UNBELIEVABLE – AT 11:21 A.M. ET:  Remember how the press viciously attacked President George W. Bush?  It was almost as bad as the attacks on Trump.  Bush was declared stupid, illegitimate, a warmonger, poorly informed, and privileged.  As opposed to Obama, the brilliant sage of Chicago, who came to save us.

However, this week, in what I thought was an awkward and inappropriate speech, former President Bush attacked President Trump.   Suddenly, the same media that savaged Bush has come to see his wisdom and greatness.  The hypocrisy flows.  From Newsbusters: 

Christmas came early for the liberal Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) on Thursday when former President George W. Bush spoke out against the Donald Trump administration. In a disgusting display of sudden respect for a long time political foe, the networks championed Bush’s hammering of the current president. And the icing on their anti-Trump cake was former President Obama doing the exact same thing too.

“Today, the 43rd President made no mention of the 45th, but his focus was clear,” touted White House Correspondent Margaret Brennan during CBS Evening News. “He suggested that an America first mindset is distorting our democracy.” She highlighted Bush’s call for “journalists to uphold their integrity for the sake of the republic.”

With an air of righteousness, Brennan reported how Obama “appearing at a Democratic rally in New Jersey, he urged young voters to fight back.” “President Bush said he believes the American spirit will ultimately prevail,” she added before quipping about how the former presidents went against political norms, but ‘oh, well.’ “It is a standard rule for presidents not to criticize their successors. But, perhaps, this is another example where the standard rules no longer apply.”

On ABC’s World News Tonight, Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl began his report by fawning over Bush’s comments. “George W. Bush has avoided politics since leaving office, but today, the former President seemed to throw down the gauntlet, warning of the rise of, quote, “bullying and prejudice” in America,” he hyped.

COMMENT:  The left is so good at political resurrections.  Suddenly Mr. Bush is the wise statesman.  In fact, the Bush family probably despises Trump for Trump's attacks on Jeb Bush during the last campaign.  And yes, those attacks were often over-the-top and typical of the current president's crudeness.

But Bush still should have been more careful.  He should have included the violent, pathetic left in his denunciations, but he did not.  He should have denounced the deceptions of the Obama years, but he did not.   He failed, and he'd best be silent unless he has more to add.

October 20, 2017