McCartney's Put-Down of Bush Draws Jeers from whiney assed Republicans

McCartney's Put-Down of Bush Draws Jeers from whiney  assed
Republicans
Published June 04, 2010
LISTEN TO WHAT  THE MAN SAYS

Paul McCartney knows you can't buy him love, but some are suggesting
he  
should try to buy himself a little class after he took a cheap shot at
former  
President George W. Bush following a performance at the White House
this  
week.

The 67-year-old former Beatle attacked Bush's intelligence after
receiving  
the Gershwin Prize from the Library of Congress on Wednesday.
All together now . . .

"It's a fantastic honor (for) the Gershwin family to give me this
incredible  award and for me to be awarded it by the Library of
Congress. And in
fact, after  the last eight years, it's great to have a president who
knows what
a library  is," McCartney said, drawing cheers from the audience.
But former Bush administration officials gave Sir Paul a thumbs-down,
saying  the headline on the story should be "Fool on the Hill Visits
the White
House,"  and that the ex-Beatle should get back to where he once
belonged.
"It was completely ungracious and undignified,"It was completely
ungracious
and undignified,<WBR>" said Fox News  contributor Dana Perino

"And it showed how shallow people can be, and it was sad to me someone
of  
Paul McCartney's stature can in one moment erase years of goodwill
that he
built  up with so many people in America," she said.
But Perino added that maybe she wasn't amazed.

"To be honest, given all of the nasty and ridiculous things that many
in
the  world of entertainment have said about President Bush over the
years, I'm
not  surprised," she said.

Marc Thiessen, a former speechwriter for Bush, called the comment
"crass"
and  "rude."

"One, it shows no class. Two, it's ignorant," Thiessen told
FoxNews.com,  
noting that Bush's wife, Laura, is a librarian.
"They made literacy an issue during his presidency and he is probably,
as  
Karl Rove has pointed out, one of the best read presidents in recent
history,"  he said.

Thiessen likened the comments to him making fun of the plastic surgery
 
McCartney has had and how silly he looked accepting the award. "But I
would  
never do that," he said. He did, however, call McCartney a "sad left
winger"
who  is among those who still have not gotten over their "Bush
Derangement  
Syndrome."

Thiessen said that while he considers himself more of a Rolling Stones
guy  
than a Beatles fan, he has learned to "separate the music from the
people."
The Gershwin prize is named for the songwriting brothers George and
Ira  
Gershwin. Previous recipients have been Stevie Wonder and Paul  Simon.

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