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George W. Bush yesterday.

Posted by Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud (aka JoeMetz) Jul 13 '18, 08:42

“One of the lessons of 9/11 is the human condition elsewhere matters to the security of our country,” Bush said at the event, a graduation ceremony for Presidential Leadership Scholars, a program involving the Bush, Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Lyndon B. Johnson foundations and centers. “And, therefore, the idea of helping others alleviate disease and poverty and hunger is in our national interest. Obviously the United States can’t solve every problem, but we can set priorities.”

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Even he sounds like a fucking genius in comparison to the current dipshit in charge.

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I've heard this called the Strange New Respect Phenomenon. - Babarón Jul 13, 09:03 15
- I think some of it is recency bias - Strongbad Jul 13, 10:28
- Can you give any other examples though? - Roger More Jul 13, 09:32 5
  - Mitt certainly had some of that shine before he reentered the game. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 13, 09:36 4
    - Though that's against the Trump mirror, and Mitt never led the country. - Roger More Jul 13, 09:47 3
      - I think Mulroney got a raw deal, but this is a minority opinion - Reagen Jul 13, 10:02 2
        
        Yeah, I wish I wish Airbus wasn't out there because his record deserves serious retro-consideration by the masses. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 13, 10:03 1
        
        I'd laugh my balls off to hear a conservative go "now, Pierre Trudeau, there was a leader" - Reagen Jul 13, 10:05
- Or Trump is just that bad, and anyone compared to him is better. -- nm - Inigo Jul 13, 09:25
- On some level I think it's that the person out of office is freed from the shackles of his party's politics to a greater degree to where he can say - pmb Jul 13, 09:13 4
  - Compare that thought though with Bush's normal word salad. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 13, 09:53 1
    - He used Therefore and Alleviate properly in a sentence! At no point did Dubya ever indicate he could use words like that. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 13, 09:54
  - It's also freeing for the political opponent because there is no consequence for their "support". - Name Withheld by Request Jul 13, 09:36
  - A little bit of this, yes. He was still a pretty bad president, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:18
- Lets see that happen for Trump. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Jul 13, 09:08 1
  - I don’t want to see the person we’d need to have in office to make me respect Trump by comparison. -- nm - znufrii, not outraged Jul 13, 09:14
"Well, you loser, the lesson I learned in 9/11 is that Muslims and Mexicans suck." (NM) - Scumpf Jul 13, 08:45

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