. We have some excellent pretenders, but when it comes to sound policies on major issues, that person hasn’t revealed themselves yet.”
GHWB was the beginning of the end for conservatism. We have had nothing but big business, globalist scum since Reagan.
GHWB is already out pimping for Jeb to be our next POTUS
Yep and I notice after an absence the ‘miss Bush yet’ threads are popping up here again. Read the cheers in the comments
I love the comments that “Bush never sold us out”
O really? Remember Bush out pimping for amnesty, 24/7?
And Bush is out pimping this monstrous amnesty again, only this one is FAR worse!
THAT is the very definition of selling out your country!!!!
There will alway be some who will forever cling to their Bush fantasy scrapbook of regal imagery and style of personality over any substantive review of the Bush dynasty of faux conservatism. It's a pathological disorder much like liberalism.
Indeed.
Thanks for the responding commentary D1.
Bravo D1...best post of the decade!
I’m glad you enjoyed the post, and some parts in particular. Thanks.
I hadn’t realized he opposed Prop 187. Whew...
Yes, the signs were there. His way to fix education in Texas was to throw a boatload of money at the problem. His early talk of amnesty put me off.
Compassionate Conservatism? Really?
I hear ya...
LOL
Look, the guy is a sap. I wish him and his family well, but for heaven’s sake leave us in peace.
Look what he handed off, and he still thinks he holds the stature to help this bill along.
What a hoot...
In 2000, I said that I thought it was possible that Bush would be the end of Conservatism as we knew it.
Boy, did I get spanked on that one.
Well, here we are. How’s Conservatism doing today? Is it thriving? Are we prevailing?
As you said, he’s out pimping for Jeb. Here’s a guy who handed off a nation on the doorstep of a depression, and he actually thinks an endorsement by him is going to influence people.
Wow.
It’s like a guy who just filed bankruptcy giving us his advice on what financial planner to pick.
Yes, well I do miss Bush. I haven’t unloaded on him enough lately.
Thank you.
Take care...
He has a Mexican kinfolk therefore all are OK by him even illegal or Democrat voting....despite stats
I got the same argument a few days ago here about Dem voting Brasilians
Some folks are just plain stupid or don’t realize what is at stake
The Bushes are no good.....better than Obama but no good
The cult of personality he engendered here was scary
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