re: Former Press Secretary Ari Fleischer's Twitter feed today.

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Amazing, I was under the Barskdale flight path that day and watched as air force one flew in with the president and escorted by fighters.

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I heard a that he was actually on a jet that belonged to Entergy at the time a d that was set up as a decoy. Not sure if that's true or not.

Lets calm down with the revisionist history. Bush did a good job in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, but the whole country was amazing in the aftermath. Bush also seems like a pretty decent guy, if a bit on the dim side. But his administration was atrocious, just as bad if not worse than Obama's. Patriot act, Iraq mess, the sub prime mortgage bubble, no child left behind has been a total failure. Again not saying Obama has been any better, but Obama's ineffectiveness doesn't make Bush's reign any better

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yea! he only gave the kill order for OBL and has only been carpet bombing the ME w/drones.

what a wuss!!!

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Can you honestly say that you think that BO would handle the 9/11 situation with as much poise and resolve as Bush did? Did he make mistakes? Sure but it's easy to point out mistakes after the fact. When faced with decisions Bush made them, stood by the decisions and dealt with the consequences - good, bad or indifferent.

He caught crap for finishing the story with the kids. But think about this for a second. He's in a room with a bunch of kids and press -- almost the same :). If someone whispers in his ear and he bolts or shows any reaction -- what does the press do? Freaks and starts reporting stuff that is inaccurate increasing the frenzy. He paused, showed poise. got the information he need began to move forward.

How long did BO's admin sit and drag out the OBL raid that you give him credit for - MONTHS. It takes a leader to make the hard decisions like shooting down a commercial air liner that could potentially kill thousands. The outcome of 9/11 would have been drastically different under the current administration. Just look at Benghazi as a prime example of how the current administration handles a time sensitive out of their control situation.

Not to mention who is spearheading sending millions of dollars to a country whose leader is saying "death to america."

Bush and Obama are the same ilk.

They both spearheaded sending millions of dollars to many middle eastern countries that hate the U.S.

The government has been caught lying time and time again about the efficacy of their Constitutional violations, they have also lied to Congress continually about the scope and extent of them.

Forgive me if I don't believe everything my nanny government tells me.

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One day people are going to look back at GWB's presidency and regard him as the last decent president we've had

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read this

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“The lesson is, for all politicians, say what you mean and act on your convictions,” he answered. “Don’t waffle. I mean, I don’t see how you can lead if you don’t know where you’re leading, and you don’t have clear goals — and you make as best a decision as you can make. You’re going to get criticized, and that’s life.”

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Even if we take your assumption to be true, and Obama would've choked under pressure, how would the outcome have been any different? All the planes hit their targets, except Flight 93 which was stopped by people on the plane not an order by Bush. Would people really not have rallied as much as they did if Obama had given worse speeches? There was no way we weren't going to retaliate against Al-Quaeda regardless of who was President. Maybe bush did it more expediently than Obama would have, but again how much of a positive change is that?

Regardless even if everything you say about 9/11 is true, it doesn't change how bad he was after. For starters that same "ability" to make decisions without much thinking bit him and everyone else in the arse when it came to Iraq. Which is still biting us in the arse since ISIS can be directly traced to that invasion, which was done in large part so Cheney and his oil buddies would have higher profits

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if a bit on the dim side

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He's not a great orator, but the notion that he is dumb is ridiculous. Virtually any profile written about him, regardless of the ideology of the writer, acknowledges that he is intelligent and had great command of the issues in front of him, including a level of detail not typically understood by someone in an executive position. Conservative/Republican/Southerner as rube is a stupid meme created and fed by the left and needs to die.

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Can you honestly say that you think that BO would handle the 9/11 situation with as much poise and resolve as Bush did? Did he make mistakes? Sure but it's easy to point out mistakes after the fact. When faced with decisions Bush made them, stood by the decisions and dealt with the consequences - good, bad or indifferent.

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Yea for the most part. 95% of all elected officials at that high level would have done just as well. They don't get that far in govt by being total morons.

Now if you want to include the foolhardy adventure in Iraq that would pay for itself and be over in a few months into that reaction... well no, Obama would not have run into there like a fool. So actually, his reaction would have been better.

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How long did BO's admin sit and drag out the OBL raid that you give him credit for - MONTHS.

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Oh noes!!! They made absolutely sure he was there before going in on a mission that was a one shot deal b/c failure meant the Pakistanis protecting him would know we were on to them. What a dumb arse thing to do!

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For starters that same "ability" to make decisions without much thinking bit him and everyone else in the arse when it came to Iraq.

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The whole invading Iraq was a mistake in predicated on the "we never found any WMDs." How long did we telegraph we were going into Iraq? Do you think Saddam didn't clear out most that he had in the 3 months we tried to get the UN to do their job before we went forward. The NY Times has since said there was WMDs - LINK

The real question is ... Bush owned what he did. He has said he made mistakes but he has also said he did the best he could in the situation. How is it that 6 years into his presidency it's still bush's fault. Or someone else in my administration did that. BO owns up to NOTHING. That is not a leader.