Posted on 05/30/2012 4:05:57 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
Talk about awkward.
When President Obama hosts former President George W. Bush at the White House on Thursday to unveil his predecessor’s official portrait, he’ll pay tribute to the man whom he has blamed lately for everything short of an outbreak of the flesh-eating virus.
The war in Iraq? An unnecessary and costly diversion that was Mr. Bush’s fault, according to Mr. Obama.
The worst recession since World War II? The president says Mr. Bush and the GOP are to blame.
Soaring deficits? Mr. Obama’s mantra is that he inherited the red ink from the Republican.
The Wall Street collapse? See “Bush, George W.”
Loss of America’s prestige in the eyes of the world? Mr. Obama has laid that allegation on Mr. Bush’s doorstep, too.
At a fundraiser in California last week, Mr. Obama used Mr. Bush as his foil to raise more money for his re-election campaign. The president began by criticizing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for planning “bigger tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans,” deep cuts in funding for education and Medicare, and deregulation of the banking and insurance industries.
“But that’s not new,” Mr. Obama told the crowd. “That was tried, remember? The last guy did all this.”
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I loved seeing President Bush and Mrs. Bush back in the White House. The room was full of Bush family and friends. They could teach the Obama’s a thing or two about class and grace!
Sorry, but as for me, I will never miss any Bush.
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