Obama Praises George H.W Bush "We Are A ‘Gentler Nation’ Because Of You" - Polidicks

[QUOTE] It was a homecoming for former President George H.W. and former first lady Barbara Bush at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Monday where they joined President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, in presenting the Points of Light honor for extraordinary work in community service. The Points of Light Foundation, now the world's largest service organization coordinating volunteer projects, started during the Bush administration. The 41st president serves as the non-partisan, non-profit foundation's honorary chairman and his son, Neil Bush, is the president. Obama thanked the former president for his long legacy of community service. "In addition to this award, he created the first White House office dedicated to promoting volunteerism, and he championed and signed the National and Community Service Act,” Obama said. The law helped jumpstart AmeriCorps, a federal program that places volunteers in a variety of nonprofit organizations around the country. Obama credited Bush with setting off a sea change of volunteerism among Americans. "Volunteerism has gone from something some people do some of the time to something lots of people do as a regular part of their lives," the president said. "We are surer a kinder and gentler nation because of you," he added. [/QUOTE] [URL]http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/15/obama-to-bush-41-we-are-a-gentler-nation-because-of-you/[/URL]

If it wasn't for the context, that'd sound like an insult.

good one

why did you get rid of the bad reading rating

[QUOTE=St. Burke;41475474]Its like Bush's presidency was an 8 year long scared straight program. Fed so much sensationalist schlock about terrorism that we became more communal. So when you think about it the wars were a good thing. Thanks for the wars, bush. ;)[/QUOTE] Wrong bush buddy

[QUOTE=St. Burke;41475474]Its like Bush's presidency was an 8 year long scared straight program. Fed so much sensationalist schlock about terrorism that we became more communal. So when you think about it the wars were a good thing. Thanks for the wars, bush. ;)[/QUOTE] nice post. just kidding.

[QUOTE=St. Burke;41475474]Its like Bush's presidency was an 8 year long scared straight program. Fed so much sensationalist schlock about terrorism that we became more communal. So when you think about it the wars were a good thing. Thanks for the wars, bush. ;)[/QUOTE] Bad Reading x 1 (list) George [B]H. W.[/B] Bush =/= George. W. Bush

"Too bad 'bout your son though, amirite"?

We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder, [B]gentler,[/B] Machine gun hand Neil Young and his persuasion

[QUOTE=archangel125;41475442]If it wasn't for the context, that'd sound like an insult.[/QUOTE] Now it's an indirect insult at his son.

I honestly feel in some way that Obama has gone back on his principles, this kinda reinforces it.

[QUOTE=Xystus234;41476184]I honestly feel in some way that Obama has gone back on his principles, this kinda reinforces it.[/QUOTE] lame duck+ owes no more favors to the party = not giving a fuck still nice to see obama has given up bashing the bushes, at least in person anyway. he said some nice stuff about G.W. Bush durring the africa trip he just took

At a certain point the outgoing President will start paying respect to the previous ones, so that future Presidents pay respects to him. This proves that they all see themselves, regardless of party, as the on the same team. The party affiliation is just a front, to make people think they have a choice.