".... So allow me instead to change tacks by praising a father and son. Following Lowery's comments, George HW Bush helped dispel the tension by jokingly saying that his friend Joe Lowery almost always won the war of words when the two men had discussions during Lowery's visits to the White House.
What an absolute class act. Only someone with the true human warmth and dignity of President Bush's father could have reacted to such political savagery in such a disarming manner.
And then there is the president. When Lowery concluded his eulogy, President George W. Bush stood and embraced his verbal assailant. In my mind, at that moment, Bush rose to a new level of greatness.
I have not been wild about his profligate spending, his Medicare drug giveaway, or some of his other policies that I believe have steered the Republican Party off the Ronald Reagan-engineered road that led to GOP renewal and power in the 1980s and 1990s.
But I now better understand why he continues the fight in Iraq, despite the war's drag on his popularity. I better comprehend why he pushes issues often after the public has rejected them, most notably Social Security reform.
It's because he has genuine strength, fortitude and conviction. He possesses the ability to take punches and come up off the deck again and again.
In the church on the day of Mrs. King's funeral, I saw dignity from four fine children who had lost their mother.
I also saw it from a father and a son. They happened to be named Bush."
And thanks for the ping to a great article, Coop.
I am praying that this despicable behavior of the left, and the incredible grace, poise and dignity of our President and his father, will at least make some folks start to rethink their views on both.
No one could miss the contrast. And no one could miss who had the class.
Amen. The Clintons, Carters and Kennedys are all LOW CLASS CREEPS.