President Bush reacts to Obama's victory in 2008 election

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  • (5 Nov 2008) SHOTLIST
    1. US President George W. Bush walks to podium
    2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
    "Good morning. Last night I had a warm conversation with president-elect Barack Obama. I congratulated him and Senator Biden on their impressive victory. I told the president-elect he could count on complete cooperation from my administration as he makes the transition to the White House. I also spoke to Senator John McCain. I congratulated him on a determined campaign that he and Governor Palin ran. The American people will always be grateful for the lifetime of service John McCain has devoted to this nation, and I know he will continue to make tremendous contributions to our country. No matter how they cast their ballots, all Americans can be proud of the history that was made yesterday. Across the country citizens voted in large numbers. They showed a watching world the vitality of American democracy and the stride we have made toward a more perfect union. They chose a president whose journey represents a triumph of the American story. A testament to hard work, optimism and faith in the enduring promise of our nation. Many of our citizens thought they would never live to see that day. This moment is especially uplifting for a generation of Americans who witnessed the struggles of civil rights with their own eyes; four decades later, see a dream fulfilled. A long campaign is ended and we move forward as a nation. Embarking on a period of change in Washington, yet there are some things that will not change. The United States government will remain vigilant in meeting its most important responsibility: protecting the American people. And the world can be certain this commitment will remain steadfast under our next commander in chief. There is important work to do in the months ahead and I will continue to conduct the people's business as long as this office remains in my trust. During this time of transition I will keep the president-elect fully informed on important decisions. When the time comes on January 20 Laura and I will return home to Texas with treasured memories of our time here, with profound gratitude for the honour of serving this amazing country. It will be a stirring sight to watch President Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their beautiful girls step through the doors of the White House. I know millions of Americans will be overcome with pride at this inspiring moment that so many have waited so long. I know Senator Obama's beloved mother and grandparents would have been thrilled to watch the child they raised ascend the steps of the Capitol and take his oath to uphold the constitution of the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Last night I extended an invitation to the president-elect and Mrs Obama to come to the White House and Laura and I are looking forward to welcoming them as soon as possible. Thank you very much."
    3. Bush walks away
    STORYLINE:
    US President George W. Bush fully embraced the election of Democrat Barack Obama as his successor on Wednesday, paying stirring tribute to the election of the first U.S. black president-elect and hailing the campaign of change that led Obama to victory.
    Bush promised Obama his "complete cooperation" during the Democrat's 76-day transition to the White House.
    The president said he would keep Obama informed on all his decisions between now and January 20, and said he looked forward to the day - soon, he hopes - that Obama and his family would take him up on his offer of pre-inauguration White House visit.
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Комментарии • 26 тыс.

  • @bigdofba
    @bigdofba 4 года назад +55100

    People used to make fun of the speeches Bush made....
    He sounds like a damn poet compared to Trump.

    • @claudialu
      @claudialu 4 года назад +982

      🥵🤣 You're funny and right.

    • @michaelfleming40
      @michaelfleming40 4 года назад +662

      At least President Trump is a STATESMAN and NOT a dadgum politician, folks.

    • @Nik6644
      @Nik6644 4 года назад +1247

      Tebza Modisane he has he just constantly ignores the speech and that is when he says things like! „Coronavirus is very Smart so antibiotics don’t work“

    • @claudialu
      @claudialu 4 года назад +494

      @Tebza Modisane Hillary won the popular election.
      On the other hand, what the Republican party are up to It's called gerrymandering.

    • @bigdofba
      @bigdofba 4 года назад +332

      wine barimunsi First all, Trunp does use a teleprompter. When he doesn’t, he sounds foolish.
      Trump speaks his mind. That is true. I think that was some of the appeal. With that said, he says some really stupid things.
      “The virus will go away by Easter like a miracle.”
      “Mexico will pay for the wall.”
      “Take this unproven drug.”
      “I got a letter from Kim a few days ago...” - then we find out Kim is hospitalized and possibly brain dead.
      Trump will not go down as a great president. In 30-40 years history will not look back on him fondly.

  • @EternalEyeofRa
    @EternalEyeofRa 7 месяцев назад +3100

    This is what a peaceful transition of power looks like and should continue to look like in our great nation.

    • @dr.davidenglish778
      @dr.davidenglish778 6 месяцев назад +33

      Agreed. The next transfer of power (whenever that maybe) should look exactly like it did in 2008 and 2016.

    • @prashanthsarma5895
      @prashanthsarma5895 5 месяцев назад +3

      He sounds like a poet compared to Obama. Obama speaks so naturally he doesn’t even need notes. This guy reads straight from his speech.

    • @CB-zt6qs
      @CB-zt6qs 5 месяцев назад +35

      I still don't understand why people would vote for Trump. He couldn't even finish his 4 years at the White house.

    • @grghkllb3875
      @grghkllb3875 2 месяца назад +19

      @@CB-zt6qs He golfed for half of it anyway.

    • @iche9373
      @iche9373 2 месяца назад +12

      Tell it to that MAGA tyrant.

  • @awbrynes
    @awbrynes 6 лет назад +27838

    Be kind to each other, fight for decency in politics and life. America won 11-7-20

    • @RT22-pb2pp
      @RT22-pb2pp 4 года назад +792

      he was not my favorite but I respected him and his integrity.

    • @mccoyw7391
      @mccoyw7391 4 года назад +344

      Trump is old as fuck, he really don't have that long on earth, so he can careless.

    • @cubersanonymous5180
      @cubersanonymous5180 4 года назад +444

      (In aristicrat voice) Ooooooohhhh yeeeeeeessss decouruuuuuum. Soooooo important. Cmon dude. This guy started two wars that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians. Who gives a fuck about their decorum?!

    • @jeremyevans2661
      @jeremyevans2661 4 года назад +269

      He's a literal war criminal but ok. Would you say the same thing about Assad?

    • @dameianjones6641
      @dameianjones6641 4 года назад +13

      Adam Brynes....yes good ole days....

  • @NEVERSLOWDOWN-NEVERGROWOLD
    @NEVERSLOWDOWN-NEVERGROWOLD 5 месяцев назад +1103

    This is how a president is supposed to speak and act during the peaceful transition of power.

    • @matthall7359
      @matthall7359 Месяц назад

      After stealing an election with the help of his brother the governor of course

    • @TruthHurts58
      @TruthHurts58 Месяц назад +1

      Too bad the dems never act like this.

    • @matthall7359
      @matthall7359 Месяц назад

      @@TruthHurts58 mouth breather living in a fantasy land, trump is the only president to not do this you dipstick

    • @dvaughncarrington753
      @dvaughncarrington753 Месяц назад

      @@TruthHurts58 huh? idiotic++++++++++

    • @MaS-ww9um
      @MaS-ww9um Месяц назад +47

      @@TruthHurts58They also act like that. The only one not congratulations his successor was Trump. He did not even want to leave. This is undemocratic

  • @lastlaff2777
    @lastlaff2777 3 года назад +14640

    And this guy was once called the worst president in modern history. How times have changed.

    • @naikie1239
      @naikie1239 3 года назад +26

      @Oyvunun Zinzib tf u saying

    • @rothbardfreedom
      @rothbardfreedom 3 года назад +494

      Then came Obama and took his place as the worst as well :)

    • @jordanwolfcastle7387
      @jordanwolfcastle7387 3 года назад +1751

      @@rothbardfreedom Obama has literally been ranked in the top 12 presidents of all time since he left office what the hell are you on about?

    • @jaweedwilliams1857
      @jaweedwilliams1857 3 года назад +534

      @@rothbardfreedom Shut up lmao

    • @emed1977
      @emed1977 3 года назад +448

      @Joe Bob Freaking snowflake, your Orange 1 termer is ranked 43 out of 45 presidents with only James Buchanan(led to the civil war) and Andrew Johnson( all around crap master and racist) ranked worse. The best part is Trump is dead last when ranked by intelligence and 10th when ranked for luck. These surveys are done by Presidential historians and Political Scientists, in other words people MUCH smarter than you.

  • @dbot8977
    @dbot8977 4 года назад +8693

    I'm sitting here like "damn, what an inspiring, unifying and coherent president"
    WTF has the past 4 years done to me

    • @bladerunnerblues2501
      @bladerunnerblues2501 4 года назад +55

      Was it inspiring when he got involved in a illegal war, one his dad started and trump finished

    • @KTR2022
      @KTR2022 4 года назад +146

      Bush is a war criminal. It takes a lot of nostalgia and Trump hating to gloss over that fact.

    • @xaviercarrera4104
      @xaviercarrera4104 4 года назад +69

      OK lol you are literally the people we are talking about

    • @awillis244
      @awillis244 4 года назад +2

      D Bot 😃

    • @Dash-cm4ol
      @Dash-cm4ol 4 года назад +67

      @@ok4412 What a narrative, you should think about going into film lol.

  • @brainstem2023
    @brainstem2023 11 месяцев назад +7016

    This is how a leader is supposed to act when his party loses an election.

    • @chrisarseneault5617
      @chrisarseneault5617 9 месяцев назад +96

      Exactly.

    • @internethardcase
      @internethardcase 9 месяцев назад

      Bush and Obama are part of the same monoparty. The policies were virtually the same, especially geopolitical ones. Trump is an outsider, hence why he is attacked.

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 9 месяцев назад

      Well yeah but the truth is John Mccain was barely a republican and he ran a shitty lazy campaign against Obama and Bush and McCain didn't like each other

    • @nivoonairam8950
      @nivoonairam8950 8 месяцев назад +81

      Yeah because it's not like he didnt accept losing Florida in 2000... oh wait!

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 8 месяцев назад

      He didn't like john McCain and McCain was barely a Republican. I doubt bush was that broken up about it. McCain ran a lazy shitty campaign against obama

  • @TIG5574
    @TIG5574 Месяц назад +678

    For all the things people loathed about this man, he respected the office, always civil, listened to his critics and never whined about anything. If it was between him and Trump I would vote for Bush a million times over.

    • @GdF420
      @GdF420 Месяц назад +25

      Ten fold 👍

    • @dubiousaurus
      @dubiousaurus Месяц назад

      Bush would have made a better VP than president. A president should have the backbone to make their own decisions and stand behind them or step* down where as Bush left the hard decisions in the hands of people less honorable than himself. I don't think he is a bad guy but he was a poor president.

    • @myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070
      @myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 Месяц назад +11

      He let others make decisions for him and was easy to manipulate. Same vein as Trump, just with more integrity

    • @ziggythedrummer
      @ziggythedrummer Месяц назад +16

      In the years since leaving office, Bush has proved his humanity by maintaining close friendships with the Clintons, the Obamas and many more on the opposite side of the political spectrum. Reminds me of when UK Conservative leader David Cameron's young son died, and literally everybody in Parliament gave him messages of support and condolence. Wholesome as it should be.

    • @ortiz1795
      @ortiz1795 Месяц назад +11

      Preach. I couldn’t stand him back then but boy I’d love to have this level of class back in politics.

  • @Aytoz707
    @Aytoz707 3 года назад +8863

    “I know words, I have the best words”
    -Donald J Trump

  • @LeoNerz
    @LeoNerz 4 года назад +18474

    Remember when we thought President Bush was a poor speaker? Yeah, good times.

    • @nightninjajay1808
      @nightninjajay1808 4 года назад +473

      Now we have joe Biden...

    • @netconner
      @netconner 4 года назад +290

      Trump isn’t a bad speaker he just tells it like it is and doesn’t bother sugar coasting anything

    • @Repented008
      @Repented008 4 года назад +1646

      @@netconner Really bro? You can't be that obtuse.

    • @s_h136
      @s_h136 4 года назад +1149

      Conner
      He can barely form a full sentence and his vocabulary is on the level of 5th grader. He‘s probably the least eloquent head of state the world ever saw.

    • @netconner
      @netconner 4 года назад +71

      the2jaywhite he talks like a normal person and sometimes he says dumb shit but he can make a good speech when he needs to. His last state of the union was excellent

  • @barry6402
    @barry6402 3 года назад +1481

    Junior had respect for the office regardless of his politics.

    • @nouveaucourteduree9836
      @nouveaucourteduree9836 3 года назад +47

      I remember his reputation in France was that he was dumb and didn't know what he was doing. Honestly now he feels like a breath of fresh air. He's so calm and graceful and his speech is coherent and respectful
      I'm sure Biden will bring back a bit of normalcy in the world scene

    • @PureWhiteWolf
      @PureWhiteWolf 3 года назад +3

      @@nouveaucourteduree9836 And watch and smile as "antifa" continues to burn down the country.

    • @dylanflanagan3806
      @dylanflanagan3806 3 года назад +30

      @@PureWhiteWolf I’m not sure you live in America. Antifa isn’t the issue lol

    • @nouveaucourteduree9836
      @nouveaucourteduree9836 3 года назад +11

      @@PureWhiteWolf 1) I'm French as I thought was obvious from my comment and pseudonym, so I don't think you actually care about what I have to say about your country, nor should you. But for what it's worth antifa is just anti-fascist, and since the fascists, aka Trump, have been voted out, I actually think this movement will die out a bit. But it's not like antifa is a bad thing anyway so 🤷‍♀️

    • @PureWhiteWolf
      @PureWhiteWolf 3 года назад +3

      @@nouveaucourteduree9836 sure they are, that's why they don't care about they make it harder for black people by destroying, and looting, or even when a BLM supporter killed a 8 year old girl. But hey, blm right?

  • @bradyfry8031
    @bradyfry8031 4 месяца назад +562

    One thing I'll say about Bush and Obama is that they both have class. I don't recall them bitching and throwing a fit when thing's didn't go their way, and when thing's worked out they were too humble to take all the credit for it, that's the kind of person i respect.

    • @projectjaguar5638
      @projectjaguar5638 Месяц назад +20

      Maybe they were outliers, but I feel like that’s how politics used to be. Neither party is perfect of course, but one person seems to be mostly responsible for the current political climate

    • @bradyfry8031
      @bradyfry8031 Месяц назад +3

      @@projectjaguar5638 yeah I agree.

    • @fs_dave
      @fs_dave Месяц назад +31

      @@projectjaguar5638 They were not outliers. They were the norm. There is only one outlier who has brought about this mess.

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie Месяц назад +13

      They believe in continuity of government over all else. That used to be the default, and gosh I miss it.

    • @moggadah
      @moggadah Месяц назад +8

      The old style was more stable and predictable. Less chaotic.

  • @Lol-ww8xd
    @Lol-ww8xd 3 года назад +2281

    Whatever happened to this kind of professionalism? This was a great speach.

    • @greasycheese8095
      @greasycheese8095 3 года назад +36

      @Jaskaran Singh trump isn't bad, the media just covers him poorly. Biden has not won the election, infact, as recounts are proceeding under lawsuit by the trump campaign, biden is now at 259 electoral votes. Biden doesn't stand a chance

    • @greasycheese8095
      @greasycheese8095 3 года назад +9

      @@welltypedwitch don't believe me? It will make your reaction all the better when trump wins his 2nd term

    • @Theactualgamer1
      @Theactualgamer1 3 года назад +78

      @@greasycheese8095 Come on now. You really think Trump's court processes are gonna change anything significant? Recounts change at an absolute max like 100 votes in extreme cases. Biden is ahead thousands of votes in all the close states. Nothing is indeed official untill december 14 but come on don't kid yourself.

    • @greasycheese8095
      @greasycheese8095 3 года назад +4

      @@Theactualgamer1 they already have. Biden is at 259 electoral votes now.

    • @foxtail286
      @foxtail286 3 года назад +11

      @@greasycheese8095 oh boy, time to bring about the copypasta
      There are now huge arguments developing everywhere, and in this increasingly confusing world, which things we can trust and those we cannot are becoming blurrier.
      But as we continue, there are more people enveloping themselves in anger. Anger over the media, the electoral system, the state of the country. I would like you, reading this comment, to take a moment to clear your mind.
      Better?
      Now, go do something else with your life. Sure, there may be evidence of voter fraud, but for now, there's nothing you can do. There are so many things you could be doing right now. Life is confusing, but if we stop arguing for at least a little while, we can make a better country.
      Love you all.

  • @americalost5100
    @americalost5100 3 года назад +4711

    When Presidents were decent and honorable -- even when we disagreed about policies. Seems like an eternity ago...

    • @mauricebendrix
      @mauricebendrix 3 года назад +151

      Tell that to the million of dead and poverty-stricken Iraqis.

    • @sawyerbaillie8197
      @sawyerbaillie8197 3 года назад +21

      @@mauricebendrix he’s talking ab America

    • @salzwell25
      @salzwell25 3 года назад +47

      @@sawyerbaillie8197 America is responsible.

    • @knightmarefuel4499
      @knightmarefuel4499 3 года назад +2

      “Disagreed” lol you mean the relentless attacks by the media on Bush on just about every policy or move Bush made..
      He was portrayed by the left as an imbecile..
      The fact is the right has actually had class but you can only poke a bear for so long before you get ripped to shreds! That’s what Trump did, he fired back 💯✌🏼

    • @knightmarefuel4499
      @knightmarefuel4499 3 года назад +3

      @boming wei I could destroy your argument about American debt to China but it would only be a waste of time you are obviously uninformed.
      I will however say this, come to America and try to take something out of an Americans house. All imma say is I hope you choose a Democrats house 🤣👌🏼
      And your country is just as corrupt if not more so than America, communist! Despicable child labor laws, zero quality in your products that aren’t heavily regulated by American affiliates.. if anything that 2 trillion should be whipped clean due to the garbage products we have been sold!!

  • @SamSoMite421
    @SamSoMite421 4 года назад +4005

    No name calling, no complaining, no lies, no self promotion, no accusation of media or deep state.... I forgot those days! Disclaimer: I hated the policies of the man.

    • @mahirakhan3867
      @mahirakhan3867 4 года назад +11

      Islamophobia ????

    • @FFT12fru
      @FFT12fru 4 года назад +1

      Yup no waves for the De ep Sta te and no cen-soring

    • @davidsonseejoor6408
      @davidsonseejoor6408 4 года назад

      Well said Sam Jafarian...✔

    • @derekbrowning5955
      @derekbrowning5955 4 года назад +24

      @@mahirakhan3867 you should look up the Islamic state. You know. The terrorist organization who is murdering, raping, and torturing its civilians? Are you stupid? The middle eastern civilians stay for no more islamic state. You should watch videos of the middle eastern fighters going up against the islamic state. Listen to what the civilians say about the islamic state. All you'll hear is "praise god no more islamic state" dont be uneducated

    • @derekbrowning5955
      @derekbrowning5955 4 года назад +3

      @@evan2173 man you cant so they ain't ever done anything for us. I understand they can be some crooked fucks, but they do pass Bill's that help our country. They just all do some stupid shit as well.

  • @caffeinedelusions
    @caffeinedelusions Месяц назад +437

    The last Republican President who actually understood why the Constitution mattered.

    • @777Skeptic
      @777Skeptic Месяц назад +27

      Hell no. The Patriot Act came from his administration. He was also against gay marriage.
      But I can't deny he sounds eloquent and sane compared to Trump.

    • @zacharywhite211
      @zacharywhite211 Месяц назад +3

      ⁠everyone outside of the more progressive types was against gay marriage.
      The patriot act was... Complicated. It was not an act of corruption seeking to enrich themselves or undermine the American people. It's very easy to judge from 2024 how reckless some of the decisions were in 2001. But it was a scary time. I'd dare say most would have supported the Patriot Act even if it had been fully disclosed

    • @HHTaucher
      @HHTaucher Месяц назад +1

      Not even close to that, I am afraid. There is a reason why the US does not want to ratify the "The Hague Treaty Against Crimes of War". The US, Russia, and Israel are the only 1st. world countries that refuse to ratify the treaty (My mom used to say "Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are". How does it feel to be in the same club as Russia?). Instead, Bush Jr. signed the American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002. Essentially giving the US military the permission to commit crimes of war (and yes, there were plenty) without having to fear prosecution.

    • @abigailgarcia3090
      @abigailgarcia3090 Месяц назад

      And just like the last 4 republican presidents he fkd us all, starting a nonsensical war and then abandoning us in a recession

    • @samgonzalez-oz3td
      @samgonzalez-oz3td 28 дней назад +1

      @@777Skeptic every human been is different I my like guys hi won't and is ok

  • @waynewolcott4945
    @waynewolcott4945 3 года назад +1401

    Never a been a fan of this man.....but this is how you do a transition of power....with Grace and Dignity

    • @tektauron
      @tektauron 3 года назад +2

      indeed

    • @jakejohnson7558
      @jakejohnson7558 3 года назад +12

      Does dignity mean waging war on two innocent countries and betraying your own people?

    • @waynewolcott4945
      @waynewolcott4945 3 года назад +43

      @@jakejohnson7558 That actually speaks to my point....even a President who committed such horrible actions was able to show some class when it was over. I am not endorsing GW in any way, I'm just pointing that even he was able to show how to do a transition of power appropriately

    • @jakejohnson7558
      @jakejohnson7558 3 года назад +4

      @@waynewolcott4945 who gives a flying fuck. That man is going straight to hell

    • @derick3482
      @derick3482 3 года назад +1

      fuck you, bitch he was a war criminal

  • @boris90
    @boris90 3 года назад +2577

    I wasn't a fan of Bush either but... this is how you make a speech.

    • @shner6742
      @shner6742 3 года назад +14

      really ? you mean reading from a piece of paper ?

    • @Zhakurael
      @Zhakurael 3 года назад +50

      @@shner6742 well, reding from a piece of paper properly.
      Not like "Infantroopen" or the "United Shaesh" or "the oranges of the mueller investigation"...

    • @raitchison
      @raitchison 3 года назад +32

      @@shner6742 Judging by the current President (at least until January) it's harder than it looks.

    • @chrisdidonna7371
      @chrisdidonna7371 3 года назад +3

      Bush was the fucking goat..foh

    • @jfgaxeworks3447
      @jfgaxeworks3447 3 года назад +7

      Keep in mind, he was also concluding 2 terms... he was leaving regardless. But it is refreshing to hear a personable speaker.

  • @MercurialAscent
    @MercurialAscent 3 года назад +746

    I never thought I'd listen to a W. speech and feel so refreshed by his eloquence.

    • @AB-nk5wv
      @AB-nk5wv 2 года назад +3

      He’s the words President in the country’s history. Torture, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, financial crisis, etc.

    • @MercurialAscent
      @MercurialAscent 2 года назад

      @@AB-nk5wv and an idiot but still more articulate and has more simple social dignity than that orange fuck trump.

    • @andrewjackson6763
      @andrewjackson6763 2 года назад

      Ever Volve shut up nerd.

    • @karateman302
      @karateman302 2 года назад +5

      @@AB-nk5wv Andrew Jackson existed. While arguments of who is the worst recent US presidents can be heated, I think Jackson can take the #1 seat easily if we're talking overall.

    • @achannel6664
      @achannel6664 2 года назад +3

      @@karateman302 Andrew Jackson was pretty good, Buchanan was objectively the worst letting the country divide

  • @toneylewis8694
    @toneylewis8694 5 месяцев назад +94

    This is what a President looks and acts like. Thank you Mr. President may God’s blessings be with you and your family.

    • @lisakaye3919
      @lisakaye3919 6 дней назад

      Indeed!!! This is what decency looks like!!! He’s actually a Christian and a man of faith! And noticed he said The Greatest Nation on Earth!! After 8 years of Obama’s presidency our nation is still great! So the fact that trump’s slogan make america great again is proof that racism is the number one reason he was elected president! trump is scum and he should NEVER be president again!!
      I am so proud of my fellow Americans that have integrity and refuse to vote for that vile man!!

  • @jonnoMoto
    @jonnoMoto 3 года назад +1778

    Can't imagine why this is being recommended now...

    • @abrizzy520
      @abrizzy520 3 года назад +11

      I wonder 🤔

    • @ななみちあき-z9f
      @ななみちあき-z9f 3 года назад

      @അപസർപ്പകൻ APASARPPAKAN wtf does trump have to do with RUclips recommendations

    • @brad3283
      @brad3283 3 года назад +22

      Because RUclips wants to brainwash people more.

    • @ななみちあき-z9f
      @ななみちあき-z9f 3 года назад +21

      @@brad3283 you sound dumb asf if you really believe a big organization would do that. And nothing to gain from it. I know for a fact you got this in your recommendation and didn’t search it up

    • @heman9383
      @heman9383 3 года назад +5

      Because he says "Biden" at 0.15 and we know Mr. Biden is president now. YT is desperate providing suggestions wherever his name was called earlier.

  • @warbledurbler7905
    @warbledurbler7905 4 года назад +12771

    The current situation makes George Bush seem like Einstein.

    • @mohitoBhau5499
      @mohitoBhau5499 4 года назад +207

      Honestly, Bush wasn't the problem. Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of his cronies were honestly.

    • @erickillebrew9149
      @erickillebrew9149 4 года назад +71

      You can now say "Obama speaks well" and it's no longer filled with racial undertones, it's a reference to United States Presidents.

    • @bumface8350
      @bumface8350 4 года назад +52

      Mohit Kalro Exactly. Bush saved millions of lives in Africa with PEPFAR, and then with Cheney 600,000 Iraqis die and wrote a tax bill that lead us into the Great Recession . If he picked Danforth instead of Cheney, Bush would’ve been a much better president.

    • @Ifften2010
      @Ifften2010 4 года назад +42

      😂😂😂😂 truly agree. Bush was good old time. God I wish he can lead us today. We all thought he was bad until we got trump.

    • @mohitoBhau5499
      @mohitoBhau5499 4 года назад +18

      @@Ifften2010 trump & Reagan. Reagan kinda started the rot in the 80s

  • @Brbos06
    @Brbos06 4 года назад +1357

    No matter what political side you're on, that's a class act speech and shows a lot of respect. Unlike today...

    • @RockyTuxedoFBI
      @RockyTuxedoFBI 4 года назад +19

      Yes indeed. Vowing to help the President elect will not be a part of Trump's speech if and hopefully he fails. Bush spoke of unity as a nation something else which will not be addressed. 😎

    • @timlugo7758
      @timlugo7758 4 года назад +14

      @@RockyTuxedoFBI Yeah at least Bush, Obama and Trump did not tell black people; "If you don't vote for me, then you ain't black." That was Biden who also loved him some southern Democrats.

    • @m.b5777
      @m.b5777 4 года назад +6

      Yes nice speech but he killed tens of thousands in Iraq. But who cares as long as he talks in a nice manner. right?

    • @RockyTuxedoFBI
      @RockyTuxedoFBI 4 года назад +8

      @@m.b5777 I never liked Bush. PERIOD. But, on 911, he stood up. Although VERY misguided, his actions and intentions were for the US. We're talking about a freaking speech here, not his entire career. Stay on point. 😎

    • @RockyTuxedoFBI
      @RockyTuxedoFBI 4 года назад +15

      @Cake0001 You are on the wrong platform. Head over to FOX news where you can be with like minded idiots. 😎

  • @DrDoohickey
    @DrDoohickey Месяц назад +29

    Now there's a gracious, heartwarming speech and genuine deference to a President Elect. And to think, W was once considered inarticulate. How far we have fallen at the hands of his Republican successor.

  • @jreitnauer7
    @jreitnauer7 3 года назад +1520

    Regardless if you liked him or not, he was a man and acted professionally.

    • @turtletube
      @turtletube 3 года назад +51

      Debatable but definitely better than trompppy

    • @ScorpiusZA.
      @ScorpiusZA. 3 года назад

      @@turtletube Absolutely.

    • @HolwerdaH
      @HolwerdaH 3 года назад

      So reasonable...

    • @hannibalbarca2431
      @hannibalbarca2431 3 года назад +33

      He Also caused millions of deaths in the middle east and Afghanistan

    • @cheapycheapy4689
      @cheapycheapy4689 3 года назад +25

      Trump is the first President in modern history to not start a new war during his term.
      Obama started 3 new ones, dropped more bombs on humans than any President in history, Bush did a good job of that too, so fuck your "professional", I would rather a more quiet planet.
      You are the epitome of what's wrong with your Presidents, you look at the men, not the policies.

  • @OG-zr3bw
    @OG-zr3bw 7 месяцев назад +2001

    You know you've gone off the deep end when you make Bush seem like the adult in the party.

    • @nebtheweb8885
      @nebtheweb8885 6 месяцев назад

      That just shows how bad The Coup Clutz Clown was. He NEVER showed any kind of respect during or after his Nepotistic administration.

    • @rwo5402
      @rwo5402 6 месяцев назад +29

      I thought Bush and his administration was the bottom of the barrel....

    • @ironmantooltime
      @ironmantooltime 5 месяцев назад +2

      Ikr 😆

    • @Patriot-Eaglehead
      @Patriot-Eaglehead 3 месяца назад +37

      ​@@rwo5402Trump broke the barrel after he tried to sit on it with his 300lbs of lard.

    • @mellocello187
      @mellocello187 2 месяца назад +7

      @@rwo5402Trump aside, what exactly would be wrong with this speech? Seriously. It is coherent and respectful.

  • @princesspirategurl12
    @princesspirategurl12 2 месяца назад +145

    I remember when Obama was declared the winner; so many people were crying tears of joy and as a kid witnessing history I was in awe. Despite my intense frustration at Bush for lying to us about weapons of mass destruction or disagreeing with his policies, he was an honorable person. This type of respectful rhetoric has been severely lacking in politics, especially since 2016, and I hope one day this type of integrity will be restored. God Bless America, God protect our democracy, and God bless our troops.

    • @jesusislord3321
      @jesusislord3321 2 месяца назад

      It was Donald Rumsfeld and Cheney who lied to President Bush and to Colin Powell

    • @werideatdusk
      @werideatdusk Месяц назад +2

      Amen 🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @zenobiaookpik
      @zenobiaookpik Месяц назад +6

      THANKS TO TRUMP, DECENCY IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW !!!

    • @ray.shoesmith
      @ray.shoesmith Месяц назад

      Bush wasn't honorable, he was a rube for the Neo-cons who ran him. But compared to Trump he was Lincoln.

    • @RonnieMyers777
      @RonnieMyers777 Месяц назад

      Our republic***

  • @tobiville86
    @tobiville86 8 месяцев назад +469

    With all the rhetoric and hatred going on today, I’m glad to have come across this piece of decency ❤🙏🏾👏🏾

    • @Paultimate7
      @Paultimate7 6 месяцев назад +8

      The hate is 90% generated by one side. Lets not forget this.

    • @ijumpjudyy
      @ijumpjudyy 5 месяцев назад +4

      He's a war criminal though

    • @dogsbecute
      @dogsbecute Месяц назад

      @@Paultimate7 Im reminded of the charleston race riots, where literal KKK members marched unto a college campus and caused the entire city to riot and trump said "there was good people on both sides" no, wtf, it turned violent because of one group of people that couldnt stand having their racist symbol removed. Confederates fought for slavery, and immortalizing them with statues is such an overtly racist act. Lost Cause is just a myth, remember that, and dont let these fools tell you otherwise. We know what they stand for, and the republican party never was like this. This was the tea party movement that sprung up because Obama was black, and trump empowered it to the max.

    • @TheBrownIsland
      @TheBrownIsland Месяц назад

      We *didn't have this kind of Rhetoric and Hatred going on Until TRUMP.* I predicted it was gonna be a Disaster if Donald J Trump was allowed at the White House when he ran in 2016. Now all my Independent friends & colleagues are like "You were Right!" They laughed back then and said I was exaggerating. Now they're terrified starting with him Packing the U.S. Supreme Court making it Far-Right extreme, Jan 6 2021 Insurrection followed by the Fed Classified Top Secret Documents ordeal, Immunity from prosecution, and being Convicted for anything done while still in office. Now he's promising Dictatorship and no more Elections, it stops with him.* _You ain't seen nothing yet._

    • @TheBrownIsland
      @TheBrownIsland Месяц назад

      *Didn't have this kind of Rhetoric and Hatred going on Until TRUMP* and the Far-Right Republicans took over the Republican Party. I predicted it was gonna be a Disaster if Donald J Trump was allowed at the White House when he ran in 2016. Now all my Independent friends & colleagues are like "You were Right!" They laughed back then and said I was exaggerating. Now they're terrified starting with him Packing the U.S. Supreme Court making it Far-Right extreme, Jan 6 2021 Insurrection followed by the Fed Classified Top Secret Documents ordeal, Immunity from prosecution, and being Convicted for anything done while still in office.
      *Now he's promising Dictatorship and no more Elections, it stops with him.* _You ain't seen nothing yet._
      ...

  • @flowdane5139
    @flowdane5139 3 года назад +2636

    I literally forgot how a president speech sounds like this felt like a jolt after hearing trump for so long

    • @keronfarrier2198
      @keronfarrier2198 3 года назад +21

      lmao facts

    • @ShotsMerkzAll
      @ShotsMerkzAll 3 года назад +46

      look at the policies trump has implemented compared to bush. that's when you know these politically correct articulate speeches are bullshit

    • @dawsonwoolford9660
      @dawsonwoolford9660 3 года назад +77

      @@ShotsMerkzAll So you don’t care about political correctness or articulacy? You realize both of these things demonstrate professionalism and intelligence, but I assume you know neither of these things

    • @ShotsMerkzAll
      @ShotsMerkzAll 3 года назад +19

      @@dawsonwoolford9660 I do care about these things and it's quite obvious a billionaire like Trump knows how to conduct himself. It's also true that the media knows how to take advantage of his old NY businessman dialogue and manipulate his words. This doesn't matter. Policies are what truly impact the lives of Americans and that's why Trump has done a great job.

    • @colson3050
      @colson3050 3 года назад +50

      ​@@ShotsMerkzAll Name fucking one good thing trump actually got done, besides play golf.

  • @e.v.emmons8567
    @e.v.emmons8567 3 года назад +2637

    I wasn't a fan of the Bush administration, but at least, here is a man that had class and dignity enough to welcome his successor.

    • @PageNumber687x
      @PageNumber687x 3 года назад +97

      well, he didn't really have a choice; his 8 years were up.

    • @luop_4209
      @luop_4209 3 года назад +13

      paul walters laughs in 9/11

    • @te9591
      @te9591 3 года назад +22

      Very different than Trumpy.

    • @richardvernon317
      @richardvernon317 3 года назад +2

      Did a very good handover as well by all accounts.

    • @sathlasdalaraynidridlendar6875
      @sathlasdalaraynidridlendar6875 3 года назад +11

      @@te9591 bush had eight years, what else was he supposed to do lol

  • @adamstuhlman2206
    @adamstuhlman2206 2 месяца назад +17

    EVERYONE needs to remember this on Nov.5

  • @piggleman5009
    @piggleman5009 3 года назад +1322

    Like the first sentence he said Obama won. He even said his victory was impressive. People would’ve called the president weak for making this submission but it’s a sign of strength.

    • @usul573
      @usul573 3 года назад +53

      Yes the way both Mccain and Bush privately called Obama and then publicly spoke and said Obama won by name, shows that they affirm and support the elections. The invite to the White House is polite also to help the transition.

    • @วิวัฒน์บูรดินซาฮิม-ถ3ณ
      @วิวัฒน์บูรดินซาฮิม-ถ3ณ 3 года назад +2

      Pasident Joe biden

    • @sheff4719
      @sheff4719 2 года назад

      @@usul573 Bush and Michelle are friends so he most likely likes Obama. He also said Bill Clinton is like his brother.

    • @RiRi-df9jt
      @RiRi-df9jt Год назад +2

      It goes both ways silly billy.

    • @paper2222
      @paper2222 11 месяцев назад +1

      ⁠​⁠@@RiRi-df9jti'd say perspective matters here

  • @okayfinejuan
    @okayfinejuan 3 года назад +778

    Seeing this is actually so refreshing.

    • @ethanlarsen4644
      @ethanlarsen4644 3 года назад

      Lol nice profile pic. I know that picture in your background very well😂

    • @spiderbite76
      @spiderbite76 3 года назад +2

      Like a cool beer on a hot day after mowing the lawn.
      Somehow this clip feels like something from an long gone ancient past.

    • @stoka4049
      @stoka4049 3 года назад +3

      Like 9/11??????

    • @kennethlalla1779
      @kennethlalla1779 3 года назад

      @Johnny Appleseed Preach it brother.

    • @vishanubesiri796
      @vishanubesiri796 3 года назад

      Amen @juanbendolla

  • @danielallyway
    @danielallyway 4 года назад +4475

    "Peaceful Transfer of Power" - Politics

    • @jeanyluisa8483
      @jeanyluisa8483 4 года назад +106

      I think you cannot really compare that. This was after Bushs second term, so he did not lose those elections, his time was over anyway. If you look 8 years earlier, he also did not accept that that the majority of americans voted against him and he even only won the electoral vote in court.
      But of course Trump beats Bush by far in being the worst preseident ever. At Bush I can at least understand that some people liked him as person, Trump is a disgrace for the whole human species.

    • @johnakridge2916
      @johnakridge2916 4 года назад +32

      You ever wonder why the corrupt keep silent when a president is in office that they like? Its because they're with him. The Corrupt have brought up small mobs and Brainwashed people against Trump bc hes not with them.

    • @jeanyluisa8483
      @jeanyluisa8483 4 года назад +29

      @@johnakridge2916 By breaking your silence you just proofed your own statement wrong.

    • @AngelRodriguez-zm9rz
      @AngelRodriguez-zm9rz 4 года назад +5

      @@johnakridge2916 Agree 1000% with you!

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 4 года назад +9

      @@johnakridge2916 Imagine actually beliving propoganda
      dems and reps have the same puppetmaster
      wallstreet and the mic
      wake up

  • @HTH88
    @HTH88 2 месяца назад +78

    For all the people who had bad things to say about President Bush, compare this to what is on offer today.

    • @Efil-Jo
      @Efil-Jo Месяц назад +3

      Exactly, Bush looks like a poet and an esteemed political scholar when you compare him to the embarrassment of someone like Biden. America has fallen so low in recent years.

    • @toasty4000000
      @toasty4000000 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Efil-JoBiden... And Trump... If we truly want a president below retirement age, who respects those that are respectful, we have the choice available to us. Hate and incoherence was brought to the Whitehouse by Trump.

    • @jennymacallan9071
      @jennymacallan9071 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@toasty4000000You said it! Vote 💙

    • @leigel3
      @leigel3 Месяц назад +2

      @@Efil-Jo Don't quit your day job.

    • @ByterSweet
      @ByterSweet 24 дня назад

      I am eating my words

  • @cac2244
    @cac2244 4 года назад +958

    I hated his policies but I never doubted a second that he loved his country and tried his best at being the president of all Americans.

    • @skankhunt3624
      @skankhunt3624 4 года назад +64

      I have significant doubts of the current president's love for anything Beyond himself, well maybe his daughter😉

    • @l.c3994
      @l.c3994 4 года назад +11

      @@skankhunt3624 and the next one loves his sister... SWEEET HOME ALABAMA

    • @alexanderg1297
      @alexanderg1297 4 года назад +4

      Well said.

    • @jcdemp7513
      @jcdemp7513 4 года назад +3

      Most of them did, till now

    • @stevep927
      @stevep927 4 года назад +3

      @@skankhunt3624 That's because you're stupid

  • @andrewstephens2873
    @andrewstephens2873 4 года назад +596

    This is how politicians should act, it’s just respectful. We need more of this.

    • @oregonenterprise1548
      @oregonenterprise1548 4 года назад +8

      I hadn't thought of it like that. But there was always kinda unspoken rules about how you spoke towards your peers in politics. But Trump's not a politician. He's a business man,

    • @HeyItzKillerMC
      @HeyItzKillerMC 4 года назад +4

      With all due respect, we didn’t elect a preacher. Meaning we shouldn’t elect someone because of how they talk.

    • @owendalton3958
      @owendalton3958 4 года назад +4

      HeyItzKillerMC we don’t give a fuck about how they talk. We care about how have respect for those around them.

    • @HeyItzKillerMC
      @HeyItzKillerMC 4 года назад +2

      Owen Dalton Respect is given when respect is due. They don’t respect an ounce of him so why is he going to respect them?

    • @davidb7854
      @davidb7854 4 года назад

      @@HeyItzKillerMC Actually we should. The president will talk to world leaders as well as use his bully pulpit to unite and bring the people to understanding of various topics. We should elect a leader who is sharp, can get things done, and can communicate well, imho. Nothing about being a horrible communicator makes someone more effective at action.

  • @AlexdaCunha
    @AlexdaCunha 8 месяцев назад +230

    Incredible! I didn't remember how civilized American politics used to be

    • @Pants4096
      @Pants4096 Месяц назад +3

      Some in W. Bush's administration were very partisan, but Bush himself was always classy and respectful, just like his father. This was a very important speech and I sincerely think Bush believed every word of it.

  • @melaniem6079
    @melaniem6079 5 месяцев назад +54

    I sure wasn't a huge fan of Bush, but dang this is a great speech and a wonderful transfer of power for someone who has lost his election. Bravo President Bush, bravo!!

    • @somnuswaltz5586
      @somnuswaltz5586 4 месяца назад +9

      This was his 2nd term... he didnt lose. His party did.

    • @melaniem6079
      @melaniem6079 4 месяца назад +7

      @@somnuswaltz5586 But he still offered a peaceful transfer of power. That is a huge difference from Trump's loss, which is the point. Every president offered the constitutionally required peaceful transfer of power except Trump. And we all have been warned that if he were to serve a 2nd term, he'd get the constitution changed so he could serve indefinitely.

    • @somnuswaltz5586
      @somnuswaltz5586 4 месяца назад +3

      @melaniem6079 yes you're right, I agree.

    • @Efil-Jo
      @Efil-Jo Месяц назад

      @@melaniem6079 The left basically declared war on Trump when he won democratically in 2016. Especially the press, who were determined to disrupt his presidency any way they could. He was not given a fair shot at doing the job, and yet still did well in office despite this. We were also told how dangerous Trump would be, when he got into power the first time. That someone with his temperament should not be in control of nukes etc etc... and yet none of those scaremongering propositions actually materialised. Yet his replacement, Biden, who was portrayed as a more safe pair of hands... has brought the world closer to the brink of a nuclear war than any time in history (this is not a subjective opinion, this is according to experts). Along with all the other bad aspects of his presidency, such as a terrible economy/cost of living/rampant inflation... supporting a genocide in Palestine etc. This is essentially the stuff that many were predicting should happen under a Trump administration... but yet its actually happening under Biden instead. But people on the left just have their head buried in the sand, and refuse to see obvious facts.

  • @Horichdaslicht1858
    @Horichdaslicht1858 3 года назад +93

    I did not have a great opinion of him as President., but the warmth and dignity of this address was beyond reproach and President Obama said he could not have been more welcoming and helpful throughout the transition. And now.....

  • @jordirafecasventosa5862
    @jordirafecasventosa5862 4 года назад +3225

    Meanwhile in 2020: Person, woman, man, camera, TV

    • @elliotshaw4128
      @elliotshaw4128 4 года назад +121

      How are you not President?

    • @scottwasson
      @scottwasson 4 года назад +51

      President Sesame Street earned his cookie that day 🍪

    • @trews1
      @trews1 4 года назад +91

      Are you a genius? You even got it in the right order

    • @jordirafecasventosa5862
      @jordirafecasventosa5862 4 года назад +44

      @@trews1 yeah got extra points for that

    • @bird_gang_az9598
      @bird_gang_az9598 4 года назад +7

      Hotel trivago

  • @Ranveer_sangha03
    @Ranveer_sangha03 3 года назад +2460

    That's called class
    You win or lose its just part of the game

    • @66limelight
      @66limelight 3 года назад +27

      Just like how Al Gore took the loss to Bush huh?

    • @CCCC-cb2ty
      @CCCC-cb2ty 3 года назад +64

      Bush didn’t lose (1 “o”). A for effort though.

    • @donjon123
      @donjon123 3 года назад +9

      fuck bush and your class logic.

    • @blinkers88
      @blinkers88 3 года назад +18

      it's lose you goddamn imbecile

    • @markzabel2631
      @markzabel2631 3 года назад +4

      Dims never show class! Bush was never shown class! What difference does the style of Pres. have to do!?!...lol

  • @LivinlifenFL
    @LivinlifenFL 5 месяцев назад +37

    Now that is Presidential

  • @garethwilkins6744
    @garethwilkins6744 4 года назад +3249

    When the current president manages to make Bush sound like an angel.

    • @Shilgne1
      @Shilgne1 4 года назад +46

      When you're so misinformed you think Trump is worse than Bush.
      GUANTANAMO BAY! ring a bell?

    • @jeeperz4365
      @jeeperz4365 4 года назад +104

      RUclips User Trump is worse than Bush, he has successfully undermined our democracy.

    • @MechaKnuckles
      @MechaKnuckles 4 года назад +9

      @@Shilgne1 I know... these people are very uneducated.

    • @Shilgne1
      @Shilgne1 4 года назад +15

      @@jeeperz4365 bush never did that (sarcasm). He never spied on Muslim's or started an illegal war

    • @t.nasari2670
      @t.nasari2670 4 года назад +8

      Anyway the current president hands is clean from innocent people blood.
      He can sleep with without any problems.

  • @imaloserdude7227
    @imaloserdude7227 9 месяцев назад +142

    This is how a transition occurs! Such a welcoming and thoughtful address to the nation!

  • @valkyrst620
    @valkyrst620 4 года назад +4101

    It's weird when you miss George Bush.

    • @mtk3587
      @mtk3587 4 года назад +171

      Kind of. I have never liked his policies, but he seems like a man compared to Trump.

    • @valkyrst620
      @valkyrst620 4 года назад +86

      MTK Knight Yup. A human being compared to Mango Unchained.

    • @mtk3587
      @mtk3587 4 года назад +13

      @Valkyrst Facts

    • @pastushi2883
      @pastushi2883 4 года назад +82

      Oh you're right. If 12 years ago someone would've suggested that I was going to miss George W. Bush one day I would've laughed my ass off or maybe punch him in the face... Then I see a video like this one and makes me wanna hug this war criminal... who would've imagined.. We are going through crazy times indeed...

    • @mtk3587
      @mtk3587 4 года назад +4

      @Pastushi So true

  • @Funventure825
    @Funventure825 Месяц назад +10

    That’s the good old days when there was honor and decency. Great speech by President Bush.

  • @kevinhamilton303
    @kevinhamilton303 4 года назад +720

    Damn!! I almost cried. I never thought the day would come where I would think that George W. Bush gave an eloquent speech. The tone of that speech seems like ancient history now.

    • @cookrich
      @cookrich 4 года назад +3

      Kevin Hamilton me too...

    • @richardwhite3829
      @richardwhite3829 4 года назад +1

      Google George HW Bush indictment before he got his lethal injection and the charges against him and the others named and you will cry. F@@K The Bushwackers

    • @wonhoscake1214
      @wonhoscake1214 4 года назад +2

      Richard White uhm ok

    • @richardwhite3829
      @richardwhite3829 4 года назад +2

      Look it up If you are smart enough with a comment like uhmm ok you probably cant piss without help.

    • @richardwhite3829
      @richardwhite3829 4 года назад

      hee translate into English please.

  • @alexwyckoff8962
    @alexwyckoff8962 7 месяцев назад +683

    Man, I had so many gripes with Bush's policies, but nobody can deny he was a class act in the way he carried himself. This is a great speech showing phenomenal leadership. As much as I didn't like this man's presidency, I was always confident he cared about America and Americans and that, even if we disagreed, he had a lot of love in his heart. I miss this era of politics. I miss the people we were then.

    • @karlosrules
      @karlosrules 6 месяцев назад +16

      I long for those days brother

    • @dr.davidenglish778
      @dr.davidenglish778 6 месяцев назад +29

      I agree. For all his faults and bad decisions, this was one of the times he stood up and showed how a president should act. In addition, kudos to both Senator John McCain and then Governor (now senator) Mitt Romney for how they handled defeat in an honorable fashion. It is difficult to imagine the nation going back to the way things ought to be.

    • @waynedonovan8830
      @waynedonovan8830 5 месяцев назад +6

      Totally agree, what a leader

    • @barryschwarz
      @barryschwarz 5 месяцев назад +13

      I was completely against most of Bush's policy and may never forgive his administration for Iraq. But even though partisanship was quite virulent in this period, it was nothing like the destructive forces US democracy faces today. How low things have sunk that this is the case.

    • @Nitidus
      @Nitidus 5 месяцев назад +3

      Unfortunately you can't change others. But you can act like this yourself. I've been doing politics for over ten years now and the least I can tell you is that there is still a _significant_ number of people, both inside the parliaments of the world and outside on the streets, who have great respect for this. And they will pay it back in their own ways. Not everyone, of course, especially not today. But being a class act will never not resonate with people. And if it inspires some of them to follow your example, you've already made the world a better place and established your own tiny, little legacy. More to come, or maybe not, doesn't matter. At that point it was already worth it.

  • @6401gabriel
    @6401gabriel 3 года назад +2181

    This guy could have done a good or bad job, but he believed the position of president was trusted to him, not that he owned it

    • @mosquerajoseph7305
      @mosquerajoseph7305 3 года назад +64

      @Patrick Danielson that wasn’t the point

    • @ScrotumBalls
      @ScrotumBalls 3 года назад +62

      @Patrick Danielson You have the same energy as Trump supporters and like them, its toxic.

    • @mosquerajoseph7305
      @mosquerajoseph7305 3 года назад +2

      @@Jason-jb3vp the fuck is going on here

    • @Jason-jb3vp
      @Jason-jb3vp 3 года назад

      @@mosquerajoseph7305 google it

    • @mosquerajoseph7305
      @mosquerajoseph7305 3 года назад +2

      @@Jason-jb3vp bruh I know what you’re talking about but what the fuck does that have to do with the comment

  • @SchrodingersCat8813
    @SchrodingersCat8813 2 месяца назад +20

    Watching in 2024....my god, I can't believe this is the same country. Seriously. This was during my lifetime, it feels like I'm looking at a different society....guess because it basically was back then.

    • @krisdiperna3929
      @krisdiperna3929 Месяц назад +1

      It's incredible isn't it? The civility that existed between parties. Trump has dragged the entire Republican Party into the gutter so much that we can't even recognize it any longer. At least not among the MAGA crowd.

  • @andysmith2196
    @andysmith2196 3 года назад +3125

    Can’t wait to hear Trumps handover speech, I’m sure it will be just as humble 😂

    • @freddypedraza2066
      @freddypedraza2066 3 года назад +68

      Yeah after democrats cheated 😆 🤣

    • @kylewalker4357
      @kylewalker4357 3 года назад +502

      @@freddypedraza2066 they cheated you say? can you provide a shred of evidence? perhaps a link.

    • @jordanschlansky4093
      @jordanschlansky4093 3 года назад +438

      @@kylewalker4357 Course they can't, they are more devoted to their führer than North Koreans. Albeit North Koreans are forced to submit, Trumpsters just don't know any better. Whatever he spews out, it's regarded as their absolute truth.

    • @theghost3061
      @theghost3061 3 года назад +14

      Course he will, unlike liberals who would destroy the country if Trump won.

    • @Elizabethvelasquez9321
      @Elizabethvelasquez9321 3 года назад +94

      @@jordanschlansky4093 Donald Trump is a nicer reincarnation of Hitler. Although, that isn't saying much.

  • @honeydutch7776
    @honeydutch7776 8 лет назад +3063

    What I like most is he never mentions "blacks" or "African-Americans", but as Americans who should be proud of what was accomplished then. It speaks volumes to the way he views people; not as groups, but as individuals. He was a terrible President, but I still believe Bush is a warm-hearted soul. As is Obama.

    • @ForNoOne1
      @ForNoOne1 7 лет назад +162

      Agreed. It's a shame that snake Cheney was in his ear - maybe we could have avoided a pointless war, hundreds of thousands of lives, and 3 trillion dollars lost.

    • @professorhineschoice
      @professorhineschoice 6 лет назад +84

      Nailed it.... I'm not a Republican but I like Bush. He seems like a really cool guy. Wasn't behind a lot of what he did but he loved people and this country.

    • @natebent5049
      @natebent5049 6 лет назад +77

      Bad president, awesome man

    • @AnceOG
      @AnceOG 6 лет назад +59

      Bad president kind guy , Trump disgraced the Republican name

    • @sawittwo
      @sawittwo 6 лет назад +30

      +Nate Bent
      He is a awesome man, surrounded by evil advisers.

  • @bobblebob1664
    @bobblebob1664 3 года назад +2222

    Now this is how presidents should adress the nation

    • @edwardsiu4266
      @edwardsiu4266 3 года назад +37

      Donald Trump should have seen this video months ago.

    • @oscarmasterfujackson4694
      @oscarmasterfujackson4694 3 года назад +13

      @@edwardsiu4266 ha....if trump sees god he'll not recognize him

    • @geneparmesan8748
      @geneparmesan8748 3 года назад +29

      I grew up taking this for granted as baseline Presidential behaviour. Even though I hated Bush during his time and considered him and Cheney to be crooks after the Florida recount of 2000, I STILL had complete confidence that they'd respect the transitional process of 2008-09 (which they of course did), and the two of them look like absolute saints next to the new low created by Trump-Pence.

    • @MacVSog64-72
      @MacVSog64-72 3 года назад +4

      @@edwardsiu4266 Mr. Donald Trump did everything 100% correct! Sleepy Joe Biden does not even know his name - Georgeee aaahh Georgeee eeeehhh aaahhh ruclips.net/video/Gj0DRjlfvhw/видео.html
      Shame on the democrats! Shame on the bunch of idiots that voted for such a fool!

    • @troymitchell8431
      @troymitchell8431 3 года назад +8

      Well said. This is an absolute polar opposite to what has just happened. And unfortunately it was purely due to a selfish little boy.

  • @ginamitembe8935
    @ginamitembe8935 Месяц назад +4

    Even re-watching after 15 years later!! Brings tears of undiscribable joy 🙆
    How will I contain the next historical moment if Kamala' Harris wins!!!!✌️💙💙💙💙💙💙🙌🙏

  • @Xosidhe
    @Xosidhe 3 года назад +5484

    He looks so classy now that we’ve lived with Trump

    • @izsakitt3711
      @izsakitt3711 3 года назад +254

      @Joe Schmoe Yes! It is acting with respect. This is the world stage, not the schoolyard. Unfortunately, so many prefer so called straight talking faith healers.

    • @carlosc8329
      @carlosc8329 3 года назад +39

      I have a very tiny slither of hope that Trump will copy paste any of the conceded speeches.
      Other than that, realistically he'll go out ranting/whining

    • @Xman8184
      @Xman8184 3 года назад +34

      I never thought i would think the same. But your are so absolutely correct Bush turned over the office with class and respect.

    • @izsakitt3711
      @izsakitt3711 3 года назад +28

      @@gangsterdisciple759 Is it possible to please everybody? Certainly a challenge... We gave Trump a chance. Would we give a chance to other than an experienced pilot to navigate our plane? I do not expect anyone to be a saint, I do not expect anyone to be perfect. I do expect the president to draw on the immense talent in this country to surround himself with and help formulate policy. I despise those who believe they know it all and don't seek but ignore good advice. Most certainly we don't crown our presidents, most understand that they are not kings.

    • @peterp2153
      @peterp2153 3 года назад +33

      Trump has no plans to concede. Knowing what a nutjob narcissist he is, he may try to litigate this right up to January 20th.

  • @takemetodinnerplzbidenuwu2580
    @takemetodinnerplzbidenuwu2580 4 года назад +545

    I miss the times when politics was something in which people were civil and had civil discussions.

    • @fredjohnson3055
      @fredjohnson3055 4 года назад +6

      Twitter Facebook Instagram = social engineering

    • @dozzer009
      @dozzer009 4 года назад +5

      Fred Johnson
      Only if you let it. Just sayin

    • @oceanshrugs9235
      @oceanshrugs9235 4 года назад +2

      Maybe it was the impEached POTUS smearing the left constantly that ruined that

    • @user-ip5xn9ks9k
      @user-ip5xn9ks9k 4 года назад +3

      @@oceanshrugs9235 Trump's ruined it too not only the Democrats.

    • @oceanshrugs9235
      @oceanshrugs9235 4 года назад +1

      ?????? Uhhhh obviously. It was Trump 100%.

  • @rkoch2516
    @rkoch2516 3 года назад +169

    How a statesman should act. Well said Mr. President.

  • @SolracCAP
    @SolracCAP Месяц назад +3

    This is how a man handles defeat. With dignity.

  • @stephenyoud6125
    @stephenyoud6125 3 года назад +968

    we may not all have liked him at the time but listening to this now there sure is much to be appreciated. very presidential and great to hear.

    • @chrisarseneault5617
      @chrisarseneault5617 9 месяцев назад

      He showed his true strength after 9:11. And that changed the course of his entire presidency. Whether you believe in the conspiracy, theories are not or what not. And whoever it changed the entire country. And George W. Bush. I would advise all of you to go and listen to his speech at his dad's. Funeral

    • @peterlarsen7779
      @peterlarsen7779 9 месяцев назад +6

      I hear that! 👍👍

    • @HandGrenadeDivision
      @HandGrenadeDivision 8 месяцев назад +9

      He made that speech without using the word "black" or mentioning the word "race". He talked about America and what a great country they had. That kind of positivity too has changed in the years since.

    • @kapitankapital6580
      @kapitankapital6580 8 месяцев назад

      Almost makes you forget the war crimes and the unprecedented assault on civil liberties. Almost.

    • @davedawe2420
      @davedawe2420 8 месяцев назад

      @user-rk2io2xm9d I guess you're a Biden supporter then. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @brianborba8299
    @brianborba8299 3 года назад +5548

    You mean he didn't lock himself in the White House and refuse to leave? Lol

    • @mesichikitochikitochikito1128
      @mesichikitochikitochikito1128 3 года назад +109

      Did dead people vote for Obama?

    • @JohnSmith-zs1bf
      @JohnSmith-zs1bf 3 года назад +142

      Bush served 2 terms

    • @CNETech
      @CNETech 3 года назад +7

      @@JohnSmith-zs1bf Didn't he serve one term and George H. W. Bush one term before that?

    • @JohnSmith-zs1bf
      @JohnSmith-zs1bf 3 года назад +50

      @@CNETech No, before Bush Jr was Clinton, and Bush Sr. before that. G. W. Bush served two terms from 2001 to 2008.

    • @KesselRunner606
      @KesselRunner606 3 года назад +170

      @@mesichikitochikitochikito1128 - Some people vote, then die before their vote is counted. (1200 a day dead with Covid, for one thing).
      Multiple indepent observers: No. Evidence. Of. Voter. Fraud.*NONE.*
      Your best man lost. Suck it up, buttercup.

  • @shakezilla29
    @shakezilla29 4 года назад +2226

    god, i can't believe im nostalgic for the days when bush was president

    • @vantahku7211
      @vantahku7211 4 года назад +22

      I just experienced the exact same phenomena. I don't enjoy it; it makes my stress level worse. How strange, that we should live in such turbulent times, that the nostalgia for a bad-dream, should be a stress inducing comfort.

    • @darkphosphorus330
      @darkphosphorus330 4 года назад +53

      You're nostalgic for an 8 year period that included the 9/11 attacks, dot-com bubble, and the worst economic recession in a century?

    • @fr442
      @fr442 4 года назад

      @@darkphosphorus330afterwards Bush was not do bad.... anyway he started the war in Iraq. About this lot of people died.

    • @BOB-wx3fq
      @BOB-wx3fq 4 года назад

      It's truly insane

    • @jah859
      @jah859 4 года назад +6

      We got hijacked and attacked on 9/11 by Saudi Arabia. So he blew up Iraq and Iran. What a dumbass🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @chelo2626ify
    @chelo2626ify Месяц назад +147

    Back when republican was really a political party and not a nazi cult like today

    • @PUA-Dude
      @PUA-Dude Месяц назад

      Hey the Republicans will always stand strong unlike the Democrats acting like Anti-Racist Nazis.

  • @Frank_Reynolds__.
    @Frank_Reynolds__. 4 года назад +70

    Never thought just over a decade later I'd be longing for these days.

  • @ramielkady938
    @ramielkady938 4 года назад +2890

    I disliked Bush so much. Compared to Trump, he is both a genius and a saint.

    • @MichaelSeibert
      @MichaelSeibert 4 года назад +34

      Amen.

    • @skander6167
      @skander6167 4 года назад +37

      Trump is killing innocent people for e.g. the army general of iran, this man is the worst president ever. He is rascist and will kick out Muslims because of no reason.

    • @jdblake3224
      @jdblake3224 4 года назад +19

      He also appointed intelligent (perhaps sinister) people to his staff, based on merit. Rather than just his kids and the highest bidder.

    • @julianwaugh968
      @julianwaugh968 4 года назад +1

      I concur.

    • @Chris-ju5un
      @Chris-ju5un 4 года назад +44

      A saint? Apart from the illegal war he raged with Iraq In order to keep them from selling oil in Euros and protect the petrodollar. What a saint 🙌

  • @edgar8497
    @edgar8497 3 года назад +382

    I miss the speeches that were not about republicans or democrats, the speeches were aimed towards AMERICANS and how to keep moving forward all together

    • @edgar8497
      @edgar8497 3 года назад +2

      @Lamroseda - yeah....but trump got us currently banned by other countries, because of his "expert" handling of the corona with over 140,000+ americans dead, trump pretends to love america yet he nor his family ever served in the military at least he is great at humping the american flag everytime he has a rally

    • @edgar8497
      @edgar8497 3 года назад +6

      @David Rodríguez Rodríguez that was before a cheeto puff came and made it about one party vs the other, and if you didnt agree with him you were an antipatriotic traitor

    • @1804-m7l
      @1804-m7l 3 года назад +3

      Amen sir

    • @imsotox
      @imsotox 3 года назад +1

      @Lamroseda - oh my god did you miss the point? Holy shit you’re actually pushing it..

    • @edgar8497
      @edgar8497 3 года назад

      @RUclipsr well who else is to blame when for example I have been unemployed twice this is year? he is the current leader, he is the one that decides the direction of the country and it doesnt seem like his guiding has benefited many of us

  • @iMetaTV
    @iMetaTV Месяц назад +4

    Transition of power peacefully

  • @bs6859
    @bs6859 4 года назад +1216

    Remember when Presidents show humility and kindness towards a political opponent? Pepperidge Farm remembers

    • @wyattc3283
      @wyattc3283 4 года назад +25

      Remember when the media wasn't out to slander anybody with opposing views?

    • @Jack-cv7pl
      @Jack-cv7pl 4 года назад +14

      Wyatt Comstock remember when we didn't have the most coronavirus cases? We're leagues ahead of China and India in cases despite them having 4x the population and population density.

    • @karvz1
      @karvz1 4 года назад +6

      The Doggo Flow India: Not enough people able to be tested. China: keeping there true case numbers secret/have a vaccine already.

    • @lior995
      @lior995 4 года назад +3

      Remember when the media gave 0% chances of winning to the candidate who actually won at the end?

    • @bobjones5027
      @bobjones5027 4 года назад +3

      #ORANGEMAN BAD #ORANGEMAN BAD #ORANGEMAN BAD #ORANGEMAN BAD

  • @patrickcarroll1754
    @patrickcarroll1754 7 лет назад +773

    The man is a class act for the way he carried out this speech and the peaceful transition of power.

    • @typemoon4894
      @typemoon4894 7 лет назад +1

      Loistelias *2024 also, Trump's very peaceful.

    • @ProfessuhLemon
      @ProfessuhLemon 7 лет назад +16

      type moon Hopefully Trump will not get 2 terms.

    • @Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong
      @Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong 7 лет назад +6

      +Professor Lemon What if he turns out to be a great president?

    • @jojober1980
      @jojober1980 6 лет назад +6

      Yes especially in comparison to the joker at an office now, thank you for making the transition for the Obamas so smooth and gracious, crazy man/child in the White House today, so sad and scary with Trump leading U.S. 😥

    • @timothyypa
      @timothyypa 6 лет назад +2

      Patrick Carroll Bush couldn't run fast enough out of the White House, with his tail between his legs as his own financial disaster threatened him. That said, I never thought I'd see the day that I actually thirst for a return to the GWB days - until Trump came along.

  • @stefanhaagedoorn3690
    @stefanhaagedoorn3690 4 года назад +1616

    Holy mother of the god. Even Bush can make you realize how low the bar Trump really set.

    • @falten2
      @falten2 4 года назад +15

      Yeah.
      It's astounding how far you guys have come.
      Hoping for the best......

    • @falten2
      @falten2 4 года назад +7

      @@RPMcM09 if only it was that simple.
      One can only hope.

    • @ProAverageGuy
      @ProAverageGuy 4 года назад

      Yeah, totally, he hasn't started any wars yet.

    • @seanmcgrath9432
      @seanmcgrath9432 4 года назад +22

      Bush was a warmonger but he could speak without making an ass of himself. As much as I hated him at the time he was still capable of being a civilized person.

    • @jmb9040
      @jmb9040 4 года назад +16

      even if somebody has written trumps speech for him, he'd start ad libbing and devolve into incoherent mumbling about obamagate and emails or something

  • @lindajordan8161
    @lindajordan8161 Месяц назад +4

    Thanks, Dubya, for a fine example of how a transition in leadership is supposed to be done in this country.

  • @WhatsWongNow
    @WhatsWongNow 3 года назад +360

    So gracious, so classy, so presidential. It's a shock to hear these comments on 2020. Sorry, George. We didn't know how good we had it...

    • @thatissomeBS
      @thatissomeBS 3 года назад +16

      It's a crazy world we live in when Bush brings a tear to my eye.

    • @emilyscloset2648
      @emilyscloset2648 3 года назад +13

      @@thatissomeBS fuck bush. I don't care about the aesthetics.
      The man did some serious harm to our country.

    • @thatissomeBS
      @thatissomeBS 3 года назад +16

      @@emilyscloset2648 Yeah, I don't disagree. But I at least don't think he was a complete trash person like the current guy.

    • @thatissomeBS
      @thatissomeBS 3 года назад +19

      @Great Destroyer You're delirious if you think Trump is a better anything than Bush.

    • @trumpcard749
      @trumpcard749 3 года назад +2

      People are so superficial. Trump won a lot of votes and almost half the country supports him so you have to respect that.

  • @DingersDaily
    @DingersDaily 3 года назад +502

    THIS is how a president should speak

    • @markhrabe
      @markhrabe 3 года назад +21

      The same president you called a war criminal in 2008.

    • @Mannydamon
      @Mannydamon 3 года назад +16

      @@markhrabe It's just that Donald Trump has lowered the bar and standard of what a president is and should be.

    • @proudhellene5874
      @proudhellene5874 3 года назад +9

      @@Mannydamon yea I prefer this guy who welcomes Obama and bombs middle east than a president like Trump who didnt bomb shit for 4 years but goes to court for the vote fraud that democRATS accomplished👍🏻

    • @Jaibheemmusalmaan
      @Jaibheemmusalmaan 3 года назад +1

      @@proudhellene5874 hey that's a point. Only last 4 years America behaved like a girl. America should always flex muscles and bomb without keeping quite. Bring back troops into Afghanistan and fight there. Now I hope America will do that and continue bombing from where it left bombing. When big big middle East countries gets reduced to sand, what a beauty to watch. Bombs falling from jets and bombers like water falls from shower woow 👌👏👏. Amazing and beautiful to watch those scenes. Trump did not do these things. Trump made America look like pussy. Now you need to prove America is tough and start flying bombers everywhere.
      Let's make America great again!☝️😳

    • @loladas9
      @loladas9 3 года назад +5

      @@proudhellene5874 you really think the trump administration didn't bomb anything? Lmao, you were simply too distracted by the shit show to notice

  • @accesio1213
    @accesio1213 4 года назад +2273

    This scares me. I don’t think Trump is capable of anything near this. If he loses it will be a rough transition

    • @CBigsby
      @CBigsby 4 года назад +16

      Just like in 2000 or 2016? Which one are you referring to?

    • @ProAverageGuy
      @ProAverageGuy 4 года назад +46

      Yeah yeah, all of your libtards so called "predictions" about Trump, have had no hold in reality.

    • @silasprins3861
      @silasprins3861 4 года назад +4

      How is that relevant

    • @tommyhoul1han
      @tommyhoul1han 4 года назад +202

      LifeIsShort SoHaveFun He gassed his own citizens while hiding in a bunker. If you still support him you are deluded

    • @krystalphan8871
      @krystalphan8871 4 года назад +39

      @@ProAverageGuy uhmm, you trash.

  • @RZH2023
    @RZH2023 Месяц назад +18

    He may not be the best president, but he is a very decent man.

  • @steveayotte5674
    @steveayotte5674 4 года назад +1836

    Who’s here looking it this now thinking: “this wasn’t so bad...”

    • @aswadmalik1740
      @aswadmalik1740 4 года назад +10

      U must be reading my mind! WOW!

    • @EricK-tb2dn
      @EricK-tb2dn 4 года назад +55

      We carpet bombed Baghdad looking for WMDs that never existed and started our longest lasting war which we're losing. Rethink "it wasn't so bad"

    • @Lovo369
      @Lovo369 4 года назад

      Moi

    • @jessica870910
      @jessica870910 4 года назад +11

      Bush appears to be an angel in my eyes now

    • @Gamers-iz8eo
      @Gamers-iz8eo 4 года назад +7

      You must be NUTS for saying this based on a clip...WoW just WoW ...Undoubtedly the worst prez, yes, even worse than Trump! #warCriminal

  • @cakeboss6618
    @cakeboss6618 8 лет назад +637

    i was never a Bush supporter , but this is good !!

    • @tobiojo5806
      @tobiojo5806 7 лет назад +6

      Cake Boss very good.

    • @declaytor
      @declaytor 6 лет назад +4

      If there was no Trump you'd still despise Bush. America is divided down partisan lines. If Pence was president you'd still be sick. Don't blame the political division on Trump. Had there been no Obama, there would be no Trump. Obama clearly told the black community that if they didn't vote for Hillary then his legacy would be destroyed. The black community responded appropriately with an historically low turnout.

    • @lolipedofin
      @lolipedofin 6 лет назад +1

      This is standard.... and Bush was never much of a president... ok he was plenty, but certainly not good. Don't lower your standard for presidency just because an oompa-loompa now hold the office.

    • @chadbuarsons8551
      @chadbuarsons8551 4 года назад

      Totally agree. A very classy speech.

  • @Platypusfuss
    @Platypusfuss 4 года назад +84

    God how far we've sunk

  • @matthanson7725
    @matthanson7725 Месяц назад +3

    A demonstration of class and grace, as it should be from the occupant of that office. Man I really miss those days. How far the American political process has fallen since then.

  • @maniaxe1
    @maniaxe1 4 года назад +325

    This is how a president should carry himself.

    • @RSAgility
      @RSAgility 4 года назад

      Kassim Baba because we don’t ‘hate’ anyone, just their stupidity and political viewpoints that don’t work.

    • @Scarz3ny
      @Scarz3ny 4 года назад

      Unfortunately what the West needs is a leader that everyone hates a man like Trump the West has pandered the world for too long being too nicey nice letting people piss on the democracy that has granted them freedom now we have asshole in charge now they have something to moan about so next time we get a leader with a bit more class then maybe people can start to fully appreciate what we have and how easy we have it here in the west👊

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 4 года назад

      Or just any decent human.

  • @meranger92
    @meranger92 4 года назад +1280

    I was always heavily criticizing Bush during his presidency.
    Now, it feels like even he would be a bless for America.

    • @heirofthenazareen3812
      @heirofthenazareen3812 4 года назад +52

      Agreed. You know we're in a sad shape when we start feeling nostalgic for Bush.

    • @marvelvsdc6611
      @marvelvsdc6611 4 года назад +13

      OMG, same! It’s seems like almost anyone would be a better POTUS than Trump!

    • @Adam-lz7sr
      @Adam-lz7sr 4 года назад +45

      2 Million Dead Iraqis would not agree with you

    • @mbogucki1
      @mbogucki1 4 года назад +20

      It has been an interesting contrast seeing Bush as POTUS and Bush as a private citizen. After a few years, it made me realize that the George W. Bush we saw in the Whitehouse was merely a puppet "controlled" behind the curtain by the likes of Dick Cheney and Karl Rove
      . I think he was forced into becoming a president because he was part of the Bush family and that's it. He was a talking head for the more conservative parts of the Republican Party and when those policies were a failure Bush got the blame instead of them.
      In the end, I will remember George W. Bush the same way I remember Jimmy Carter. Bumbling presidents with good hearts that gave back more to the people of America as private citizens then they ever did as presidents.

    • @mbogucki1
      @mbogucki1 4 года назад +4

      @@Adam-lz7sr While I don't disagree entirely I question whether this was squarely Bushes fault in hindsight. I think the party and his administration played him.

  • @Boomax-rr5fk
    @Boomax-rr5fk 3 года назад +788

    What's this? Politiicans caring more about the American people than loyalty to their party? Damn, how times have changed.

    • @davehiler5718
      @davehiler5718 3 года назад +7

      Yes I didn't care for Bush but somethings he said did make since an he a stand up guy to we wish Obama best the the white house something only a man would do thank you for all you have done!!!

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle 3 года назад +11

      Would a president who cared about the American people get the US involved in a war that was phony from day one, had nothing to do with 9/11, was based on no risk to America, and sold with a pack of lies that kept changing? I'll never understand how George W. Bush gets a pass. As awful as Trump is, Bush is the platinum standard for treason, contempt for his office and his country.

    • @loganmccain9573
      @loganmccain9573 3 года назад +5

      You don’t know shit. You are for sure under 30

    • @covertmisnomer7726
      @covertmisnomer7726 3 года назад +3

      When you already got 2 TERMS You change your tune.

    • @EnjoyerofSpinach
      @EnjoyerofSpinach 3 года назад

      @@akrenwinkle I'd say Biden comes second in terms of corruption

  • @jall4585
    @jall4585 5 месяцев назад +7

    We didn’t get a speech like this in 2020. Bring Back America Again

  • @Gggwwwppp
    @Gggwwwppp 3 года назад +280

    Who knew just 8 years later someone would come along to make W look oh so dignified and statesmen like.

    • @ramibecharalebfr
      @ramibecharalebfr 3 года назад +1

      of course he is the best president to fill his position

    • @lakeericson6163
      @lakeericson6163 3 года назад +1

      I’m sorry, were you complementing or making fun of trump?

    • @ifritreaper69
      @ifritreaper69 3 года назад +12

      @@followingjc1859 dont be fucking stupid

    • @matthewbibby8921
      @matthewbibby8921 3 года назад

      @john steel alright I don't much care for Trump either but he wouldn't "kill everyone with AIDS."
      C'mon man.

    • @shariqali9656
      @shariqali9656 3 года назад +3

      @Google ArePaedohphiles Yup. Let's just ignore Trump assassinating a certain general and provoking a certain country almost to the point of war. Yup. Never happened.

  • @countdooku3373
    @countdooku3373 4 года назад +566

    I strongly disliked him as a president but I never questioned his patriotism; this was handled well and with respect.

    • @2DimensionalSatisfaction
      @2DimensionalSatisfaction 4 года назад +23

      I read that in Dooku's voice.

    • @SmellyUnfortunate007
      @SmellyUnfortunate007 4 года назад +4

      Your master was responsible for voting for the Invasion of Iraq and the PATRIOT Act as well as grooming Anakin to become his apprentice and then slay you on General Grievous's ship.

    • @alikhan-uh3sq
      @alikhan-uh3sq 4 года назад +2

      ...in hindsight Bush truly is awesome!!!

    • @kentclark6420
      @kentclark6420 4 года назад +1

      Big deal. Respect? Are you kidding?? So much respect that he decided to plan killing thousands of Americans in the 9/11 attacks, and use those attacks as justification for attacking Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11.

    • @friendofzeus
      @friendofzeus 4 года назад +4

      Yeah he's so patriotic that he lied you into a major war, killing a million Iraqis in your name, sending thousands of your people to die under a false pretext and incurring trillions of dollars worth of tax payer money to prop up the lie. Much patriotism.

  • @notme1481
    @notme1481 3 года назад +597

    who is looking at this on 08 of November 2020 just to remind himself how a president should actually behave..

    • @rim4038
      @rim4038 3 года назад +8

      bush is the worse president to use on how a president should behave, he was beyond hated and people hated that he won against al gore, your nostalgia glasses are blinding you

    • @onyx_vii7808
      @onyx_vii7808 3 года назад +36

      @@rim4038 Behave as in professionalism. Not politically. Theres no doubt that he hurt us a lot and is responsible for many things of today. But at least he can act professional.

    • @lozblessed8609
      @lozblessed8609 3 года назад +4

      Biden is losing State after State as vote fraud investigation continues. But you wouldn’t know anything about it because your leftist fake news doesn’t want you to know what’s really happening and how much Biden fraud is being uncovered already nationwide. Trump and freedom loving Americans have a surprise for you coming soon LoL

    • @lozblessed8609
      @lozblessed8609 3 года назад +3

      Biden using voting fraud nationwide is the traitor of the country! Investigation is in progress and cases of cheaters is growing around the country. Democrats are nasty fraud. Shame on you!!!! Biden is losing State after State as vote fraud investigation continues. But you wouldn’t know anything about it because your leftist fake news doesn’t want you to know what’s really happening and how much Biden fraud is being uncovered already nationwide. Trump and freedom loving Americans have a surprise for you coming soon LoL

    • @onyx_vii7808
      @onyx_vii7808 3 года назад +25

      @@lozblessed8609 You're funny kid

  • @marketmonkey2803
    @marketmonkey2803 Месяц назад +1

    Looking back.. this was amazing!

  • @dennislopez3126
    @dennislopez3126 4 года назад +445

    I did not agree with this politics but I did appreciate his class.

    • @ayehtunohn
      @ayehtunohn 4 года назад +2

      Ditto! You can still have respect for a decent human being even though you do not share their politics.

    • @jonsen2k
      @jonsen2k 4 года назад +2

      I think having a couple of beers with this guy would be a blast. Regardless of his politics, he seem like a funny guy when things are less formal and serious.

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 4 года назад

      He is a steady pair of hands and a statesman. Trump is neither. No posts on social media from him about the guy who threw a shoe should face life in prison or anything

    • @RasmusJohan
      @RasmusJohan 4 года назад

      Insane that we in 2020 is calling Bush classy, right? I agree wholeheartedly btw.

  • @celtic333ful
    @celtic333ful 3 года назад +1732

    One thing that has come out of Trump's presidency is that George Bush has been considerably elevated in many people's opinion.

    • @sucktitles
      @sucktitles 3 года назад +42

      Seriously who could have thought.

    • @annonom1058
      @annonom1058 3 года назад +14

      Bush was leaving office anyways, so quite different.

    • @charlesk4831
      @charlesk4831 3 года назад +24

      Really? 911, iraq invasion, spying on citizens.... Trump fixed all the mistakes of previous swamp creatures while fighting the media and the moles.

    • @celtic333ful
      @celtic333ful 3 года назад +150

      @@charlesk4831 Trump didn't fix shit

    • @kiwiangeldust6912
      @kiwiangeldust6912 Год назад

      ​@@charlesk4831You're clearly delusional

  • @victorcheng8311
    @victorcheng8311 4 года назад +2258

    Back when 'presidential' is still a thing.

    • @rekcusdoo
      @rekcusdoo 4 года назад +38

      Isn't it sad when a monster like this is considered "Presidential"? That's how far we've fallen. The dude attacked innocent countries and profited in the tens of millions by doing it.

    • @seanburke4622
      @seanburke4622 4 года назад +10

      Word people just Hating trump cause it’s trendy and they’re trained

    • @MrPickledede
      @MrPickledede 4 года назад +7

      @@villnthefield.8881 asshole

    • @rekcusdoo
      @rekcusdoo 4 года назад +25

      @@richardwhite3829 - To be fair, he isn't wrong. He's already violated 7 amendments in the Constitution. He isn't fit to be president. That doesn't make Bush Jr. a good president, though.

    • @richardwhite3829
      @richardwhite3829 4 года назад +3

      @@rekcusdoo If he has which I doubt guess what nobody cares because he is a great president now and will be in 2Q2Q.

  • @LOTO8142
    @LOTO8142 Месяц назад +4

    Seeing this in August 2024:
    Now THAT is an example on how to ensure a peaceful transfer of power and passing the torch no matter the political differences, and moving forward for the good of the nation!

  • @starrywaffels8542
    @starrywaffels8542 3 года назад +1027

    Wow elected officials not acting like toddlers. I can scarcely remember.

    • @jordanschlansky4093
      @jordanschlansky4093 3 года назад +14

      @Ty Uknow Whatever makes you sleep at night Ted.

    • @jn2263
      @jn2263 3 года назад +2

      @Ty Uknow ok grumps

    • @utubby3730
      @utubby3730 3 года назад +4

      Obama wasn’t that long ago! Might feel like it, in this Trumpster fire of a reality we have been drudging through these last 4 years...

    • @tunnjessica
      @tunnjessica 3 года назад +4

      @crimson d and the thousands Trump killed through not taking action and calling covid a hoax don't matter..?

    • @tunnjessica
      @tunnjessica 3 года назад +4

      @crimson d I'm NOT watching CNN, you are narowminded to assume the rest of the world is as black and white as you are there on the other side of the world. In my country we have an actual democracy so we can watch any and every news outlet to gather a big picture of the happenings in the world. You are so blinded by politics and candidates and completely miss so many other important aspects, like empathy and compassion. When did radical republicans lose their humanity? There are other perspectives to the same issue, without a doubt. Thay goes for everything! Cold fact is that the US is one of the most fucked countries regarding the corona crisis, because you clearly had an incompetent leader at the most crucial time. That's all that matters to me, as a bystander.

  • @non_da
    @non_da 4 года назад +334

    "The vitality of America's democracy" Well said, President Bush. Let's hope that vitality can come back.

    • @boomerangfish3558
      @boomerangfish3558 4 года назад +4

      drink a health potion

    • @pierreaoun9600
      @pierreaoun9600 4 года назад

      daklo trueeee how did I not think of that

    • @boomerangfish3558
      @boomerangfish3558 4 года назад

      @Edgar Foerster law enforcement would still do the same without the patriot act, maybe you wake your ass up

  • @Dasvidanyaful
    @Dasvidanyaful 3 года назад +491

    True example of relativity, this guy was so hated at the time... he now looks like a saint

    • @HeroHondenbrok010
      @HeroHondenbrok010 3 года назад

      I don’t know how to do that I don’t think I’ll dm this time we go home and get home tomorrow night I can go get my hair and get some stuff for tomorrow and I will be there in about a week and a few days

    • @SixDeadMice
      @SixDeadMice 3 года назад +11

      @@HeroHondenbrok010 what?

    • @SixDeadMice
      @SixDeadMice 3 года назад +4

      And yes, it truly makes you sit back and reflect on the way the world currently is when people are saying Bush was more graceful as a president than the current sitting president...

    • @michaelmannucci8585
      @michaelmannucci8585 3 года назад +4

      Democrats hate everyone the media tells them to hate. And he wasn’t as hated as the media made him out to be (much like Trump).

    • @hey-zl6vs
      @hey-zl6vs 3 года назад

      why was he hated?

  • @derykdavid2849
    @derykdavid2849 Месяц назад +5

    Didn’t vote for him but have come to respect him and Republicans like him.

  • @DelosWX
    @DelosWX 3 года назад +290

    I feel like this might have shown up on our Recommended for a reason...

    • @mauriciomorro6693
      @mauriciomorro6693 3 года назад +3

      nahhhhh is totally random it has nothing to do with the temper tantrum the loser POTUS is having......................

    • @MegaIpman
      @MegaIpman 3 года назад +5

      To show Chump how to act like a man

    • @sherlocklone
      @sherlocklone 3 года назад +1

      A.I

    • @nicobenji0248
      @nicobenji0248 3 года назад

      It has to do with what you're interested in/recently viewed. Everyone in the us has been focused on the election and it shows with how many people are also getting the same recommendations

    • @therealb888
      @therealb888 3 года назад

      200 likes for you 😂

  • @scoogsy
    @scoogsy 3 года назад +854

    Is this another planet?
    Oh no it’s about the president before the last one. How quickly we forget.

    • @mac3081
      @mac3081 3 года назад +5

      Some of us were too young to vote at that time in our lives. Lol

    • @jcnot9712
      @jcnot9712 3 года назад +14

      Imagine losing at something and then acknowledging your opponent won instead of suing them. What a concept.

    • @jcnot9712
      @jcnot9712 3 года назад +8

      @Racist Chicken right, all elections in the history of the US have been legitimate except for daddy Trump’s midterm election. Ironclad logic.

    • @Roger__Wilco
      @Roger__Wilco 3 года назад +8

      @Racist Chicken The orange buffoon was dumb enough to convince his cult of supporters not to use mail-in votes and then pretended it was a conspiracy when they didn't use them while it turned out that a massive amount of Biden voters went against his stupid advice. You people are such ridiculous and completely irrational sore losers, it's just sad.

    • @jcnot9712
      @jcnot9712 3 года назад +7

      @Racist Chicken the fact that you didn’t know it was coming proves you sit in your echo chamber where news don’t penetrate. All reputable press (right or left leaning) was reporting on Joe’s lead *specially* for mail-in ballots and the red mirage scenario was predicted as early as a week in advance, if not earlier. But let me guess, they’re in on it too?

  • @williamozier918
    @williamozier918 3 года назад +820

    And to think I used to think this guy was the dumbest President we could have ever had.

    • @angelm2755
      @angelm2755 3 года назад +195

      No trump took the title and his cult of followers are just as dumb as he is.

    • @williamozier918
      @williamozier918 3 года назад +14

      @@tompaul2591 Bush was in fact the goodest deciderer we ever hadcause fool him twice cant be fooled again.

    • @drozone_g7653
      @drozone_g7653 3 года назад +54

      @@tompaul2591 keep crying Tom

    • @hjk3927
      @hjk3927 3 года назад +35

      Calling someone dumb, just because you disagree with them politically, is just plain dumb and stupid in it self. Trump is not unintelligent per se, just intellectually lacy, self obsessed and with a total disrespect for the American ideals of democracy and freedom. I hope no future President will ever will beat him holding that record among Presidents.

    • @williamozier918
      @williamozier918 3 года назад +4

      @@hjk3927 so say we all

  • @tw8464
    @tw8464 Месяц назад +30

    Didn't lie. Didn't throw a fit. Didn't refuse to leave office like a tyrant or incite a violent mob to attack We, the People our whole country. God bless you President Bush. Well said. "We move forward as one nation."

    • @loneranterism
      @loneranterism 4 дня назад

      The bar is so low now...Bush Jr is a war criminal and deserves to be tried and prosecuted by ICJ

  • @yagher
    @yagher 7 лет назад +188

    One of George W's finest moments as President. Respect.