by Mike
One of the biggest problems I personally had with George Bush was his relentless ideal never to fight back during his Presidency. The former President seemed more preoccupied with the maintaining the integrity of his position rather than engaging or allowing his subordinates to engage in political muckracking. Regardless of that fact his sense of class is suddenly missing. However, it was on full display today.
Fox News-Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura secretly visited Fort Hood last night and spent “considerable time” consoling those who were wounded in Thursday’s shooting spree, Fox News has learned.
The Bushes entered and departed the sprawling military facility in secret, having told the base commander they did not want press coverage of their visit, a source told Fox News.
The couple was described as “deeply concerned” about military families on Fort Hood after Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly opened fire on soldiers and civilians, killing 13 and wounding 38.
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LA Times-Last night former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura made a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood.
The Bushes instructed the commander of the mourning military base that they wanted no publicity. With their Secret Service detail, Bush and his wife made the 30 mile trip unannounced from their ranch near Crawford, Texas Friday evening.
Fox News broke news of the visit this afternoon. Other sources said the former first couple spent about two hours meeting with family and soldiers, talking quietly and at times hugging them as they did in private at other times of crisis such as post-9/11.
Most presidents come to feel a genuine respect and affection for the people they lead as commander-in-chief and sometimes the affection is reciprocated.
Needless to say the answer to this is a resounding, “Yes!”
Jason
Mike
2 responses so far ↓
Jeff // November 8, 2009 at 2:42 pm
President Bush and Laura are a class act. More so that President Obama. Obama, shamelessly, takes every chance–it seems like–to slam his predecessor. I’m never happy about it and consider it bad manners and poor form for a President. I do think Republicans should not forget how President Bush was treated by Obama. When their back in office, let’s make sure we make it known what we think of “the failed policies of the past.”
Mike // November 10, 2009 at 7:27 am
Jeff you are absolutely correct. It is the cyclical nature of poison politics. But after, by then, 12 years of abuse of Bush it will be very difficult not to drag Obama through the mud. Especially with the way he is running this country and the policies he is implementing.