....to BOTH Pres Obama and Bush. I saw a decent chunk of Bush's portrait unveiling yesterday and have to say, it was a nice moment to see both Pres's treat each other the way they did. Both were pretty funny. Too bad that wont last.

Joe I just saw this quote supposedly at this ceremony and thought no way, no way he's low enough to say that...so I googled it and sure enough the POTUS just had to put in this little zinger:

So I'm gonna have to say no kudos from me to the POTUS

“The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time.  We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn’t know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been.”

President Obama Insults Former President Bush At His Own Portrait Hanging

Apparently, as with so many other things, some people who hold the Presidency have class and some don’t. To all appearances, former President George W. Bush is the former, and current President Barack Obama is the latter, at least if this afternoon‘s unveiling of former President Bush’s Presidential portrait is any guide.

This event – which is, at least in theory, supposed to be free of partisan sniping, got an earful of just that when President Obama gave his introductory remarks welcoming Bush:

President Obama on Thursday twisted the knife he‘d stuck in his predecessor’s legacy, reminding former President George W. Bush that he left the economy a mess and al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden alive when he left the White House three years ago.

“The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time,” Obama told a crowd of mostly former Bush administration officials and members of the Bush family, including Bush’s parents, former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush.[...]

“We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn’t know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been,” Obama continued, raising some eyebrows among the Bush crowd seated just a few feet away.

Obama stopped short of blaming Bush for the recession, something he has done repeatedly on the campaign trail.

Instead, Obama couched his remarks with praise of the former president, thanking Bush for going out of his way “in the middle of that crisis … to make sure that the transition to a new administration was as seamless as possible.”

Translation: “Thanks for getting out of the way and letting the smart people take over, you jerk.”

Bush, however, was the picture of grace, not saying anything remotely insulting about Obama or his wife, and instead treating them with all the deference a sitting President might expect. Indeed, the only place where Bush could have been construed to say anything insulting was when he named his own wife the best First Lady ever, with his mother Barbara Bush maybe tying her. And as to himself, he didn’t pull any punches there, using his typical self-deprecating humor.

“Madame First Lady, thank you so much for inviting our rowdy friends to my hanging,” he joked.

Jun 2, 2012 -- 9:39AM, MADMAX wrote:

Jun 1, 2012 -- 9:40AM, craner7 wrote:

Didnt see it but Bush is Class....whatever Obama did wasfor show. He's been bashing Bush for 3+ yrs.

Come on Craner you didn't even see it and you know it was for show. He bashed his policies not Bush. I wish today's GOP supporters and leaders would treat President Obama the same way. President Obama has been called unAmerican in his heart, unpatriotic, Muslim, terrorist, terrorist supporter, not an American citizen. Let's not forget the code word "Uppity" that one of the GOP leaders called him. 

I'm not talking about what supporters of whoever say Max...talking about what is said by the man himself in front of him at a ceremony meant to be his special day. No need for doing the Bush blame game right there! Could've just stuck to how he helped a smooth transition period. No need for the reminders. We all know what happened in the Fall of '08. Classless. Totally classeless...and his " nicey " remarks didnt take away from it. He's famous for this BS. Remember the SOTU speech bashing the SC right in front of him while his Democrat allies stood around them applauding? He doesnt know the meaning of class.