Bush takes swipes at Obama policies [View All]

Source: Washington Times

Former President George W. Bush fired a salvo at President Obama on Wednesday, asserting his administration's interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector -- not government -- will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care.

"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in," the former president said to applause from members of a local business group. "You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money."

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Whatever happened to the decorum that former Presidents don't go around criticizing current Presidents. I don't recall any former President taking a dig at his successor so early in the term. After leaving a country in ruins, the best that Bush could have done is to stay silent.

And by the way, he proved his hypocrisy by stating that he won't criticize his successor!

Goes to prove Mark Twain's point: It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt