Praise for George W. Bush

[elfs]

Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Laura Ingrahm have all gone on the air to criticize President Obama for reacting quickly to the Haiti disaster, all the while waiting several days before reacting to the PantyBomber. The logic seems to be that Obama should have gone on the air to pat America on the head and reassure us all instead of letting the appropriate authorities and agencies do their job, but reacting so quickly on Haiti was a cheap attempt to win the praise of, as Limbaugh put it, "Light brown and dark black people."

Enter former President George W. Bush, who was asked about this criticism. He said, "I don't know what they're talking about. I've been briefed by the President about the response. I appreciate the President's quick response to this disaster."

See, according to the bloody-minded right, waiting three days and letting more people die would have been the appropriate thing for our President to do. That way, it wouldn't have looked like he was politicizing the suffering.

Comments

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

Now that he's no longer in charge and doesn't have to tow their line, he's been refreshingly frank. Amazing.

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Also amazing: there are those that realize he's distancing himself. (Christian Science Monitor) (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0117/In-Haiti-earthquake-response-Bush-distances-himself-from-Cheney)

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Last time I looked, Glenn Beck was a screaming fanboy. I mean, did you *see* how he squeed all over Sarah Palin?

Also, he's a flaming moron who thinks the 70's were some kind of golden era for America. Like, what the fuck?

[(Anonymous)]

Jon Stewart had a good bit the other night about how Beck, Hannity, and O'Reilly's "good old days" were really just the same old crap (or worse), seen through the filter of childhood. Seriously, anyone who can talk about the era(s) of gas lines, Vietnam, and segregation as some kind of paradise on earth is clearly delusional.

Roger Ebert also wrote a letter to Limbaugh, saying he ought to be "horse-whipped" for insulting the President's Haiti response in his opening sentence. Sometimes I love that man.

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