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Author:  STEVE ROGERS [ Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Obama V Bush

The Dark Knight wrote:
Our two presidents will be hanging out this week and I found this account of what happened last time the two were together

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/09 ... -sanitier/

Quote:
President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are probably hoping their meeting Monday goes better than their first get-together, which left a bad taste in the mouths of both men.

Four years ago, Obama and other newly elected members of the Senate were invited to the White House for a breakfast meeting with Bush, who pulled the young Chicagoan aside.

"Obama!" Bush exclaimed, according to Obama's account of the meeting in his second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope." "Come here and meet Laura. Laura, you remember Obama. We saw him on TV during election night. Beautiful family. And that wife of yours -- that's one impressive lady."

The two men shook hands and then, according to Obama, Bush turned to an aide, "who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand."

Bush then offered some to Obama, who recalled: "Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt."

The president then led Obama off to one side of the room, where Bush said: "I hope you don't mind me giving you a piece of advice."

"Not at all, Mr. President," Obama told the commander-in-chief.

"You've got a bright future," Bush said presciently. "Very bright. But I've been in this town awhile and, let me tell you, it can be tough. When you get a lot of attention like you've been getting, people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip, know what I mean? So watch yourself."

Bush then noted that he and Obama had something in common.

"We both had to debate Alan Keyes," the president said. "That guy's a piece of work, isn't he?"

Obama laughed and even "put my arm around his shoulder as we talked," he recalled, although he added the gesture "might have made many of my friends, not to mention the Secret Service agents in the room, more than a little uneasy."

Despite this display of bonhomie, Obama said the president's demeanor turned downright frightening when he laid out his agenda to the freshly minted lawmakers.

"Suddenly it felt as if somebody in a back room had flipped a switch," Obama wrote. "The president's eyes became fixed; his voice took on the agitated, rapid tone of someone neither accustomed to nor welcoming interruption; his easy affability was replaced by an almost messianic certainty. As I watched my mostly Republican Senate colleagues hang on his every word, I was reminded of the dangerous isolation that power can bring, and appreciated the Founders' wisdom in designating a system to keep power in check."

When I quoted from this passage to Bush during an Oval Office interview, the president seemed irritated to learn he had been taken to task by the senator he once counseled.

I thought I was actually showing some kindness," Bush said indignantly. "And out of that he came with this belief?"

The president added with a bit of a scowl: "He doesn't know me very well."


Well, the 1 thing Bush is right about is that the world and the media in general will in fact be waiting for Obama to screw up so they can zone in on it.. That's inevitable, unless of course he slips up and it's never reported, that he get's a free pass..

Author:  MikeQ. [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:04 pm ]
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More drudge making drama out of nothing. If you actually look at the links he cites and read the sources, there is nothing about any sort of drama or anger from Bush or whatnot. He clips together certain quotes in his own, silly, little article on drudgereport.com, to make it look like there is a story here. *yawn*

Peace,
Mike

Author:  MikeQ. [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Obama V Bush (Reports Of Obama DRAMA Yesterday)

The Dark Knight wrote:
MikeQ. wrote:
More drudge making drama out of nothing. If you actually look at the links he cites and read the sources, there is nothing about any sort of drama or anger from Bush or whatnot. He clips together certain quotes in his own, silly, little article on drudgereport.com, to make it look like there is a story here. *yawn*

Peace,
Mike


Not really. MSNBC is reporting some discord as well. It's all to be expected really.


Not to say that everything was necessarily hunky dory, but drudge is certainly misleading. I guess I'm moreso expressing my extreme disapproval of drudgereport.com. I don't think he ever should be taken seriously, should ever be cited as a source and he always has a knack of twisting things, even in this instance. I would rather you cite MSNBC, as opposed to anything drudge has to conjure up.

Peace,
Mike

Author:  Jedi Master Carr [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:13 pm ]
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I think Drudge exaggerates everything. Also I think a lot of this comes from the statement today about the government aiding the auto industry.

Author:  Tyler [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:35 pm ]
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I actually hope Obama opens stuff up more. The Bush presidency has been very insular.

Author:  BJ [ Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:49 pm ]
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Anton Chigurh wrote:
I actually hope Obama opens stuff up more. The Bush presidency has been very insular.

no doubt, the day Bush is gone is the best day of american history since the day he was elected.

Author:  STEVE ROGERS [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Obama V Bush (Reports Of Obama DRAMA Yesterday)

The Dark Knight wrote:
http://drudgereport.com/flashbol.htm

Quote:
BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
Tue Nov 11 2008 09:28:10 ET

Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.

"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.

"BUSH AND OBAMA AT ODDS OVER AID FOR AUTO INDUSTRY," splashed the NEW YORK TIMES in an exclusive Monday evening, quoting "people familiar with the discussion."

The two met at the White House in private, without staff.

"Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Obama and congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia," claimed the TIMES.

MORE

The ASSOCIATED PRESS quickly followed with details of the conversation, citing "aides who described the discussion on grounds of anonymity, citing the private nature of the meeting."

Bush advisers view the leaks as an effort to undermine the president's remaining days in office.

"Senator Obama may not be familiar with a long-standing tradition of presidents holding their private conversations, private," a senior adviser explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.

Developing...


Bush really should consider helping out the Auto industry as at least 1 good deed before he leaves office to save face.. If he can propose 700 Billion to bail out Wall Street, then 25 Billion to help out the Auto industry should be a given.. It's only right..

Author:  El Maskado [ Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:04 pm ]
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MR. GREEN wrote:
The Dark Knight wrote:
http://drudgereport.com/flashbol.htm

Quote:
BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
Tue Nov 11 2008 09:28:10 ET

Just hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.

"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.

"BUSH AND OBAMA AT ODDS OVER AID FOR AUTO INDUSTRY," splashed the NEW YORK TIMES in an exclusive Monday evening, quoting "people familiar with the discussion."

The two met at the White House in private, without staff.

"Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Obama and congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia," claimed the TIMES.

MORE

The ASSOCIATED PRESS quickly followed with details of the conversation, citing "aides who described the discussion on grounds of anonymity, citing the private nature of the meeting."

Bush advisers view the leaks as an effort to undermine the president's remaining days in office.

"Senator Obama may not be familiar with a long-standing tradition of presidents holding their private conversations, private," a senior adviser explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.

Developing...


Bush really should consider helping out the Auto industry as at least 1 good deed before he leaves office to save face.. If he can propose 700 Billion to bail out Wall Street, then 25 Billion to help out the Auto industry should be a given.. It's only right..

why yes! We should do more corporate bail off where the execs use the money to pay off bonuses to top positions rather than to give to the workers and continue more layoffs

Author:  Mannyisthebest [ Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:22 pm ]
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Obama said US car companies should repatriate jobs...


I hope he does not mean repatriate from Canada.

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