Note: Please read the whole thing before you start flaming.On its own merits, it took a lot of courage for Bush to say that Ken Lay was a good guy and that he would write Mrs. Lay a letter of condolence. In fact, it reminded me of when Vice President Truman went to the funeral of convicted party boss Thomas Pendergast. Such a move was very unpopular and unwise politically, but Truman knew he wouldn't be where he was without Pendergast.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Harry_Truman.htmHowever, the analogy to Bush and Truman (which I believe the President enjoys a lot) stop there, and here's why. 152 people were executed in Texas under Bush's tenure as governor. Regardless of whether you are for or against the death penalty, not once did Bush call the family of an executed man and offer his condolences. Not once did he say Karla Faye Tucker was a good woman, even though her heart was right with the Lord. In fact, he mocked her death, intentional or not, in his interview with Tucker Carlson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Faye_Tucker#Karla_Tucker_and_George_W._Bush (take the version I'm quoting as of the time of the initial post)
I
would respect Bush if he would show the same compassion for the nation's condemned as he did for Kenneth Lay. Until then, however, the President and his party
do NOT represent compassion and their claims of compassionate conservatism fall by the wayside.
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