"Appearing today at a leadership forum in Florida, Former President George H.W. Bush – ever the pillar of tough, manly fortitude – asserted his unswerving faith in the success and competence of his son...."
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- Eleanor Clift | Fathers and Sons:
"This president has lost all capacity to lead. Eleven American servicemen died in Iraq on the day Bush was presented the report, which calls the situation there 'grave and deteriorating.' Events on the ground threaten to overtake even this grim assessment. And we're left to analyze Bush's tender ego and whether he can reverse course on the folly that is killing and maiming countless Iraqis along with U.S. troops. Historians are already debating whether Bush is the worst president ever, or just among the four or five worst. He has little choice but to accept the fundamental direction of the Iraq Study Group. He's up to his neck in quicksand, and they've thrown him a rope. It's trendy to make fun of the over-the-hill types in Washington, but they've done a noble thing in reminding us that war is not just about spin and a way to win elections. It's about coming together to find a way out, however unpalatable.
����Bush was asked during the campaign in 2000 what would happen if he lost. He said he'd go back to Texas, watch a lot of baseball and have a great life with Laura and the girls. He's an accidental president, a man who was vaulted into a job he wasn't prepared for, and who treated war like a lark. Bush's father observed between sobs in his Florida speech, 'A true measure of a man is how you handle victory and how you handle defeat.' He was talking about Jeb, but surely it's his first-born who triggers the tears."
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