[Vision2020] Bush, Sr. Stunned by thoughtless Attacks on His Son

[Tony]

Oh Ralph, that's sooo unfair.  Maybe, just MAYBE, Ralph, it's about 
CHARACTER!  About sticking with an unpopular position even as the opposition 
opts not to apply it's selectively used term "leadership" in this instance. 
Bush Sr. and Jr. are honorable men of their word.  History will record this 
even as his ungracious and ungrateful contemporaries refuse to.

May the good Lord bless and keep our fine President and his family 
throughout this holiday season.     -T
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Nielsen" <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
To: <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Bush, Sr. Stunned by Attacks on His Son


> Of course it's not easy, it's all about OIL.
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> Ralph
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> nickgier at adelphia.net nickgier at adelphia.net
> Fri Nov 24 09:31:23 PST 2006
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> Ex-President Defends His Son
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> ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 22 (AP) — Former President
> George Bush took on Arab critics of his son Tuesday during a testy
> exchange at a leadership conference.
>
> “My son is an honest man,” Mr. Bush told members of the audience who
> harshly criticized President Bush. The Persian Gulf used to be safe
> territory for former President Bush, who brought Arab leaders
> together in a coalition that drove Saddam Hussein’s troops from
> Kuwait in 1991. But the gratitude was overshadowed at the conference
> by hostility toward his son.
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> “We do not respect your son,” a woman in the audience bluntly told
> him after his speech. “We do not respect what he’s doing all over the
> world.” Mr. Bush, 82, appeared stunned as others in the audience
> whooped and whistled in approval.
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> “This son is not going to back away,” he said. “He’s not going to
> change his view because some poll says this or some poll says that,
> or some heartfelt comments from the lady who feels deeply in her
> heart about something. You can’t be president of the United States
> and conduct yourself if you’re going to cut and run. This is going to
> work out in Iraq. I understand the anxiety. It’s not easy.”
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