Can this be true?? Obama to award GHW Bush with Medal of Freedom????

[99th_Monkey]

Source: NY Post

President Obama to award George H.W. Bush the Presidential Medal of Freedom

By Kenneth R. Bazinet
White House Correspondent

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 9:29 PM

President Obama dropped a bipartisan bombshell today, announcing he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom next year to ex-President George H.W. Bush.

The magnanimous gesture of bestowing the nation’s highest civilian honor to the 41st U.S. President came a day after ex-President George W. Bush gave a respectful nod to Obama at the groundbreaking of his library in Dallas.

“The decisions of governing are on another President’s desk, and he deserves to make them without criticism from me,” Bush said at the site of his future library at Southern Methodist University.

NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, St. Louis (baseball) Hall of Famer Stan Musial, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Wall Street wizard Warren Buffett top the list of scholars, athletes, artists, achievers and do-gooders who will be presented the award at a White House ceremony early next year.

“These outstanding honorees come from a broad range of backgrounds and they’ve excelled in a broad range of fields, but all of them have lived extraordinary lives that have inspired us, enriched our culture, and made our country and our world a better place. I look forward to awarding them this honor,” Obama said.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/11/17/2010-11-17_president_obama_to_award_george_w_bush_the_presidential_medal_of_freedom_.html

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I couldn't find any other posts on DU about this. Is this maybe some kind of Onion prank?

If it's actually TRUE .. well this shit, how could Obama insult the Left any more than to pull a stunt like this. If true, what
he's actually doing is outing himself to be a complete stooge for the Bush Crime Family.

[de novo]

1. It is true and was discussed here.

[babylonsister]

2. I'm not insulted. So sorry about all your outrage.

:eyes:

[Yeahyeah]

8. .

[babylonsister]

How will my attitude change in 4 years because GHWB gets a

medal? Do tell me what difference that will make. Oh, that's right, it won't.

[Yeahyeah]

10. .

[enough]

17. Oh boy, do you know anything about the history of this guy as Vice President and then

President of the US?

Look into it.

[EFerrari]

21. The fifth of the population of El Salvador that was displaced here

probably isn't crazy about it. YMMV

[Name removed]

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[jaxx]

3. Feel better now?

Sorry you missed the discussions the other day, they were good.

[uppityperson]

4. Not LBN due to date. Also please don't post this many paragraphs

as it doesn't follow DU copyright posting rules. Thanks.

[Tx4obama]

6. Also in the LBN forum: exact headline from article must be used. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

9. cool. thanks for the info nt

[Tx4obama]

5. This was posted in LBN three days ago.

LBN http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4618650

and in

GD http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9579843

Several times.

[EarthFirster]

7. Dems never learn

Did you get a shiver up your leg when Clinton hooked up with Bush Sr. in that Tsunami in Asia? You should have, they were doing 'bizness' in the late 80's, knew each other well.

Its one big boys club, when Obama gets out, he'll be paling around with Bush Jr. in no time. Its one big boys club.

Nader was the man!

CALL YOUR SENATOR ON SB510!!

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4548062-sb-510-a-food-safety-bill-or-something-else-entirely

[timefortherevolution]

11. Is this a joke that's lost on me?

[disndat]

12. Beyond disgusting belief!

and don't forget, Barbara Bush called Bill Clinton her 5th son! Yeeuw to both Obama and Clinton for pandering to the Bush Crime Family.

[formercia]

37. Billy is the son Poppy always wanted.

It's all a big cosmic joke, on us.

[BeyondGeography]

13. If the Left is insulted by this it should be embarrassed

Check out the news today, there's Baker and Scowcroft, Poppy's Secretary of State and NSA, supporting Obama on START. Are you against that, too?

This is also a way of reminding the Republicans that they once had a wing of their party called "moderate."

This is smart political theater, and the timing couldn't be better.

[EFerrari]

22. I'd prefer they were all at the Hague for their crimes against humanity.

[TheKentuckian]

26. Being sane and supporting START makes up for the evil that has flowed out of the fuckers?

You also don't get to "moderate" by being a little more rational (but at least as crooked) than Regan and his piece of shit son.

Poppy is a fucking first magnitude criminal.

[lynne]

14. Doesn't insult me. There's a broad range of people receiving the award -

- sorry you find it insulting.

[EFerrari]

23. Seriously, if you leave out the human rights violators, they get upset. n/t

[beforeyoureyes]

15. Shame on Obama and double shame on those who feel that this is unimportant

George W Bush started an ILLEGAL war that directly resulted in the deathes of over 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens. It filled their land with depleted uranium and displaced over 3 million people.

George W Bush CONFESSED to ordering waterboarding, a form of torture.

And, it is NO BIG DEAL if Obama gives him a medal of freedom. It is beyond SHAMEFUL and disgraceful, not to mention against the responsibility of Obama's office to fail to protect and defend America against war criminals. And, now, EH, so what if he hangs a medal of honor around W's neck? No biggie.

There is NOT a defense of this act NOR a defense of the President's failure to protect this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Bush is a war criminal and he should be on trial.

Obama is complicit in one of the worst crimes in our history.

I am aghast at the responses I am reading on this thread.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Maybe you should start at the top then

H.W. gets the medal. Not Junior.

[EFerrari]

24. That's right. Poppy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9587084

[jonnyblitz]

19. His DU followers stopped surprising me long ago.nt

[Recursion]

40. George W Bush is also not receiving the Medal of Freedom

George H W Bush is.

George W Bush will, if history is a guide, receive it from the next Democratic President.

[RufusTFirefly]

18. At last, special recognition for not remembering where he was on 11/22/63

Huzzah!

[Dragonfli]

20. What can be said? He admires Republicans and is choosing W's path on ignoring the constitution

Regarding civil liberties, all the while ignoring the rule of law regarding several known CONFESSED felons.
Nothing surprises me anymore except how easily I believed candidate Obama and how I was duped into working so hard to get him elected.

[EarthFirster]

25. N-A-D-AR, RALPH NADER

All there is to say, they will NOT ALLOW any 'good' person in. Republicans don't allow Ron Paul. Anyone who will rock the gravy-train is NOT ALLOWED TO RUN.

As to Bush in 63, he was in TEXAS. Kennedy WAS Ron Paul with the Fed, guess what happend?

[beforeyoureyes]

34. At least you didn't continue to drink the Kool-aid

I truly can't believe how easily people find it to rationalize the unethical/unprincipled actions of this President.

If a Republican did the same things as Obama, the board would be united.

But, Obama has the D initial after his name, so it can be rationalized away?

I think it is weird that people get so vested in a politician that they lose sight of their principles. It is strange, indeed.

[Dragonfli]

35. Not continuing to drink the Kool-aid is small comfort at this point

I also have become disillusioned with my fellow party members and not just the party leaders.

"If a Republican did the same things as Obama, the board would be united." Indeed he did do those same things and this board was united!
At the time they claimed to oppose these policies but it is clear now they only opposed the "R".

I believe now they never believed in anything at all save for what they view as a sporting event.
We are not winning and this is not a sport but rather human lives lost and creeping assured poverty and loss of liberty for all.

[1776Forever]

27. I posted this the day it came out and it went nowhere - but it did get some comments.

Most were saying that they couldn't believe it. I think people think these things happen so much it just doesn't impress them one way or the other. It is politics as usual and shows the "good ole' boy" network is alive and thriving! I don't know how many have seen the recent JFK “Conspiracy Theory” mini-documentary by Gov. Jesse Ventura but it is really something to see and it is based on facts! Here is a link if you didn't see it and it has a lot of info about H.W. Bush and Lee Harvey Oswalds CIA "handler" who was H.W.'s close friend!

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/37716/jfk-deathbed-confession-jesse-ventura-to-uncover-jfk-conspiracy-at-last/

[HCE SuiGeneris]

28. So many rabbit holes to navigate.

It's mind numbing. The medal award just seems to be too surreal to me...

[1776Forever]

29. Yes, it is surreal - I wish it was a dream - I would even take a nightmare where you wake up. n/t

[EFerrari]

30. I've realized that I feel approximately the same way about this man

that GLBT DUers felt about Rick Warren.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

33. This one cretinous individual owns the lion's share of our current plight.

His machinations within the CIA, and his ties to people like Cheney, are the bane of this nation.

Giving him the freedom medal is wrong on ALL levels.

[JackRiddler]

31. Should have awarded it to Saddam, too. For pragmatic reasons, you understand.

[Odin2005]

32. This is disgusting. Poppy is a fucking WAR CRIMINAL.

[Scurrilous]

38. You'd better believe it's true. n/t

[Recursion]

39. Ex-Presidents always get these from a President from the other party

Clinton will no doubt get his from the next Republican, and Obama from the Republican after that one.