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DemocratSinceBirth

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195. That's all that exists on the internet...

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 04:50 PM

Mar 2015

That's all that exists in the internet... The fact he made a pilgrimage to Birmingham to visit George Wallace should be enough... I can remember reading about it contemporaneously. I'm not shocked... It's part of being a politician. I see the world through the lens of an adult and not those of a child. History is replete with folks in power saying nice things about other folks in power, even those they find diametrically opposed to themselves.

Here's a photo of Ted Kennedy giving The Profile In Courage award to Gerald Ford for pardoning Richard Nixon:

Background
President Gerald Ford was honored for his courage in making a controversial decision of conscience to pardon former President Richard M. Nixon. On September 8, 1974, President Ford granted a “full, free and absolute pardon” to former President Nixon “for all offenses against the United States which he...has committed or may have committed or taken part in” while he was president. Nixon accepted the pardon. The response from the press, Congress and the general public was overwhelmingly negative. Appearing before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, President Ford explained under oath, in the first sworn congressional testimony ever given by a sitting president, that there were no deals connected with the pardon. Ford wrote in his autobiography that Nixon's pardon “wasn't motivated primarily by sympathy for his plight or by concern over the state of his health. It was the state of the country’s health at home and around the world that worried me.” In 1976, President Ford lost the White House to Jimmy Carter in one of the closest elections in American history. Many historians believe Ford’s pardon of Nixon contributed to his defeat.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Events-and-Awards/Profile-in-Courage-Award/Award-Recipients/Gerald-Ford-2001.aspx

I can do that with a myriad of politicians...Awarding and praising opponents is a time honored tradition.

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Hillary Clinton Praises George W. Bush and the Art of Compromise [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

Woot! Bipartisanship! pscot Mar 2015 #1

Yay! More reaching across the aisle! Here's an idea, Autumn Mar 2015 #2

It'd be great for our political careers. Octafish Mar 2015 #13

oh god. can she be more tone deaf to what she is supposed to be? But then, her hubby is roguevalley Mar 2015 #14

I think it is called "reaching around the aisle." n/t eggplant Mar 2015 #25

DUzy!! hedda_foil Mar 2015 #50

I have thought of that. That is what the tea party did, and the religious folk did. LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #112

Centrists should go back to the Republican Party. Their only purpose as Democrats whereisjustice Mar 2015 #175

This is exactly right. They're complicit. Broward Mar 2015 #190

Right after 911 aid for New York treestar Mar 2015 #3

Heaven forbid a Senator from NY cajole a Republican for some much needed money OKNancy Mar 2015 #5

Like Chris Christie and Obama after Hurricane Sandy treestar Mar 2015 #6

what is the point of praising W.? and for what? this has nothing to do cali Mar 2015 #16

So, you don't think there was a need for federal funding after 9/11? MineralMan Mar 2015 #20

one more time: we're talking about a speech she gave the other day cali Mar 2015 #34

That's why she appears self-serving! Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #41

So you don't think Bush would have given federal aid to New York City if Hillary A Simple Game Mar 2015 #89

Gosh, I think pointing out that W would do that which current Republicans refuse to do paints Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #86

She didn't praise him. Badass Liberal Mar 2015 #100

Where is the �praise�? I see none. NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #149

Part of the problem is lack of compromise Jon82 Mar 2015 #44

Hillary won't be my first choice... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #200

Hillary, striving for that Warm, Purple Place namastea42 Mar 2015 #4

I'm sick of this shit! Hillary once again proving why she's not ready to be the Democratic nominee in 2016. Can't we do better? InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #15

Yes we can! We can do better it is 2015 not the 90s awake Mar 2015 #68

Do you think Warren is ready to be the Democratic nominee in 2016. Yes we can do better, Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #82

What about Joe Biden awake Mar 2015 #87

Did I say it needs to be a woman? I look for qualifications, and yes Joe Biden is qualified. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #97

Our party can only do better in 2016 with Joe in the race with Hillary awake Mar 2015 #105

I do not have a problem with Joe Biden or others getting into the primaries, I don't Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #203

I like Joe Biden. cheapdate Mar 2015 #151

I know that Clinton isn't who we need in 2016 Scootaloo Mar 2015 #201

Well who can win in the General? yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #156

Joe Biden awake Mar 2015 #178

Joe Biden will be called a centrist or corporatist, just as Obama is. MineralMan Mar 2015 #182

I was responding to the question "Well who can win in the General?" awake Mar 2015 #185

Anyone who runs. Scootaloo Mar 2015 #202

Well, the example she gave was of getting GWB to cooperate. MineralMan Mar 2015 #7

amazing isn't it. Her job was to help the state she was representing, and she is being criticized still_one Mar 2015 #12

It seems to me like some people are looking for anything they MineralMan Mar 2015 #17

Well she actually spoke to that Evil George Dubya Bush! treestar Mar 2015 #65

It's pretty amazing, I think. MineralMan Mar 2015 #92

bzzzt no. I am criticizing her for the gratuitous praise of W. cali Mar 2015 #18

right. you want money for your state so she should have insulted the President who could facilitate still_one Mar 2015 #29

that's ridiculous. You don't seem to grasp that the absense of praise is not cali Mar 2015 #39

this is a real big issue for you, is laughable still_one Mar 2015 #64

Can't we praise him when he did right? treestar Mar 2015 #66

And yet when I question your praise of the Pope, a bigoted anti choice activist, you say 'So sue me' Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #99

Could be interesting to see you two discuss this treestar Mar 2015 #108

You are making all of that up. I have, personally met two Popes and exhanged letters with a third. Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #120

But you're still saying the pope should never be praised treestar Mar 2015 #130

and you are right. although he does say good things they just don't outweigh cali Mar 2015 #181

For crying out loud we all know you would have asjr Mar 2015 #157

Yeah I think some people expect treestar Mar 2015 #63

She praised Kissenger G_j Mar 2015 #183

What did she praise? treestar Mar 2015 #192

Perhaps you need to know more about Kissinger G_j Mar 2015 #204

Hillary shoud have kicked W in the balls, because that would get her state more aid. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #37

what the fuck? So her not praising him in a speech 14 years after the fact cali Mar 2015 #42

Most Americans want a government that works towards compromise. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #47

lol. nice skirting of the point I made in my post. cali Mar 2015 #51

Which President of the other party should she have mentioned? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #56

It's always easy to back the favorite of the big money. Back Wall Street over rhett o rick Mar 2015 #196

Nobody is going to cooperate with anybody but all candidates need to pay homage to bipartisanship... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #104

Exactly! treestar Mar 2015 #69

Exactly. Andy823 Mar 2015 #90

She DID NOT "get" GWB to cooperate Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #22

It's still a poor example to use to attack Hillary Clinton. MineralMan Mar 2015 #24

Sorry she can't see her own self-serving interests Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #32

Worry less about me "personally" and focus on the topic Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #52

Oh, dear. You don't like my personal opinion. MineralMan Mar 2015 #57

Do as you choose. Just don't make it personal... TOS Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #62

How did I make anything personal, pray tell? MineralMan Mar 2015 #102

Well said. n/t zentrum Mar 2015 #27

Bush was self serving in that too treestar Mar 2015 #72

I agree, except the World Trade Center... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #114

The WTC also contains many, many people who MineralMan Mar 2015 #150

It would be pretty unfortunate to be caught in a building ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #158

I'd think so. MineralMan Mar 2015 #160

Well, yeah, defining folks by their occupations doesn't strike me as particularly nice or liberal... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #164

But, see...they worked in the WTC. MineralMan Mar 2015 #171

I am out to a movie...I might start a thread asking if it really possible for your occupation ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #173

Yes, and includes the references to "Wall Street" we often see treestar Mar 2015 #193

If you get right down to it, most DUers MineralMan Mar 2015 #206

She sounds like she's trying to win an election nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #8

If winning an election is about kissing some Bush ass. zeemike Mar 2015 #21

oh come on. She was asking for aid for New York who she represented as a senator. It was no still_one Mar 2015 #9

It's not what she did then that's the problem tularetom Mar 2015 #107

Does it give a warm and fuzzy to the Independents? yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #165

I guess we'll find out, won't we? tularetom Mar 2015 #191

The other Clinton's "compromise" got us NAFTA & the repeal of Glass-Steagal & 2008 Great Recession RiverLover Mar 2015 #10

Yup yup. "Reach across the aisle" is code for sell out to Rethugs. Enough is enough... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #19

Didn't Bill Clinton use to say... Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #23

As I think I will have to do a lot treestar Mar 2015 #75

The ACA is an example of what can be achieved by compromise. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #11

Hillary "compromised" on the Iraq War Resolution Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #28

So did Kerry and Biden yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #166

Or he could have demanded "single payer or nothing". zeemike Mar 2015 #31

The votes were not there for a public option. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #40

Um, not the case. Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #45

60-39 in the Senate to stop filibuster; Lieberman would not have voted for public option. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #59

So Joe Liberman held us hostage? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #128

Yep. One of many reasons why the guy is unpopular here, to say the least (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #132

And the Democratic "leadership" was helpless? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #139

Each Senator is an individual treestar Mar 2015 #143

Ben Nelson too. The Democratic Senators had to give him a bunch of incentives to get his vote. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #170

Indeed, I prefer the actual legislative history of the ACA's birth and it's success to the dreamed up history of it's failure. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #60

The Heritage Foundation & Republican Party.... bvar22 Mar 2015 #199

Fia enough but I think he stared with public option or nothing treestar Mar 2015 #77

The right wing fighting against ir is just "don't throw us in the brier patch" psy ops. zeemike Mar 2015 #110

no way the right wing got what they wanted treestar Mar 2015 #113

Well the insurance industry got what they wanted. zeemike Mar 2015 #122

It was a tawdry bribe for them to allow Obamacare to be passed. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #136

Totally disagree treestar Mar 2015 #138

Does not matter how sick the people are they still are allowed to keep 30%. zeemike Mar 2015 #141

Yep. It was a simple bribe. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #153

And once they have maxed that out Medicare is next. zeemike Mar 2015 #179

The mandate must have been for Democratic legislators JonLP24 Mar 2015 #106

My rates have gone up by over $1000 a year since ACA. And my benefits have decreased. Millions of us whereisjustice Mar 2015 #154

W's lack of zentrum Mar 2015 #26

Barf n/t hibbing Mar 2015 #30

Read the rest of the article. One of the 99 Mar 2015 #33

How many anti-Hillary OPs does it take to generate an acceptably liberal ... JoePhilly Mar 2015 #35

so we shouldn't criticize your beloved hillary because it's not cali Mar 2015 #43

Did I say you should stop your crusade ... oops ... I mean criticism? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #46

What is the DNC doing about grooming candidates? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #48

Why are you waiting for a group you hate to create this acceptably liberal candidate? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #54

Hate? I hate the DNC? really? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #61

Yet no answer to my actual question ... JoePhilly Mar 2015 #67

Why am I waiting? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #119

DLC has taken over the DNC. RiverLover Mar 2015 #70

The should call it the "hollowed" place, not hallowed Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #124

Did Howard Dean generate Obama out of the dust? treestar Mar 2015 #81

We are ultimately responsible for who we pick! treestar Mar 2015 #79

Are you patronizing me? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #115

Don't understand your response treestar Mar 2015 #117

So, who are "we" supporting? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #121

We can support anyone right now treestar Mar 2015 #133

OK, are you pro-Hillary? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #137

I never held my nose to vote for any Democrat. treestar Mar 2015 #140

It must be much more than have been posted on DU so far!!! treestar Mar 2015 #78

I wish I knew. I'd stay up all night to do it. morningfog Mar 2015 #186

Praising Dubya - Expect More Of This Third Way Claptrap Should HRC Become President cantbeserious Mar 2015 #36

She's praising GWB because he didn't make her fight, lol. closeupready Mar 2015 #38

Ceremonial niceties DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #49

Well, she sure was bi-partisan in supporting and voting for Bush's wars. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #53

+1 Oilwellian Mar 2015 #123

The enemies are the Christofascists, not the Clintons......FOCUS, or be divided and conquered. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #55

Third Way "New Democrats" divided us, and it all began with The Clintons RiverLover Mar 2015 #84

Sorry, in some ways the Clintons have been the enemy. NAFTA cali Mar 2015 #152

Are we supposed to just grin and take one for the blue team again? hedda_foil Mar 2015 #58

Extremists don't compromise. cheyanne Mar 2015 #71

And when Bush said give me the AUMF to destroy Iraq that had no WMDs Geronimoe Mar 2015 #73

And YET�. Mrs. Clinton wasn't under a rock when at the State Dept... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #74

As if Android3.14 Mar 2015 #76

The art of compromise, indeed - Hill praises the man whose criminal negligence led to 9/11. leveymg Mar 2015 #80

Nominating her will be the suicide of the Democratic Party. nt LittleBlue Mar 2015 #83

Yep. /nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #91

^^^^^^^^^ ~ THIS ~ ^^^^^^^^^ NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #127

So a "third party" is an option?!? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #134

I would love to see Hillary Clinton run on a third party ticket.... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #142

+1 lol, excellent idea, besides that's probably where her email is being hosted whereisjustice Mar 2015 #169

The multimillionaires who run the party win either way - closeupready Mar 2015 #184

I'm Shocked! 2banon Mar 2015 #85

By this definition Obama praised Ronald Reagan when he ran for President n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2015 #88

Here is Obama in Time Magazine, praising Tom Coburn voluntarily... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #111

Ever notice that they do not have trouble with bi-partisanship when it is a bill to free up Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #93

Food stamps had popular support...George MCGovern and Bob Dole were its biggest proponents DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #109

That was a reasonable statement. Badass Liberal Mar 2015 #94

How about even ONE example of a Republican saying similar things about Bill Clinton or eridani Mar 2015 #95

How difficult could it have been for George W. Bush? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #96

If Hillary was reaching across the aisle, she very well may have been reaching to Democrats. Scuba Mar 2015 #98

Let's not forget she voted for Bush's War in Iraqi awake Mar 2015 #101

Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #103

Ha! Oilwellian Mar 2015 #129

Since I can't respond to your pal who got a hide what is a "premature organism"? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #148

Hillary Warhawk Clinton is running as the Anti-Obama: "Republicans? She'll Work With 'Em!" NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #116

Barack Obama on Tom Coburn, in Time Magazine, 2013..... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #126

she praises bush, obama acts like bush. where the outrage over that lol nt msongs Mar 2015 #118

I'm getting a kick out of your pro-Clinton posts. /nt AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #188

W's idea of a compromise is anthrax. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #125

trying to get RW votes? heaven05 Mar 2015 #131

As well she should! KansDem Mar 2015 #135

Ahahahahah and holy shit, she's recycling the "reach across the aisle" bullshit, or as centrists say whereisjustice Mar 2015 #144

... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #155

Hillary is a Republcan-lite woman. Can't trust her anymore. TRoN33 Mar 2015 #145

That�s it? That�s the �praise� claimed in the headline? NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #146

Of all the leaders worthy of emulation? She chose GW Bush. That is the fact you are denying. whereisjustice Mar 2015 #159

There was no �emulating� anyone. She was discussing her own ability to reach across the aisle. NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #162

This message was self-deleted by its author NYC Liberal Mar 2015 #163

Just like Bush compromised the truth about Iraq resulting in slaughter of 100,000 people whereisjustice Mar 2015 #147

For a few short days in the aftermath of 9-11... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #161

I'm old enough to remember Ted Kennedy praising George Wallace DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #167

Do you have a link to the speech where he allegedly praised Wallace? Zorra Mar 2015 #174

That's all that exists on the internet... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #195

I live in NYC and said nice things about Bush after 9/11. Nearly choked on it but I did. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #168

Of all the people in the world to emulate, is GW Bush her first choice? Is she running as Repub? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #172

Oh she said something off thr top of her head. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #176

I don't see anything about emulation of Dubya treestar Mar 2015 #194

Sounds like Obama's praise of Bush* and bipartisanship eom TransitJohn Mar 2015 #177

also from the Time article guillaumeb Mar 2015 #180

More compromise means another step backwards. Way to go Hill!!!!! glinda Mar 2015 #187

Thirdwayer's idea of a compromise: Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #189

lol - Conservative Democrats are now lining up to praise GW Bush. Hillary's lurch to the whereisjustice Mar 2015 #197

She said when she started her non-campaign that she'll be more appeasing than Obama Doctor_J Mar 2015 #198

She also loves Kissinger. She cam kiss R butt all she wants, they still won't like her peacebird Mar 2015 #205

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2015 #207

W. and Kissinger are war criminals in my book JEB Mar 2015 #208