I have not really had any problem with W's ex Presidency until now

[dsc]

In fairness to him, he was doing the right thing by having such a private ex presidency. His ill dad combined with his dreadful reputation made it the right thing for both him and the country. But to skip the opening of the 9/11 museum was just breath taking. Not only him but no Cheney, no Rice, and no Rumsfeld. The country deserved to have him and them help mark that occasion. It was the most important event which happened in his 8 years. This would be like Clinton not attending a memorial for Oklahoma city.

[spanone]

1. they are trying to rewrite history. to them, there's no reason they should have been there.

nothing happened on their watch.

our media obviously has no curiosity about their lack of appearance.

i haven't heard anyone mention this in the msm....question why no one representing their administration came to the opening.

there could be a good argument made that they should have been the ONLY administration there.

they re criminally despicable

[dsc]

2. It didn't happen on Clinton's and he was there

even if they honestly feel that they aren't responsible for it they still should have come.

[spanone]

10. i agree 100% it DID HAPPEN ON THEIR WATCH. Obama was there...no one from their admin. was there.

shameful.

but i'm not disappointed. i expect nothing from them. they took. for 8 years they gave us war and took our money.

halliburton?

[JI7]

3. maybe they don't want people to think of they were in charge when that horrible thing happened

at the time the people do rally behind the leaders just because it's more about being united.

but with time people look at it more differently and it's not really seen as a good thing that you were the leader when it happened.

[Cleita]

4. What do you expect of sociopaths?

They have no empathy for the pain around them as long as it isn't theirs. Why would they want that discomfort of being reminded of their biggest failure while in power?

[Louisiana1976]

6. +1!

[dsc]

9. I guess that is fair

but I still am a bit disappointed.

[immoderate]

5. Who cares? Unless they're brought there in manacles...

His obscurity is the only thing I can tolerate about him.

--imm

[fried eggs]

7. That would be like OJ showing up to Nicole's funeral

Very tacky and in poor taste, and cruel to the victim's loved ones. I'm really glad that they all (with the exception of Cheney) have stayed the fuck away. If someone ever asked me to say one nice thing about Bush, it would be that he left us the fuck alone after he had his way with us. Unfortunately the same can't be said for thousand-lives Cheney.

[IcyPeas]

13. umm, OJ did show up at Nicole's funeral

not sure if that's what you meant.

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-17/news/mn-5255_1_nicole-simpson-s-mother

[tularetom]

8. Attending would be tantamount to an admission that the attack took place

and I think they're attempting to pretend it never did.

Besides, they know there might actually be one or two honest journalists hanging around who might ask embarrassing questions.

Slim chance I realize but still… A bigger risk than those cowards are willing to take.

[TBF]

11. Were they even invited?

I wouldn't want them there if I were the event organizers ...

[dsc]

12. I would think they were

[TBF]

14. That's not really an answer. nt

[dsc]

15. It would be like having a museum to honor the end of ww2 and not inviting Truman

I literally can't imagine they wouldn't have invited Bush.

[TBF]

16. It would be nice to know

what happened. If they really were all invited and declined to come it would be very telling.

[spanone]

17. bu$h was in arkansas receiving an award from wally mart

he couldn't be bothered to attend a memorial to the greatest attack on american soil EVER. that happened while he was president.

http://www.4029tv.com/news/george-w-bush-spotted-in-bentonville/26004414

[TBF]

18. Yeah - I heard about that

I made many jokes about his "art" belonging in their "museum" ... (look it up - they really have a museum dedicated to themselves!)

[Art_from_Ark]

20. Speaking of Bentonville,

that town was home to the late J.H.Hatfield, author of "Fortunate Son", a rather unflattering book about bu$h. A few months after bu$h entered the White House, Hatfield was found dead of an apparent suicide in a hotel room in Springdale, about 15 miles from Bentonville.

[YOHABLO]

19. Because that lot was responsible for it happening.. Bush &Co. were warned. They let it happen.

It would have been just as disingenuous as W out their with a hard hat and a bull horn, acting like he cared. Yeah, God bless Amerrrrrica Georgy!

[Javaman]

21. george w. moron*...

1) doesn't give a shit. 2) never gave a shit 3) and will never ever give a shit...

about the people that died that day.

he* and his room full of dopes made their colossal piles of money and allowed the door to swing open to allow the corporations to take over the rest of this nation and the world.

so why wasn't george w. moron* not there? because he* was counting his money and laughing at us.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. The fact that Bush was once president bothers me the most.

So I guess you can say his ex-presidency bothers me in that respect.

But frankly, I'm just as glad that he's not going to the 9-11 museum. He did nothing but disgrace himself that day, staring off into space while thousands of people died. He's not somebody to be remembered positively for anything that day.