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Ed Schultz takes the entire GOP to task for their selective amnesia on empathy. Apparently empathy was important to George H.W. Bush when he selected Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court.....but now...it's dangerous. Just ask Glenn Beck.

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In a somewhat understandably soft ball interview with Chris Wallace, former President George H.W. Bush defends what is by most accounts his son's epic failure of a presidency and defers to "the Google" when asked about which things W could be "fairly criticized for."

Bush: He's gonna come home with his head high, knowing he ran a clean operation and he kept this country strong and free after an unprecedented history attack of 9/11. He'll have a lot too be proud of and he can start by his mother and father being very proud of him...and we always will be.

Wallace: You said there earlier there are some things he could fairly be criticized for. Would you like to tell me any of those?

Bush: "No. You can go back to your, what do you call it.... Your Google, and you figure all that out."

On some level you gotta feel sorry for Papa Bush. It's pretty clear that he always wanted his other son, Jeb, to be the second Bush President.

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Former president George H.W. Bush told Fox's Chris Wallace that he has high hopes for Jeb Bush's political future.

WALLACE: Let me ask you about, speaking of other sons, the president has been quite open in saying that he would like to see his brother Jeb run for the Senate from Florida. What do you think of that idea?

BUSH: I think if Jeb wants to run for the Senate from Florida he ought to do it. He'd be an outstanding Florida. He's a guy who really has a feel for people, the issues in Florida and nationally and his political days ought not to be over says his old father. If he decides they should be over, that's fine, too. He needs to make a living, support his wife and family but he's a good man, chris.

WALLACE: In terms of public service and ability to help the country, you'd like to see him run.

BUSH: I'd like to see him run. I'd like to see him be president some day.

A legend in political reporting, Helen Thomas has covered every president since John F. Kennedy, earning the nickname “First Lady of the Press.” Now in her 80s, the venerable journalist sits down to review her life and career in depth for the first time, engaging in a one-on-one interview with award-winning director Rory Kennedy, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT: HELEN THOMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

October 22, 2008 MSNBC HARDBALL