George Bush Sr. Invites Obama To Texas College, Asks Students To Please Not Be Insane

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Via Wonkette:

"Insanely old oil monster George H.W. Bush has “pulled a Notre Dame” and invited the terrible President to come speak at Texas A&M University on Friday about the importance of Community Service..."

"George H.W. Bush is allowed to do this because (a) his Presidential Library is on the A&M campus and (b) he owns Texas. But could this be a catastrophe, now that it is controversial for presidents to talk to people in America? “Poppy” understands, though, that a few hundred racists will probably get drunk and protest for “states’ rights” or whatever, and has written an open letter to the students of A&M subtly begging them not to be complete and total assholes. "

G H W Bush's letter:

To My Fellow Members of the Texas A&M Family:

Howdy! As you have probably heard, I have invited the 44th President of the United States of America to come visit the Bush Library and Texas A&M, and President Obama has graciously accepted.

Along with the administration, faculty, and so many of you, I am honored that The President, our President, is taking the time and making the effort to come to College Station on October 16th to talk about an issue that unites all Americans — namely, community service and its vast importance to our continued well-being as a Nation. Our country still faces many tough challenges, and the message that will come out of our Presidential Forum on Service, I hope, is that every American regardless of age has an important part to play in helping us overcome the obstacles to our common progress.

This is not about politics. This is about the importance of service to our communities and our country.

It would be hard to imagine a more deserving college campus to host a Presidential Forum on volunteerism and community service than Texas A&M — which is, after all, a school steeped in a rich tradition of service. That’s why I am so proud to have our Bush Library and Museum and Bush School of Government and Public Service here, and I cannot wait for President Obama to experience the open, decent and welcoming Aggie spirit for himself.

This will be an important national moment, and a moment for Texas A&M to shine in the global spotlight as it always does. I sincerely hope and believe it will serve as a point of Aggie pride for many years to come.

Gig ‘em!

http://wonkette.com/411621/george-bush-sr-invites-obama-to-texas-college-asks-students-to-please-not-be-insane
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[DrDan]

1. seems like a decent invitation to me

[Lucky Luciano]

27. yea...seems suspiciously innocuous - even decent...

hard to believe it came from a bush.

[Sebastian Doyle]

63. I'm not so sure about that.

Texas is the last place I would go on an invitation from Poppy Bush. Especially as much as the racist wingnuts in that state hate the President.

Just sayin..... :scared:

[DrToast]

2. What's that thing Admiral Ackbar says?

[SIMPLYB1980]

4. It's a tarp!

[msallied]

9. Win.

[brendan120678]

5. You mean..."It's a trap!" ?

[SIMPLYB1980]

8. * wouldn't know how to set a trap if his life depended on it.

[DrToast]

10. Wrong George Bush

[SIMPLYB1980]

14. Oh my bad his dad did have a shred of

intelligence.

[Hissyspit]

47. Rickie Lee Jones:

"He's an ugly man/
He always was an ugly man/
He grew up to be like his father/
An ugly man

And he'll tell you lies/
He'll look at you and tell you lies/
He grew up to be like his father/
Ugly inside"

[sofa king]

50. Yes... Central Intelligence.

I'd visit him in Texas the day after he explains why he can't remember where he was the day JFK was shot.

[Hutzpa]

29. You know

thanks for pointing that out because people like me are slow on the up take...:evilgrin:

[gateley]

3. "Howdy"??? Sad. nt

[fugop]

25. That's an Aggie thing

Don't blame George for the "Howdy." That's part of the many A&M traditions. Believe it or not, it's a very friendly campus, and "howdys" (at least when I attended in the '80s) rang out left and right as you walked on campus. It was actually quite nice to have the friendly atmosphere. Yes, they're insanely conservative, but some of the most liberal folks I know (including myself) went to A&M. Soooo ... I get the Aggie hate, but know that Aggies have their good side, too!

[gateley]

30. Okay then I apologize to all Aggies. It wasn't to dis them, just wanted to dis Bush. :-) nt

[gateley]

31. Okay then I apologize to all Aggies. It wasn't to dis them, just wanted to dis Bush. :-) nt

[thelordofhell]

6. I guess George Sr. wasn't satisfied with what he did to JFK in Texas

He's looking for another grassy knoll to hide behind.

[Vinnie From Indy]

12. That was my first thought as well!

Hopefully, Obama will win a few hearts and minds.

[brendan120678]

7. "Hook 'em Horns!"

Oh, wait...wrong school.

[Captain Hilts]

11. "Importance of communityservice 'Gay'?" You mean 'day'?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. *I* don't mean anything. It's Wonkette. Sorry.

I usually omit the offensive but I missed one in the copy and paste. I'll edit down.

On Edit: Although they are clearly being sarcastic as when they refer to the "browns" etc.

[rvablue]

15. Where are the crying, screaching teabaggers freaked that a former president is trying to

brainwash their children?

[Clio the Leo]

16. Whoohooo! Time for President Sexy to bust out the hat!

and LOL @ Poppy saying, "Howdy!"

[HopeOverFear]

58. *wolf whistle*

[stray cat]

17. Austin is liberal

[PBS Poll-435]

22. Too bad that is not where A&M is

It is in the aptly named College Station, TX.

UT is in Austin.

[FrenchieCat]

18. I HOPE the date is not in November.....

cause the last thing we need is our popular young "First as" Democratic President to be in Texas in the month of November. Don't need that karma!

[jenmito]

28. The same thought...

crossed my mind, too. (Even if it's NOT November, though.) :scared:

[butterfly77]

19. I was hoping he would say no..

these assholes are up to something, I don't trust them. They are so full of it at first he was going to contaminate their kids. I hope he doesn't eat or drink anything. Jeb,W,And daddy Bush we ain't buying your BUSHIT!!!

[butterfly77]

20. And it is about Politics..

everything is politics with these people. He thinks he will rehab the Bush name.

[texanwitch]

21. Texas A&M

Stay away President Obama.


Go to U of Texas.


No offense to any Du'ers that went to A&M.


Texas is not Bush country, we don't like them either.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. Aggies love to dress up and play soldier in their stormtrooper boots.

They used to all have to be in The Corps, which is a fake military group, when it was all-male.

[texanwitch]

24. That is so true.

I know people who started to attend A&M and then left.

They had problems with the Corps members acting like the thugs they were.

[zbdent]

26. Now that's class ...

I mean it.

And, if you think about it, given a different media climate, Barack Obama could have been hailed as one of George H.W. Bush's "Thousand Points of Light" ...

but Repugs have to score political points over the welfare of the nation ...

[wicket]

57. +1

[liberalpragmatist]

32. Honestly, I know Bush, Sr. isn't popular around here, but I think he knows what a fuckup his son was

It's no wonder that he suddenly became friends with Bill Clinton and broke down in tears at Jeb's farewell party. He knows what a disaster Junior was and how he sullied the family name.

[Politics_Guy25]

38. Hmmmm....

I'm not sure if I like this idea at all.

[Politicalboi]

41. No Bush has a

Conscience.

[blm]

56. 'suddenly became friends with Clinton'? Ever hear of Jackson Stephens? GHWBush NEEDED Clinton to win

in Nov1992 because he expected to be impeached after the release of the BCCI report in Dec1992.

Jackson Stephens had his boy in Arkansas ready to step in and deepsix that report and all its outstanding matters, protecting GHWBush, Stephens, the Dubai and Saudi royals and all the other profiteers of the wellfunded global terror networks.

[zbdent]

68. can you imagine had the tsunami happened after Obama was out of office?

George W. Bush and Barack Obama go on an international goodwill visit to the devastated areas ... George W. Bush: "Get your own plane, goober! heh heh heh ..."

(Remember, Bill Clinton gave up sleeping in a bed on the long flight, because George H.W. Bush had the bad back ... hmm, maybe GHWB41 shouldn't have gone skydiving on his birthday, if his back was so bad, huh?)

[MadMaddie]

33. Sorry but he should pass on it!

Just sayin...

[David Zephyr]

34. I don't want my President in Texas. Sorry. But I worry about him.

When Obama was campaigning, I remember where the Dallas Police told the Secret Service they had the crowd handled and that was a breach of protocol.

There's just too much hate there in Texas against Obama. I grew up there on and off and have family there, and while I love them, I don't want my President there.

I'm an old guy and I worry about President Obama all of the time.

I grew up with John Kennedy, my hero, being murdered in Dallas and I just don't want Obama in Texas.

Sorry, but that's how I feel.

And I don't trust the Bush Family with my President either.

And President Obama goes, I hope the Secret Service triples its force before he does to protect him.

[Jennicut]

36. I saw the special on History Channel the other night, the real time footage of Kennedy being shot

Never want us to go through that again. I am only in my early thirties but watching that footage made me really understand the pain people went through that day when JFK was murdered. One thing that sticks out to me was Kennedy telling Jackie that they were entering nut country. Gives me chills.
I want Obama to be safe too.

[Stellar]

37. I guess we old folks think alike.

Anytime George H.W Bush has to tell Texans to behave themselves, that a bad sign to me. I keep the Obama family in my prayers.

[David Zephyr]

69. Welcome to the DU, Stellar.

Your point is a good one.

[winyanstaz]

42. I hear you..and I have always secretly thought Bush Sr...

had a hand in that assassination.
Obama needs to not go..it would be a terrible disaster and shame if anything happened to him in texas..everyone would blame Bush sr for inviting him too.

[ecstatic]

43. Yep. I don't trust the Bushes

or Texas, for that matter. No offense.

[lunatica]

35. So it's OK to go to the land of the Aggies

but facing the Pink Code ladies in San Francisco is just too scary?

I respect Obama, but the irony is too rich not to notice.

[sandnsea]

44. He's going to San Francisco tomorrow n/t

[lunatica]

53. They fear he'll run into the people of SF

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6772020

"The White House's fear of protests from Code Pink and other left-wingers has put the brakes on President Obama making any public appearances during his visit to San Francisco this week."

[sandnsea]

61. lol, this event has been planned for weeks

Somebody just pulled all of that right out of their ass. Just completely made it up because nobody in the White House said any of that.

[sandnsea]

62. dupe

[Politicalboi]

39. I wouldn't do it President Obama

The Bushes are EVIL.

[Honeycombe8]

40. Is this for real, or a joke, or ????? Not familiar with wonkette. nt

[sandnsea]

46. It's for real

http://www.obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=398

Celebrating 20th Anniversary of Bush's Thousand Points Of Light.

[Cobalt-60]

45. Decline!

When Fascists want to murder a sitting president they invite him to Texas.

[LovinLife]

48. Wish I would've saw this thread before I made mine. I don't think he should go to Texas.

I don't know why he even wants to go

[Obamacare]

49. The wonkette

Bawhahah The wonkette is a racist white nationalist website, thank God this isn't true!!

[lunatica]

52. What does racist white nationalist mean?

And why do you fear the Wonkette?

[santamargarita]

51. Don't go, anything Bush is about politics

[AlinPA]

54. This is a joke, right?

[onenote]

55. a little education for the knee jerk texas haters

Texas A&M is located in the 17th Congressional District of Texas, which is represented by Chet Edwards, a Democrat. While its hardly "Obama country", the notion that Obama should stay out of Texas (or presumably any other state where a majority didn't vote for him) is repulsive. 3.5 million Texans voted for Obama, which in absolute terms, is a 1.5 million more people than voted for Obama in Massachusetts and double the number that voted for him in my home state of Virginia.

[fugop]

59. Edwards

Wasn't he one of the dark-horse VP candidates last year? I seem to remember looking him up and finding him pretty interesting.

[onenote]

64. yup.

I'm glad it ended up being Biden, but the idea that Obama should stay out of the district of a Democratic congressman is truly whacked.

[BeyondGeography]

60. The Old Man has always had some decent bones in his body

The proof is as much as we might despise him, we'll never exceed the vitriol he received from the far right.

[Sinti]

65. I just don't trust Sir. George - I wish I could, but...

the old dude has history. OTOH, community service is a beautiful thing and should be encouraged. OTOH, secret service is also a beautiful thing and should be liberally applied here, IMO, and wear a vest++, or maybe use a hologram like Prince Charles did for the environmental summit.

I don't see where Poppy is telling them to behave - look at his closing.

Gig ‘em: an Aggie hand sign that means Beat the Hell outta the other team.

I'm apparently just paranoid. :hide:

[AspenRose]

66. I don't know what I think of this, and I'm an Aggie.

[windbreeze]

67. I wish he wouldn't go...

imo...sr * is a snake in the grass...and I wouldn't/don't trust him any further than I can throw him...which isn't very damned far...and to go to Texas...at an invitation from that particular individual...uh uh...don't go...please don't go..Thinking about this is almost enough to keep me awake tonight...wb