Damning with faint praise...giving the devil his due...
...or giving credit where credit is due?
BOSTON (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush has been named a recipient of the 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for the political courage he showed when he agreed to a 1990 budget compromise that jeopardized his re-election bid by violating his 1988 campaign promise not to raise taxes.
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/25095912/george-hw-bush-to-get-profile-in-courage-award#axzz2xGgwT8YK
I always liked Bush 41. I didn't agree with his domestic political and economic agenda, but I admired his military service, his incredible resume and professional competence, his centrist and moderate governing style, and his military and diplomatic conduct of the First Gulf War.
Congratulations, George.