Obama invites Bush to ground zero. Bush declines. Per MSNBC just now.

[Parker CA]

LO just reported it. Said nothing more.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Shrub already had his "Mission Accomplished" party 8 years ago!

:puke:

[highplainsdem]

2. Thanks for posting this! I was previewing a message when I saw yours.

[Parker CA]

5. ;-) Figured there'd be a few of these, but I was surprised to see Bush decline.

[Justitia]

3. wow, I am shocked Bush declined - don't know what to make of that. -eom

[seabeyond]

6. wouldnt you feel like a foolish failure up next to obama? nt

[Justitia]

9. yeah, but Bush is probably the least self-aware person on the planet

when he said he sleeps just fine at night & can't think of a single mistake, I believe him

maybe he's just being lazy?

seriously.

[seabeyond]

11. he is a drunk. nothing is fine with him. his whole being, swagger and smirk is self esteem

issues

i dont buy it for a oment

but, i do buy he is lazy, too. so you may very well be right

[blondeatlast]

16. I think you are right. It's a dandy way to live, but I still wouldn't wnat to.

Creepy.

[Ilsa]

8. He announced a month or two ago that he wasn't going to be making public appearances.

He knows his legacy is a fucked-up economy, a fucked-up foreign policy, two fucked-up wars, and his own political party fucked three ways to Sunday. He knows, deep down inside, that he is a failure. He knows, deep down inside, that brother JEB would have done a better job (but still fucked up.) And he's afraid to show his face.

On edit: here's a link to his January announcement: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/bush-says-hes-done-with-politics/
I think he knew that Pres. Obama was getting closer to getting OBL, even though it would be another 1-2 months before they started final preparations to run this op.

[Justitia]

12. you know what, I just think he is completely disconnected & disinterested anymore

he doesn't have the compunction or moral imperative for self reflection.

I think he is just totally "gone" from his former public life - it's too much cognitive dissonance for him.

[seabeyond]

13. i think so, too. nt

[BREMPRO]

14. i would argue he doesn' know sh*t about his f/u legacy.. still living in self-delusion of glory

and declined because he would be overshadowed by the success of Obama and his ego couldn't take it..

[elfin]

4. He's afraid to leave his garrison compound eom

[Auntie Bush]

7. Maybe he's afraid of getting a Trump welcone from the crowd..

[monmouth]

10. I think you nailed it...n/t

[OffWithTheirHeads]

17. Exactly!

[starroute]

15. When O'Donnell said it, I suggested to my husband ...

That either he didn't want to play second fiddle or they figured they couldn't wring the booze out of him in just two days.

Yeah, it was a nasty thing to say -- but I swear it was the first thing that occurred to me.

[Canuckistanian]

18. But I thought Bush was responsible for OBL's death

Doesn't he want to party like it's 1599?