George W. Bush Declines Obama Invitation To Ground Zero

WASHINGTON — A spokesman for George W. Bush says the former president has declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend an observance at New York's ground zero.

Obama plans to visit the site of the destroyed World Trade Center towers Thursday in the aftermath of a Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The al-Qaida attack, which killed about 3,000 people, occurred in the early months of Bush's presidency in 2001.

The spokesman, David Sherzer, says the former president appreciated the offer to attend but has chosen to remain out of the spotlight during his post-presidency.

Sherzer says Bush celebrates bin Laden's death as an "important victory in the war on terror."

Comments

[Myriam Marquez]

08:51 AM on 05/21/2011

Obama Thinks He Did A Great.But Was It Bush. Bush Was Helping The Jews, Obama Took A Break!

[Nikita007]

03:04 PM on 05/07/2011

Bill Clinton declined too ...

What a biased piece.

[gina victoria]

05:50 AM on 05/07/2011

y cant ppl let the the ppl who lost their lives on 911 r i p ?????? y keep bringin this up ? its time 2 let these ppl r i p !!!!! remember always in ur heart , on the anniversary yes , but gee cmon let these poor souls r i p !!!!

[sarrasine]

10:41 PM on 05/06/2011

lost his bullhorn in the brush?

[RandyK100]

10:39 PM on 05/06/2011

The real reason the bushy declined is he now neither fits into his "Mission Accomplished" flight suit nor is he able to walk with the same swagger he did then.

[cookiecat]

10:11 PM on 05/06/2011

he brings more attention to himself with his absence...i wonder how all the surviving family and friends feel about this....

[thegreenhornet]

09:42 PM on 05/06/2011

Talk about duplicity! He declines an invitation to ground zero and then whines about not being given credit (which, by the way, he did not earn) for the killing of OBL.

[Dellany Hall]

10:22 AM on 05/07/2011

You said exactly what I was thinking; from what I understood Bush didn't care where bin laden was, bin laden wasn't that important according to Bush. So why now is he whinin about NOT being given credit for something he could have done but chose not to.

[sammyscout]

08:55 PM on 05/06/2011

There is that rumor that OBL had a picture of dubya in his wallet. The inscription on the back of the picture has not been disclosed but it started off with 'my dearest osi...'

[jokamachi]

07:10 PM on 05/06/2011

He was too busy looking for that gopher.

[celtcalgal]

06:28 PM on 05/06/2011

certain western countries want george w bush tried in an international court for ' Crimes Against Humanity' read vincent bugliosi's ' The Prosecution of George W. Bush For Murder '

[boehnerstan]

06:00 PM on 05/06/2011

Bin Laden's final thought before he was killed >> I MISS GEORGE BUSH

[Lilybelle]

05:58 PM on 05/06/2011

Whatsamatter George? You finally finished clearing all that brush and got nothing else to do?

[khg1]

05:18 PM on 05/06/2011

Awww Poor Dubya, he is going to stay in Texas and pout because Obama (yet again) managed to do something he could not or would not.

[youknowwhat]

05:06 PM on 05/06/2011

This is not surprising. G Bush never wanted to have to do all of the work that came with being a president. It was obvious that being in the White House was something a rich kid like him, just wanted to do.

[WHEELS221]

04:01 PM on 05/06/2011

Listening to GW when there is no intelliegnt people around to compare with is one thing but to share a stage with one who actually "has" a brain would be damaging to GW.

[melissa halsten]

08:15 PM on 05/06/2011

He is damaged beyond repair now.