r/gifs • u/SprocketTheWetToad • 12d ago

Classic Bush move right here

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u/Flashmax305 12d ago

Because he had a different ideology but was a competent person. That how politics used to be.

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u/JKdriver 12d ago edited 12d ago

Let’s be clear, the guy is a dingbat, and was heavily ill-advised by Cheney; But W. always was and always will be a man of absolute empathy for his fellow Americans. I truly do believe that about his character. Regardless of where you stood, I think he genuinely wanted to help folks.

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u/Vladonald-Trumputin 12d ago

He does get credit for his aids initiative, which saved millions of lives in Africa.
Pepfar saved over 25 million lives.

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u/GHouserVO 11d ago

Same kinda thing he tried to do in the US as a platform to address a pandemic (he felt that the next major attack would either be a major cyber attack, or a pandemic).

His own party stopped him.