Dalai Lama: I love George W. Bush

[Dick Cheney.]

Dalai Lama: I love George W. Bush

http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/...sh-121581.html

By MJ LEE 4/25/12 9:04 AM EDT

President George W. Bush has an adoring fan — in none other than the Dalai Lama.
Asked about the people he’s met who have really impressed him, the Tibetan leader-in-exile said during a sit-down with CNN’s Piers Morgan that other than Nelson Mandela — whom he considers “quite impressive” — he also admires Bush.

“I love President Bush,” the Dalai Lama said.

“Which one?” Morgan asked.

“The younger one.”

Clearly taken aback by the answer, Morgan quipped, “Really?”

“Yes, really,” the Dalai Lama insisted, before adding, “As a human being. Not as a president of America. Sometimes his policy may not be very, very successful. But as a person, as a human being, very nice person. I love him."

Pressed by Morgan on how “President Bush went to war so much” and was “responsible for so many deaths,” the Nobel Peace Prize laureate acknowledged that he didn’t always agree with the former president’s national security decisions.

“After he sort of [started] the Iraq sort of crisis ... I expressed to him, ‘I love you, but your policies concerned, I have some reservations’ I told him,” he said.

Glad to see that Bush's true legacy -the freedom agenda- is starting to show through -- and I'll take the praise of Master Yoda over a Nobel prize (obama) any day! I think it was just the other day too that Matt Damon said he would offer Bush a kiss for the good deeds he's done for AIDs in Africa. Really happy and pleased that the humanitarian side of the administration hasn't been forgotten.

[mrmouth]

I hold no ill will towards the man. The racist stuff was flat out insane considering his best friend was a black guy.

[Ferrets54]

It's his job to love everybody. The pope lives in the Vatican, the bears shot in the woods and the dalai lama loves everybody.

[Sphere]

I would question his opinion, but he is a Man-God so he must be correct.

[Phier]

It was as if a million DINK voices in bikram yoga class cried out in agony and were suddenly silenced.

[Exarch]

It was as if a million DINK voices in bikram yoga class cried out in agony and were suddenly silenced.

it's going to be hilarious seeing people who've bought into the 'man god/divinity/oriental esotericism/can do no wrong' of tenzin gyatso bend over backwards to spin his words into "Words of Wisdom"©

[Exarch]

It's his job to love everybody. The pope lives in the Vatican, the bears shot in the woods and the dalai lama loves everybody.

it's also the pope's job to love everyone, even if it includes protecting child molesters

[Princess Cadance]

I agree. Politically I disdain almost everything Bush did. President George W. Bush? I hated him. The man George W. Bush? He's great.

[Exarch]

"having some reservations" about some of the actions of the Bush II Admin. is putting it mildly, a little too mild for someone who's supposed to be the moral conscience of Lamaism, and whatever hedonistic variation of that which Hollywood types like Richard 'gerbil' Gere subscribe to.

[Heinz Guderian]

Hearing stuff like this from the Dalai only makes me love the Panchen Lama more

[Thorn777]

lets play ping-pong and let Michael Parenti do away the dalai lama vanity fair image

[fkizz]

well in his religion highest stance that he occupies he is suposed to have universal love, which means everybody, but still would be lying if didn't find that uncalled for.

[Rolling Thunder]

This is surprising how? Good men can do evil things with the wrong perceptions or information, and I'd wager Bush was one of them. The Dalai Lama is kind of supposed to be above all the "OMG BUSH IS EVIL" moralizing we do.

[Thorn777]

Maybe, just maybe he doesnt have those morals above approach that enable him to judge Bush better than the most of us. Maybe they just play on the same team. He got him a medal and his fathers breeding ground got his brothers jobs at the CIA.

oh well...back to lalaland

[Captain Arrrgh!]

Can't wait for the leaked sex tape.

[Matthias]

"having some reservations" about some of the actions of the Bush II Admin. is putting it mildly, a little too mild for someone who's supposed to be the moral conscience of Lamaism, and whatever hedonistic variation of that which Hollywood types like Richard 'gerbil' Gere subscribe to.

Hey now, that Richard Gere gerbil thing is just an internet rumor you know, it never happened.

I like it anytime the religious make it easier to dismantle religion. Of course, having a man represent your religion makes it all the easier.

As for Bush, he seemed like a nice enough guy, just a little stupid/weak for his position, and surrounded by people who were quite a bit more opportunistic to say the least. A product of nepotism and the establishment through and through, he was just an empty suit to allow those who backed him to get what they wanted. His act as a "Texan" was pretty funny, but useful for a stupid electorate that plays identity politics.

Really, Bush isn't the problem, no individual is, but rather the ideology and interests that backed/controlled him. I never care to demonize individuals for that reason, but I guess it makes for effective politics for our dysfunctional democracy.

[Rolling Thunder]

Maybe, just maybe he doesnt have those morals above approach that enable him to judge Bush better than the most of us. Maybe they just play on the same team. He got him a medal and his fathers breeding ground got his brothers jobs at the CIA.

oh well...back to lalaland

Because it couldn't be that Tibetan is a fairly obscure but geopolitically important language and that, I don't know, a person with dual language skills such as the Dalai Lamas' brother would be regarded as a valuable asset and that...oh, possibly there's no evidence nor reason to suspect Bushes' involvement at all, beyond feeding your rampant desire for conspiracy-theory masturbation fodder.

[Condottiere 40K]

Bush got into politics for the wrong reason, he wanted to kick some democratic ass that was disparaging his dad, and I suspect impress his old man at the same time, possibly to finally focus his energies on a worthwhile goal; since he was an insider, he probably knew or had people who did which buttons the average American elector was susceptible to, and I imagine only had to slightly adjust his public persona to be rather more religious good ole boy from Texas, while conservative tended to drive in the middle of the road, and if he didn't know everything, surrounded himself with people who thought they did. He sold himself more as a CEO who would be more hands off than Clinton, who had a fetish for micro managing everything, and left his wild days behind him, as opposed to the last resident of the White House who seemed to turn it into party central.

Not everyone would have wanted to run in 2000, since the curse was still considered active, though that little peanut scare and Reagan's rather miraculous recovery may have laid it to rest.

[Phier]

Bush is a nice guy. I think thats whats so hard for those trying to vilify him to grasp.

[motiv-8]

I once thought I would never have anything in common with the Dalai Lama, but well played, Mr. Lama.

Bush is a nice guy. I think thats whats so hard for those trying to vilify him to grasp.

"But he's a nice guy" is quite possibly the best defense of disastrous politics and policy decisions I've ever heard of. I'll be sure to keep that in mind next time I hear someone criticize ObamaCare. Oh and Hitler loved dogs, how can anyone vilify a guy who loves dogs?

Cat lovers, that's who. ers.