Fri Jan 27, 2012, 08:23 PM

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Breaking: Obama hosts George H.W. and Jeb Bush at White House

Unbeknownst to the press, President Obama met this evening with former president George H.W. Bush and his son, former Florida governor Jeb Bush in the Oval Office.

White House officials did not list the meeting on the president's schedule but released a photo through Flickr and Twitter.

According to the date and time stamp on the photo, it was taken shortly after 5 p.m. That's about the time Obama returned to the White House from a fundraiser at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

White House officials did not immediately respond to questions about the subject of the meeting and its exclusion from Obama's public schedule.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/obama-hosts-george-hw-and-jeb-bush-at-white-house-112638.html

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180 replies	Author	Time	Post
Breaking: Obama hosts George H.W. and Jeb Bush at White House (Original post)	kpete	Jan 27	OP
OMG	Justice wanted	Jan 27	#1
WTF he said!	lonestarnot	Jan 27	#35
+1 (No offense taken and hopefully not given I'm a female)	Justice wanted	Jan 27	#38
So sorry there Ma'am.	lonestarnot	Jan 27	#48
Breaking in, cuz as you read down here, no one takes this seriously. What a shame, DENIAL.	SugarShack	Jan 29	#150
I know, you think he HW still has sex with Babs?	snooper2	Jan 30	#176
I wonder what's up with the wheelchair?	notadmblnd	Jan 27	#2
Wow - I didn't even notice that! nt	gateley	Jan 27	#6
He's an 87 year old man.	Richardo	Jan 27	#21
yeah, so?	notadmblnd	Jan 27	#29
Exactly	Gigibagigi	Jan 27	#76
He was probably wounded during some violent, horrific black op against Castro..n/t	poverlay	Jan 28	#92
Actually, he wanted to sit in Dick Cheney's last known chair in Washington..	MrMickeysMom	Jan 28	#105
2 years is a long time	quakerboy	Jan 28	#138
I don't care what the fuck they do	Mira	Jan 29	#149
Arthritis maybe	Londoncalling	Feb 1	#180
"man" is a term to be construed loosely in his case... n/t	lastlib	Jan 29	#160
He's 87 years old. Maybe he just can't walk very far on his own.	Arkansas Granny	Jan 27	#24
Maybe Jeb tagged along to escort his dad and push the wheelchair?	femmocrat	Jan 27	#37
87 and has a head of black hair.	provis99	Jan 29	#166
I had an uncle who had only a little gray at the temples when he died at the age of 95.	Arkansas Granny	Jan 29	#169
Poppy Bush stubbed his toe while stepping over homeless people	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 27	#34
This message was self-deleted by its author	Occupy_2012	Jan 27	#71
And while everyone here seems to think he would have a cadilac of wheelchairs. These are practical	jwirr	Jan 28	#122
There was a rumor..	Why Syzygy	Jan 29	#157
I wondered who that black guy growing out of his elbow was	onethatcares	Jan 28	#100
Why did I think the same thing?	qanda	Jan 28	#111
At time "41" has used a Wheelchair for almost a year now	66 dmhlt	Jan 28	#104
I'm dying to hear what that was about! nt	gateley	Jan 27	#3
We will never know!	Wind Dancer	Jan 28	#87
Probably Poppy Bush and Jeb pleading for Obama to pardon Dubya	itsrobert	Jan 28	#88
I'd gladly approve of a pardon for "W" in exchange for Cheney held w/o bail, the gag order lifted...	Blue State Bandit	Jan 28	#96
I would think that was James Baker III's job since..	Hotler	Jan 29	#154
Probably asking Obama to invade Iran	Rosa Luxemburg	Jan 28	#120
I think they are there	zeemike	Jan 28	#123
He already had the Bruins so maybe he's packing all the lowlife visits in one week	Blue_Tires	Jan 27	#4
We need you in the sports forum	Renew Deal	Jan 27	#7
...	gateley	Jan 27	#8
really? How's Matt Cook?	fascisthunter	Jan 28	#116
Oh, no you dit'ent!! Go Bruins! nt	admonish	Jan 28	#133
Is Sr. in a wheelchair now?	Renew Deal	Jan 27	#5
Personally I think it's just a prop	notadmblnd	Jan 27	#15
a la Cheney @ Obama's inauguration, so he wouldn't have to stand?	babylonsister	Jan 27	#18
Quite simple really	RC	Jan 27	#28
could just be kept handy at the WH. Presumably, poppy Bush's own could rival Larry Flynt's. n/t	Joe Shlabotnik	Jan 27	#58
Does your mother have lifetime Secret Servce at beck and call	quakerboy	Jan 28	#139
More likely, "When they broker this convention, I'm gonna kick your ass!"	Fuddnik	Jan 27	#17
Somehow I doubt it.	Renew Deal	Jan 27	#64
I'm sure that's exactly what he said!	babylonsister	Jan 27	#27
Looks that way.	MADem	Jan 27	#30
EE-vil-B-gone....	mike_c	Jan 27	#9
If That Week had been Decades Ago n/t	LarryNM	Jan 27	#69
So how does this tie in with Jeb's visit to China recently? hmmm n/t	teddy51	Jan 27	#10
I suspect that may be the case. Jeb could have been delivering a personal message	Old and In the Way	Jan 27	#16
Makes sense. And it does answer the China visit. He was sent there by Obama.	freshwest	Jan 27	#81
I'll bet it has something to do with the change of character	madokie	Jan 27	#11
The old man loves going to the WH	BeyondGeography	Jan 27	#12
Poppi got Jeb in to case the joint..	denbot	Jan 27	#13
...to case the joint...	babylonsister	Jan 27	#20
Hey, no reason to have The Chimp there, but maybe	mojowork_n	Jan 27	#14
That's really odd.	pa28	Jan 27	#19
"White House officials did not list the meeting on the president's schedule" ??????????	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 27	#22
Most transparent administration in history?	caseymoz	Jan 27	#49
So are you claiming the Obama admin tried to HIDE the meeting???	JoePhilly	Jan 27	#62
No, all I'm saying is, it doesn't meet the promised standards of openness	caseymoz	Jan 28	#82
By Your Line Of Reasoning	DallasNE	Jan 28	#89
No, that's not by my line of reasoning.	caseymoz	Jan 28	#94
Maybe they were "just in the neighborhood" and dropped in.	Chipper Chat	Jan 28	#91
Can the Bush family please just GO AWAY?	Auggie	Jan 27	#23
yeah, I want to piss on their graves, and my bladder's geting REEEEALLLLLY FULL!!!	lastlib	Jan 29	#162
This is horrifying	Ruby the Liberal	Jan 27	#25
Well maybe if they're being placed under arrest - the Shrubs I mean. nt	TBF	Jan 27	#40
Ok, you found a reason.	Ruby the Liberal	Jan 27	#42
I wouldnt count on that though if I were you since historically	cstanleytech	Jan 27	#45
Not shrub. Big Bush. nt	caseymoz	Jan 27	#50
One can Edward Scissorhands them into any topiary of choosing.	Ruby the Liberal	Jan 27	#59
Maybe the Alfalfa Club is planning on nominating JEB as President, and they're trying to put some	MADem	Jan 27	#26
Jeb in the running to succeed Hillary?	Enrique	Jan 27	#31
Or Arne Duncan?	hay rick	Jan 27	#36
Couldn't be any worse in that position	lutefisk	Jan 28	#95
I know he said he was going to make the left mad at him	Generic Other	Jan 27	#72
I'm sorry, but that suggestion is absolutely out of the relm	BootinUp	Jan 27	#78
That's what I also thought...	MrMickeysMom	Jan 28	#106
Bushes there because...	hay rick	Jan 27	#32
Secret meeting... GHW and Jeb	OKNancy	Jan 27	#33
Its probably a meeting to determine Geithner's replacement	Vanje	Jan 27	#39
He traded the chimp in for Bill Clinton, maybe he's trading in Jeb for Barack Obama	undeterred	Jan 27	#41
Our POTUS looks a little annoyed and I note	TBF	Jan 27	#43
he's soiling-up our White House....	unkachuck	Jan 27	#44
Criminals FREQUENTLY Return to the Scene of Their Crime	solarman350	Jan 27	#46
He should have had them	gopiscrap	Jan 27	#47
Hold your enemies closer n/t	Mira	Jan 27	#51
This message was self-deleted by its author	Initech	Jan 27	#52
Bullshit	Renew Deal	Jan 27	#66
hey, I thought YOU were gonna bring George W.! room bursts into laughter	MisterP	Jan 27	#53
They were probably talking about the shrubs time in office	thelordofhell	Jan 27	#54
''Can we interest you in a Paraguayan time-share?''	Octafish	Jan 27	#55
See my post (#38) about Paraguay...	Peace Patriot	Jan 30	#173
Paraguay tiene mucha aguas frescas...	Octafish	Jan 30	#178
Was this a "Heads Up"	SaintPete	Jan 27	#56
Oh please say no	tawadi	Jan 27	#61
If only Chimpy went along BO could have had whole crime family arrested.	Tanelorn	Jan 27	#57
Bush and Obama	adam in oregon	Jan 27	#60
YIKES!	midnight	Jan 27	#63
Geeezee ... why didn't Obama kick 41 in the balls and then have the secret service	JoePhilly	Jan 27	#65
et tu, BO? WTF; do these assholes have their personal tunnel from Kennebunkport to the WH?	marasinghe	Jan 27	#67
I believe I might have the answer for why this sudden meeting people.	cstanleytech	Jan 27	#68
Well, I read every response down the line and didn't see the one that popped into my head:	cyberpj	Jan 27	#70
a move like what? nt	BootinUp	Jan 27	#79
1st thought: This meeting is creepy...who called it? 2nd thought after reading your post:	Pachamama	Jan 28	#83
As I noted elsewhere in this thread, I thought it was social and it turns out I was right.	MADem	Jan 28	#143
Taking a Republican as vice president would be an invitation to assassination.	JDPriestly	Jan 28	#125
They're all just going to the Alfalfa Club tonight.	MADem	Jan 28	#144
Well it's official: We live in the Matrix.	Initech	Jan 27	#73
It's a super-exclusive club...	Neue Regel	Jan 27	#74
+1 My thoughts exactly	AnOhioan	Jan 28	#119
Maybe he was trying to talk them into...	47of74	Jan 27	#75
SNAP that MUST be it.	99th_Monkey	Jan 28	#99
Breaking! The subject of the meeting...	BootinUp	Jan 27	#77
a long , good and repsected tradition	arely staircase	Jan 27	#80
Nice. I like this sort of thing.	onehandle	Jan 28	#84
Uhm	OranicManic	Jan 28	#86
He's a Son of a Bush	peace frog	Jan 28	#103
"Jeb will never run for, nor be President." <--------------- LOLOLOL	stockholmer	Jan 28	#90
Premature death would be a better deal...	MrMickeysMom	Jan 28	#107
Why would you say "barring major fuck-ups" for a Bush becoming prez?	Peace Patriot	Jan 30	#174
Power is Power	OranicManic	Jan 28	#85
There's another name for what you see above	jmowreader	Jan 28	#93
Where was Georgie boy?	judesedit	Jan 28	#97
They left out the Shrub? WTF?	99th_Monkey	Jan 28	#98
Gross. The BFEE back in the white house again.	slay	Jan 28	#101
+1 n/t	limpyhobbler	Jan 28	#102
didn't poppy once say something like -if the american people knew what we've done	newspeak	Jan 28	#121
This message was self-deleted by its author	limpyhobbler	Jan 28	#124
I met the guy once, over 40 years ago	DFW	Jan 29	#151
he may look sweet & innocent now, but I still plan to piss on his grave!	lastlib	Jan 29	#163
Yes...he needed to lose in Nov1992 because BCCI report was being released in Dec 1992.	blm	Jan 28	#128
good, honest journalists	newspeak	Jan 28	#130
You sound like Alex Jones!	OranicManic	Jan 28	#132
yeah, well I don't listen to alex jones	newspeak	Jan 29	#153
Clinton SOLD OUT..	OranicManic	Jan 28	#134
I have always thought GHWB would tell more about where he was during the Kennedy shooting,	sarcasmo	Jan 29	#152
Be very afraid of these mo-fo's	MrMickeysMom	Jan 28	#108
Didn't Jesse Ventura pout, stomp his foot and run off to live in Baja California,	MADem	Jan 28	#145
I don't think he did that...	MrMickeysMom	Jan 28	#146
Oh, I think he did--or at least he threatened to.	MADem	Jan 28	#147
I have to say I like that graphic!	Initech	Jan 28	#137
I though that head bust on the desk was part of Poppy's wheelchair for a second. LOL! n/t	BlueStater	Jan 28	#109
Buck The Fushes.	AzDar	Jan 28	#110
Ick. I wish he wouldn't do this	Doctor_J	Jan 28	#112
Photo Op	SilentBob	Jan 28	#113
You know, "respect the office, not the man" comes to mind	MaineDem	Jan 28	#114
President George Herbert Walker Bush, a cunning Criminal by any other name. n/t	NEOBuckeye	Jan 28	#136
Meeting with the next generation of leadership.	Paul E Ester	Jan 28	#115
yeah, jeb can come in and they can set up the monarchy once and for all	newspeak	Jan 28	#129
The next Democrat	OranicManic	Jan 28	#135
no big deal	fascisthunter	Jan 28	#117
I hope the fumigated the place after that garbage left.	Guy Montag	Jan 28	#118
He's talking to them about normalizing relations with Cuba.	Uncle Joe	Jan 28	#126
jeb is measuring the curtains for 2016..	frylock	Jan 28	#127
Pappy Bush looking at President BO as if he wants to do a dim son swap --	99 Percent Sure	Jan 28	#131
I hope	secondvariety	Jan 28	#140
Maybe it is a proposal to or by the GOP	yellerpup	Jan 28	#141
Yeah that's probably it	Doctor_J	Jan 29	#168
More like a take over if they can manage it.	yellerpup	Jan 29	#170
Some of these comments are unbelievable.	ProgressoDem	Jan 28	#142
The comments are coming out of ignorance. This was a social call, that is why it isn't on the	MADem	Jan 28	#148
I agree. There are basic courtesies extended to former Presidents just as there are basic courtesies	Douglas Carpenter	Jan 29	#158
The only courtesies I would ever extend to the Bushes would involve handcuffs, leg irons,	lastlib	Jan 29	#164
I don't think locking up one's political opponents will make for a stable democracy - especially	Douglas Carpenter	Jan 29	#165
I don't think failing to lock up traitors and war criminals makes for stable democracy	Doctor_J	Jan 29	#167
which is probably why its safe to assume you'll never be in a position to extend or not extend	onenote	Jan 30	#177
they gotta die sometime.....	lastlib	Jan 31	#179
O is getting his marching orders for the next four years and a ....	Hotler	Jan 29	#155
No No NO!Zat iss Kissengers Job!	OranicManic	Jan 30	#171
I hacked a piece of the transcript of what was said:	DFW	Jan 29	#156
UPDATE on this (non) conspiratorial photograph--All three WERE at the Alfalfa Club last night.	MADem	Jan 29	#159
Somebody tell Jeb to savor the moment, it's the closest he'll ever get	lastlib	Jan 29	#161
Maybe he came to ask a favor......	DeSwiss	Jan 30	#172
I would like to have been a "fly on the wall" at that meeting...	Peace Patriot	Jan 30	#175

Response to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 08:25 PM

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Breaking: Obama hosts George H.W. and Jeb Bush at White House

1. OMG

35. WTF he said!

38. +1 (No offense taken and hopefully not given I'm a female)

48. So sorry there Ma'am.

150. Breaking in, cuz as you read down here, no one takes this seriously. What a shame, DENIAL.

176. I know, you think he HW still has sex with Babs?

2. I wonder what's up with the wheelchair?

6. Wow - I didn't even notice that! nt

21. He's an 87 year old man.

29. yeah, so?

76. Exactly

92. He was probably wounded during some violent, horrific black op against Castro..n/t

105. Actually, he wanted to sit in Dick Cheney's last known chair in Washington..

138. 2 years is a long time

149. I don't care what the fuck they do

180. Arthritis maybe

160. "man" is a term to be construed loosely in his case... n/t

24. He's 87 years old. Maybe he just can't walk very far on his own.

37. Maybe Jeb tagged along to escort his dad and push the wheelchair?

166. 87 and has a head of black hair.

169. I had an uncle who had only a little gray at the temples when he died at the age of 95.

34. Poppy Bush stubbed his toe while stepping over homeless people

122. And while everyone here seems to think he would have a cadilac of wheelchairs. These are practical

157. There was a rumor..

100. I wondered who that black guy growing out of his elbow was

111. Why did I think the same thing?

104. At time "41" has used a Wheelchair for almost a year now

3. I'm dying to hear what that was about! nt

87. We will never know!

88. Probably Poppy Bush and Jeb pleading for Obama to pardon Dubya

96. I'd gladly approve of a pardon for "W" in exchange for Cheney held w/o bail, the gag order lifted...

154. I would think that was James Baker III's job since..

120. Probably asking Obama to invade Iran

123. I think they are there

4. He already had the Bruins so maybe he's packing all the lowlife visits in one week

7. We need you in the sports forum

8. ...

116. really? How's Matt Cook?

133. Oh, no you dit'ent!! Go Bruins! nt

5. Is Sr. in a wheelchair now?

15. Personally I think it's just a prop

18. a la Cheney @ Obama's inauguration, so he wouldn't have to stand?

28. Quite simple really

58. could just be kept handy at the WH. Presumably, poppy Bush's own could rival Larry Flynt's. n/t

139. Does your mother have lifetime Secret Servce at beck and call

17. More likely, "When they broker this convention, I'm gonna kick your ass!"

64. Somehow I doubt it.

27. I'm sure that's exactly what he said!

30. Looks that way.

9. EE-vil-B-gone....

69. If That Week had been Decades Ago n/t

10. So how does this tie in with Jeb's visit to China recently? hmmm n/t

16. I suspect that may be the case. Jeb could have been delivering a personal message

81. Makes sense. And it does answer the China visit. He was sent there by Obama.

11. I'll bet it has something to do with the change of character

12. The old man loves going to the WH

13. Poppi got Jeb in to case the joint..

20. ...to case the joint...

14. Hey, no reason to have The Chimp there, but maybe

19. That's really odd.

22. "White House officials did not list the meeting on the president's schedule" ??????????

49. Most transparent administration in history?

62. So are you claiming the Obama admin tried to HIDE the meeting???

82. No, all I'm saying is, it doesn't meet the promised standards of openness

89. By Your Line Of Reasoning

94. No, that's not by my line of reasoning.

91. Maybe they were "just in the neighborhood" and dropped in.

23. Can the Bush family please just GO AWAY?

162. yeah, I want to piss on their graves, and my bladder's geting REEEEALLLLLY FULL!!!

25. This is horrifying

40. Well maybe if they're being placed under arrest - the Shrubs I mean. nt

42. Ok, you found a reason.

45. I wouldnt count on that though if I were you since historically

50. Not shrub. Big Bush. nt

59. One can Edward Scissorhands them into any topiary of choosing.

26. Maybe the Alfalfa Club is planning on nominating JEB as President, and they're trying to put some

31. Jeb in the running to succeed Hillary?

36. Or Arne Duncan?

95. Couldn't be any worse in that position

53. hey, I thought YOU were gonna bring George W.! room bursts into laughter

99. SNAP that MUST be it.