I’m not even a George W. Bush fan, but this isn’t just petty and juvenile, it’s remarkably uninformed. This is, apparently, what happens when you get your news from Jon Stewart. Actually, even people who get their news and views from Jon Stewart probably fare better than Stewart. It was on his show, after all, that U2 front man Bono discussed Bush’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. He said, “We’re hoping very much that President Obama is going to follow through on what President Bush did.” Stewart cringed and Bono patted his hand and said, “I know that’s hard for you to accept.” He added, “It is amazing. People like John Kerry worked for this. Hillary Clinton, and eventually President Clinton did some extraordinary stuff renegotiating the prices of these very expensive drugs down. But George Bush kind of knocked it out of the park.”
After he left office, Bush set up a foundation that works on economic growth, education reform, global health, human freedom, military service and women’s initiatives.
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