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Post by LBer1568 on Dec 1, 2018 23:45:19 GMT 9
Thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends of Senior President Bush. RIP and thanks for all you did for America.
Lorin
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Post by pat perry on Dec 2, 2018 10:37:14 GMT 9
I liked 41 and Barbara Bush and 43 and Laura Bush a lot! My daughter got to meet 41 and 43 and Laura when she did photo shoots with them and spent a day with 43's daughter Barbara. 41 was really good even following 40, Ronald Reagan, which was a pretty hard act to follow. 41 was hounded by the press when asked to describe his vision for America. He had the phrase "a thousand points of light" which I didn't really understand until much later. He later said, "I have trouble describing this vision thing". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_points_of_light I had won a trip to Paris in 1991 through my company performance recognition program called President's Club. The trip was abruptly cancelled due to the beginning of the 1st Gulf War. I watched the F-117 raid on Baghdad on TV and thought, "Now, there's a Thousand Points of Light!" 42 "Bubba" didn't do much but ride Reagan's Tax Reform act of 1986 and the Dot Com bubble until it exploded and 44 BHO "Fundamentally Changed America" when nobody asked him to do so. It looks like 45 with "MAGA" found out what was missing in America and set out to change it and so far has has done more than 42 and 44 to make it happen. At least we understand what "Fake News" is, and it seems to be growing! We'll see what happens in about six months with a Dem House and Rep Senate. RIP 41 and Barbara. Pat P.
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Post by Bullhunter on Dec 3, 2018 1:50:48 GMT 9
He was a good man and good President. Its my belief that he likely will be the last real American Hero to be our President. The last one during our time was JFK.
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Post by LBer1568 on Dec 3, 2018 2:03:23 GMT 9
Gary, I guess you are close to right. His prior Chief, President Regan was great. JFK was well liked, personable etc...but was a terrible President. He womanized the White House before Clinton came along. He, and his brother, screwed up Bay of Pigs and allowed Cuba to fall to Commies. He barely survived war with Russia. He choose LBJ as VP. LBJ escalated Vietnam into big money pit for his wife Lady Birds companies to profit over war. But because he was killed, we all gave him a pass on his record. President Bush was last of WWII vets to get elected to office. I'm still confident we will get additional hero's into office before we pass on.
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Post by Bullhunter on Dec 3, 2018 3:06:06 GMT 9
Lorin, I agree about much of what you said about JFK, but he still had a very good WWII record. Yes, war was close with Russia, but I believe had he not pushed and acted like he did there would still be Soviet weapons in Cuba. I don't know much about the bay of pigs, except our military did not back up the troops trying to free the country from Castro.
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Post by Jim on Dec 3, 2018 3:18:27 GMT 9
I will try to be nice....... You both need to know more about both Bushes. Yes each had empathy, sympathy for veterans,. George more so.. BUT you need to know more about the Skull and Crossbones, New World Order and the One World Government. HW was quite open about his stand, George W, a bit less so. In this respect, they were perfect Democrats. They too got us into scrapes that we could have won, but didn't.. Father and son weren't much different in the great Sandbox........ Check their membership in the CFR. A lot of light here... Air National Guard was a good place to hide during Viet Nam. The sun did not ever rise and set on HW. He bails out of a Navy fighter, spends sometime in the water, gets rescued and he is a hero. Same war, same Pacific Ocean, same Navy- a young Machinist Mate (aerial gunner) gets shot up so badly that he is dead before the pilot lands on the carrier. His body is so damaged as is the aircraft, that they hold burial services at sea for both the gunner and the aircraft. He shot down several Japanese a/c. Gets a Purple Heart nobody knows this, everybody knows about HW. Both Bushes knew where the rocks were, so it looks like they too, could walk on water. I would take Georgie boy over his Dad any day of the week.
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