RIP President George H W Bush

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:39 am

What a life - and a true gentleman.

A member of my extended family was the plankholder skipper of the aircraft carrier that bears President Bush's name and they had an ongoing relationship with the President and Mrs. Bush. Bush was a letter writer and known for having a gracious touch. The letter he wrote my cousin for the commissioning ceremony was typical for him- classy and sincere.

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Post by **Ivytalk** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:23 am

He was my Congressman in Houston when my family moved there in ‘69. I met him in Wilmington in ‘80 when he was running against Reagan for the GOP nomination. Good man who did some good things as POTUS but mishandled others. “Read my lips” comment a big mistake. Flipping on it hurt him in ‘92.

Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:00 am

Day off, baby!

Post by **ASUG8** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:15 am

We lost a good man whose presidency was lost to being in Reagan's shadow and Clinton's persona. RIP GB.

Pwns · Post by **Pwns** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:39 am

Maybe the last real president we had...

Post by **HI54UNI** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:41 am

I think this letter shows the class the man had.

Chizzang · Post by **Chizzang** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:55 am

Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:30 am

Looking like Wednesday is the big day off!

Thank you for dying, President Bush.

Post by **andy7171** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:05 pm

My dad was in protection during the 1980 primary/campaigns. He still has his “I jogged with George Bush” t-shirt.

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css75 · Post by **css75** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:25 pm

When I lived inGrand Junction , Co, he came to visit and stopped the parade so he could go and buy an ice cream at one the local places of business. Later he sent the owner an autographed picture of the White House.

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CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:55 pm

As it turns out, my cousin’s husband is going to be a pallbearer for the lying in state and the funeral.

Their daughter is in the USNA glee club so she’ll be in the ceremony too.

Post by **AZGrizFan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:07 pm

ASUG8 wrote:We lost a good man whose presidency was lost to being in Reagan's shadow and Clinton's persona. RIP GB.

Two words:

Ross Perot. THAT cost him the presidency in ‘92.

Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:24 pm

AZGrizFan wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:We lost a good man whose presidency was lost to being in Reagan's shadow and Clinton's persona. RIP GB.
Two words:

Ross Perot. THAT cost him the presidency in ‘92.

18.9% of the popular vote. Clinton got 45M votes; Bush 39M; Perot 20M.

Perot was Tea Party before the Tea Party. That little elf had a chart for everything.

css75 · Post by **css75** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:45 pm

93henfan wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
Two words:

Ross Perot. THAT cost him the presidency in ‘92.
18.9% of the popular vote. Clinton got 45M votes; Bush 39M; Perot 20M.

Perot was Tea Party before the Tea Party. That little elf had a chart for everything.

And as it turns out him and his charts were tight. The one I felt sorry for was Stockdale.

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Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:54 pm

css75 wrote: The one I felt sorry for was Stockdale.

That was a well-intentioned but disastrous pick. All-time debate fail: a great man past his prime and completely unprepared.

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:56 pm

93henfan wrote:
css75 wrote: The one I felt sorry for was Stockdale.
That was a well-intentioned but disastrous pick. All-time debate fail: a great man past his prime and completely unprepared.

Sort of like his one year as president of The Citadel

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Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:59 pm

CID1990 wrote:
93henfan wrote:
That was a well-intentioned but disastrous pick. All-time debate fail: a great man past his prime and completely unprepared.
Sort of like his one year as president of The Citadel

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West Point-Lite picked a sailor as Prez? Dafuk? You deserved it.

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:26 pm

93henfan wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
Sort of like his one year as president of The Citadel

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West Point-Lite picked a sailor as Prez? Dafuk? You deserved it.

Hey you work fir the Fed gummint

you of all people should know the states do it better

(except when we picked Stockdale)

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Post by **AZGrizFan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:39 pm

93henfan wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
Two words:

Ross Perot. THAT cost him the presidency in ‘92.
18.9% of the popular vote. Clinton got 45M votes; Bush 39M; Perot 20M.

Perot was Tea Party before the Tea Party. That little elf had a chart for everything.

Including my vote.

Always regretted that vote. I helped foist Bill Clinton onto an unsuspecting country. I’ve never forgiven myself for that.

Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:59 pm

CID1990 wrote: Hey you work fir the Fed gummint

Not this Wednesday!

May even get the 24th off if the Trumpster is feeling frisky.

Post by **HI54UNI** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:08 pm

Union Pacific painted up a locomotive to honor Bush when his library was dedicated. That unit is going to pull his funeral train.

Unit 1943 that honors the military branches may also be part of the train.

css75 · Post by **css75** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:58 pm

That would be a nice touch. I didn’t care for his globalistic policies, but I don’t think there was a more decent person in the office during my lifetime.

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Post by **Ivytalk** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:32 am

AZGrizFan wrote:
93henfan wrote:
18.9% of the popular vote. Clinton got 45M votes; Bush 39M; Perot 20M.

Perot was Tea Party before the Tea Party. That little elf had a chart for everything.
Including my vote.

Always regretted that vote. I helped foist Bill Clinton onto an unsuspecting country. I’ve never forgiven myself for that.

I voted for some unknown Libertarian that year, along with maybe 49 others. I was honked off at him for his flippant reversal of his tax pledge.

JohnStOnge · Post by **JohnStOnge** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:43 pm

I said at the time that he managed situations he had to deal with well. And that includes the economy. We had a worldwide economic disturbance going on and the United States did relatively well. Also the economy in the United States had started improving well before he left office. But it didn't get through. Clinton got credit for turning the economy around when the turnaround began well before the 1992 Presidential election.

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:01 pm

He started us on the pathway to where we are today with Russia

But given his entire body of work, that can be forgiven - there was a LOT going on in his one term. From the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the economy, the fall of the Berlin Wall and dissolution of the Soviet Union

His administration steered around a lot of reefs in a short period- I can't see Clinton, GWB or Obama not fvxking it up badly

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