Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 44834
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2006/10/16-19 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:44834 Activity:nil
10/16   http://csua.org/u/h7w (nydailynews.com)
        So why is Daddy's sec state helping Bush Jr. with Iraq?
        "Forty-three has now repudiated everything 41 stands for, and still he
        won't say a word," a key member of the elder Bush alumni said.
        "Personally, I think he's dying inside."
        \_ He won't say a word because traditionally former Presidents do not
           comment on current Presidents.  Having the former administation(s)
           running around second guessing the current is no way to run a
           country.
           \_ Having the current administration running around is no way
              to run a country.
              \_ Possibly but it is still ridiculous that one of the former
                 administrations is still running around playing politics and
                 trying to rewrite history to create someone's legacy.
           \_ Go, Bubba!
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