O: “The Americans think we are from different political sides! I could pee myself laughing!”
W: “Hey, I just do what Poppy says and he has never steered me wrong yet!”
Bill: “Wouldja check out the short skirt on that photographer?!”
Posted on 10/19/2017 11:11:19 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
President George W. Bush on Thursday issued a thinly veiled warning about the state of American democracy under the current president, arguing that "bigotry seems emboldened" and politics is "more vulnerable" to conspiracy theories.
Speaking at the George W. Bush Institute's "The Spirit of Liberty: At Home, in the World," a national forum in New York City, the former president warned that the trend in Western countries of moving away from democratic confidence and global engagement is seeping into American culture.
Parts of Europe, Bush said, have developed an "identity crisis" as a result of economic stagnation, youth unemployment and fears about immigration.
"America is not immune from these trends," warned Bush, who noted that public confidence in U.S. institutions has declined in recent decades and discontent has "deepened and sharpened" partisan conflicts.
"Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories," he said. "We've seen nationalism distorted into nativism."
Bush warned that the U.S. faces the return of isolationist ideology even though he said that American security is "directly threatened by the chaos and despair" of other nations around the world.
The former president listed a series of recommendations that he suggested would improve the state of democracy. First, he said that the U.S. must harden its defenses in terms of confronting cyber threats.
"The Russian government has made a project of turning Americans against each other," said Bush, who added that cyber threats should not be "downplayed or tolerated."
Bush said that there should be a projection of American leadership, the importance of active citizenship should be strengthened and trust in democratic institutions should be restored. He said that Americans should pass civic ideals onto the next generation.
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Hey W, I got something to tell you.
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Same goes for your brother.
Thankfully, HE WILL have the lot of them in derision.
And they will long regret to their bone marrow every pain and offense they caused to each one of 100's of millions of souls.
However, the oligarchy, in typical fashion, strategy—put even MORE AWFUL blokes up on the other side. They are such skilled and refined demonized manipulators of the body politic. However, God has far more options than even they do.
O: “The Americans think we are from different political sides! I could pee myself laughing!”
W: “Hey, I just do what Poppy says and he has never steered me wrong yet!”
Bill: “Wouldja check out the short skirt on that photographer?!”
Hey B*sh - tell is what role “Poopy” played in Dallas in 63?
Tell us about the links he had with Hinckley
The day he came out and said.....see you at the signing....regarding the amnesty bill, I switched to Independent.
True. He was speaking scornfully to those Americans not in BLM. He was blaming us for all the violence and riots. How dare he in TX come that close to blaming the police for thug violence!
No, Lawlessness was emboldened under Obama.
Now we are dealing with it.
Really pisses me off that many of us defended Bush against his new friends on the Left and now he is pissing on us.
Bush NWO-an institution
The bigotry is from the left, such as calling Melania wearing white a sign of white racism but Hillary wearing white a sing she pure and ready to be president.
GWB: an acronym we can do without!
This is from Wednesday. Bush is still butt-hurt from the walloping Trump unleashed on his dynasty. Miserable pricks, all.
Good point. The enemedia fawned all over Hillary when she strutted out with that (racist) white get up.
Pisses me off that we voted for Bush.
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