President Obama invited Bush to N.Y. for today's visit with 9/11 firefighters & families of victims

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Barack Obama is in New York today, visiting with firefighters and families of victims of 9/11 and laying a wreath at the World Trade Center site. Though the president invited his predecessor, George W. Bush, to join him, the former president declined the offer. At first I thought that Mr. Bush was being gracious, and had decided that his presence would've been an unnecessary distraction. But no, according to a "highly-placed source" who spoke to the New York Daily News, Bush is staying home because he is a big baby who's mad that Barack Obama is taking all the credit for killing bin Laden, just because Obama is the one who did it.

" viewed this as an Obama victory lap," a highly-placed source told the Daily News Wednesday.

"He doesn't feel personally snubbed and appreciates the invitation, but Obama's claiming all the credit and a lot of other people deserve some of it," the source added.

"Obama gave no credit whatsoever to the intelligence infrastructure the Bush administration set up that is being hailed from the left and right as setting in motion the operation that got Bin Laden. It rubbed Bush the wrong way."

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/george_w_bush/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/05/bush_ground_zero

[Vicar In A Tutu]

1. Did Bush ever credit the Clinton admin.?

You know, for putting the infrastructure in place which led to briefings foreshadowing a 9/11 style attack before it happened?

[former9thward]

2. Delete - Wrong place

[former9thward]

3. Clinton also declined to come.

"Scheduling conflict". http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/05/bush-declines-obama-invite-to-ground-zero-event/1