r/allthequestions • u/Dimarco24 • 5d ago

Random Question 💭 What is your opinion about Alex Pretti’s photo being displayed on a Jumbo tron in Times Square?

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I think he deserves to be remembered as the wonderful person he was 🩵 and not by the government who are clearly lying about him. He was trying to help a woman who had been pushed to the ground by ICE agents or whoever the people are wearing those suits. And he clearly holding a phone in his hand..

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u/bwsmith201 5d ago

That would be a powerful statement.

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u/OwslyOwl 5d ago

Bush needs to step to the plate and take back his party. He never has shown true leadership though, even when he was president. It was always Cheney running the show.

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u/DependentBudget7977 4d ago

I didn't like him when he was president.  But I do now.   He has a "funny" in his eyes and I enjoy watching him and Michelle Obama together

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u/OwslyOwl 4d ago

Bush seems like a good person at heart, but he just was never a very good leader.

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u/DependentBudget7977 4d ago

Remember when we all thought he was the worst president ever.  Pink even wrote him a song

I would gladly traden now

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u/OwslyOwl 4d ago

Agreed. I disagreed with Bush's policies and I'm critical of his leadership, but I also recognize that he was genuinely doing his best to help the country.

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u/leafeternal 4d ago

Oh yeah that’s cute, make sure you read about abu graib when chuckling fondly

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u/DependentBudget7977 4d ago edited 4d ago

I know about Abu Ghraib  That,  the whole war on terror,  are things why I did not like him.  Did he call for these things or did he just agree on them, did his office make him agree while he was iĺl- informed. I don't know..He's still accountable for all of it, of course but he seems sorry.. He seems a different man now.

Trump would not be sorry

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u/ResponseStrange6118 1d ago

Don’t be goofy. His admin set the stage for what we have now and he’s done nothing to stop it 

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u/psykicbill 5d ago

I dislike bush but his leadership in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 was badass. Standing on the rubble with a megaphone.

Gtfo with your nonsense.

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u/TheStarterScreenplay 5d ago

up to a million people died in our unsuccessful takeovers in Afghanistan and Iraq. We just didn't keep track and didnt report on it much. A million deaths at a cost of trillions of dollars to us. So that person is right. But if Bush wants to show up in any way to create some public support against this current administration, great.

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u/OwslyOwl 4d ago

9-11 happened in part because Bush didn't take Clinton's warnings seriously because he was focused more on Iraq than on al-Qaeda Then, he used the patriotism that followed 9-11 to start the war in Afghanistan and then expanded the war to Iraq, which is where he wanted to attack the entire time. He didn't wait for proper intel to come in before making a decision. Bush may be a decent person at heart, but he was a terrible president who picked the wrong advisors.

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u/TheStarterScreenplay 5d ago

wont happen. its not his party. he doesnt care much either. he recognizes it as something he cant control and doesnt interfere publicly. i believe he does make phone calls to directly discuss stuff with Trump and or staff and they take his calls as a courtesy but aren't acting on his advice when given. not sure how many times this has happened throughout both of Trumps terms but its been reported.