From George W. to George W.
Jonathan Horn ·
May 31, 2012 at 8:08pm
As former President George W. Bush said at his portrait hanging ceremony today at the White House, there is now a symmetry to the presidents whose faces line the walls: The pictures start and end with a George W. A classic line from a man who always took the long view of history.
I'll post a link in the comments section here to a transcript of President Obama's remarks as soon as they are released, so we can continue the discussion from yesterday.
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Feb '11
Re: From George W. to George W.
If the first and last are the same, it sounds like a good time to discontinue the custom.
Jun '10
Re: From George W. to George W.
The beginning and end of America's capitalist president era. Second era starts in 2013, we hope.
Jul '11
Re: From George W. to George W.
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
-Henry Adams
I doubt Mr. Adams, if he were alive today, would find much from the Bush years to reverse this descent regardless the similarities in names between our first and forty-third Presidents.
Apr '11
Re: From George W. to George W.
Bush has been using variations on that line since he was running in the primaries in 2000.
Re: From George W. to George W.
Never gets old for me.
Re: From George W. to George W.
As promised, here is the link to Obama's and Bush's remarks at the unveiling ceremony: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/31/remarks-president-obama-first-lady-michelle-obama-former-president-georg
Dec '11
Re: From George W. to George W.
Jonathan Horn: Never gets old for me.
For me neither.
I usually enjoy these 'pomp and ceremony' events, but it was difficult to look at what was and what now, unfortunately, is.
Aug '10
Re: From George W. to George W.
Color me deeply suprised, but President Obama's words, at least on paper, appear very gracious.
However they disagree sharply with his stated positions over the last three years. In particular, giving credit in this speech for the intelligence work that led to the killing of Osama stands in sharp contrast to the 'gutsy call' meme that has been floating around for the last year. The differences between those positions (not to mention the continual harping on the economy he 'inherited') as opposed to these lines,
leads me to suspect the speech was more satire than sincere.
Edited on June 1, 2012 at 4:56amDec '10
Re: From George W. to George W.
Interesting read. I'm struck by a few things:
If Obama and his colleagues showed this kind of friendliness toward Republicans more often, instead of the usual demonization, maybe we'd all be actually getting somewhere together.