Bono 2018: 'I've Grown Very Fond' of GW. Bush. "Underneath his armor there's passion, compassion..."

[Caribbeans]

Bono with US President George W. Bush after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, February 6, 2006. JIM WATSON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Bono: ‘I’ve Grown Very Fond’ of George W. Bush

Rolling Stone | SIMON VOZICK-LEVINSON | NOVEMBER 30, 2018

...Tomorrow, December 1st, is World AIDS Day, and Bono stopped by The Today Show to reminisce about that partnership. The interview was conducted by co-host Jenna Bush Hager, the former president’s daughter, which meant questions like “Do you remember the first time you met my dad?”

“Yeah, well, he didn’t want to see me, which is fair enough,” Bono recalled. “Different political views and whatever. I was the guy who had to come into the office and get him to look up from his big oak table, there in the Oval Office, to let his values tell him what to do.”

Bono’s close work with George W. Bush was surprising at the time to many who saw his presidency as an unmitigated humanitarian disaster. (“Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history,” historian Sean Wilentz wrote in a 2006 Rolling Stone cover story that assessed the impact of Bush’s disastrous choices in Iraq, New Orleans and elsewhere.)...

...“I’ve become very fond of him,” Bono added. “Underneath his armor, there’s passion, compassion. He has it.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bono-george-w-bush-world-aids-day-761747/



There's a real "rebel"

Mr. Tax Exile himself. Another clown in the ongoing show.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Well played apologist.

Think less of Bono now since reading this this horseshit. Hey Bono, take a poll in Iraq on what they think the 2003 US invasion accomplished, asshole.

[Cha]

2. Weird.. Lying to Wage War on Iraq..

4,000 or so Americans Dead & Thousands of Iraqis.

[niyad]

3. This is The Onion, yes???? PLEASE tell me that this is The Onion.

[Tetrachloride]

4. ty for reminder.

[Bucky]

5. Let's assume he's right and person to person Dubya's a decent Christian soul

That doesn't erase the war started on a lie, the torture carried out in our names, the bungling of the economy, ignoring the 9/11 warnings, the reckless tax cuts, or letting Osama bin Laden get away.

He could have a heart as light and pure as a feather, and put the policies he carried out killed hundreds of thousands of people needlessly, triggered regional political disruptions that affected tens of millions of people directly, and ignored all the mounting evidence about climate change.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. Reminds me of this:

[Docreed2003]

7. Elvis just wanted a sweet DEA badge to add to his collection

What was Bono after? 🤔

[LudwigPastorius]

9. The Presidential discount on hair dye?

[Baltimike]

8. Michelle Obama likes him too.

There's a pretty famous pic of them hugging

[UTUSN]

10. Note to Bono: Never mind

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Bono Vox?

More like Bono FOX, amiright?

[Takket]

12. oh please

Bono's philanthropy is legendary. He has done great thinks across the political spectrum. Yes that includes working with republicans if it helps him achieve his goals of supporting worthy causes. it isn't like he got friendly with Bush to help him push the iraq war.

I mean, did you even READ the article?

Quote:
"Bono paid a visit to the White House with the goal of getting then-president George W. Bush on board with the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS. The U2 frontman’s powers of persuasion worked: Bush launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) the following year, and the program has gone on to bring lifesaving drugs to many millions of people (though not without running into some controversy along the way)."

Are you upset this happened?

Have some perspective.

[EX500rider]

14. Sorry this is DU, all things are black and white

😁

[Oneironaut]

13. Ugh. Bono is a pretentious, annoying twat.

[Doodley]

15. A great philanthropist was doing a great job egging on Bush Jr. to do more and trolling Trump. And?

[Zambero]

16. Bad call, Bono

He wants to be inclusive and all, but has Bono ever tried waterboarding?