Bush, Clinton Disagree on Pope's Legacy

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By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer

Friday, April 8, 2005
(04-08) 11:41 PDT ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, (AP) --


President Bush on Friday said that attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II was "one of the highlights of my presidency" and made clear that he disagrees with former President Clinton's assessment that the pontiff leaves a mixed legacy.


"I think John Paul II will have a clear legacy of peace, compassion and a strong legacy of setting a clear moral tone," Bush told reporters on Air Force One as he flew from Rome to the United States just hours after the funeral. He said he wanted to amend his remarks to add the word "excellent."


"It was a strong legacy," the president said. "I wanted to make sure there was a proper adjective to the legacy he left behind, not just the word clear."


Bush, the first U.S. president to attend a papal funeral, led a U.S. delegation to the 2 1/2-hour funeral Mass that included his wife, Laura, his father, former President Bush, former President Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Clinton, on the flight to Rome earlier this week, had said that John Paul "may have had a mixed legacy," but he called him a man with a great feel for human dignity.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/08/national/w082221D55.DTL

[Straight Shooter]

1. "... a strong legacy of setting a clear moral tone."

"Just like me," said bush, under his breath. "See, the Pope-a-Roni and I are a lot alike. Now, watch this drive."

:banghead:

[JI7]

2. i really hate that motherfucker

ignorant piece of shit asshole.

[glarius]

3. Just as Bush latched onto Reagan's coattails he's trying to do the same

with the Pope....About all he has in common with the Pope is their stand against abortion....The Pope was AGAINST Bush's Iraq war, and said so publicly....The Pope was against capital punishment and Bush, I believe has some sort of record for presiding over executions while he was govenor of Texas....

[NWHarkness]

4. There is no gray in Bush's world

Everyone is either all good or all bad. That's why his "distancing" himself from Delay is pure bullshit. He'll express some concern in public (in the mildest terms), but you know that in public he's slapping him on the back.