text: By the way, the current president does make one yearn for a former president. Yes, one would be Barack Obama. But another would be George Bush, Sr., who forcefully denounced white supremacists.  http://www.upworthy.com/how-one-former-president-handled-the-klan-speaks-volumes?c=upw1. "I did what I did because of principle." Really, this shouldn't be a partisan issue.