Get a $25 Nike Gift Card for answering a survey on Nike http://www.dehorsnod.net/1224/77/154/725/1388.10tt64208537AAF11.php Unsub- http://www.dehorsnod.net/1224/77/154/725/1388.10tt64208537AAF12.html Thursday, April 25, on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas, four living presidents Jimmy Carter, No. 39; George H.W. Bush, No. 41; Bill Clinton, No. 42, and Barack Obama, No. 44 will honor one of their colleagues, George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, at the dedication of his presidential library.So I take this occasion to remind my fellow liberal Democrats, many of whom continue to attack Bush in harsh and personal terms, of three things about him that I dont think they understand or appreciate.First, while there were many polices under Bush with which liberal Democrats (myself included) disagreed such as tax cuts, the Iraq War and not paying for either (as well as the Afghan war) with current revenues rather than borrowed money there must be a distinction between disagreement and personal attack.For example, many Democrats still use the lie word in describing Bushs rationale for the Iraq War that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. This turned out to be wrong.But Democrats in the Clinton administration also believed Saddam had WMDs, as did most experts in the U.S. intelligence community.Our politics have become so poisoned and our government so dysfunctional precisely because too many people on both sides cant make a distinction between lies and being sincerely wrong.Second, Bush is known for his brilliant slogan when he first ran in 2000, describing himself as a compassionat WASHINGTON In a rare move, House Republicans pulled their own health care bill from the floor Wednesday after failing to secure enough votes to ensure its passage.The bill offered a lifeline to a main feature of President Obamas health care overhaul - affordable coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions -- after it ran into strong opposition from both conservatives and Democrats.The legislation is a departure from past GOP efforts to kill the Affordable Health Care Act outright, and faced a White House veto threat.Democrats are against it because it would bail out the struggling program to help those with pre-existing conditions get insurance by raiding a disease prevention provision the administration says is essential.Conservative groups also urged Republicans to vote against it, saying it perpetuated the federal role in health care. Some said they felt the bill embraced Obamacare.The measure was a pet project of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia whose office pledged to keep working on the bill.We had positive conversations today and made good progress, Cantor spokesman Doug Heye told Fox News later in the day. We remain focused on stopping the biggest entitlement expansion in a generation.House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthys office said they had made a lot of solid progress.There's still work to do and with Members leaving town for the Bush Library dedication in Texas, we'll continue the conversations after