RIP President Bush

[Camelfilter]

Flag set at half, as we'd do for any former President who passes.

 

[DONOTBUGME]

Thanks for the never ending war in drugs... And being the father of the of the GOPe.

 

[Kruel J]

Wow, I missed this completely.

He was a true American. RIP, Sir!

 

[RicInOR]

George H. W. Bush Misjudged Egregiously | National Review

George Bush and Our World Order | National Review

 

[DONOTBUGME]

How do you say he was mis judged? Thats laughable. He promised not to raise taxes, then he raise taxes. That is a lair.

 

[Member 34319]

I'm i the only one that thinks his death got a lot of attention?

It's sad to see an older president die, but nonstop coverage all over the media on and offline is weird to me.

When Reagan died in 04 there wasn't nearly this much coverage?

 

[leadcounsel]

An amazing patriotic man and president. It's unrealistic to think or expect every POTUS will be perfectly aligned with you, but you can expect patriotism and greatness. Few or no Presidents came into office with his experience and accomplished what he did or participated in. He was an exceptional man and leader. Period.

RIP. One of the great Presidents IMO. His career was remarkable.

* Navy war pilot shot down, joined the service at 18, turning down a Yale scholarship. Was the youngest Navy pilot in history. Shot down over Japan territory in WWII.
* Head of CIA
* Vice POTUS 8 years, and stood in during one of the few assassination attempts on a POTUS (And being VP to Reagan - who was maybe top 5 or 10 POTUS in US history, is remarkable). VP during winning the cold war and defeating communism!
* POTUS for a term. Oversaw an amazing fast and successful victory over Saddam Hussein who had one of the biggest militaries at the time. Didn't go on to mission creep; took the 100 hour war victory and low casualty rate. An example of fast and decisive victory.
* Had a very high approval rating, and yet the only 1 term POTUS since Carter. Should have won a 2nd term, but Perot was a spoiler. Imagine how much better the world would be if Bill Clinton (and Hillary) were just a footnote in history instead, like Mondale or Dukakus if he had lost. Instead, Perot gave us Clinton (Clinton never won the popular vote, it should be noted for Dems to remember).
* Father/son POTUS - son Bush went on to serve two terms as POTUS.
* Other son Jeb had a successful career in politics.

What an incredible life and family. He was either VP, POTUS, or his son was POTUS for 20 out of 28 years!

He was not a perfect man, and people can debate his imperfections and policies like gun control on military bases, or alleged globalism, etc. But overall the nation did well under GHW Bush. He was among the best Presidents in the last 100 years for sure.

God rest his soul.

 

[2506]

Imagine how much better the world would be if Bill Clinton (and Hillary) were just a footnote in history instead, like Mondale or Dukakus if he had lost. Instead, Perot gave us Clinton (Clinton never won the popular vote, it should be noted for Dems to remember).

Popular vote:

Clinton 44,909,889
Bush 39,104,545

Numbers are hard.

 

[leadcounsel]

Popular vote:

Clinton 44,909,889
Bush 39,104,545

Numbers are hard.

In 1988 GHW Bush got 48,886,597 votes (versus Dukakus' 41,809,074). He did an overall outstanding job as POTUS.
* Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990-91
* Defeated Iraq repelling them from Kuwait, showcasing military might in 91
* Economy was doing fine, stock markets up 60%, but unemployment and gas prices a bit high. Nitpicking. Americans had prosperity.

So four years earlier, Bush got 4 million (or ~9%) more votes than Clinton would earn in 1992.

In 1992, Ross Perot came along and was a spoiler. He peeled off mostly Bush votes from disgruntled people who nitpicked him and wanted a change. Perot got 19,742,267 votes, mostly Bush voters. Had Perot not run it's a near certainty that Bush would have won again.

Further analysis.
In 88, Dems got ~42 million votes vs. Bush ~49 million. Total 91 million.
In 92, Dems got ~45 million votes and Bush lost ~9 million to only get ~39 million. Perot got ~20 million. Total 104 million
It's obviously that more people about 15 million more votes were cast, so that's part enthusiasm and part natural progress of growing population. It's safe to say that Perot hurt Bush and cost him the election.

Sadly, Americans often don't know a good thing when it happens. Bush was a fine patriot and POTUS. Americans bargained with the Devil and got the plague known as the Clintons.

 

[DONOTBUGME]

The Bush's, Clinton's, and Obama's are all the same. Globalist looking to line thier own pockets at the expense of the american people.

 

[Papa]

The Bush's, Clinton's, and Obama's are all the same. Globalist looking to line thier own pockets at the expense of the american people.

This is absolutely true.

 

[EPS]

One of the good ones.
And he loved fishing LOL he was a fishing freak.
@Caveman Jim might like this he had a off shore fishing boat with three 250 outboards on it if he wanted he could out run the SECURITY BOATS.that follow him .lol
And sometimes he would.

 

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[EPS]

And A few more.there are hundreds .or thousands of pictures of him fishing .

 

[Caveman Jim]

And A few more.there are hundreds .or thousands of pictures of him fishing .View attachment 524795 View attachment 524796

OMG!!!! He killed a WILD unclipped hatchery fish!!!! OMG!!!

 

[RicInOR]