Brit Hume interviewed President Bush and his father the former President Bush and discovered a surprising tale of betrayal

“President Bush says he refused to “bail out my political party” by withdrawing troops “during the darkest days of Iraq,” a decision now lauded by his father in an unprecedented joint interview of both presidents by Brit Hume on “FOX News Sunday.”

“During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, ‘You’re creating incredible political difficulties for us,’” the current president said as his term draws to a close. “And I said, ‘Oh, really? What do you suggest I do?’ And some suggested retreat, pull out of Iraq.

“But I had faith that freedom exists in people’s souls and therefore, if given a chance, democracy and Iraqi-style democracy could survive and work,” the president said. “I didn’t compromise that principle for the sake of trying to, you know, bail out my political party.”

The president’s father, former President George H.W. Bush, became emotional when assessing his son’s tenure.

“You can make a tough decision and stay with it,” he told his son before turning to Hume in the White House Diplomatic Room. “And he’s been tested unlike any other president with 9/11. So he passed the test.”

Yeah he did. But I would love to know who those Republicans that wanted defeat to keep their jobs were. They are precisely the type which we will no longer tolerate in this party as we move on to Conservative Revival 2010.

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