Politics Trump claims previous presidents didn't call families of fallen soldiers

[barfo]

I don't see him as a partisan hack.

Good, so now we have proof that he is a partisan hack.

He was badgered by the woman and the press into coming forward in the first place.

Hardly. If anyone made him come forward, it was Trump.

In spite of his mistakes, he was sincere and absolutely crushed it.

He was sincere and eloquent in the first part, where he talked about his loss, and military deaths generally. He was insincere and non-factual and hypocritical and partisan in the part where he attacked the congressperson.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Nope. People thought Bush was a dope, but Trump has set the bar far lower.

barfo

Riiiiiight. That's why there were a bunch of not-too-nice people standing outside his house in Crawford, or chanting "4 more days" just before he got out of office.

 

[barfo]

Riiiiiight. That's why there were a bunch of not-too-nice people standing outside his house in Crawford, or chanting "4 more days" just before he got out of office.

Well, I'm sure if you try you can find some people that hated Bush more than Trump. There is a range of opinions, of course. I think overall, 'my kind' think worse of Trump than Bush.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Well, I'm sure if you try you can find some people that hated Bush more than Trump. There is a range of opinions, of course. I think overall, 'my kind' think worse of Trump than Bush.

barfo

He was "selected." That was from day 1.

He is a drunk.

Silver spoon.

etc.

You've heard it all, your memory must be going bad.

 

[barfo]

He was "selected." That was from day 1.

He is a drunk.

Silver spoon.

etc.

You've heard it all, your memory must be going bad.

I've heard it all, I've said some of it myself.

Doesn't mean they are equivalent. One of these two things is not the same as the other.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

He revealed himself to be much more of a partisan hack than any of us ever suspected. The things he said that were wrong were entirely wrong, and were said for a purely political purpose.

SAD!

barfo

Fake news.

 

[MARIS61]

That is why he can be called a dignified US President.

This is why he can't

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...rge-h-w-bush-sexual-assault-article-1.3586520

An AMC actress claims that former President George H.W. Bush groped her from his wheelchair during a screening.
Heather Lind, who starred in “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” detailed her accusations in a lengthy and since-deleted Instagram post Tuesday, when she said she was “disturbed” after seeing a photo of President Obama with the 41st president.

“I found it disturbing because I recognize the respect ex-presidents are given for having served. And I feel pride and reverence toward many of the men in the photo. But when I got the chance to meet George H. W. Bush four years ago to promote a historical television show I was working on, he sexually assaulted me while I was posing for a similar photo,” Lind, 34, wrote.

“He didn’t shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again. Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say ‘not again.’ His security guard told me I shouldn’t have stood next to him for the photo.”

Lind, who played Anna Strong on the drama about “America’s first spy ring,” met the former president, 93, during a special screening of the show in 2014, a week before its premiere.

“We were instructed to call him Mr. President. It seems to me a President’s power is in his or her capacity to enact positive change, actually help people, and serve as a symbol of our democracy. He relinquished that power when he used it against me and, judging from the comments of those around him, countless other women before me,” Lind wrote.

“What comforts me is that I too can use my power, which isn’t so different from a President really. I can enact positive change. I can actually help people. I can be a symbol of my democracy. I can refuse to call him President, and call out other abuses of power when I see them. I can vote for a President, in part, by the nature of his or her character, knowing that his or her political decisions must necessarily stem from that character.”

In a statement to the Daily News, the former president did not deny the allegations.
"President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind," his spokesman said.

 

[barfo]

This is why he can't

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...rge-h-w-bush-sexual-assault-article-1.3586520

An AMC actress claims that former President George H.W. Bush groped her from his wheelchair during a screening.
Heather Lind, who starred in “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” detailed her accusations in a lengthy and since-deleted Instagram post Tuesday, when she said she was “disturbed” after seeing a photo of President Obama with the 41st president.

“I found it disturbing because I recognize the respect ex-presidents are given for having served. And I feel pride and reverence toward many of the men in the photo. But when I got the chance to meet George H. W. Bush four years ago to promote a historical television show I was working on, he sexually assaulted me while I was posing for a similar photo,” Lind, 34, wrote.

“He didn’t shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again. Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say ‘not again.’ His security guard told me I shouldn’t have stood next to him for the photo.”

Lind, who played Anna Strong on the drama about “America’s first spy ring,” met the former president, 93, during a special screening of the show in 2014, a week before its premiere.

“We were instructed to call him Mr. President. It seems to me a President’s power is in his or her capacity to enact positive change, actually help people, and serve as a symbol of our democracy. He relinquished that power when he used it against me and, judging from the comments of those around him, countless other women before me,” Lind wrote.

“What comforts me is that I too can use my power, which isn’t so different from a President really. I can enact positive change. I can actually help people. I can be a symbol of my democracy. I can refuse to call him President, and call out other abuses of power when I see them. I can vote for a President, in part, by the nature of his or her character, knowing that his or her political decisions must necessarily stem from that character.”

In a statement to the Daily News, the former president did not deny the allegations.
"President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind," his spokesman said.

Wrong Bush.

barfo

 

[stampedehero]

This is why he can't

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...rge-h-w-bush-sexual-assault-article-1.3586520

An AMC actress claims that former President George H.W. Bush groped her from his wheelchair during a screening.
Heather Lind, who starred in “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” detailed her accusations in a lengthy and since-deleted Instagram post Tuesday, when she said she was “disturbed” after seeing a photo of President Obama with the 41st president.

“I found it disturbing because I recognize the respect ex-presidents are given for having served. And I feel pride and reverence toward many of the men in the photo. But when I got the chance to meet George H. W. Bush four years ago to promote a historical television show I was working on, he sexually assaulted me while I was posing for a similar photo,” Lind, 34, wrote.

“He didn’t shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again. Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say ‘not again.’ His security guard told me I shouldn’t have stood next to him for the photo.”

Lind, who played Anna Strong on the drama about “America’s first spy ring,” met the former president, 93, during a special screening of the show in 2014, a week before its premiere.

“We were instructed to call him Mr. President. It seems to me a President’s power is in his or her capacity to enact positive change, actually help people, and serve as a symbol of our democracy. He relinquished that power when he used it against me and, judging from the comments of those around him, countless other women before me,” Lind wrote.

“What comforts me is that I too can use my power, which isn’t so different from a President really. I can enact positive change. I can actually help people. I can be a symbol of my democracy. I can refuse to call him President, and call out other abuses of power when I see them. I can vote for a President, in part, by the nature of his or her character, knowing that his or her political decisions must necessarily stem from that character.”

In a statement to the Daily News, the former president did not deny the allegations.
"President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind," his spokesman said.

> Looks like he is living the life of a dirty old man in a wheelchair (with his wife present). His spokesman said he had a sense of humor, at least .

 

[Denny Crane]

I've heard it all, I've said some of it myself.

Doesn't mean they are equivalent. One of these two things is not the same as the other.

barfo

They're all the same. Attempts to diminish the man's credibility, legitimacy, etc. Silver spoon suggests he's unamerican (not like "us" americans).

 

[Denny Crane]

GHW Bush has apologized. Probably isn't good enough.

 

[Denny Crane]

Speaking of sexual harassment.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/media/mark-halperin-sexual-harassment-allegations/index.html

Five women accuse journalist and 'Game Change' co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment