?Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton?

J.J. Jackson* | February 11, 2006

What’s the deal with the Bush family and Bill Clinton? It’s nice to see them all getting along, and it’s nice to see former Pres. Clinton kind of sticking up for Pres. Bush at the funeral for Coretta Scott King. (If that’s what he was *really* doing…)

In case you had your head in the ground earlier in the week, here’s the run down.

Former Pres Carter and the Rev. Joseph Lowery talked some serious smack about the president when they spoke at the King funeral.

The Rev. Lowery said Mrs. King,

“…deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar. We know now that there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew, and we know that there are weapons of misdirection right down here. For war, billions more, but no more for the poor!”

All while Pres. Bush sat listening as he sat behind the pulpit.

And that comment about the, “terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar” is offensive to the men and women who serve in the armed forces. I believe he basically called the USAF a gang or terrorists with that comment. Am I wrong?

Oh, by the way, besides the huge crowd gathered there, the world via the media was also listening while he punked out our troops and the President, with his back to his face. Nice behavior for a man of God. (The can even see the video here)

Check out this nice response to the Rev’s poor behavior…

“What a hypocrite. What do the poor get from ?Rev.? Lowery? Well, he may not have much money to give them because he spends his on tailored suits and nice jewelry. How dare he blast the President on the plight of the poor when around him sit the black community?s hypocrites. The pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a predominately black congregation, sent his private plane to pick up the King family members and transport them to Atlanta. I don?t know about you, but my pastor does not have a private plane. So this hypocrite blasts the President at a funeral about the plight of the poor while his own pay hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to have private aircraft for their ?Christian? ministries and he pays hundreds or thousands of dollars to buy tailored suits and jewelry.”

Well said Johnny Franks, well said. Read the rest of Jonny’s editorial here.

But to make matters worse, a former President also behaved poorly. A former Pres. really should know better. But instead, he took his cues from Wolf Blitzer and brought up the response to Katrina, saying,

“We only have to recall the color of the faces of those in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi” (to know that inequality exists.)

An interesting view of reality, but perhaps Pres. Carter missed this MySpinZone.net post about the misconceptions of Katrina.

The analysis contradicts what swiftly became conventional wisdom in the days after the storm hit ? that it was the city’s poorest African American residents who bore the brunt of the hurricane. Slightly more than half of the bodies were found in the city’s poorer neighborhoods, with the remainder scattered throughout middle-class and even some richer districts.

Or maybe, just maybe he is a partisan hack. He didn’t stop there either, he also made every effort to tie in the wire-tap scandal with the funeral. How tasteful, using Mrs. King’s death as a political tool, disgraceful. Carter mentioned that the members of the King family were once “victims of secret government wiretapping” - obviously alluding to the administrations so called “domestic spying program”. One would think a failed President like Carter would keep his mouth shut. The man lives in the preverbal glass house, but he seems to have no shortage of stones. I wonder if he feels any guilt when he sees what is happening in Iran today?

But back to my point, what’s up with the Bushs and the Clintons? I don’t want to over state Clinton’s “defense” of President Bush, but…

With all the negative and innappropriate comments made in regards to Pres. Bush and his administration, it ws nice to hear Clinton begin his words by saying,

“I’m honored to be here with my president and my former presidents.”

Now some may argue it was just to allude to the fact that his wife may be running, or that he was just trying to rise above the scum, again to help his wife’s political efforts, but either way, the President’s dad seems to really like former Pres. Clinton.

“I thought President Clinton was maybe the best. It was his crowd. They talk about Bill Clinton being ‘the first black president,’ well when you walk into that church with 12,000 or whatever it was, I mean it was very clear who that crowd loved and respected.”

And then there’s this little sound byte from an interview with CBS News’ last month,

Bob Schieffer: ?Well, you know, if Senator Clinton becomes president.?

President Bush: ?There we go?

Bob Schieffer:?Maybe we?ll see a day?

President Bush: ?Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton?

(I can’t find a clip of this, but if anyone else can, please post a link in the commetns…)

Some may find this funny, others may find it annoying. I think it’s harmless, intriguing and maybe a little odd. It also gives me a little hope. With all the nasty political battles these days, it’s a good thing to see grown men with political differences that are able to separate politics from the person and maintain a friendship despite their differences. Politics have become way too personal. Reasonible debate has been replaced with personal attacks. Maybe The Bush family and at least half of the Clinton family have risen above it all. Perhaps…

This guy thinks it’s an oligarchy. And Jacob G. Hornberger thought Bush and Clinton should have ran for the Oval Office together in 2004. OK, now that’s a bit much.

Not to worry, not everything between the Bushs and the Clintons is kittens and roses.

Perhaps Bill is playing “Good Cop” and Hillary is playing “Bad Cop”??? (See “plantation” comments)

Either way, I think a guys night out bar hoping with Bill Clinton and the father and son Bush (despite the obvious alcohol issues) would be a good time… And maybe that’s a lesson for us all, leave politics at home when you hang out with your friends, and stick to the fun stuff.

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joe6pack is a regular contributor over at MySpinZone.net and gets ticked off at folks that do not support the troops! He also thanks JJ for his support and willingness to post his rants on americanconservativedaily.com from time to time.

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