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struggle4progress

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Tue Dec 4, 2018, 08:11 PM Dec 2018

Don't need to underscore the obvious

By Jennifer Rubin

... There is no need to remind the country that Bush 41 was a great statesman, Trump a bratty, destructive force; Bush a war hero, Trump the beneficiary of five draft deferments; Bush a devoted husband, Trump a disloyal philanderer; and Bush a supporter of the Fair Housing Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act and someone who lived the creed “All men are created equal . . .," and Trump overtly racist, xenophobic and misogynistic (and someone who has tried to kick transgender Americans out of the military) ...

,,, when we hear about Bush’s modesty, kindness, empathy, decency and respect for American institutions, it won’t be necessary to add “unlike Trump!” at the end. We know. We get it.

There may be another reason to leave the Trump criticism out of this: The people most in need of some moral instruction and reflection these days are the heirs to Bush’s Republican Party ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/04/bushes-dont-need-underscore-obvious/?utm_term=.d67d0b011905

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