Bush (41): Attacks on Obama "sometimes crosses lines of civility". KO and Maddow are "sick puppies".

[jefferson_dem]

Elder Bush Decries Lack of Civility in Politics
Posted by Peter Maer

Former President George H.W. Bush told CBS News that President Obama "is entitled to civil treatment and intellectual honesty when it comes to critics."

Referring to the tone of national discourse he said, "I don't like it. The cables (TV) have a lot to do with it."

In the radio interview, Mr. Bush said the volume of criticism aimed at him when he was president was not as "day in and day out."

The Republican elder statesman said, "It's not just the right." He complained, "there are plenty of people on the left."

While he said he does not believe in personal name-calling, he singled out MSNBC personalities Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow calling them "sick puppies."

"The way they treat my son and anyone who's opposed to their point of view is just horrible," Mr. Bush said.

"When our son was president they just hammered him mercilessly and I think obscenely a lot of the time and now it's moved to a new president," he added.

With a chuckle, Mr. Bush said his son's critics "weren't singled out as much as they should have been."

He said harsh criticism "should not be par for the course. To the degree it turns off one student or one person from serving that's bad."

Mr. Bush said verbal attacks on Mr. Obama "sometimes crosses the lines of civility." He also said it crosses "party lines and ideological lines."

Mr. Bush does not believe most of the attacks on Mr. Obama are racially motivated. He said, "You might find some racists out there but I don't think the attacks per se have to do that he's an African American."

Hours before hosting Mr. Obama at a volunteerism event on the Texas A & M campus, Mr. Bush said, "People ought to be civil. I worry about yelling at people and this yelling mentality that seems to accompany presidents."

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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5390374.shtml

[Stuart G]

1. Here the old man takes off on Rachael and Keith..

IT is the 5th line of the article....what an asshole

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. 41 should know about sick puppies, having raised a few himself.

[Stuart G]

3. Well said, he raised the sickest of them all..

[tanyev]

6. Isn't that what the Japanese Prime Minister called him back in 1992?

[Ian David]

4. Now that he's not President anymore, what's the maximum penalty for hitting him with a pie? n/t

[Umbral]

5. The Bush's, continuing to lower the level of discourse. They should get a quote from his wife -

she's always good for a handful of (faux) patrician mudslinging.

[Botany]

7. Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow calling them "sick puppies"

Fuck you H.W. you sent Jim Baker to Florida in 2000 to fly around on Enron jets to stop
the ligament counting of the people's votes so Jebbie and friends could install the loser
of the election as President. After that your boy slept through over 52 warnings about
9/11 and then lied to start an unneeded war in Iraq.



All Olbermann and Maddow have done is shine a flashlight on all the crimes, lies,
and treason that W and company have done.


H.W., You had Lee Atwater roll out Willy Horton ads and you have the temerity to talk about civility?

[madmom]

8. From the likes of him/them, I would take that as a compliment! It must mean

they are doing something right.:woohoo: :applause:

[tabatha]

15. Yes, if he is trying to get them fired because they are effective

sorry.

[90-percent]

9. Today's world

In today's world, any one who practices honest, reasoned and truthful journalism is certainly one sick puppy!

I wonder if Bush Sr. can appreciate that, for many Americans, Keith and Rachel are our Walter Cronkite's?

The real sick puppies around here are those that fixed the 2000 election towards GWB. The exploitation of 9-11 to start an unnecessary useless war that provided only war profiteers with any benefit, is the product of the sickest puppies since Hess and Goebbels and Goering!

-90% Jimmy

[Stuart G]

10. Now...do you suppose Racheal and Keith's ratings will go up??

Could happen..

[Botany]

11. If you wrote what Bush & Cheney did as a movie nobody would believe it.

Haliburton / KBR got no bid cost plus contracts from the D.O.D. and installed showers
that electrocuted American G.I.s and made money from it and nobody was ever held @
fault.

Bottom Line .... Dick Cheney started the war to make money.

[polichick]

12. I'd love to see some specific examples of Keith and Rachel being "sick puppies." nt

[Forkboy]

13. He and his dipshit wife are the masters of phony outrage.

Smeghead.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

14. Remember when they got all pissy at The Simpsons?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrsoRgcyH9w&NR=1

Followed up by a whole episode devoted to mocking both Bushes, Two Bad Neighbors (one of my favorites)

[Forkboy]

16. Great episode!

God I hate the Bush family. :rofl:

[Kingofalldems]

17. This from the guy who had Rush sleep in the Lincoln bedroom

And came on the pigboy hatefest.

[PinkOwl]

18. The only obscenity I've heard Maddow and Olbermann use is the "teabagger" word

I think Bush exaggerates.

[VPStoltz]

19. And this coming from the guy who created Lee Atwater

creator of the Willie Horton ads and mentor to KKKarl rove.
Shut the FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF up you old dried up piece of cow flop.

[Arugula Latte]

20. Remember when he called Clinton/Gore "bozos"?

[Cleobulus]

21. Father of GWB, besides being a Mediocre President at best...

is a major asshole to boot, who cares what he says.