Dubya showed up...

[Cooley Hurd]

... and I'm conflicted. At least he showed up, but then there's the Katrina legacy...

[greytdemocrat]

1. ?????

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. I am taping to watch later...W is a non TeaParTY white American, and Kanye explained it best

when he said he doesnt care about black people

TeaParTY hates black people, big difference

[hatrack]

3. Yeah, he showed up, but showing up is cheap

Not giving a shit is easy, and was a pro at that.

Doing the right thing is hard, and he hardly ever did that.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Well, it's been a bitter winter in TX...

...less brush to clear.

[Logical]

5. Well, lets give him credit for showing up. Better than most the GOP leaders. nt

[hedda_foil]

6. I have to give him credit, this time for once

Given that none of the current GOP "leaders" bothered to show up.

[HappyMe]

7. Grudgingly, I'll give him credit for at least showing up.

[bravenak]

8. I'm glad he did. Makes the rest of them look like assholes.

[hifiguy]

11. The rest of the repuke "leadership" backed out

when they were told that they couldn't wear their Klan robes.

[bravenak]

12. Ha!

[Hekate]

16. Excellent point, that. nt

[Electric Monk]

25. Bill and Hillary Clinton had "better things to do", as well

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/us/obama-in-selma-for-edmund-pettus-bridge-attack-anniversary.html

Joining Mr. Obama on Saturday was former President George W. Bush, who signed the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act in 2006, as well as more than 100 members of Congress, about two dozen of them Republican, including the House majority leader, Kevin McCarthy of California.

Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican majority leader, did not come, nor did most Republican presidential candidates, who were in Iowa campaigning. But the Republican-led Congress voted to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the “foot soldiers” of Bloody Sunday as “an expression of our affection and admiration for those who risked everything for their rights,” as Mr. Boehner put it.

Several prominent Democrats were missing too. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is preparing to run for the White House next year, were in Miami for an event sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative, a philanthropic venture.

[bravenak]

27. I better not talk about Hillary.

I never developed the love for the Clintons that many have.

[jwirr]

30. Their absense was obvious. I think she made a mistake there.

[tridim]

9. Credit for not being a dick like the rest of his party.

[Cooley Hurd]

10. Yep, there's that...

...but nothing more.

[old guy]

13. Call me a cynic,

but I suspect he is trying to polish his legacy.

[Cooley Hurd]

14. Prolly...

[irisblue]

23. not enough polish on this planet

to shine up his war crimes

[monmouth4]

15. I appreciate how Bush stood up and applauded our President during his speech. Made me think

better of him. He and Laura both looked as though they were truly enjoying this celebration...

[jwirr]

32. Bush, as President Obama pointed out, extended the voting rights act when he was in office.

[blm]

33. Bushes always use high-profile appearances to distract from THEIR role -

in this case, Bush's role in APPOINTING the SC justices who would GUT the Voting Rights Act.

[Hekate]

17. But where was former POTUS Bill Clinton? On reflection, that was odd. nt

[Electric Monk]

26. Bill and Hillary were in Miami. See my post, above. nt

[NightWatcher]

18. He's just there to sell paintings of cats and dogs from the back of his van

[octoberlib]

19. Lol! Good one.

[Cooley Hurd]

21. ...and his feet near the drain of the bathtub.

Sooooo Picasso.

[octoberlib]

20. This

EJ Dionne ?@EJDionne 1m1 minute ago
Former President George W. #Bush rose to applaud when President #Obama called for renewal of the #VotingRightsAct. He should phone Congress.

[Cerridwen]

22. Political "optics." His brother is running for president.

No. I won't give him the benefit of the doubt.

He's a surrogate for jeb.

[Cooley Hurd]

24. I agree, and the American Memory is not as short-sited as the pollsters think...

Jeb should = Iraq

Jeb should = 2001 tax cuts for only the wealthy

Jeb should = Cheney and the NeoCons

Jeb should = failure since his ideals have NOT evolved in 25 years.

[jwirr]

28. Just posted elsewhere on DU that for the first time in my life I am going to thank someone I seldom

agree on. W showed up.

[JaneyVee]

29. Fuck Bush.

[butterfly77]

31. LOl!

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