Today’s priceless gem: Emotional Elder Bush Attacks Son’s Critics

 

Politics

“An emotional former President George H.W. Bush on Tuesday defended his son’s Iraq war and lashed out at White House critics. It is ‘deeply offensive and contemptible’ to hear ‘elites and intellectuals on the campaign trail’ dismiss progress in Iraq since last year’s overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the elder Bush said in a speech to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association annual convention.”
(my emphasis; no, this is not from The Onion, this is on Yahoo News)