Obama's day: Honoring George H.W. Bush

[Ichingcarpenter]

President Obama spends part of Monday paying tribute one of his Republican predecessors.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama welcome ex-President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush to a White House ceremony to recognize the Points of Light volunteer program.


The first President Bush established the program in 1989.

While honoring Bush, President Obama also plans to announce creation of a new federal task force "to identify additional ways that the public and private sectors can partner together to support national service as a strategy for tackling national priorities."

Monday's ceremony at the White House includes recipients of the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award: Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, a retired couple and farm owners from Union, Iowa, whose nonprofit organization delivers free meals to children suffering from hunger in more than 15 countries, including the United States.

The Obamas also have lunch with the Bushes, and members of the Bush family.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/15/obama-george-hw-bush-points-of-light/2516977/



NOT THE ONION

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Memo to White House staff:

After the Bushes leave, count the silverware.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. This is the second time he honored Bush

Obama to give George Bush, Sr. the presidential Medal of Freedom on
November 18, 2010


And now today once more...

last time

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/18/obama-give-george-hw-bush-presidential-medal-freedom/

[madokie]

3. I don't have a problem with this at all

Our President is a classy dude and this is what classy people do.
Nothing O can do to change things and if he was to be ugly to them it wouldn't do him or us any good so why do it. Those of us who pay attention know what kind of a president/person GHW little boots senior and babs was/is.
GObama is all I can think of.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Should I be utterly outraged by this?

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. You? no not you... just those that read history would

and know the history of the Bush Crime family.

I guess no progressive liberal americans were available today to honor

just scumbag republicans.

[great white snark]

9. Jeebus, it's to honor the Points of Light program.

"Not the Onion"

Reasonable people would already know that.

[Cali_Democrat]

15. So recognizing the Points of Light volunteer program and Bush's contribution to it is a bad thing?

I disagree with you. I really don't have a problem with this.

[malaise]

5. Ever get the impression that the Bushes refuse to leave the WH

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. I didn't like Clinton doing shit like this either

I guess he's their new son.

[alsame]

8. Poppy Bush

Poppy Bush = 1 term President that is continually honored by media and subsequent presidents

Jimmy Carter = 1 term President that is mocked and ignored by media and subsequent presidents

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. How many times has Obama had lunch with his family?

not once.


Having lunch with Barbara Bush?





Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”
― Barbara Bush



“War is not nice.”
― Barbara Bush


But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or that or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that, and watch him (her husband, former president George H. W. Bush) suffer?

[Octafish]

10. Govmint's got no money for social programs, so we're gonna git volunteers.

With the money saved, we can buy another four-pack of drones.

[el_bryanto]

12. That sounds like a good program

Well worth celebrating.

But obviously we should all hate the Bush's every day of the year or else we are uninformed idiots or DLC Sellouts.

Bryant

[RC]

13. From the Points of Lights web site.

Yeah, it's a good program alright. How many jobs were not needed because of this?

[Catherina]

14. The rehabilitation of Bush is ON! n/t