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<p>Former President George W. Bush makes far different headlines than President George W. Bush did, an eye-popping difference furthered today during the ex-president&#39;s speech at the Bush Institute&#39;s Spirit of Liberty event. The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/19/george-w-bushs-unmistakable-takedown-of-trumpism-and-trump/" target="_blank"><em>Washington Post</em></a> called his comments an &quot;unmistakable takedown of Trumpism&mdash;and Trump.&quot;</p><p>But few if anyone can forget Bush&#39;s own presidency just to praise his afterlife.</p><h3>Here&#39;s one writer&#39;s take on Bush&#39;s comments today.</h3><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: @JuliaIoffe" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/921059783930769408" height="435" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/julia-0lJA5y.jpg" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/921059783930769408">Twitter: @JuliaIoffe</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h3>And here&#39;s an interpretation by the NYC mayor&#39;s communications director.</h3><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">former president george w. bush meet president george w. bush. <a href="https://t.co/dhMWPdLjyn">pic.twitter.com/dhMWPdLjyn</a></p>&mdash; mike casca (@cascamike) <a href="https://twitter.com/cascamike/status/921054113672171520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>If I may take this moment to understate the extremely obvious, President George W. Bush was unpopular among liberals. Meanwhile, <em>Former</em> President George W. Bush keeps giving them reason to appreciate him. This time he didn&#39;t even need a malfunctioning raincoat.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="someecards-embed" id="someecards-embed-3732939" data-id="3732939" data-type="post" data-url="https://napi.someecards.com/embed/post/george-w-bush-poncho-inauguration/"><a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/digital-life/george-w-bush-poncho-inauguration/" target="_blank"> George W. Bush did battle with a rain poncho during the inauguration and Twitter was delighted. </a></blockquote><script async src="//cdn.someecards.com/assets/embed/embed-v1.07.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Here are just a few of George W. Bush&#39;s remarks from Thursday, compiled by <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/george-w-bush-trumpism-243945" target="_blank">Politico</a>, and they&#39;re chock full of obvious references to the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/jake-tapper-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-cnn/">conspiracy</a>, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/trump-ban-transgender-military/">bigotry</a>, and <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/melania-trump-bullying-united-nations/">bully-fueled</a> Trump presidency without ever saying the name:</p><blockquote> <p>Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seem more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Bigotry in any form is blasphemy against the American creed and it means the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation. We need a renewed emphasis on civic learning in schools. And our young people need positive role models. Bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry, and compromises the moral education of children.</p> <p>The only way to pass along civic values is to first live up to them.</p> </blockquote><p>You can watch Bush&#39;s remarks in the video below at the 2:11:00 mark, or read <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/full-text-george-w-bush-speech-trump-243947" target="_blank">the full text, here</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8284&amp;v=x01BQe7r5Wg</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Suffice to say, the directness of Bush&#39;s comments was not lost on anyone.</p><h3>Pretty much everyone stated this:</h3><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you would take George W. Bush back over trump you know it&#39;s bad <a href="https://t.co/9RCgqK03ZW">pic.twitter.com/9RCgqK03ZW</a></p>&mdash; D.T. (@Darlene26811165) <a href="https://twitter.com/Darlene26811165/status/921042410259525633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Instead of looking at this as praise for George W. Bush, consider that Trump is so bad that Bush, of all folks, is moved to say those words.</p>&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) <a href="https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/921046880741675008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When George W. Bush sounds like the voice of reason, you know something is drastically wrong with this moron that occupies the White House.</p>&mdash; Voice of Reason (@raggapegs) <a href="https://twitter.com/raggapegs/status/921051156767440898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump makes George W. Bush look presidential. That’s how bad Trump is.</p>&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) <a href="https://twitter.com/funder/status/921051433105022982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I remember when George W. Bush was a bumbling idiot. Now he seems like a Kennedy compared to Trump.</p>&mdash; Michael Blackman (@MikeRBlackman) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeRBlackman/status/921043928677105666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that George W. Bush, who began an unconscionable war and eroded civil liberties, gets it more than Trump should tell you everything</p>&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/921043196288929799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h3>And while the comment du <b>jour is that Trump even makes Bush look good by comparison, there are t</b>hose who are willing to take his words unencumbered by his past.</h3><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s not often we hear from former Pres George W. Bush but we just did &amp; it was powerful. Details coming up 1PM ET hour. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wolf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wolf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a></p>&mdash; Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) <a href="https://twitter.com/wolfblitzer/status/921051755416313856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">George W. Bush just used the words &quot;white supremacy&quot; in calling out the racism of Trump in a nationally-televised speech. Wow.</p>&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) <a href="https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/921045270749761536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. George W. Bush committed war crimes.<br><br>2. Trump is godawful, and I&#39;m glad Bush is speaking out.<br><br>It&#39;s possible to believe both things.</p>&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) <a href="https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/921058013842165760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/ShomahKhoobi/status/921051335507681281</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h3>And many more who point mockingly at the anger over Bush&#39;s remarks from the pro-Trump crowd.</h3><oembed>https://twitter.com/seejay714/status/921043389071503360</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Transjesster/status/921045156027158529</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">George W. Bush gives a speech against nativism and white supremacy and all the MAGA morons start squealing that it was anti-Trump. Hmm.</p>&mdash; get your boots count the votes (@itsrupaulryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsrupaulryan/status/921043387825848321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>No matter how conflicted you are about Bush&#39;s comments or the man who made them, I think we can all agree on the following: Bush getting stuck in a raincoat is a phenomenal image.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Legend <a href="https://t.co/xVDjgBsrrP">pic.twitter.com/xVDjgBsrrP</a></p>&mdash; Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) <a href="https://twitter.com/elliosch/status/822509134838923265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And that&#39;s probably about all.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

George W. Bush gave a speech slamming Trump and Twitter doesn't know who to hate anymore.

Former President George W. Bush makes far different headlines than President George W. Bush did, an eye-popping difference furthered today during the ex-president&#39;s speech at the Bush Institute&#39;s Spirit of Liberty event. The Washington Post called his comments an &quot;unmistakable takedown of Trumpism&mdash;and Trump.&quot;But few if anyone can forget Bush&#39;s own presidency just to praise his afterlife.Here&#39;s one writer&#39;s take on Bush&#39;s comments today.Twitter: @JuliaIoffeAnd here&#39;s an interpretation by the NYC mayor&#39;s communications director.former president george w. bush meet president george w. bush. pic.twitter.com/dhMWPdLjyn&mdash; mike casca (@cascamike) October 19, 2017 If I may take this moment to understate the extremely obvious, President George W. Bush was unpopular among liberals. Meanwhile, Former President George W. Bush keeps giving them reason to appreciate him. This time he didn&#39;t even need a malfunctioning raincoat. George W. Bush did battle with a rain poncho during the inauguration and Twitter was delighted. Here are just a few of George W. Bush&#39;s remarks from Thursday, compiled by Politico, and they&#39;re chock full of obvious references to the conspiracy, bigotry, and bully-fueled Trump presidency without ever saying the name: Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seem more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication. ... Bigotry in any form is blasphemy against the American creed and it means the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation. We need a renewed emphasis on civic learning in schools. And our young people need positive role models. Bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry, and compromises the moral education of children. The only way to pass along civic values is to first live up to them. You can watch Bush&#39;s remarks in the video below at the 2:11:00 mark, or read the full text, here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8284&amp;v=x01BQe7r5WgSuffice to say, the directness of Bush&#39;s comments was not lost on anyone.Pretty much everyone stated this:When you would take George W. Bush back over trump you know it&#39;s bad pic.twitter.com/9RCgqK03ZW&mdash; D.T. (@Darlene26811165) October 19, 2017 Instead of looking at this as praise for George W. Bush, consider that Trump is so bad that Bush, of all folks, is moved to say those words.&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) October 19, 2017 When George W. Bush sounds like the voice of reason, you know something is drastically wrong with this moron that occupies the White House.&mdash; Voice of Reason (@raggapegs) October 19, 2017 Trump makes George W. Bush look presidential. That’s how bad Trump is.&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 19, 2017 I remember when George W. Bush was a bumbling idiot. Now he seems like a Kennedy compared to Trump.&mdash; Michael Blackman (@MikeRBlackman) October 19, 2017 The fact that George W. Bush, who began an unconscionable war and eroded civil liberties, gets it more than Trump should tell you everything&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) October 19, 2017 And while the comment du jour is that Trump even makes Bush look good by comparison, there are those who are willing to take his words unencumbered by his past.It&#39;s not often we hear from former Pres George W. Bush but we just did &amp; it was powerful. Details coming up 1PM ET hour. #Wolf @CNN&mdash; Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) October 19, 2017 George W. Bush just used the words &quot;white supremacy&quot; in calling out the racism of Trump in a nationally-televised speech. Wow.&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) October 19, 2017 1. George W. Bush committed war crimes.2. Trump is godawful, and I&#39;m glad Bush is speaking out.It&#39;s possible to believe both things.&mdash; Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) October 19, 2017 https://twitter.com/ShomahKhoobi/status/921051335507681281And many more who point mockingly at the anger over Bush&#39;s remarks from the pro-Trump crowd.https://twitter.com/seejay714/status/921043389071503360https://twitter.com/Transjesster/status/921045156027158529George W. Bush gives a speech against nativism and white supremacy and all the MAGA morons start squealing that it was anti-Trump. Hmm.&mdash; get your boots count the votes (@itsrupaulryan) October 19, 2017 No matter how conflicted you are about Bush&#39;s comments or the man who made them, I think we can all agree on the following: Bush getting stuck in a raincoat is a phenomenal image.Legend pic.twitter.com/xVDjgBsrrP&mdash; Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) January 20, 2017 And that&#39;s probably about all.

Twitter loved President George W. Bush's comments slamming Trump on Thursday at his Spirit of Liberty event, but they're still conflicted over his presidency.