oh my gosh!!! Why Obama? Why Obama?

[nmbluesky]

President Obama had "Private" talk with fmr. War President Bush in Texas..
but, I'm glad that that Obama talked with the soliders in Fort Bliss in Texas for "Thanks"

From MSNBC TV

[babylonsister]

1. Lame, nmbluesky.

One is a former president, one is the current one; do you think they shouldn't talk? Do you think Obama should be ungracious, to what end?

[opihimoimoi]

2. Is Obama supposed to shun W?? are you nuts? Do you see BAD? I see pragmatism, reality

[JVS]

7. Shunning W seems to be what his own party has been doing lately, I don't see why Obama...

should be more eager to fraternize with W than the repubs are.

[opihimoimoi]

14. I don think P Obama went there to fraternize w the Asshole. there are things needed to be discussed

I am sure....

[fasttense]

9. Yes, it is perfectly acceptable to treat a war criminal like a war criminal

Instead of having private chats with the bushes he should be prosecuting them. But of course that would be unseemly.

I bet ever POW who died at the hands of these criminals who promoted and approved torture would want civility above all else.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Yes, in my mind, like yours...W is an asshole war criminal...still, Obama needed to chat with him...

They do not like each other but the need for discussion was apparent...

Republicanism is wrought with Greed, self interest, and Vanity...much more so than the Dems...

[Ken Burch]

19. Hell yes, he IS supposed to shun W! W! has NO redeeming qualities

and no W voters ever voted or will vote Democratic.

It's just as bad as Bill Clinton disgracing himself by eulogizing Nixon.

[opihimoimoi]

27. I am sure it had to do with somethying unavoidable

[Ken Burch]

30. Meaning what? They both had to go to the can at the same time?

:eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

31. no need to get sarcastic.....I was trying to be kind.....:o)

[Ken Burch]

32. sorry,,,although my scenario would have met the definition

n/t.

[SusanaMontana41]

25. Pragmatism is Obama's problem.

He'll compromise any principle. And compromise suits the oligarchy.

I agree that President Obama shouldn't shun GWB. He should puke on his forehead.

[opihimoimoi]

28. I don see Pragmatism as a bad trait...it also does not mean automatic compromise either

[FSogol]

3. "Hello George? No, we remodeled the whole office, we didn't find your bourbon."

"Yes, we looked behind the desk."
"Ok, we'll let you know if it turns up."
"No, I don't think the Service Service took it."
"Ok, gotta go, George."

[AspenRose]

5. Bwahahahaha

:applause:

[BrklynLiberal]

4. I heard that Obama was going to "confer" with Bush...and almost puked while I was driving.

[Lint Head]

6. When did it become OK to murder civilians and them

be conferred with? I think it would show better character to ignore this criminal.

[Inuca]

8. What IS your point?

What did he do wrog this time? I can't even imagine how this can be seen as an "oh my gosh" thing under te circumstances.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. I'll call congress right now.

:eyes:

[russspeakeasy]

11. I think it's part of the Presidents "look how I'm reaching out"

 and "by the way George, you war criminal, how  the hell
did you get your vp to take all the shit?"

[midnight]

12. Curious way for the President to spend his time?

[msanthrope]

13. Hmmm..reminding everyone he finished what Bush started?

On the conservative radio channel I listen to during my commute (they have traffic every 10 minutes. NPR doesn't.) the announcer said "President Obama will speak with President Bush today, and give a speech tonight, but there will be no 'Mission Accomplished' banner."

I thought that was a very adept way of reminding us all just who had to clean up this mess.

[racaulk]

16. Current and former Presidents do talk on occasion.

This isn't exactly something that's new or unexpected.

[WI_DEM]

17. It's common courtesy and all presidents have done it. Carter even spoke with Nixon and invited him

to White House. Clinton did it with Reagan and Bush I, etc...

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Everybody Panic!

[tanyev]

20. Probably asking him when he can come pick up Laura's rug.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. How exactly do you get through life?

[tallahasseedem]

22. Like it or not...

Bush is the former President. If our current President wants to have a conversation with a former President then that's fine by me.

[Phx_Dem]

23. Oh, for shame. He spoke to the former POTUS! Puhleeeze

Lame.

[Jakes Progress]

24. Just wait. If Obama conferred with rove

and invited beck to dinner and then spent the week-end with pat robertson, there would be a whole group here that would say it was all perfectly normal, all good.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

26. Your posts are odd.

If that's what you were going for, Mission Accomplished.

If they're pot stirring, tsk, tsk.

[depakid]

29. Agree or disagree- it does further legitimize Bush

-that some here don't even give that a second thought is actually quite telling.