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Bush Quietly Saved a Million African Lives (Yet he is being criticized by both the left & the right)
NC Register ^ | 7/31/2009 | Paul Kengor

Posted on 08/04/2009 6:50:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 08/04/2009 6:50:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Bless him.


2 posted on 08/04/2009 6:51:02 AM PDT by madison10
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To: SeekAndFind

The crickets that surround Bono are deafening.


3 posted on 08/04/2009 6:52:08 AM PDT by cranked
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As is typical with President Bush, he was extremely reticent to bring glory upon himself, much UNLIKE both his predecessor and successor.


4 posted on 08/04/2009 6:54:07 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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As is typical with President Bush, he was extremely reticent to bring glory upon himself, much UNLIKE both his predecessor and successor.

Credit should be given where credit is due -- THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. It is OUR MONEY that went to help Africa, whether some of us like it or not ( whether most of us know it or not ).
5 posted on 08/04/2009 6:56:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Bush doesn’t get enough credit for defending this country from terrorist. I am sure Bush saved thousands of lives (perhaps more) here in this country. Obama will not be able to avoid this, because he is not seriously looking at the problem.


6 posted on 08/04/2009 6:56:50 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: cranked

Right...my thoughts exactly...but Bono didn’t want to hug/thank the man...Bono has lost a ton of respect with me for his bragging over that.


7 posted on 08/04/2009 7:05:57 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank you. That is the truth.


8 posted on 08/04/2009 7:06:04 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: SeekAndFind

While I didn’t always agree with President Bush, at least I knew he had this country’s best interests at heart. Not so with Mr. Obama. No-one with intellectual and moral clarity can look at everything that Obama has been doing since January and say he is acting in this country’s best interests.

I miss President Bush.


9 posted on 08/04/2009 7:06:42 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: SeekAndFind
And as someone who has closely followed Bush’s humanitarian gesture from the outset, I’m not surprised that the former president continues to not receive the accolades he deserves — including even from conservative supporters — for this generous act.

I didn't know he used his own money. Too bad he didn't care as much about Americans.

10 posted on 08/04/2009 7:08:40 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Well, George W. Bush, the much-ridiculed man of faith — ridiculed often because of his faith — always said he never expected rewards in this lifetime. Here’s one that apparently will need to wait.

He may need to wait, but he WILL be rewarded by his Lord and Savior. He always put his faith above his politics, and that's what every Christian should do. He did what he thought was right in the eyes of the Lord.

God bless President Bush for his faithfulness. Oh, how I miss having a righteous leader!

11 posted on 08/04/2009 7:09:42 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Finally, something they don’t want to blame on Bush.


12 posted on 08/04/2009 7:09:48 AM PDT by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
The thing about Bono is that he knows what a generous and giving man George W. Bush is, but he is rejecting him because of peer pressure and moral weakness.

As far as I'm concerned, Bono deserves no respect any more. I figure that the only reason he's done good things is because it will make him look good. If he were doing good things because it's the right thing to do, he would still recognize and acknowledge the goodness of President Bush.

He's just a leftist wimp out for self aggrandizement.

13 posted on 08/04/2009 7:13:54 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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Actually, I would like attention paid to an even bigger success story-Afghanistan. Before 09-11, it was evident that the Taliban were driving that country into the ground. Their incompetence and a long dry spell were combining to create a potential humanitarian catastrophe, one that would have claimed millions of lives.

Then, granted out of necessity, the US blew the bad guys back to Pakistan. Suddenly, the aid that they had been holding up came rushing into that country, much of it via US air and land transport. Overnight, disaster became deliverance and Afghans who would otherwise have died, survived the rule of the Taliban.

Nowhere do you see that story-only stories of opium, quagmire and Bush bashing. But generations of Afghans will have the US armed forces to thank for their lives.


14 posted on 08/04/2009 7:14:10 AM PDT by tanuki (The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mat 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:


15 posted on 08/04/2009 7:15:22 AM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: My Favorite Headache
Bono has lost a ton of respect with me for his bragging over that.

Did Bono ever thank the American taxpayer ? After all, it is our money that goes to help Africa.
16 posted on 08/04/2009 7:15:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Oh please! Because of Bush and his father we now have a Marxist sitting in the WH. What he may or may not have done in Africa is relevent to nothing that is important to America.

“W” and his father were pure and simple democrats. I’ve grown to despise both men. Shame on me for being fooled into voting for RINOs—again.

I can tell you this, that will not happen—again.,


17 posted on 08/04/2009 7:16:04 AM PDT by dools007
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To: GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco

Many here do. BDS is alive and well here.


18 posted on 08/04/2009 7:17:30 AM PDT by mimaw
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To: SeekAndFind

The media IGNORES just how popular GW Bush is within many African countries.


19 posted on 08/04/2009 7:19:05 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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And how do you know he didn't use his own money to help Americans?

The situation in Africa was dire and deadly from a humanitarian standpoint - nothing even close here in America - and in addition our national security interests were involved in keeping African countries stable. But that doesn't indicate that President Bush didn't use his resources to help Americans too.

He and VP Cheney give huge amounts of money to people in need. It's on the record.

(btw, Obama gives...............zero).

20 posted on 08/04/2009 7:20:25 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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