Barry insults President Bush at his own Portrait Hanging

[Sdiver]

Barry is a NO-CLASS Son-Of-A-Bitch.

To use something like this event to give a "campaign speech", shows just how low and underhanded he really is.

This Fucktard HAS TO GO !!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

President Obama Insults Former President Bush At His Own Portrait Hanging


Apparently, as with so many other things, some people who hold the Presidency have class and some don’t. To all appearances, former President George W. Bush is the former, and current President Barack Obama is the latter, at least if this afternoon‘s unveiling of former President Bush’s Presidential portrait is any guide.

This event – which is, at least in theory, supposed to be free of partisan sniping, got an earful of just that when President Obama gave his introductory remarks welcoming Bush:


President Obama on Thursday twisted the knife he‘d stuck in his predecessor’s legacy, reminding former President George W. Bush that he left the economy a mess and al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden alive when he left the White House three years ago.


“The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time,” Obama told a crowd of mostly former Bush administration officials and members of the Bush family, including Bush’s parents, former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush.[...]

“We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn’t know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been,” Obama continued, raising some eyebrows among the Bush crowd seated just a few feet away.



Obama stopped short of blaming Bush for the recession, something he has done repeatedly on the campaign trail.

Instead, Obama couched his remarks with praise of the former president, thanking Bush for going out of his way “in the middle of that crisis … to make sure that the transition to a new administration was as seamless as possible.”

Translation: “Thanks for getting out of the way and letting the smart people take over, you jerk.”

Bush, however, was the picture of grace, not saying anything remotely insulting about Obama or his wife, and instead treating them with all the deference a sitting President might expect. Indeed, the only place where Bush could have been construed to say anything insulting was when he named his own wife the best First Lady ever, with his mother Barbara Bush maybe tying her. And as to himself, he didn’t pull any punches there, using his typical self-deprecating humor.

“Madame First Lady, thank you so much for inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging,” he joked.

You can watch former President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush’s remarks below:


Here is the link that I got the above article from with video of George and Laura's thanks and gratitude.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/president-obama-insults-former-president-bush-at-his-own-portrait-hanging/

NOW THAT'S CLASS.


Here is the whole video in it's entirety. Barry's comments (in BOLD above) start at the 6:10 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3IodWyGME&feature=related

[stfesta]

I have always said that GWB was a great president and hasn't stooped to the level of others when they bad mouth him, no matter if that was the media or a political figure.

Who can forget the how to assassinate GWB movie that was hailed by the Dems? We were told, it's art, don't take ourselves too seriously. I wonder if Ted Nugent can claim the same defense? I doubt it.

I believe history will look differently on both GWB and BHO.
sf

[Richard]

I don't see the claimed "insult" when considering the entire context of the remarks.

Remarks by President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Former President George W. Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush at the Official Portrait Unveiling

<snip>In this job, no decision that reaches your desk is easy. No choice you make is without costs. No matter how hard you try, you’re not going to make everybody happy. I think that’s something President Bush and I both learned pretty quickly. (Laughter.)

And that’s why, from time to time, those of us who have had the privilege to hold this office find ourselves turning to the only people on Earth who know the feeling. We may have our differences politically, but the presidency transcends those differences. We all love this country. We all want America to succeed. We all believe that when it comes to moving this country forward, we have an obligation to pull together. And we all follow the humble, heroic example of our first President, George Washington, who knew that a true test of patriotism is the willingness to freely and graciously pass the reins of power on to somebody else.

That’s certainly been true of President Bush. The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time. We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn’t know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been. And still, over those two and a half months -- in the midst of that crisis -- President Bush, his Cabinet, his staff, many of you who are here today, went out of your ways -- George, you went out of your way -- to make sure that the transition to a new administration was as seamless as possible.

President Bush understood that rescuing our economy was not just a Democratic or a Republican issue; it was a American priority. I’ll always be grateful for that.

The same is true for our national security. None of us will ever forget where we were on that terrible September day when our country was attacked. All of us will always remember the image of President Bush standing on that pile of rubble, bullhorn in hand, conveying extraordinary strength and resolve to the American people but also representing the strength and resolve of the American people.

And last year, when we delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, I made it clear that our success was due to many people in many organizations working together over many years -- across two administrations. That’s why my first call once American forces were safely out of harm’s way was to President Bush. Because protecting our country is neither the work of one person, nor the task of one period of time, it’s an ongoing obligation that we all share.

Finally, on a personal note, Michelle and I are grateful to the entire Bush family for their guidance and their example during our own transition. <snip>

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/31/remarks-president-obama-first-lady-michelle-obama-former-president-georg

Meh...politics and an election year and political commentators.

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

[cbtengr]

This was George Bush's day, Obama just does not know when to shut up. It always has to be all about him he is a Fucktard and he has to go.

[MR2]

Obama: 'As soon as Bush walked back into the White House, unemployment went up'

[Dusty]

"... a true test of patriotism is the willingness to freely and graciously pass the reins of power on to somebody else."



Maybe Obama will pass with flying colors, just as BJ Clinton did. :rolleyes:

This quote is the only snippet of that particular teleprompter reading that interests me in the slightest.