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Empathy, maybe? flvegan Dec 2012 #1
Empahy the right never shows to antbody? R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #8
Your point? flvegan Dec 2012 #11
You're right we're not them. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #12
How exciting. flvegan Dec 2012 #17
Oh, the syntax police have arrived. How quaint. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #25
Retired English Teacher! cartach Dec 2012 #40
lol 2pooped2pop Dec 2012 #49
Doubleplusone! Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #78
Aside from the grave dancing thread? Fearless Dec 2012 #2
I disagree MessiahRp Dec 2012 #16
Suggesting that Fearless Dec 2012 #37
No it's not. It's indifference to their death. MessiahRp Dec 2012 #48
Personally, I've wished him death for a long time. 2pooped2pop Dec 2012 #50
Elderly man, possibly on his deathbed? Chorophyll Dec 2012 #3
God only knows burrowowl Dec 2012 #4
There is some subtlety? Pholus Dec 2012 #5
He spent his life seeking power and wealth. I pity his family at his deathbed, but he did so many uppityperson Dec 2012 #6
He gets no respect from me. Whovian Dec 2012 #7
He's a former POTUS, and he's dying. It's a legacy trying to not admit we elected a jerk thing. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #9
He is a POS Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #10
the usual bullshit when evil leaders die. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #13
He's an old man with a fever for several weeks, it's going up, so he is The Second Stone Dec 2012 #14
Al Capone looks good compared to W. jmowreader Dec 2012 #22
Or his possible CIA involvement in the JFK Assassination? MessiahRp Dec 2012 #15
That, among other things going back to WWII and what appears to be his involvement.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #64
Great. zappaman Dec 2012 #92
On the other thread and affirmed that you believe Lee Harvey Oswald was the killer. MessiahRp Dec 2012 #94
I have absolutely no respect for that guy. NealK Dec 2012 #18
I respect a Republican that is president for only one term. Kablooie Dec 2012 #19
Chalk it up to Paid Posters or People with No Memory(?) triplepoint Dec 2012 #20
Paid posters? Bucky Dec 2012 #46
I'll give him credit for one thing. progressoid Dec 2012 #21
As long as he was running against Reagan, he did jmowreader Dec 2012 #23
Hah, I've often said condoleeza Dec 2012 #89
He was far more than just pro-choice Oilwellian Dec 2012 #98
He also signed the Americans with Disabilities Act. thucythucy Dec 2012 #84
I hate this loyalsister Dec 2012 #97
but he would not sign Carolina Dec 2012 #105
Just another war criminal as far as I'm concerned. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #24
He raised taxes on the rich when it was necessary, Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #26
But for a Republican, HW was really not that bad. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #31
I did... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #87
But, like his son, he lied us into war deutsey Dec 2012 #59
I won't shed a tear putitinD Dec 2012 #27
There are plenty of people here who have never hated him. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #28
What do you expect in Trolltown? whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #29
Respecting the office of the president isn't trolling. Anyone who serves as the president of my Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #30
Bullshit whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #33
Dubya's misadventure in Iraq has left thousands of US dead R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #34
I generally agree. Of the 3 most recent Republican presidents, he was the least malignant, Bucky Dec 2012 #44
This is precisely the spirit my post was made in. Thanks for articulating your view so succinctly. Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #81
Are you serious? malaise Dec 2012 #57
That's the same reasoning they tried to pound into me in the military. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #61
Probably because adieu Dec 2012 #32
oy Bucky Dec 2012 #45
We can't say for certain adieu Dec 2012 #93
And what about his bailing out of his plane, leaving his crew to die? And the October Surprise, kath Dec 2012 #35
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for that stunt. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #113
Sometimes silence is the best policy. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #36
If we're nice to him, maybe he'll make a deathbed confession.. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #38
His family wants him dead before Jan 1st. CIA wants him dead ASAP. Festivito Dec 2012 #42
He was in the middle of everything bad and was LuvNewcastle Dec 2012 #43
I think you John2 Dec 2012 #39
A minor point: he was never a senator, but Ilsa Dec 2012 #54
But then Lurker Deluxe Dec 2012 #63
to get Jeb nominated for the republican primary winner in 2016 graham4anything Dec 2012 #41
No, we shouldn't overlook any of this condoleeza Dec 2012 #47
I have empathy for him JustAnotherGen Dec 2012 #51
I don't want to see anyone die. Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #52
I'm sorry he's ill. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #53
I do not get it either. But apparently he did what Obama has issues doing now... Safetykitten Dec 2012 #55
He was correct about "voodoo economics" corkhead Dec 2012 #56
I despise the Bush family and everything they stand for, LeftofObama Dec 2012 #58
Personally I don't care what happens to him. Marrah_G Dec 2012 #60
What is with the sudden outpouring of respect for George Bush Sr? Flashmann Dec 2012 #62
Why is it that the Evil Old Men all seem to die in bed, unlike their many victims? leveymg Dec 2012 #65
you should make this an OP nt steve2470 Dec 2012 #66
I will. There's lots more. Here's another piece of it. leveymg Dec 2012 #67
thanks for this too nt steve2470 Dec 2012 #68
Spot on, levymg DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #115
Thank you for this post! Carolina Dec 2012 #107
Dead man walking, that's what. Iggo Dec 2012 #69
Maybe it's because... sendero Dec 2012 #70
No, his son Carolina Dec 2012 #108
I really think it's about death. JNelson6563 Dec 2012 #71
I don't understand why my local news feels the need to make it their top story every day, tanyev Dec 2012 #72
I had not noticed this. Of course, I don't watch any M$M, none at all Coyotl Dec 2012 #73
The Republican Party has gotten so insane... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #74
Ford actually gave us Cheney he was his Chief of Staff WI_DEM Dec 2012 #75
Respect for elders, respect for veterans, respect for the Presidency. slackmaster Dec 2012 #76
I agree slackmaster randr Dec 2012 #77
Its dangerous historical revisionism and whitewashing to smooth Jeb Bush's presidential run riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #119
He made mistakes for sure fadedrose Dec 2012 #79
C'mon...he's an old, dying President. He is due some respect. Atman Dec 2012 #80
Right on. As the party that is more for humanity, I feel we don't need to lose ours. Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #82
People are showing their true colors. Rex Dec 2012 #83
he is a crook and a warmongering killer and liar. Whisp Dec 2012 #85
His Use Of Lee Atwater In The 1988 Election More Than Erases Any Good He Did. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #86
De mortui nil nisi bonum DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #88
No respect here JReed Dec 2012 #90
I wish him to fall off the fiscal cliff before he kicks the bucket Generic Other Dec 2012 #91
Trolls tabasco Dec 2012 #95
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #96
Everyone dies... Carni Dec 2012 #99
You're certainly NOT hearing it from me. . . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #100
Can't wait (not) to hear the commentary on this forum when Jimmy Carter passes. Purveyor Dec 2012 #101
I think it's more respect towards any very old person. He probably doesn't even remember what he did Sunlei Dec 2012 #102
not all old people deserve respect Carolina Dec 2012 #110
THANK YOU. SOME have stayed way past their "due" date. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #117
I meant like clean diapers, regular feeding and liquids 'respect', not love or sorrow when he goes Sunlei Dec 2012 #122
You don't have to respect someone to have empathy for them justiceischeap Dec 2012 #103
The reason he enlisted in WWII was to save the family reputation PDJane Dec 2012 #104
If you compare him to his idiot kid riqster Dec 2012 #106
This is DU3 not DU2. n/t Hotler Dec 2012 #109
it goes along with the job. spanone Dec 2012 #111
Because refraining from dumping all over the sick & dying makes us a more civil Raine Dec 2012 #112
Hey, even if he sired Satan cbrer Dec 2012 #114
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum baldguy Dec 2012 #116
Undoubtely he, as a GOP did bad things DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #118
I just don't care all that much. Kalidurga Dec 2012 #120
No, we do not let things slip..... Swede Atlanta Dec 2012 #121
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