An insult to the great state of South Carolina. By the way, they put the hurt on #1 Crimson Tide yesterday.
George W. Bush 'Holed Up' in Texas: Not Much Demand For Former President Posted: Oct 10, 2010 8:10 AM CDT Updated: Oct 10, 2010 10:32 AM CDT WASHINGTON (AP) Former President Bill Clinton is busy on the campaign trail, helping candidates in races from Florida to Washington state. His successor, George W. Bush? Holed up in Texas. Bush left office deeply unpopular and sour on domestic politics. After leaving Washington and returning to Texas, he has kept a low profile, working on his memoir and appearing only occasionally at paid speeches. Aides say he has no plans to be a figure in this year's elections, which could see major gains for the GOP. Republicans, who paid electoral costs in 2006 and 2008 for Bush's unpopularity, are hardly clamoring for the 43rd president to join them on the campaign trail. After all, an Associated Press-GfK poll last month found 55 percent of all Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Bush and 51 percent blame him for the economic crisis that began on his watch. While he enjoys popularity with base conservatives, Bush is not necessarily an in-demand figure for candidates trying to fault President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats for the economic mess. Republicans across the nation are trying to lay the blame for 15 million out-of-work Americans at Democrats' feet. Republican strategists are quick to say they respect the former president but add they are not begging him to join candidates at rallies. Bush's unpopularity was one of the chief reasons Sen. John McCain's presidential bid in 2008 failed, as then-candidate Obama's allies painted the Arizona Republican as a mere third term for Bush. Since leaving office, Bush has written a memoir, set to be published after the Nov. 2 election. "Decision Points" will be released on Nov. 9 with an initial printing of 1.5 million copies - the same run Clinton enjoyed for his memoir. For his part, Clinton has emerged a popular figure for Democrats. Since leaving office in 2001, the president has repaired his image and used his star power to raise millions of dollars for developing countries and for Democrats. Clinton's schedule has him visiting Kentucky, Nevada and his home state of Arkansas on behalf of Democrats in tough races.
I thought Bush Sr was a very good president and that Jeb was a very good governor.I still wonder why Bush JR was such a bad president
what the hell, after the election the left stopped their "hate Bush" campaign and after awhile people woke up to the fact that they liked the guy...
On a personal level I liked Bush Jr very much.He was a very funny charismatic likable guy.I never thought he was evil, racist or a bad person.He was just one of the worse presidents in history imo If I could hang out for a day of recreation with one of the living presidents it would probably be Bush Jr
the US misses Bill Clinton. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/u...ml?_r=1&scp=1&sq=soft spot for clinton&st=cse " After all, an Associated Press-GfK poll last month found 55 percent of all Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Bush and 51 percent blame him for the economic crisis that began on his watch." the crisis was worsened (gentle term)by handing power over to secretary paulson who bailed out wall street and the banks instead of allowing them to fail and allowing new financial institutions or existing strong institutions to handle the situation. Paulson's bailout was a typical socialist solution and was not a capitalist system solution. bailouts don't work as they leave power and assets in the hands of incompetents. the situation is being worsened by Obama who realized how easy it was to turn the US left. the dollar falling is the market's answer to their failed remedies. Bush should not be missed because of his failure of leadership.
Democraps should ask Obama to campaign with them to showcase his "successes" like Obamacare and the "recovery" with record numbers of Americans on foodstamps and 14 months of unemployment at or above 9.5%.
OBAMA: "There are three million Americans who would not be working again if not for the economic plan Joe and I put in place, thatâs the truth,â President Obama told a crowd in Philadelphia. Somewhere else in la la land a wife and husband were overheard discussing Obamanomics: "honey, from now on I would like you only to look at the deposits in our checking account and ignore the withdrawals and that negative balance we have" "WOW, we're rich!"