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Why Wasn't George W. Bush at the 9/11 Museum Dedication?
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | May 15, 2014 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 05/15/2014 3:35:08 PM PDT by Kaslin

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RUSH: We go to Queens. This is Marie. Thank you for calling. It's great to have you here. Hi.

CALLER: Yes. Rush, I listened this morning to the dedication of the memorial. It was very big, very beautiful, but as I told Mr. Snerdley, "Where the hell was President Bush? Why wasn't his name even mentioned?"

RUSH: You know, I didn't have the sound up when I watched that, not much of it. I had it on TV.

CALLER: Well, his name wasn't mentioned. He wasn't there, that's for sure. But his name wasn't even mentioned.

RUSH: This is the 911 Museum, right?

CALLER: Yes.

RUSH: The dedication to the museum? Well, I saw Governor Cuomo there.

CALLER: He should have been the first person to speak, or at least his name mentioned. I'm very upset. I lost a son there.

RUSH: I have to say, she's got a point here. I have to say, you've got a point, Marie. Here's who I saw. I saw Mayor Doomberg, I saw Mayor de Blasio, I saw Governor Cuomo, but you're right. I didn't hear anything. Did they mention him?

CALLER: You saw everybody but President Bush. Even his name wasn't mentioned.

RUSH: Well, now, you say the event was not political. Did you...?

CALLER: It wasn't political? (scoffs) All the other guys are there.

RUSH: Well, I want to ask you about it not being political. You say it was not supposed to be political.

CALLER: It wasn't!

RUSH: But when you were watching, nobody made any political comments? You didn't get any political vibe from it when you were watching it?

CALLER: I cried. That's all I did. I went teary. I said, "Where the hell...? Why isn't President Bush's name even mentioned? It's like he didn't exist."

RUSH: It's an interesting point.

CALLER: I -- I -- I... Maybe I'm crazy! Maybe it's me; I don't know.

RUSH: (interruption) Yeah, I heard. She lost her son on 9/11.

CALLER: Yes, I did. He was a fireman.

RUSH: And that's why you...?

CALLER: And I'm all upset because of it.

RUSH: Don't misunderstand. I'm just trying to learn how you think here. Why were you...? Were you expecting to hear President Bush's name mentioned, and why?

CALLER: Well, I thought he'd be there. I don't... Everybody else was there! Everybody concerned with that day was there. Giuliani, you name it.

RUSH: Well, his office put out a statement, Marie, that he was invited to the dedication of the museum --

CALLER: Yeah?

RUSH: -- but that he had a scheduling conflict and couldn't make it.

CALLER: Well, I really don't believe that. (laughs)

RUSH: Well, but it's his office that is saying that.

CALLER: Yes, I know.

RUSH: Well, Marie, I appreciate the call. Thanks. You know, people that lost family and loved ones 9/11, I know a couple. The term "closure"? There still isn't any for a lot of people, and there may not be for a while.

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RUSH: We've been doing a little investigating. We had a caller from Queens earlier by the name of Marie upset that George W. Bush name not mentioned at the dedication today of the 9/11 Museum. She was also upset that he wasn't there. She thought that he should be mentioned, thought that he should be there. The president's office issued a statement saying that they were invited and had a scheduling conflict.

And one of the former president's spokesmen, a guy by the name of Sherzer, said that the president "has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight." That's David Sherzer. He added that Bush "continues to celebrate with all Americans this important victory in the War on Terror." Here's an excerpt from the statement that the office released:

"The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City will preserve the memory of that day for future generations. It will honor the sacrifice of those who lost their lives and the bravery of those who saved others. And it will help ensure that our nation remembers the lessons of September 11th: that what happens abroad can affect us here at home, that evil is real, and that courage and love triumph over terror and hate."

Hmm. That's a good lesson. It doesn't surprise me that President Bush would not show up, given the statement of David Sherzer. He's chosen, in his post-presidency, to remain largely out of the spotlight. I can't tell you the number of times -- and I was fortunate to be invited to the White House a few times. I spent a lot of time with President Bush, for just an average citizen, and I asked him about this a lot.

"Why don't you respond to some of this? Some of this criticism is not just affecting you. It's affecting all the people that vote for you and supported you." And every time I asked him, he said a variation on the theme that he had such reverence for the office, that he was not going to diminish it by taking it political. He wasn't going to go where his critics were, be it the gutter or wherever.

He viewed it to be beneath the office. All of his critics were beneath the office. He wasn't gonna go there. And the one thing that you can say about George W. Bush is that he's well mannered. He was well raised. And there are some traditions and protocols that he's just not gonna violate, and one of them is when you leave office, you're gone. You don't stay public. You don't continue to try to influence things.

This is what he believes. He believes that's the right thing to do, and I firmly believe that's why (besides the "scheduling conflict"), he thought it best not to go. His time has come and passed in terms of being president. Now, contrast that with Bill Clinton who still can't get over the fact that he's not there, meaning in the White House, and desperately wants to get back.

And I believe... When I heard that Barack Obama plans to live in Washington after his term of office expires -- if it does (ahem) -- that told me a lot. No president stays in town. They all decamp. They all leave. They go back somewhere. But Obama is gonna stay there, and there's one reason why. He's not going to sit quietly by... Let's say there's a Republican elected president.

He's not gonna sit quietly by and let whatever he thinks he's accomplished be unraveled. He's gonna be speaking up often about what he disagrees with, and he knows he's gonna have the media in his back pocket. And that is what Bush refuses to do. He will not do it. It's kind of frustrating in a way. He will not do it. He will not offer one word of criticism for any president. Not Clinton. Not Obama.

He simply will not insert himself into these affairs. Even if achievements he thinks that he was responsible for are attacked and unraveled, he won't do it, because of his view of the office and the protocols and the traditions, and being well-mannered. That's all part of it. So that statement doesn't really surprise me. It frustrates a lot of people, as it did our first caller, Marie from Queens.

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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator

To: Kaslin
I'm glad President Bush didn't join the parade of egos today.

Thank you Mr. President for having class and grace, and for helping me to feel safe for awhile.
22 posted on 05/15/2014 5:05:45 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: livius

If Bush’s staff or Bush himself would’ve been more responsive to the liberal lies told about him.

More’s the pity.


23 posted on 05/15/2014 5:21:05 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Salvation

Did ya know Bush allowed in more Muslims *after* 911 than came to the US in the two decades prior to 911?


24 posted on 05/15/2014 5:34:07 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: novemberslady

I happen to like President Bush, although I didn’t agree with all his policies. He was and is a decent man - unlike the POS now squatting at the WH. He was in office during a time when our country needed him and thank God it wasn’t Al Gore. Say what you will, but GW was the last president - I don’t consider the poseur a president. Hopefully, we will get another one in 2016. I hate all the hatred toward the man - he served his country during our darkest days. I find it sickening that former ADEM presidents have to try and keep their mugs in the public eye.


25 posted on 05/15/2014 5:34:38 PM PDT by Catsrus (A)
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To: dfwgator

O’Bastard should go back to Indonesia, his home.


26 posted on 05/15/2014 5:37:57 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Kaslin

What really got me was seeing Bill and Hillary there with their chins in the air.

Of course, if Bill had done his effing job none of this would have happened. These people have ZERO shame.


27 posted on 05/15/2014 5:53:25 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: Aria
if Bill had done his effing job none of this would have happened

It's interesting that everything from 2009 to current has been "Bush's fault" but nothing from 2001 on was "Clinton's fault"

28 posted on 05/15/2014 5:55:54 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: Kaslin

He was in Bentonville, Arkansas today. My husband was downtown and spotted him leaving a meeting room adjacent to the Walmart visitors’ center. No idea why he was there but it was him. A cop friend of ours was heading up the motorcade, I don’t know if he has any details but I can ask his wife when I see her tomorrow.


29 posted on 05/15/2014 5:55:55 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Ephesians 6:12 becomes more real to me with each news cycle.)
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To: pfflier
From wiki...

Tibbets died in his Columbus, Ohio, home on November 1, 2007, at the age of 92. He had suffered small strokes and heart failure during his final years and had been in hospice care. He was survived by his wife Andrea and three sons, Paul III, Gene and James. In accordance with his wishes, his body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered over the English Channel, which he had flown over many times during the war.
30 posted on 05/15/2014 5:56:57 PM PDT by sjm_888
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To: GOPJ

I wish I could agree, but I’m not so sure. One thing all of these ex-presidents agree on is that government knows best. And if the principal agent of government decides to stick around beyond his term’s expiration date, I worry his predecessors will make excuses for him rather than condemn him.

Particularly since Obama would justify his tyranny by reason of national emergency. All of his predecessors prefer “national unity” to constitutional integrity, and would decline to say anything that might encourage widespread revolt.


31 posted on 05/15/2014 5:59:11 PM PDT by MadeInOhio
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To: All; Kaslin; Alamo-Girl; Protect the Bill of Rights

NEVER FORGET

.

..’The Man Who Predicted 9/11’.. Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7FBIkEtVM

http://rickrescorla.com

.

NEVER FORGET


32 posted on 05/15/2014 6:25:56 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Thanks for the ping!


33 posted on 05/15/2014 8:00:55 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: GOPJ

“Hopefully when Obama’s time is up he’ll take his family back to Chicago and allow the next President to be in charge...”

Towards the end of this article, Limbaugh mentions that homobama will reside in DC after his presidency. And Rush adds that brack will be the only president to do so.

Limbaugh surmises that obama wants to fight any challenges to his legacy that the next president may pose.


34 posted on 05/15/2014 9:44:23 PM PDT by Vision Thing (obama wants his suicidal worshipers to become suicidal bombers.)
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To: Vision Thing

A couple of months ago, Obama said they would be staying in DC until the girls finished school at the posh, private school they attend.


35 posted on 05/16/2014 1:44:30 AM PDT by octex
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To: sjm_888
Tibbets died in his Columbus, Ohio, home on November 1, 2007, at the age of 92. He had suffered small strokes and heart failure during his final years and had been in hospice care.

The 509th was one hell of a fine package delivery service.

36 posted on 05/16/2014 1:56:55 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: livius

Simple answer, really. NYC is the heart of “enemy territory”. “Injun Country”.


37 posted on 05/16/2014 5:08:17 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

When my youngest son was in high school one of his favorite teachers lost her husband in Afghanistan. He was just 27. Heartbreaking.

At calling hours, I told her I had a talk with my son explaining that her husband did not just make the ultimate sacrifice for his country. His sacrifice was for each and every one of us.

I promised her as long as I have breath in my body, I will forever be thankful and I will never, ever forget.


38 posted on 05/16/2014 6:36:52 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: dfwgator

He will be the 19th hole at a gay golf course in chicago.


39 posted on 05/16/2014 12:06:39 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Kaslin

Maybe it was smart for George W. to stay away.
He would have been surrounded with communists and insane liberals. They would have turned the ceremony into a “It’s Bush’s fault” campaign. He is a private citizen now and can choose where he goes and when.


40 posted on 05/16/2014 12:14:46 PM PDT by Texas resident (The democrat party is now the CPUSA)
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