George W. Bush Declines President Obama’s Offer for a Photo Op at Ground Zero in NYC

Barack Obama, you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression …

Former President George W. Bush has declined an invitation from Barack Obama to go to Ground Zero following the killing of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden. As reported at the Politico, GWB declined stating he is out of the media spotlight and pretty much wants to keep it that way.

Former President has already been at Ground Zero … NYC and America will never forget

Former President George W. Bush has turned down President Barack Obama’s invitation to join him at ground zero on Thursday, citing his desire to avoid the media glare.

“President Bush appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight,” Bush spokesman David Sherzer told POLITICO in an email Tuesday night. “He continues to celebrate with all Americans this important victory in the war on terror.”

Obama — who has sharply criticized Bush for neglecting the hunt for bin Laden by invading Iraq — made the offer to Bush shortly after he decided on his New York trip, according to two people familiar with the situation.

President Barack Obama had an opportunity the day that the news was announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed to invite GWB to the White House and have a joint presser. That would have gone a long way to mend fences and bring the country together. Obama could have made political hay to have had GWB, the president who began the hunt for Bin Laden and laid the groundwork to do so, and the current president, the one who gave the order to kill Osama, both on the podium at the same time. However, instead since the death of Bin Laden was announced, Obama and his minions have continued to not give credit to the former president. As stated at Weasel Zippers, it was a wise choice by W.

I can only ask the question … why is Obama going to Ground Zero? I would like to think that this is more than a shameless Photo Op by Obama to use in a future campaign commercial, but I cant see its purpose. Personally, I believe, as does Jammie Wearing Fool, this is in poor taste for Obama to do a victory lap at Ground Zero. He plans to meet with certain families, exactly how is it decided which families he meets with? Wasn’t Barack Obama just in NYC a week again going fund raiser? Hmm, he could not find during his “serious” business to find time to go to Ground Zero and meet with any families then? I guess they were not a priority or a photo op then.

UPDATE I: As I was writing the above post I came across the following story at the “Lonely Conservative” that is 100% on point. KUDOS! Please take a trip over and read … “After Running Against Every Policy He Employed to Kill Bin Laden, Obama Will Go to Ground Zero to Declare Victory”.

If one thinks about it, why would George Bush agree to be with Obama at Ground Zero when Obama condemned Bush for how he pursued the war on terror? To this day Obama refuses to admit that it was “waterboarding” and the presence of GITMO that gave rise to gather the intelligence and begin the process of years to the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

Obama the Decision Maker: It Took 16 Hours for Obama to Make up his Mind to OK the Bin Laden Kill Navy Seal Mission

Let’s hope that President Barack Hussein Obama does not take this long to make decisions on the golf course as to what club he is going to choose.

As reported by The Daily Mail, it took President Barack Obama 16 hours to make up his mind as to whether he was going to “go” or “no go” the US Navy Seal incursion mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. When provided the option of getting Osama Bin Laden after months of Navy Seal training and preparation … Obama vacillated 16 hours and could have cost the mission due to events that could have taken place during his angst.

Barack Obama kept military commanders hanging by declaring he would ‘sleep on it’ before taking 16 hours to give the go-ahead to raid Bin Laden’s compound.

Hit squads of specialist Navy Seals – who were not even told who they were preparing to capture – had practiced the mission at two reconstructions of the terror chiefs sprawling compound.

But the president stunned officials when he told a national security meeting that he wanted more time to think – and disappeared out of the room.

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Gallup Poll: Americans Approve of Military Action that Killed Osama Bin Laden & Give Credit to US NAVY Seal Team 6 and CIA

Sorry Barack, We the People know who the real heroes are …

According to a recent Gallup Poll, an overwhelming majority of Americans approve of the military action where US Navy Seal raided the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and killed terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden. 93% of those polled approved of the strike that killed Bin laden while a scant 5% disapproved.

Navy Seal Team 6 … The Best of the Best

The Gallup poll also shows that much to President Obama’s dismay, Americans give the US military and the CIA the most credit for tracking down, finding and killing Bin Laden. According to “We the People,” 89% of Americans believe that the military deserves a great deal of credit and the CIA received 62%.  However, Barack Obama comes in a distant, distant third with only 35%.

Military Gets the Most Credit

When Americans are asked how much credit they would give to Barack Obama, George W. Bush, the CIA, and the U.S. military for finding and killing bin Laden, the U.S. military and the CIA emerge as the big winners in the public’s eyes. Nearly 9 of 10 (89%) say the military deserves “a great deal of credit,” while 62% say the same about the CIA.

Americans are more reserved in giving credit to President Obama. Thirty-five percent say he deserves a great deal of credit and another 36% say he deserves “a moderate amount” of credit. More than a quarter say he does not deserve much or any credit at all.

35% eh, Barack? Looks like your I, I, I, me, me, me speech on Sunday night stating that Osama Bin Laden had been killed and you taking credit has not resonated with the People. Barbara Walters may want to recant her comment that they might as well cancel the 2012 Presidential election and Obama will be a slam dunk. Hardly. I have to agree 100% with Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion in their analysis of Obama’s narcissists speech … “Imagine what the numbers would look like if they said something nice about Bush.”

I will go one further, if Barack Obama wasn’t such an egotist and so high on himself, he had an opportunity to get an uber-poll bounce that would have had legs. BTW, where is the bounce? Forget saying something nice about W, imagine if Obama had invited former President George W. Bush to the WH for a joint presser that Bin Laden had been captured. The former president who started the process of hunting down Obama and the present one who was in office when Bin Laden was killed. Such a selfless and cooperative act would have shown that the war on terror is really about working together, but alas Obama, the most partisan president ever was simply incapable of bridging the divide and reaching across the aisle for the betterment of the country. Obama was once again too small for the moment.

The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 – Special Guests: Pat Brown and Mike McIntyre Discussing Death Osama Bin Laden and Much More

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Tonight Dana welcomes special guests:

• Pat Brown – Criminal profiler discussing  the Long Island Serial Killer case and the killing  of UBL, Usama Bin Laden by US Navy Seals
• Mike McIntyre – Crime Reporter and Radio Talk Show Host discussing the killing  of Osama Bin Laden and the recent Canadian Election.

US Rep. Peter King (NY-R): “Through Waterboarding … We Got Vital Information That Directly Led Us to Bin Laden” … Obama Wrong Again

Last night on ‘The Factor’ on Fox News, US Rep. Peter King (NY-R)  stated to Bill Reilly that the information that led to Osama bin Laden’s death came as a result of waterboarding. Didn’t Barack Obama say that waterboarding does not work?

Video Hat Tip: the Gateway Pundit

“You mentioned the fact that we obtained information several years ago, vital information about the courier for Osama. We obtained that information through waterboarding. And, fo for those who say that waterboarding doesn’t work, that it should be stopped. We got vital information that directly led us to Bin Laden.”

Obama is against waterboarding, but it appears that he is not against taking credit for the fruits that came from waterboarding. Maybe Barack Obama would like to do two thinks, one, thank George W. Bush and two, admit that waterboarding works. Or is Obama going to tell us that this intel that started the process of finally killing Bin laden would have been obtained by talking nice to KSM?