POWIP Piece of Work In Progress – Former Abode of Dan Collins

Let the healing begin

President George W. Bush was on Oprah today.  My intention was to live-tweet it then compile my tweets into a blog post.  The problem was almost everything was tweetworthy, and I couldn't keep up.  I didn't want to misquote him.  I'll do a more detailed post when I read the book, which will start tomorrow.

He confirmed what I've always thought about his reaction to hearing about 9/11.  He was trying to stay calm for the children in the class and the nation which he knew were watching.

He defended the Iraq war by claiming that even no WMDs were found (a fact that sickens him) he still claims that Hussein had the means and the intention to build and use them.  The world is a much safer place with Hussein out of power, especially for liberated Iraqis.

He laments flying over Katrina instead of landing 4 days after, but he was concerned his presence right then would cause even more chaos.  He confirmed that Governor Blanco was the incompetent deer in headlights most of us saw her for.  And he is disgusted by the notion that his action (or lack there of) was because of racism.  A topic which Oprah tried to corner him on.

There was footage of an interview including his parents from Kennebunkport.  In the studio interview and at Kennebunkport he said it was much worse to see a loved one raked over the goals in the press than to endure it.  His parents seemed to nod in agreement.  As tough a lady as Barbara Bush is, during his presidency I often thought how awful it must be to see your son hung in effigy, etc.

So those were the highlights.  I think he's on Hannity right now, and made the talk radio rounds this morning.  While many conservatives were cranky with him by the end, I think we all agree that he is a good man that made the tough decisions he thought were best for the country.  I'm proud of him.

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