will stick too much to protocol and not criticize a sitting administration. It ought to be with horror that they see their fellow traditional Americans lied about, spat on, and constantly disparaged, 24/7. Complicit in this is the malignant media who support the Obama regime in their shots taken against the American people. The media gets in many of their own.

It would be nice, but I don’t see it happening and I think that speaks to some weaknesses both them had, despite their strengths.

Where are the leaders that love this country and the people, and will speak up for her, that is the question I have.

Direct this request to Dick Cheney. He gets it. He knows the threat that the left poses to this country. The Bushes, in particular Bush 43, are the reason we’re in this mess. They are part of the Republican class that believes in collegiality, are are willing to put collegiality above all other concerns. How else to explain W’s fetal postion he assumed through 8 years of libel from the left? How else to explain his greater willingness to criticize his own supporters than his Democrat opponents? How else to explain his wife praising Michelle and Barak in public statements? How else to explain W’s calling on all Americans to give Barak “a chance” as Barak was contemplating political prosecutions against Bush administration officials for “torture”? W covets the approval of the left, and he was willing to sacrifice public policy and the success of his own initiatives in the foolish quest to achieve it. Don’t expect him to change now.

So many years ago I heard the expression- You can’t shine sh!t. That describes the Obamas.

I read an article a day or so ago that claimed Obama has an evil twin. When he mocks the Tea Party people, and, when he makes sarcastic remarks that when he signed the Obamacare bill, the sky was still blue, the birds were singing etc. his evil twin has taken over his body and mind. He can’t help himself. We need to hire the Vatican exorcist to cure him of his evils.

W will never come to the defense of the Americans when they are being mocked, ridiculed and trashed by the President of the US. When he was in office, the left was doing the same to him, and all of us, yet, not a word from him. He allowed the press to get away with anything they wanted to say or print. Now it is at fever pitch, and getting worse by the day.

Penguin- protocal in not attacking sitting presidents only applies to Republicans. Didn’t Carter and Clinton attack Bush while he was in office? Then Daddy Bush went golfing with Clinton.

but both Carter and Clinton have failed in that tradition. Carter even undercut Clinton in the early 90s when own his own, Carter went off the N. Korea to “cut a deal” over nuclear development–the deal was that N. Korea would only make plutonium for “peacedul” uses and we would then supply them with food and other commodities to keep the failing regime afloat, and we’ve done that ever sinse–even with Bush II.

Democrat former Presidents make comments that advance the Left’s agenda. No need to specify about Carter, his tomfoolery is blatant. But look at Clinton’s recent comments regarding vocal public outrage: he clings to the rationale he advanced after the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing-it was Rush’s fault! And it’s going to happen again! Dang wingnuts!

The Bushes stick to their idea of tradition and public service. It would be improper to criticize the current member of the President’s Club, no matter the levels of arrogance displayed, etc. (Dana Carvey voice) Wouldn’t be right. Nossir. We served our time honorably, and that’s that, unless called upon to raise funds for a disaster or something.

As a general conservative principle, I laud tradition, but personally applaud Cheney’s (both of them) speaking out, custom & tradition be darned. I’ll be stunned to hear anything approaching ‘red meat’ from either Bush 41 or 43. Jaded, I’m with ya in spirit, but methinks it’s a bridge too far.

so much that I think, to him, it would be so against protocol to voice opposition to any successor who took a seat in that office. His wife, Laura, has so much dignity and character that the very idea of it sounds completely beneath her.

Having left office with such a “crisis” and with horrible approval ratings (not my sentiment at all) had to affect this man in ways that we could never understand. I do believe that when his book is revealed we will be seeing and hearing alot from The Big W, The timing isn’t right for him to stir the pot. I am sure he is wishing (like myself) that men like Paul Ryan, Canter, etc, would do just what you suggest. The impact on the future of our country from men such as these would be greater than hearing words from Bush Sr and Bush Jr. at this time.

a day or two ago. The need for a person in authority to put into perspective the Left attacking us is very real. What I thought then was that in then end, it will be up to us to carry on this fight as we have been doing, and to continue to make our voice louder and clearer. Maybe I’m a wimp but I think it is better for the Bushes to stay retired from this, our counter-revolution against institutionalized corruption and tyrrany. If the Bushes spoke out it would be a gesture for good, but we would be the only ones who appreciated or heeded it.

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nor would he do anything to defend his supporters while he was in office. He will not come forth now to defend a grassroots movement he could never understand.

It wouldn’t be helpful. The resistance has gone viral. This is a political fight to the finish and we need to sharpen our own bayonets.

I wish to speak for myself, and it is incumbent upon me to do so.

It is also incumbent upon me to filter news reports, candidacy platforms, even pre-conceived ideas. That is my responsibility as an American. Today, if I want to hear from a politician, I will listen to those who are making decisions that affect this country – not just my state, this country. I will then act accordingly, depending on whether their decisions are good for the country.

I am very cognizant of the fact that everything is local. I got it, and I am acting on it. But once a president has served and has passed the baton on to the next president, I see no problem with his leaving it up to the people to determine the next outcome. That is, after all, our responsibility – not a former president’s.

It is our time to find our own voices, and we are blessed to have people like EE and some people on Fox who are not afraid to say what needs to be said. If they fail us, we still have our own voices.

Personally, I do not want to hear from GWB for at least a decade. I deeply respect the man and his wife, but now is not the time to hear from him. Let Bill Clinton continue to torpedo his wife’s future. He is like so many progressives who have no confidence in their legacy because they know they left nothing to be admired.

Thiessen had been tasked with writing GWB’s speech explaining Guantanamo and the fact that the US had operated “a model prison that would put to shame most prisons in the countries that routinely criticized Guantanamo. We had done a terrible time defending [the prison guards and wardens at Guantanamo]—INDEED, IF THERE WAS A CARDINAL SIN OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, IT WAS A FAILURE TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND OUR ACTIONS AGAINST THE CRITICISMS OF A HOSTILE PRESS.” [Emphasis mine]

For whatever reasons, GWB preferred to suffer the slings and arrows of the ridiculous barrage of frequently inaccurate and always hostile press attacks without murmuring a reply. This gave the inaccurate impression that somehow the allegations were either true or had substance enough to prevent GWB or Ari Fleischer or Tony Snow or his female successor to even Tony’s female successor to attempt to counter the accusations. The hopeless Scott McClellan is as bad or worse than the hopeless “Baghdad Bob” Gibbs.

I will not soon forgive or forget the sin of omission committed by GWB in allowing the hostile media to become completely corrupted by the Democrats. Not that the state-controlled leftist-by-reflex MSM would not have done the complete conversion to Demo-rat lapdog without the non-pressure by GWB, but a vacuum invites an invasion of bad air.