"We do not respect your son," a woman in the audience told Bush.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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'More popular' President Bush defends son from 'hostile audience'

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday November 21, 2006


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After delivering a speech at a leadership conference in Abu Dhabi, former President George Herbert Walker Bush was forced to defend his son from verbal attacks by the "hostile audience," on the same day that a new poll reveals that more Americans preferred the first Bush president.

"We do not respect your son," a woman in the audience told Bush. "We do not respect what he's doing all over the world."

The Associated Press reported that "Bush appeared stunned as the audience of young business leaders whooped and whistled in approval" at the woman's comments, coming after the "retired president had just finished a folksy address on leadership by telling the audience how deeply hurt he feels when his son the president is criticized."

According to the AP, Bush's voice "quivered" in response.

"This son is not going to back away," Bush said. "He's not going to change his view because some poll says this or some poll says that, or some heartfelt comments from the lady who feels deeply in her heart about something."

"You can't be president of the United States and conduct yourself if you're going to cut and run," Bush 41 continued. "This is going to work out in Iraq. I understand the anxiety. It's not easy."

The former president lost his cool with one audience member, calling him "crazy" and recommending that he "go back to school."

According to the AP, a student implied that "U.S. wars were aimed at opening markets for American companies," and that "globalization was contrived for America's benefit at the expense of the rest of the world," but "Bush was having none of it."

"I think that's weird and it's nuts," Bush said. "To suggest that everything we do is because we're hungry for money, I think that's crazy."

"I think you need to go back to school," Bush added.

A new CNN poll finds that "only one in four Americans believe President Bush is a better president than his father."

"Six in 10 said the elder Bush, who served one term from 1989-1993, did a better job in office, according to a poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation," CNN reports. "Twelve percent said both were equally good or bad, and 2 percent offered no opinion."

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. What a rude son of a bitch

[babylonsister]

2. Apple didn't fall far? I think Sr. is bluffing; how could he be so clueless?

Here's a good observation and comment:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2982508

[MadMaddie]

3. If he was so sure it was going to work out in Iraq....then why

did he decide not to attack Iraq? He knows Junior has fucked up.....he is stunned that anyone dares questions him or his family...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. That's it

He can't stand that any one is questioning them or looking ill on them. Be damned the people who've died due to his sons f-up. How dare anyone think they have the right to judge a Bush!

[Julien Sorel]

4. More proof that insanity is inherited from one's children:

"You can't be president of the United States and conduct yourself if you're going to cut and run," Bush 41 continued. "This is going to work out in Iraq. I understand the anxiety. It's not easy."

[Bobbie Jo]

8. Have you ever noticed......

When these thugs are at a loss for words, or on the losing end of an argument, the instinctual "talking points" kick in as if it were an involuntary reflex? Like breathing for instance....

"Cut and Run?" C'mon Poppy....that was so last week. :eyes:

[jgraz]

5. I need an atheistic way to say...

"God bless that woman."

[Ms. Clio]

6. That woman is a patriot

Brava!!!! Bravissima!!!!

Reality has a well-known liberal bias, Poppy!

[Generic Brad]

9. Speaking truth to power

We have had a shortage of that these past six years. It's great to hear the 9/11 spell of fear is being broken.

[Hubert H. Hubert]

10. Poppy, I think you need to go back to Hell

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God." - 41

[Initech]

11. What an asshole!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. please tell me we have a recording of this whole thing

somewhere on the internets... PLEASE?!

:popcorn:

[graywarrior]

13. Stuck in arrogance

He'll die thinking they are right.

[JackBeck]

14. "Polls" and "cut and run"

Sounds like all of the same talking points.

They're all reading from the same script.

Nothing to see here.

Carry on.