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RedStatehttps://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/05/04/bush-obama-ground-zero/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 00:43:24 -0400Bush, Obama, Ground Zero...<![CDATA[…and the Law of Unintended Consequences: “Former President George W. Bush has declined an invitation to join President Barack Obama at a New York City ceremony later this week marking the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, NBC News reported on Tuesday.” The – ‘ostensible’ is too strong a word; ‘primary’ probably works better – reason is that former President Bush chooses to not emulate Jimmy Carter’s horrible example by insinuating himself into national affairs; but there’s certainly speculation as to what the secondary reasons are. Allahpundit’s suggestion that Bush desires to avoid what AP didn’t, but I will, call a Wellstone funeral-style campaign op makes a certain amount of sense. Then again, so does Instapundit’s commenter’s observation that perhaps Bush didn’t feel like being insulted to his face by President Obama, in much the same way that Obama went after Rep. Paul Ryan and the US Supreme Court in venues where they had to sit there and take the hits. I favor the latter as being the secondary reason.]]>Wed, 04 May 2011 22:57:56 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/05/04/bush-obama-ground-zero-n38892