President Obama Insults Former President Bush At His Own Portrait Hanging
Media President Obama Insults Former President Bush At His Own Portrait Hanging
President Barack Obama points to former President George W. Bush during a ceremony to unveil his official portrait, Thursday, May 31, 2012, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Apparently, as with so many other things, some people who hold the Presidency have class and some don’t. To all appearances, former President George W. Bush is the former, and current President Barack Obama is the latter, at least if this afternoon‘s unveiling of former President Bush’s Presidential portrait is any guide.
This event – which is, at least in theory, supposed to be free of partisan sniping, got an earful of just that when President Obama gave his introductory remarks welcoming Bush:
President Obama on Thursday twisted the knife he‘d stuck in his predecessor’s legacy, reminding former President George W. Bush that he left the economy a mess and al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden alive when he left the White House three years ago.
“The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time,” Obama told a crowd of mostly former Bush administration officials and members of the Bush family, including Bush’s parents, former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush.[...]
“We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn’t know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been,” Obama continued, raising some eyebrows among the Bush crowd seated just a few feet away.
Bush, however, was the picture of grace, not saying anything remotely insulting about Obama or his wife, and instead treating them with all the deference a sitting President might expect. Indeed, the only place where Bush could have been construed to say anything insulting was when he named his own wife the best First Lady ever, with his mother Barbara Bush maybe tying her. And as to himself, he didn’t pull any punches there, using his typical self-deprecating humor.
“Madame First Lady, thank you so much for inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging,” he joked.
You can watch former President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush’s remarks below
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/president-obama-insults-forme...
Top Opinion
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jean 2012/06/01 19:46:16
On the other hand Obama'swhole presidency is an insult to anyone who voting for him including myself
At least nobody mentioned WMD's because that would have gone down like a lead baloon...
Was this disrespect or just what all of us are thinking?
That is, his lack of character
And himself, too, because he is complicit by not shutting down the Guantanamo Concentration Camp.
I guess black people vote against their self interest..to support someone of their own race..is that what you were looking for?
Which is one of the reason the Moonbats love him so much..
He`s one of them
Former President Bush did display class and besides giving tribute to his wife and mother I loved the ".........I wonder what George would do."
Again, even though I was not a happy camper under Bush you have to hand it to him he does show respect to others whether they deserve it or not.
At the first opportunity, take your unpatriotic ass out of the country.
Bush portrait:
...looks like Oslime has already injected himself in that one too.
It is also a FACT that back in 04 President George W Bush was trying to raise the prime rate and avoid the housing crash ...Democrats killed all attempts using filibuster for 2 years and then simply refused to bring it up after they grabbed control - the housing bubble was planed by and for Democrats .