Birds of a Feather.
Posted on 10/19/2017 10:29:07 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Former President George W. Bush delivered a public repudiation of President Donald Trump’s political identity, suggesting many aspects of the current administration are fueling division in the United States and around the world.
The former president defended the ideas of globalism, free trade, and free markets as well as foreign interventionism around the world in a speech at the George W. Bush Institute.
“We cannot wish globalism away,” Bush said, noting that the United States must sustain “wise and sustained global engagement” for the future of the country.
Bush indirectly accused Trump of fueling dangerous ideologies that threatened the unity of the United States and global stability, spending a large portion of his speech complaining about social ills in the country.
“We’ve seen a return of isolationist sentiments forgetting that American security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places,” he warned.
Bush urged Americans to “recover our own identity,” citing a commitment to global engagement, free and international trade, and immigration.
“We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism, and forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America,” he lamented.
“Bigotry seems emboldened, our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication,” he said. “There are some signs that support for democracy itself has waned especially for the young.”
But Bush’s criticism wasn’t merely on Trump’s “America First” political ideology. He also criticized the tone of the American political system led by Trump.
“We’ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty,” he lamented, noting that “argument turns too easily into animosity” and “disagreement escalates into dehumanization.”
He criticized the rise of “bullying and prejudice” in national politics, suggesting that the country lacked positive role models.
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Mr. New World Order Jr.
During the eight long years of devastating obamanation, King Dumbass of the RINO tribe had nothing to say.
Naturally, the coward finds the courage to criticize when there’s a Republican in office.
I don’t remember hearing a peep from him during the eight years Obama was in office.
Eight years this a$$hole stayed silent in the midst of every vile insult the left could devise. NOW he opens his mouth to blast President Trump?
The personification of “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” Maurice Switzer (not Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain)
The Mooch just loves W for keeping his mouth shut while they pursued all their crimes and cover ups. Where was Obama on the night of Benghazi?
El Jorge Boosh likes to be hugged by the Man-thing?
ick.
>>We cannot wish globalism away,” Bush said, noting that the United States must sustain “wise and sustained global engagement” for the future of the country.
You can’t wish fire away either, but you can keep it contained and working for you. You don’t light your house on fire to fry an egg.
And to think I defended him when they said it!
As a Midlander, I can assure you George W is a dumb as he sounds.
Utter rejection of the truth, combined with rabid, ever increasing open rebellion against Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ (along with persecuting and denigrating those who follow Him and bear witness to His holy name) and His established natural and spiritual order and His written laws and commandments while embracing and promoting self deception, perversion, right is wrong and wrong is right:this is the over arching "purpose" and theme that permits our age.
We indeed live in evil days but rejoice: Maranatha! These are but signs that "our redemption draws near".
How in the heck did we survive 8 years of this guy, 8 years before with Clinton, then 8 years Obama. 4 years his father.
Trump is trying to undo the past 28 years virtually alone.
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Good question
Go away!
In Jay Naughton’s ‘ Forgotten Man’, W needs to be re-painted way closer to Zero.
If I could ask GW one question it would be “Why were you in Dallas they day JFK was assassinated and what did you do that day?”
We were sold a lie by this non-conservative.
His compassionate conservatism was horse crap all along.
No such thing as a conservative Bush which is why his brother and papa were dumped/
And why nearly anything this gas bag has to say is crappola.
Where was Bush “the swamp thing” during the Hussein years?
Good question. With those goofy twins wondering about the softer side of politics, grandma putting her unwelcome 2 cents in when her wittle Jeb got his fweewins hurt by that mean old Donald Trump, poor old pops I won’t say anything about due to his illness but I sure don’t feel the way I used to about that family. Blue Blood Republicans are no better than Demonrats!! Another thing is their love affair with the Clintoons.......guess that’s because they’re all just alike. Just more proof.
I was sure wrong about him. Was warned too.
‘We Cannot Wish Globalism Away’
No, but we can hang it away.
Globalism is a euphemism for TREASON. Globalist- an innocuous way of saying TRAITOR.
It’s time for treason trials and hangings on the national mall. Enough of this sh!t!
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