George W. Bush slammed other politicians during presidency, ex-speechwriter Matt Latimer writes

To be after a two or even three day period from being chosen for veep on Friday and traveling and speaking on Saturday to giving the veep speech at the convention on Wednesday is getting pretty petty even if she did not giving any demanding appearances.

Who is after her, except you? I certainly don't think she was wrong not to appear every day. I simply SAID she didn't appear every day. You obviously took it as an attack, I presume because of your preconceived notion of what my motives are. I defended Palin against false attacks, the same way I defended Romney when I believed he was attacked falsely. It's one thing for you to have a negative opinion of me -- I don't really care what you think, anonymous internet posters don't define my being. But now you are making wrong factual conclusions based on your invalid belief.

I’m not pretending anything, you have been running with and repeatedly posting negatives about Palin today and you even admit that they might not be true but you still want to go after her for them.

It has been pointed out to you that Bush didn’t make the statement yet you persist and not just here but on other threads.

You have been trolling with negative Palin posting today, using the Bush story to do it with, romneybots never change.

Ive said nothing negative about Palin today, I've spent the day trying to point out that what Bush was alleged to say wasn't an attack.

And we don't yet know whether Bush said what was reported about Palin facing a tough 5 days after her pick. We know that Bush knew who Palin was, and I speculated that the "Governor of Guam", if a factual report, was probably a joke. But what we have now is conflicting stories, and while I'm inclined to believe the story was inaccurate, it doesn't bother me like it does you because I don't see it, properly understood, as an attack on Palin.

The sad thing is that you have to believe this is an attack on Palin, because you falsely believe that I am a "romneybot" and therefore hate Palin.

The fact that I supported Palin, defended her, attended a rally because of her, would make no difference to you -- you'd have to ignore the facts because they don't fit your false preconception.

I've seen a lot of attacks on Bush today by Palin supporters who assumed both that the story was true, and that the story was, as the media falsely portrayed, and attack on Palin.

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