Only Fox News Aired Bush's Texas Homecoming Ceremony Tuesday

Only Fox News Aired Bush's Texas Homecoming Ceremony Tuesday

By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
January 21, 2009 - 11:57 ET

It seems inaugural attendees weren't the only ones cheerful about George W. Bush's departure from Washington, D.C., Tuesday, for only the Fox News Channel aired a live broadcast of the homecoming ceremony held in Midland, Texas, for our 43rd President.

As the Los Angeles Times reported:

The rest of the networks, however, did not see the Bush address as news fit to broadcast. At 6:40 p.m. EST, MSNBC was in the middle of "Hardball," with host Chris Matthews and guests batting around the meaning of Obama's swearing-in. CNN was carrying live ongoing coverage of the final moments of the inaugural parade, with the Obamas beaming from the White House reviewing stand.

Too bad, for it might have been one of his finest speeches ever (video embedded below the fold):

Thank you, Mr. President, for all you've done for our nation and the world.

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WHAT A SHOCKER!!

January 21, 2009 - 12:00 ET by charlietexas

NO ONE AIRED HIS HOMECOMING??? OMG

It was great, I love Bush and always will

Thanks President Bush!!

Mom

Typical bs by the MSM

January 21, 2009 - 12:12 ET by thebutlerdidit

It was a great speech, WAY better than the lightsaver's crappy speech. Bush was warm, friendly, and honest. Loved it. BTW, I just read an article on Telegraph UK, and the writer said that the African American man next to him said he thought the speech was s#!t. It is linked on Drudge. Too funny.

Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke

Saw that...

January 21, 2009 - 12:16 ET by AgentAmerican

I think the author of the article is a liberal. Is that telling?

2010: A GOP Hill

Agree

January 21, 2009 - 13:33 ET by stratman

Yes indeed, CharlieTexas.

I love President Bush and always will.

Enjoy your well deserved "retirement" with your wonderful family, Mr. President!

You have my eternal gratitude for keeping my family and me safe all these years.

And, yes, Bush's homecoming speech was magnitudes better than Obama's cliched and wingless pontifications

Bush's parting fantasies

January 21, 2009 - 16:20 ET by leekat

he best speech ever??? -- PLEASE!

the man continues to be absolutely delusional, yeah, we get it, we get it - you made the 'tough decisions' - too bad they were, for the most part, all wrong!

I saw most of the speech and he actually acts like he was a great president, when history will tell quite a different story

It was the best speech he's

January 21, 2009 - 16:23 ET by marpel

It was the best speech he's made as a fellow Texan. No matter what you think, we are extremely proud of this man! You can just go on with the sour grapes you have. We here in Texas are proud of our President.

really now...

January 22, 2009 - 10:56 ET by jquam

I was just down in Texas a couple of weeks ago...and many of the people I met were not proud of this man. Even in your own state, you probably shouldn't speak for all. But then again...these people probably aren't part of real America.

Think Well.

Um...

January 21, 2009 - 18:07 ET by lotr

...but for the most part, he was a good president, and objective (read: not contingent upon popularity, and without emotional hyperbole and hate) history will bear this out. Sorry, but the total lack of additional terrost hit jobs on American civilian targets over the course of 7 years is a significant (i.e., not the product of luck) accomplisment, even if ignored by a complacent liberal media.

However, this said, I will concur that he was not perfect, no doubt: His greatest mistake, without question, was allowing this country to put itself much further into debt without enforcing fiscal discipline.

And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe

Thanks for posting this!

January 21, 2009 - 12:09 ET by rimsky

Thanks for posting this! Probably woundn't have seen it otherwise.

President Bush is to be respected and admired. I wish I could meet him personnaly. It'd would be an honor.

Take care Mr. President.

January 21, 2009 - 12:40 ET by dronetek

I'm sure within the year everyone will be missing you Mr. President. Take care and ignore the media. There are plenty of us that support and respect you. Have a great and well deserved vaction!

New Constantinople...

January 21, 2009 - 12:15 ET by AgentAmerican

Noel...any chance of establishing a second capital in Texas? GWB can be the President for the rest of the United States that didn't vote for Obama (like me) and the incoming masses of buyer's remorse that are going to be dissapointed.

2010: A GOP Hill

Libs Stations Not Professional

January 21, 2009 - 12:15 ET by flyingmonkey

As we all know, only Fox News is a professionally run news organization.

Good Luck Mr. President, we'll miss you.

Only FOX is "Fair AND

January 21, 2009 - 12:47 ET by kg

Only FOX is "Fair AND Balanced".

"Forget change, I want improvement!"

I've had the luxury of

January 21, 2009 - 12:17 ET by rbosque

I've had the luxury of returning to college but I can tell you the out-and-out vitriol on my campus was sickening. Some dunb kid wished the Bush helicopter would crash and that he was "trash". Of course I put that little bastard in his place. Serves him right. Sad part is that about 90% of the kids were like him.

I hope you weren't too harsh

January 21, 2009 - 12:27 ET by semolina_filcher

I hope you weren't too harsh on that dumb bot...all of the Obama dingalings are out in full force ye know....

I hope you weren't too harsh

January 21, 2009 - 12:27 ET by semolina_filcher

I hope you weren't too harsh on that dumb bot...all of the Obama dingalings are out in full force ye know....

I hope he was...

January 21, 2009 - 13:17 ET by lotr

So, a privileged punk wished that Bush's outbound helicopter crashed? How modern-progressive of him.

And let's be very clear here: This is not an isolated sentiment among the "modern-progressive group think."

And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe

Hey, let's not be too hard on the advocacy/adversary media...

January 21, 2009 - 12:21 ET by CKA in Red State USA

They were just being truthful to their mean-spirited, biased, tunnel-visioned, liberalleftist, unethical, disrespectful selves.

Their day is coming.

And they must know that, that the American public is going to turn them off, sooner than they can imagine.

It's time for an all-out campaign to fire them. And that seems, IMO, only possible through continuous complaints and pressures against the advertisers on those networks.

Truly we live in the end

January 21, 2009 - 12:21 ET by HockeyKid

Truly we live in the end times, when a man like President Bush is reviled, and a died-in-the-wool socialist foreign national is celebrated as the best thing to ever happen to America.

I don't know if I'll be able, but it is my intent to never refer to the fraud in the White House by the title he has usurped.

Why is it that the outstanding accomplishments of thousands of intelligent, capable, and hard-working African Americans in practically every field of endeavor don't seem to count for anything, but the election of a no-account doper fraud is supposed to be the realization of Dr. King's dream? What happened to "the content of their character"?

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Texas speech

January 21, 2009 - 12:30 ET by soosan

I saw it and it was great! As much as some of his spending policies irked me, I never doubted that he would do whatever it took to keep America safe - and he did.

HockeyKid-right on the money

January 22, 2009 - 08:48 ET by Seashell

Why is it that the outstanding accomplishments of thousands of
intelligent, capable, and hard-working African Americans in practically
every field of endeavor don't seem to count for anything, but the
election of a no-account doper fraud is supposed to be the realization
of Dr. King's dream?

That is exactly what I want to know. I can understand African Am. are excited about this, I get it, but they (and all liberals) have taken this so far (just watch Oprah). They act like he is the greatest, smartest person in the world. HE WILL MAKE MISTAKES just like every other President has. They are setting him up for a hard fall. They are not doing him any favors with this "worship" mentality.

I call it Chicago Cub (or

January 22, 2009 - 09:05 ET by dvdaughtry

I call it Chicago Cub (or New York Yankee) syndrome.

Its the mindset that it has to be all or nothing. The two teams MUST win the World Series, or the season is for naught. They cannot understand why this current team cannot win. Cubbie fans cannot enjoy a good season, because of the pedastal they have placed team upon.

That is much like liberals and Obama. Couple problems: first he cannot and will not answer all of their problems. Second, being that politics is not as black and white as winning and losing, will they hold on their precious Messiah and try to convince us he is in the process of solving those problems?

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

I was fortunate

January 21, 2009 - 12:27 ET by MOONSTRUCK

to have taped this. It was awesome. I did NOT agree with everything President Bush did, but I respected him for standing his ground with the terrorist threats he faced daily. The Bush's have more class than all the libs in office.
The MSM media, hollywood etc. can suck eggs. Karma will get each one of the low life, no class %$@#!!

Where was the "come together" attitude during his 8 years? Pukes, the whole lot of them. Hypocrits! ugh.

Exactly - "come together"

January 21, 2009 - 12:36 ET by MaximusBraveheart

Bush tried and look how they treated him. Best to present your case and be an outspoken educator on your views. Go with the best info you have available. Bush never overcame the media spin on him.

I watched on Fox also... was great.

M-B

That, ladies and gentlemen,

January 21, 2009 - 12:37 ET by semolina_filcher

That, ladies and gentlemen, is MY President.

Arrgh!

January 21, 2009 - 12:53 ET by avenar

I supposed I should be grateful to Fox News for airing this. But...

How dare Bret to cut the speech short in the middle of a very interesting story!

Can anybody tell me if there's a way I can see the whole speech? I'd like to hear the rest of it, and put a permanent link to it so that I can use it to console myself whenever I am angry with the liberals.

Thanks in advance.

I know

January 21, 2009 - 13:02 ET by MOONSTRUCK

I thought the same thing!! Cut GW to go to their pundits.

Pretty sad on Fox..... Something tells me they have heard!!

Bret Baird just doesn't cut

January 21, 2009 - 13:19 ET by Chris Norman

Bret Baird just doesn't cut it as a replacement for Brit Hume on "Special Report". He just doesn't have the weight and the authoritive air to carry the position. Better to downgrade the show by switching it's slot with Glenn Beck's.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Ah, found it!

January 21, 2009 - 14:30 ET by avenar

Check this out:

http://www.kwes.com/... - Special Coverage&h1=President Bush's Homecoming Speech (1-20-09)

or maybe this one:

http://www.kwes.com/...

Welcome home, President and Mrs. Laura Bush. It's a great day to be Texan!

My favorite quote:

"Popularity is as fleeting as a texas win". Whoop! :D

avenar, great surfing job, Thank You

January 21, 2009 - 14:47 ET by upcountrywater

And Thank You President Bush!!

FREEDOM

(D)

Thanks for that. I was

January 22, 2009 - 09:24 ET by Seashell

Thanks for that. I was glad to see he had such a good crowd which didn't really show in the Fox video.

CSPAN carried Bush homecoming speech

January 21, 2009 - 23:27 ET by nkviking75

I saw it all on CSPAN this morning, and it was as good a speech as he's ever given. Maybe CSPAN will air it again.

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

The 'New' Bush

January 21, 2009 - 12:49 ET by slickwillie2001

As I recall, even Fox News did not cover it all because he rambled on a bit towards the end. He likely did not expect it to be carried live and was in more a conversational mode than speechifying.

This assumes that the 5-5:30EST version I saw was live.

In general though, note the hypocrisy from the liberal media on Bush. They wistfully praise his speaking style of late, saying things like 'why didn't he talk like this before' etc, etc. But you and I know that Bush hasn't suddenly changed, the liberal media has only changed from hypercritical to simply dismissing-mode.

FNC coverage

January 21, 2009 - 13:05 ET by lotr

"As I recall, even Fox News did not cover it all"

Correct -- they didn't -- they broke away mid-speech (to our dissappointment). But give them credit for providing some coverage out the outgoing president's whereabouts and doings. It was during a part when he was talking about "everyday" American heroism and it sounded like he was beginning to rehash a part of his farewell address to the nation about a physician who was the father of a soldier killed in action in Iraq.

As usual, it was a good speech from what I consider to be a consistently good orator. Very glad that we had the channel on FNC, else we would've missed it, which is very sad.

And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe

Remember eight years ago,

January 21, 2009 - 13:40 ET by Chris Norman

Remember eight years ago, when the Clintons just wouldn't leave town after the inauguration? I remember the networks showing them at every stop on their tour.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

That was because

January 21, 2009 - 16:51 ET by UpNorth

the clinton's were busy stealing everything that wasn't nailed down. Takes a while to remove the keys from computers and pack up all the silverware and china.

Actually, I think they did

January 21, 2009 - 15:25 ET by thebutlerdidit

Actually, I think they did show the whole thing on Fox, I saw it last night, and then again around 3-4 a.m. I can't remember if the first time I saw it, if it was complete, but I don't remember seeing Bret Baer, at all. I was grossed out by Fox showing all of the balls last night, some, sure, but not all ten! I loved the Bush speech, I appreciated it because it seemed somewhat spontaneous, and classic Bush. I still think it was 100 times better than the downer don't expect too much from me, scattered mess that the lightgiver spake, yesterday. Did anyone she the horrible Obama dancing? She is good, he looks like he is stiff from the waist down. Olby was saying he was a great dancer, because he was being "precise." I am not kidding. He called it "precision dancing" and then tried to incomporate it into the fact that everything Obama does is precise. It's funny how when Bush wasn't a good dancer, he was a dolt, and a fool. Now, Obama is a great "precise" dancer. I don't know what is in that Koolaid, but I think we are all going to need some to get through the next 4-8 yrs.

Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke

As I said yesterday, we're

January 21, 2009 - 12:49 ET by marpel

As I said yesterday, we're so glad to have George and Laura back here in Texas. He said once, "Washington's a dirty town". He's so right. And these elite media creatures are the lowest of the low. George Bush has more class on one fingernail than the likes of Chris Matthews or that nut case, Olbermann, has or will ever have. And that smug reptile,Andrea Mitchell, is not fit to scrub the Bush's toilets. Mr. President, (you'll always be Mr. President to most of us) thank you for all you did to keep us safe. I may not have agreed with you on illegal immigration, but you were always such a wonderful representative of this country and you cared deeply what happened to us. God bless you.

It's probably as well

January 21, 2009 - 13:07 ET by ckc1227

It's probably as well they didn't carry it. It would have been just one more opportunity for them to take yet another dig at Bush.

"Libs never let you down. You don't have to talk to one very long before the stupid comes out."

Off topic

January 21, 2009 - 13:11 ET by MOONSTRUCK

Does anyone have a email server that is conservative, or at the very least not soooo slanted left? I use yahoo, and they are pathetic!

Thanks

Good point.

January 21, 2009 - 13:19 ET by lotr

Good point.

And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe

God bless George Bush and his family

January 21, 2009 - 13:14 ET by attorneygirl

I noticed yesterday that Fox was the only network carrying Bush's speech. And his speech was fabulous!

My sister and parents live in Fort Worth (I was born there), and it's true, folks in Texas are friendlier, closer to each other, and more helpful than in, say, California, where I live. George Bush will do well in Dallas--it's a great town (but Fort Worth is still closer to my heart...).

Now the haters have no where to go, and only themselves to blame when Obama and his thugs screw up this country. Obama's never run a business. Heck, he's never done anything. But be Black. That's it.

I'm giving up on watching politics. I'm now going to focus on family, running my business, and improving my own life. I can't take what I perceive to be the downfall of our country any longer.

attorneygirl

January 21, 2009 - 14:18 ET by Mr X

I feel the same way....the whole Ho'bama thing is surreal and sickening.

And contrary to what you hear, I think the whole Cho'bama thing will end up setting race relations back 40 years.

And I am NOT a racist(I have been accused many times recently because I do not want a marxist as a president) It is getting really old ALREADY!

I have to point out to the idiots (leftys) that I supported and voted for Alan Keyes in 2000,a great statesman,most don't even know who he is....sad.

X

January 21, 2009 - 14:32 ET by MightyMouth

Are you perchance, the same Mr. X who is Robin Quiver's main squeeze?

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

I'm going to see if I can

January 21, 2009 - 13:22 ET by marpel

I'm going to see if I can find the entire speech on YouTube. Don't hold your breath though.

Surprise, Surprise!!!

January 21, 2009 - 13:49 ET by PrairieSky

I went looking for the coverage of Bush's homecoming and couldn't find anyone who had started covering it. Fox had said that they would be covering it, but I decided to go online to one of the local Midland, Texas TV stations to see what I could find. Sure enough, I found one that was covering it live, and started watching online. It was about 10 more minutes before Fox cut in with their coverage.

This local station's coverage was wonderful, because President Bush was talked about and treated like a returning local hero..It was so great to see the press treat him with respect for once...The anchors talked about how terrific it was that they were able to cover his homecoming since they had also covered his departure for the White House 8 years ago. It was really nice and rather sweet...The hometown boy comes home. I'm glad I got to see the local coverage, because they often have stories to tell and share that the big networks don't know about. I'm glad Fox did cover it...I never expected that the rest of the idiot MSM would, so I wasn't surprised to see that they hadn't. They are all so happy that Bush is gone, and their hero is finally in the White House. (God help us all.)

I've said this already, but I'm going to say it again...Thank you and God bless you President Bush for everything that you have done for us all and for our country. Regardless of how history may or may not paint you, you are a patriot and a truly honorable man.

I miss him already...

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981

George Bush is a mighty fine Man of Class

January 21, 2009 - 13:54 ET by MPayne

" Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. " - William T. Sherman

Not to cast stones, but are

January 21, 2009 - 14:09 ET by bassndude

Not to cast stones, but are we sure that Bush did not ban the other news networks??? After all, after 8 years, if I was Bush, I would have had a CNN, MSNBC or other news truck/reporter, shot on sight.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

CBS a real classless act

January 21, 2009 - 14:11 ET by dugby

In the school where I teach we do not get FOX, so I watched the CBS version of the rapture (inauguration). As President Bush was departing in the helicopter one commentator remarked that Bush had said to one of his fellow passengers on a previous ride in a chopper how 'cool' the mall, memorials, etc looked from the air. Another gracious commenator followed up with, "Yeah, and it is really cool that Bush is leaving." This is the type of classless, disrespectful drivel we have heard about the President from every network but FOX during the entire last eight years. A real mature dialogue, CBS! Who's going to be your whipping boy during the B.O. years?

A message for President Bush

January 21, 2009 - 15:47 ET by Tom in NC

Mr Bush, I salute you for your service to our country, you have been a good and faithful servant in our government and the decisions you made were in the best interests of the citizens of this country. You protected us from further terrorist attacks, gave us a prolonged period of economic growth, protected the unborn from the barbaric procedure of partial birth abortion, and stuck to your principles overall, I didn't always agree with policies or proposals, but I always respected you.

As you now return to civilian life I hope that you and your wife have a long life together in the peace and tranquility of your home and that you are able to spend lots of time with your families and engage in enjoyable activities and pastimes.

Enjoy your extended vacation Mr. President, you deserve it

This was to be expected

January 21, 2009 - 16:09 ET by ToddonCapeCod

We're never going to get a fair representation in the press, folks. We may as well get used to it.
I recall that Bill made several speeches, at practically every place he took a break in his travels when departing from the White House, nine years ago, and the press surrounded him.

Bush, like presidents are supposed to do -- with the exception of Clinton and Carter -- will quietly go into retirement. Carter and Clinton have a narcisstic desire to be in front of the cameras, so they wll constantly be coming out to give their opinions, where they are not needed... epecially Carter's

The truth of the matter is

January 21, 2009 - 17:55 ET by sms5217

The truth of the matter is that on January 20, 2001, Bill Clinton went to several events and made several speeches, and the MSM covered EVERY one of them from start to finish, and even cut in on Bush's ceremonies.

Now, fast forward 8 years and the MSM predictably swooned over their messiah, but did not cover the Bush speech in Midland at all, except for Fox News.

At this point, I don't care, and we should not expect the MSM to change. Let us all go into that blessed wilderness, and forget about the MSM.

Trial lawyers are the scum of the earth

If anyone is interested in

January 21, 2009 - 16:13 ET by marpel

If anyone is interested in seeing a great piece from the local Midland channel, please log onto: http://www.kwes.com/... This has the entire speech. It's fabulous.

Allow about 20 mins.

marpel...This is the channel...

January 21, 2009 - 16:51 ET by PrairieSky

that I was talking about in my post earlier in this thread...It was a real pleasure to watch. Thanks for posting the channel site!!

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981

Yes, it was good to see that

January 21, 2009 - 17:19 ET by marpel

Yes, it was good to see that at least the local station covered it. Isn't it a shame that we have to search the net in order to find what we want to see? It's only going to get worse too. Glad it was the same one you were referring to. :o)

Question about Fox

January 21, 2009 - 23:19 ET by balboa

Question about Fox News:

Did they cover Clinton's departure as much as they did Bush's?

Funny that the Clintons

January 21, 2009 - 23:33 ET by TN Mom

Funny that the Clintons stole anything with a Presidential Seal from the plane..All Monica got was a used cigar and a stain on her blue dress.

That was funny the first

January 21, 2009 - 23:48 ET by balboa

That was funny the first time I heard it...8 years ago.

The classics never die, to they.

bal... Sometimes facts just

January 21, 2009 - 23:58 ET by Jer

bal...

Sometimes facts just aren't that interesting and thus have a very short shelf life, while a well-spun yarn--such as Bill and Hillary stripping Air Force One--will circle the globe forever.

Jer

boa... Yes...if memory

January 21, 2009 - 23:40 ET by bigtimer

boa...

Yes...if memory serves me correct.

I posted all about this last night right after the coverage.

Do you remember the BS that the Deadly Duo did with their speeches ect at the base they flew to, wherever it is...Andrews or something, it was a sorry thing to behold....all the networks covered it...

I checked last night at the very end of Pres. Bush's words to see who was carrying this great speech...NOBODY else....with the exception of C-SPAN 2.

Disgraceful.

This is really the first

January 21, 2009 - 23:47 ET by balboa

This is really the first inauguration I've ever really paid attention to, so I have no idea what they did before.

This is really the first

January 21, 2009 - 23:58 ET by TN Mom

This is really the first inauguration I've ever really paid attention to, so I have no idea what they did before

If you watched it on tv, you were in the minority. Fox's American Idol drew the most viewers for television yesterday. I watched HGTV.

I do agree with you that Bill Clinton's exit was not nearly as professional and graceful as Bush's, although I believe some of the tackier allegations were exaggerated.

Jer