I Miss W

Me, too.

One's pretty much as bad as the other - I wish I could say I missed Teddy Roosevelt or Deif the Chief - although I never lived under their leadership I think these men presided over governments which about the last time we saw proper responsible representative constitutional governing in the US or Canada.

I find it very difficult to listen to Obama for more than a few seconds. The absence of sincerity is too hard to bear.

W is another story.

He had to grow up fast, and he did.

Me three.

In four years time, do you think chewbacca will get the same sort of reaction as Laura?

Cross post from my 12:03 a.m. note at Reader Tips, where I posted a link to this acceptance speech. (I skipped the Obama part, knowing he'd be smarmy and insincere: the very sound of his voice makes my skin crawl.)

"I miss Dubya!

"Here is the C-Span coverage of the unveiling of the official White House portraits of George W. and Laura Bush.

"Dubya (start at 12:53 for his remarks) was altogether gracious, self-effacing, and very funny: and he got in some (well deserved) digs at the Obamas—but with wonderful humour!

[Link provided]

"Both Dubya and Laura kept referencing those who’d supported them, including all the fine, ordinary American patriots who make up the USA: they kept shining the light away from themselves. Bravo/Brava, to two class acts!"

Bush had and has, 'class'; that is, genuine care for America, humility as a person, and respect for others.

Obama lacks each and every such qualities. Obama is a narcissistic, controlling, historically and economically ignorant person with a deep anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism and racist mindset.

I love that back in the day when we burned that place down.

Hey were are about to have an important bi-centennial this year!

http://youtu.be/aue-zWxYtEc

Always liked George even if I thought he lost his way a little in his 2nd term. Gracious speeches by both.

Like many who already commented I skipped over Obama's intro. A sad commentary considering the event. As villified as Obama is and deservedly so the absolute low is still Carter IMHO.

Only a president (Obama) grasping at political straws, would turn a portrait hanging event of his predecessor into a political attack speech. No class whatsoever.

What's to miss? "W" was a Muslim dupe, at best.

The proper response to Muslim atrocities is that of Ratko Mladic. Mladic's daughter was murdered in 1994 by Albanian Muslims who kidnapped her, stole her father's gun and shot her in the head. The murderers remain at large to this day. At Srebrenica, he and the proud men of the Serbian army repaid them many fold. At the exchange rate reported there, 9/11 should have been the undoing of Saudi Arabia, at least.

(The official explanation was suicide. We are expected to believe that a soldier's daughter with the sense to know better was saddened after reading obviously fabricated or wildly exaggerated accounts in foreign newspapers about alleged war crimes committed by Mladic. If you believe that, I hear a black rock in Saudi Arabia was sent by God to the faithful.)

It pleased the Almighty to grant to Christian civilization the means to remove Islam from the face of the earth, and certainly as a military threat, once and for all. The Twin Towers were destroyed the morning of 9/11. By the morning of 9/12 nothing should have remained of Mecca---or any other major city in Saudi Arabia---but piles of radioactive ash. All it would have taken was a little courage.

Of course, all "W" actually accomplished was to remove a cartoon tyrant who was an irritation to the house of Saud, the current caretakers of Mecca and business associates of the Bush family. The Sauds, of course, have done nothing to stop Saudi oil money paying for Western mosques and bomb factories, and Muslims have kept on invading the West. W's career is proof, if it were needed, that pleasing your enemies does not turn them into friends.

Mladic, meanwhile, is the subject of a show trial in the Hague for taking his duty to avenge his daughter and defend his country seriously. He doesn't appear cowed at all, I hear, least of all by the Muslim harpies who come to the Hague to bay at him for putting down their pups and their sires. He shouldn't be. He ought to know full well he has a great reward ahead of him in heaven---reunion with his daughter being just the beginning.

W? He's had his reward.

Note how Americans paint their leaders with their clothes on. The leaders that is, not the painters. I have no idea what the painters were wearing.

I thought it was all very classy, for a change, on both sides. It is obvious that Obama is being gracious for obvious political points, but, one supposes, that is his job.

I'm not a big fan of his Big C domestic policies but my Lord does the man exude warmth.
From the video it appears that the artist did a wonderful job. Each time I saw the portrait I saw another Bush trait come through.

What I always liked about W was you always went away after hearing him speak knowing precisely where he stood on a matter. No mealy mouthed words from this guy. I didn't agree with everything he did but admire and respect his penchant for calling em' as he saw em' and letting the chips fall where they may. He stood by his words and actions, never running away from what he believed was "right" for America. He was/is a true patriot in that regard and he epitomized what I have always felt was an American trait, taking the risk to be better and taking those next to you along for the ride.

My friends and acquaintences deride him to no end and me for pointing out his steadfastness and doing what he felt was best for his country. They will never shut me up. I've always tried to live by the motto "bad things happen when good men and women do nothing."

I sure miss W.

Islam is the beautiful religion of peace and tolerance..........................W

Feel better now?

They're well armed in Texas. Makes people very polite.

As it should be.

Here's a piece I found about Bush's speech at the unveiling of Clinton's portrait. Quite the contrast to the current president. Bush was full of class, Obama is an ass.

I miss democracy and representation based on issues not agendas...especially religious agendas..particularly religious agendas that involve forcing everyone else to adopt that religion or be killed...

http://freebeacon.com/jersey-roar/

A Democratic primary race in northern New Jersey has devolved into a highly competitive proxy war over Israel, pitting the state’s pro-Israel community against a growing constituency of Arab voters who have accused a sitting congressman of putting Israel’s interests before America’s.

...The race took an unprecedented turn on Monday when an Arabic campaign poster supporting Pascrell surfaced. It urged the “Arab diaspora community” to “elect the friend of the Arabs” and billed the race as “the most important election in the history of the [Arab] community,” according to a WFB translation of the sign.

...“It’s a little bit scary,” said Chouake, who noted that massive voter registration drives in the Arab community have added at least 6,000 new names to the rolls. Some of those registrations have been disputed.

I do not miss W .... he was a poor choice for president ... before that he was a decent governor of Texas .. before that just an average performing kid from a wealthy and connected background.

GWB is not a bad guy .... certainly not a bad president ... certainly one hell of a lot better than the current president though. And a damned bit better than all of his opponents for the job.

It's just that the GOP should have had BETTER candidates both then and since.

Thank God that GW had Cheney and Rumsfeld and the good sense to LISTEN to them.

I laughed out loud when Obamba had to look at his notes to find the first presidents name. LOL

I miss GWB also, but the real question we need to ask is why BHO wore make-up to make him look more "African American" than normal.

Mark.. Do you mean "Mouchelle the Pekingese"

If you watched the CNN coverage, you could tell most of the commentators missed him as well. They liked his humor.. Also, lately I have noticed a slight and I mean slight anti-Obama feel to some of the CNN commenting. Positioning themselves to be not too far on the wrong side of a loss perhaps?

Is it just me or is Obama's speech about himself as much as the man he is supposedly introducing/honoring?

Bull - Obummer cannot but talk about himself.

George and Laura both have class written all over them because of they’re so humble. I don’t think you could find a speck of class in either Barry or Michelle with a microscope.

Blah-blah. He goes on and on. Where's the beef? He's the fricking leader of the free world! Stop with the shoutouts already.

Whereas Obama is an idiot pretending to be smart, W didn't pretend. He was just genuine down to Earth dumb.

For LAS, about Obama: "The clothes have no emperor."

Here's a VERY short list of this empty suit's gaffes (even ON teleprompter):

'Obama calls the British Embassy, the “English Embassy”
Obama calls Navy Corpsman (pr. core-man) “corpse-man”
Obama says there are “57 States”
Obama claimed that “America built the Intercontinental Railroad”
Obama says that he bowled a 129 and compared it to the Special Olympics
Obama said, “John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith”
On Memorial Day Obama said, “I see many of the fallen heroes in the audience here today as we celebrate Memorial Day.”
In a speech in Kansas Obama that said, “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died—an entire town destroyed,” –referring to a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people. Oops, a bit overstated?
Major Blunder: Obama toasts the Queen of England while the Orchestra plays the UK’s national Anthem, “God Save The Queen”.
Obama signs wrong year in the London’s Westminster Abbey quest book. Off by 3 years.
Obama joked, “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian” for “wheeling and dealing.” There is no Austrian language!
Obama said his “Obamacare reforms we seek would bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system.” YIKES! A major Freudian slip in all its glory!
Obama bows to world leaders.
Michelle Obama hugs the queen! YIKES!'

When Obama visited Ottawa for a few hours in 2009, he said, "I'm happy to be in Iow . . . Ottawa." WHAT a maroon!

YIKES, indeed!

(And God bless the class act, George W. Bush. One notices how quiet he's been about Obama. Like Jesus, Bush does not answer his main accuser: Obama should be grateful. Hmmm. . . Obama grateful? No way!)