Obama Shows Some Class, Calls Bush “Good Guy”

January 16, 2009 · Filed Under Barack Obama

Unlike 99% of his party, president-elect Barack Obama appears to have some class. Obama told CNN’s John King that he always felt personally that Bush was a good guy.

After two years of traveling around the country criticizing President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that he “always thought [Bush] was a good guy.”

“I mean, I think personally he is a good man who loves his family and loves his country,” Obama said in an exclusive interview with CNN’s John King.

When pressed about his rhetoric on the campaign trail that was highly critical of Bush, Obama went further:

Asked if there was anything he wanted to take back, now that he has spent more time with the president, Obama praised Bush’s team for helping with a smooth transition and said part of what America is about is being able to have “disagreements politically and yet treat each other civilly.”

Obama also said he thought Bush made “the best decisions that he could at times under some very difficult circumstances.”

He went on to add that he still thinks many bad decisions were made over the last few years. Obama deserves kudos for not kicking president bush on his way out of office like the cretins in the liberal media continue to do.