I found this on a new blog I visited today, and so enjoyed it that I knew I had to share it. I’ll confess, softie that I am, it brought some stinging to my eyes.
This video has received almost 2,000,000 views on YouTube, and I also want to include an excerpt of the commentary that the creator of the video wrote, regarding the attempt of liberals to refute and deny any significance to what it shows.
“In the video, the Marines exhibit obvious love and respect for President Bush. His visit was not an event that followed closely on the heels of 9/11. This video was taken after the worst days of the war and after the surge created major progress in the region. The president is visiting the troops in Anbar Province, the home of the infamous Falluja and Ar Ramadi killing grounds. This visit took place after the province had been pacified. In other words, the Marines showed their love of Mr. Bush even after the darkest days of the war.
The Lejune video, on the other hand, shows Obama entering with all the pomp and circumstance of a royal visit to the peasants. Hail to the Chief plays in the background; something that President Bush didnt allow during his military visits. Obama knows that keeping the Marines locked at the position of attention means that no comparison can ever be made to the loving reception President Bush regularly received from the troops. Obama knows how the Marines feel and will always treat them exactly like the rabble he sees.”
Read the rest of the commentary here. I was especially touched to learn that President Bush did not allow the playing of “Hail to the Chief” on his military visits.
My thanks again to The Reaganite Republican Resistance, for posting this.
I do miss President Bush.
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I miss him as well. He may have fumbled some things but he kept this country safe for over 7 years. And he knew how to treat our military. I do believe that history will be much kinder to his legacy.
Bush said he’d thought history might treat him better, ala Truman- and Barry has a way of speeding up the process. Actually, I’m already on to missing Carter a little bit at this point, LOL
Thanks for the link, Pup- great post, and your blog looks great!
I agree with both of you; I too think that history will record what millions of us already know. Bush was not perfect, and I disagreed with him on a few occasions. But I loved listening to him speak, especially informal talks to real people, i.e., the military, townhall gatherings, and, the moment he won my heart, standing on the bed of a truck at ground zero talking to the rescue workers, and all of us. He spoke from his heart and I never wondered if he actually loved his country.
He was not perfect but he had something that Oblahblah will never have, and that’s character and a moral compass.
Thanks for the comments, and welcome Reaganite Republican! I enjoyed your blog very much, thanks for coming by here.
This was the man who oversaw one of the largest expansions of the “national” government ever. A man who brought us the grossly invasive patriot act and DHS and the ever popular No Child idiocy, who knowingly participated in the misrepresentation of the information about the WMDs in Iraq and sold us that quagmire and who attempted to appoint Harriet Miers to SCOTUS. Then there was the start of the bailouts, the firing of the general who espoused the impossible belief that the war would cost $200 billion, the dimwitted inability to comprehend anything more complex than his beliefs and values and you miss this disaster? Only by comparison to the present disaster is there anything at all to mourn about his passing. He “loved” the country but did more to savage it than almost every predecessor. If I bothered to track more of his abysmal failures I could expand this greatly but why bother. Do you actually believe his clone would make a marvelous successor to little o? Unbelievable.
“Do you actually believe his clone would make a marvelous successor to little o?”
Don’t know what you mean by this question, Sneed. What clone are you talking about?
Actually, I think Sarah Palin would make a great successor to The Won.
The troops know that Bush respected them. They also know that Nobama doesn’t. Most democrats hate the military. They have let that show one too many times.
Have a terrific day.
It was a rhetorical question. Phrased differently, if Bush could be reelected do you think he would be a “marvelous successor” to little o?
Writing from Alaska, I will say that in my opinion Sarah completely blew it with her incomprehensible explanation of her resignation. No doubt she had reasons she deemed sufficient but her “explanation” was a confused hodge podge of the real and the loony. She exposed her true scatterbrain; a major disappointment to me. Perfection is not the standard so here’s hoping she gets it together in the future.
“…if Bush could be reelected do you think he would be a “marvelous successor” to little o?”
Absolutely.
As for Sarah, rather than re-write it out again, here is the post I wrote when she resigned. Obviously, I disagree with your assessment of her actions and her explanation, but that’s OK.
http://www.conservativepup.com/the-lefts-fear-and-hatred-of-sarah-palin/.html
Libertarian conservatives are allowed to disagree. Personally I hope Sarah gets it together and becomes a real factor going forward. She was not prepared for the scrutiny of prime time national politics and wilted a bit under the pressure. If Nixon came back then certainly she can. And I’m certainly more than glad that Bush is outta here forever. To paraphrase: Never was lack of ability more greatly rewarded, no, not when Caligula’s horse was appointed pro-consul.
Yes, we can disagree without consequences. Time will tell about Sarah Palin; I suppose she could just fade away, but I’m thinking that she might be the one, or one of the ones, to get this country back on track.
Thanks for coming by, and always, I appreciate your comments.