Posted on 11/09/2010 8:32:02 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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It was at the height of the 2008 presidential election campaign, not long after Bush publicly endorsed John McCain as his successor.
Naturally the election came up in conversation. Trying to be even-handed and polite, the Brits said something diplomatic about McCain’s campaign, expecting Bush to express some warm words of support for the Republican candidate.
Not a chance. “I probably won’t even vote for the guy,” Bush told the group, according to two people present.“I had to endorse him. But I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me.”
Endorse Obama? Cue dumbfounded look from British officials, followed by some awkward remarks about the Washington weather. Even Gordon Brown’s poker face gave way to a flash of astonishment.
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I’m not buying this horseshit.
You don’t have to buy it. It’s FREE!
Why not? Bush has proved to me that he's no conservative.
This oughta be good...
That’s just beyond ridiculous. Given what Obama was saying about Bush at the time, there’s no way Bush said that — unless Bush was pulling someone’s leg for the hell of it.
This is definitely the sort of thing the foreign press would have sat on for two years without uttering a word.
Nope.
Maybe elder Bush in a senile moment.
In the sense that a McQueeg administration would have been little different from the current one, it is in the realm of believability.
Not buying it for a minute. Dem propaganda
I do not find this hard to believe.
My question is, who are THEY?
Puppetmasters?
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I always got the feeling these two guys didn't like each other one bit.
What your saying is that Bush was secretly supporting a guy who was vowing to overturn all the foreign policy and national security moves Bush had fought for since 9/11?
Righhhhhhhht.
according to two people presentCue the BS meter, please.
I think Bush is just having his fun, and maybe a little revenge.
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