Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have announced that they will be collaborating for America's 250th anniversary in 2026.
The collaboration is intended to showcase bipartisan action in an era of extreme political polarization. Of course, for conservatives seeing George Bush and Barack Obama, two figures who are remarkably similar politically, doesn't exactly scream bipartisan.
First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush will also be participating as honorary national co-chairs of America250.
America250 was created by Congress in 2016 to oversee the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
There has been an increasing focus on bipartisanship among Democrats, especially in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Democrats have spent the past decade calling conservatives Nazis and heightening division but they are now trying to cover themselves.
The commission's leadership wants to bring two recent Democratic and Republican presidents together to serve as an example of bipartisan cooperation in a country where political polarization continues to get more extreme.
Of course, for conservatives who have been repeatedly sold out by the Bush family, it's unlikely that this bipartisan initiative will do much to soothe tempers.
After decades of vicious attacks by leftists on conservatives, it will take a lot to reduce polarization. More importantly, it will take apologies for the racial politics and the radical ideology that Obama himself pushed while in office.
While it's unlikely any real recognition will be had, the commission is forging ahead and championing its inclusive goals.
Rosie Rios, a former U.S. treasurer, who is working with the commission said, "This is a grassroots effort that all Americans feel like they can be a part of from Guam to Alaska, Fairbanks to Philadelphia, and everything in between. This is about celebrating and commemorating that we’re the oldest democracy in the world"
America250 will hold events in all 50 states and six U.S. territories. It was formally launched July 4, 2023, during a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs at American Family Field in Milwaukee.
Even though it has been less than a month since Donald Trump was shot, the Democrat Party is already debuting its newest strategy of demeaning Republicans by calling everything Trump-related "weird."
Thanks to a support base of terminally online Generation Z supporters, Harris's campaign is fully embracing calling Republicans "weird." That is the tamest of the Democrat's insults as accusations of fascism and Nazism fly like bullets from leftists.
Republicans have also had to stand by while radical leftists burned down cities and took over college campuses in support of literal terrorists. It's going to take real apologies and real condemnation from Democrat politicians before reconciliation and bipartisanship can happen.
