02 12 / 2018
Anonymous asked: Kaiser wrote a post today about Bush 41 and had the bad taste to include a statement about his groping. Bush had Parkinson's and was quite elderly. We don't know if there was also a dementia diagnosis. I suspect there was as this kind of behavior is common in the elderly. But, anyone with a modicum of humanity would not have included this issue in a post.
Or, she could’ve skipped the whole topic all together.
The groping scandal , I think, can be explained by dementia, in part. But I think the more likely thing is that it was “normal” to treat women like this in the days of Bush, and he simply revered back to this type of behavior, once some of the natural breaks were removed due to his illness. The issue here is not with Bush himself, but with abuse of women which was clearly rampant 50-60 years ago and how Bush is just one example of it.
I’ll be honest, I can’t stand Bushes because I cannot stand their type of hypocrisy and privilege, and I cannot put aside the negative impact they had on the course of the US history. So, I probably would’ve ignored the whole topic to be true to myself. There is nothing good I can say about any of Bushes, no matter how nice they are as people.
The old school politeness teaches - about the dead good or nothing. And sure, we can do that for a few days during mourning. But I am not OK with whitewashing of crimes by politicians, just because they are dead. You can see these attempts at whitewashing with John McCain, for example.
mayamaeposts said:
Agreed on the Bush family being hypocritical and elitist. Dubya actually thought he was ordained by God to be president. bannedfromcelebitchy said: Fair enough. ))) I agree that the groping could be dementia related, another poster who works with elderly said the same thing as you.
sillyyouthbear said:
I think we are going to disagree about the Bushes being hypocritical/privileged. I think both Barbara and George were people of humility and generosity. Many stories are coming out from reporters, Dem politicians etc that reflect the high esteem 41 was held in. Re: the groping, I maintain it was dementia related. Full disclosure, my dearly departed mother had vascular dementia with episodes of behavior that were not related to her normal behavior. bannedfromcelebitchy posted this