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Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions without naming Trump
BBC News ^ | 10/20/2017 | BBC

Posted on 10/20/2017 1:45:15 AM PDT by Spiridon

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump's leadership.

Mr. Obama urged Americans to reject the politics of "division" and "fear", while Mr. Bush criticized "bullying and prejudice" in public life.

They were speaking separately. Neither mentioned President Trump by name.......

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bush; deepstate; donaldtrump; georgewbush; globalism; gwbushspeech; obama; obamaspeech; trashtrump; trump45; x43; x44
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To: Spiridon

Elites have to keep the hate going.


21 posted on 10/20/2017 5:30:58 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Yet at the same time Americans have bought guns during the Obama years. Kid you not.


22 posted on 10/20/2017 5:39:12 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Lionheartusa1

Second it.


23 posted on 10/20/2017 5:40:07 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Lionheartusa1

“The Bush’s are no longer a winning brand .”

you mean the Jebster will not be running again??

elites ALWAYS have a backup plan- it is what they do-

sarc


24 posted on 10/20/2017 5:53:38 AM PDT by mj1234
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To: Spiridon

Yes, clearly Trump should take a cue from Barack Obama, on how to heal and mend political divisions.


25 posted on 10/20/2017 5:58:00 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Caipirabob

“I ain’t got a g-g-g-good brain”


26 posted on 10/20/2017 6:11:45 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yup exactly.


27 posted on 10/20/2017 6:53:43 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: mj1234

Are you really sure about that though?


28 posted on 10/20/2017 7:01:37 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Spiridon


Birds of a Feather.
29 posted on 10/20/2017 7:02:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mj1234

“elites ALWAYS have a backup plan”

Yes, It’s called George Soros.


30 posted on 10/20/2017 7:09:17 AM PDT by Amish with an attitude
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To: dfwgator

... aka the three jackasses of the apocalypse.


31 posted on 10/20/2017 7:42:15 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Spiridon

Was never a fan of W’s self named “compassionate” conservative. As if conservatives aren’t compassionate and he felt the need to distance himself from his base.


32 posted on 10/20/2017 7:55:46 AM PDT by Kudsman ( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
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To: Rocky
My respect for George W. Bush has dropped like a rock.

Yours, mine, ours.

President Bush made the critical mistake of spending political capital he did not have. His conservative supporters watched him sit quietly by while Obama belittled everything we stood for. President Bush never stood up for us for eight long years, yet we continued to defend him because we believed that, deep down, he was "one of us." Yes, we had our doubts, but as Carl Rove once said, "Where else are they going to go?"

Because of this, President Bush assumed we would follow wherever he led. He didn't realize that his silence during the Obama years took a toll on our respect for him.

And we all know what happens when we assume.

33 posted on 10/20/2017 8:24:04 AM PDT by Mrs_Stokke ("[T]he malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous” Winston S. Churchill)
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To: Spiridon

I’d bet double or nothing on every dollar I have that Bush and virtually his entire family voted for Hillary Madoff Clinton.


34 posted on 10/20/2017 8:43:17 AM PDT by alstewartfan (We have no money but we stay afloat. The Jellyfishes don't scare us. Al Stewart from Red Toupee)
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To: dfwgator

Meeting of the mindless.


35 posted on 10/20/2017 8:43:59 AM PDT by alstewartfan (We have no money but we stay afloat. The Jellyfishes don't scare us. Al Stewart from Red Toupee)
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To: Rocky

I was done with him the moment he said that he didn’t understand the Tea Party.


36 posted on 10/20/2017 8:56:44 AM PDT by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker)
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To: Spiridon

37 posted on 10/20/2017 11:04:59 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Spiridon

The two worst Presidents in history, Obama and bush Jr.


38 posted on 10/20/2017 5:05:17 PM PDT by TrumpGOP
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To: Rocky

Mine has dropped lower than whale sh!t.


39 posted on 10/21/2017 2:20:26 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: bmwcyle

I think I’ve heard all my life that “God is Love” and yet these political elite folks who claim to be on the side of “God” and “Love” each in their own little Democrat and Republican ways look like frauds.

As far as conservative minded people out there, the libertarians, social issues religious people, all those inclined to believe in some sort of divinity or higher being, may they place their faith in ‘GOD’ instead of ‘GOP’.

I hope the folks on the “Left” wake up to see the frauds that the Democrats are when it comes to average working people. They sold out to big business and big banks.


40 posted on 10/21/2017 5:27:04 PM PDT by Spiridon
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