26CornerBlitz Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Thoughts and prayers go out to the Bush family. The only Republican president I ever voted for. Here's W's statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Goat Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtownBillsFan Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Sad anytime one of our preses passes. He seemed a likable guy. God rest his soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Clowns go where clowns go. Pray he repented and died as more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Rest in peace. I never voted for him. I was a staunch lefty when he ran against Dukakis, and by the time he was running for his 2nd term I had begun to adopt my 'upset the apple cart' attitude and voted instead for Perot (I would have voted for Clinton but decided against it when he said he smoked weed but 'didn't inhale'). That decision was based 100% his going back on his "no new taxes" promise. Times change, and so does a person's personal philosophy. In retrospect, I have come to respect 41, and despite his faults and the valid criticisms of his policy, I wish his family the best during the passing of their patriarch. RIP Mr Bush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtownBillsFan Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 After they way the Bushes campaigned against our current president, I'm wondering if I shouldn't have a lesser opinion of them. But I do respect the way both of them refrained from all things politic after they were out of office, so I'll keep that stance, and wish him well in the afterlife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, TtownBillsFan said: After they way the Bushes campaigned against our current president, I'm wondering if I shouldn't have a lesser opinion of them. But I do respect the way both of them refrained from all things politic after they were out of office, so I'll keep that stance, and wish him well in the afterlife. So, how is it that the Bushes campaigned against current president, but at the same time "refrained from all things politic after they were out of office"? Does not make sense.. Either way, a hell a lot more respect for GH, than his son. RIP. Edited December 1, 2018 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, TtownBillsFan said: After they way the Bushes campaigned against our current president, I'm wondering if I shouldn't have a lesser opinion of them. But I do respect the way both of them refrained from all things politic after they were out of office, so I'll keep that stance, and wish him well in the afterlife. Let's be fair. Trump did run against JEB (among other republicans, obviously), and Trump's abrasive (to say the least) campaign style would invoke the ire of any politically dynastic family whose member was running against him. Trump tore JEB a new one. His family is understandably angry with him. For the moment I'm setting aside the Bush family/uniparty/establishment/swamp dynamic and cutting them some slack for why they would have a beef with president Trump. And for the record, in my opinion we haven't yet had a president who I wouldn't wish well in the afterlife. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I’m torn on this guy. I wish his family well, but his corrupt nature and establishment behavior was not something to celebrate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtownBillsFan Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Azalin said: Let's be fair. Trump did run against JEB (among other republicans, obviously), and Trump's abrasive (to say the least) campaign style would invoke the ire of any politically dynastic family whose member was running against him. Trump tore JEB a new one. His family is understandably angry with him. For the moment I'm setting aside the Bush family/uniparty/establishment/swamp dynamic and cutting them some slack for why they would have a beef with president Trump. And for the record, in my opinion we haven't yet had a president who I wouldn't wish well in the afterlife. All very true. I guess I just think of Trump differently, non-politically. Maybe unfairly, as he's certainly political now, but he's not the normal politician. Bufftex called me out above, and rightfully so The Bushes were silent as ex-pres's on policy issues, as I'm sure he knows (and observed, as they never spoke out about anything). But they were defending their own Low-Energy guy from the family, so they did have to 'speak out' in that regard I think Bufftex probably knows what I meant, but whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I never knew him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 R.I.P. President George H. W. Bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 7 hours ago, TtownBillsFan said: After they way the Bushes campaigned against our current president, I'm wondering if I shouldn't have a lesser opinion of them. But I do respect the way both of them refrained from all things politic after they were out of office, so I'll keep that stance, and wish him well in the afterlife. I wonder if trump will stay out of politics after he leaves office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Yet another vet from WW2 is gone. Fewer and fewer left First president I ever voted for. Absentee ballot while in the Air Force. I use to get laughs impersonating him for friends in the service. He and Reagan basically talked the Soviet Union to death. They took Gorby on tours of US and Bush just asked him, "Why don't you just let the Germans hold elections?" He finally agreed to and the Cold War ended. That was a great under the radar moment in world history. I was in Panama for the build up to the attack there, but not the actual shooting. I had just left the service when the Gulf war was going to start. He only served four years but a lot sure happened in those years. No real surprise he lost going for Reagans fourth term. He he seemed like a good, decent man, a good politician and someone who belongs to a different age really. RIP old man, you have really left your mark on the world in many ways. I'm sure Jimmy Carter will be joining you soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said: I’m torn on this guy. I wish his family well, but his corrupt nature and establishment behavior was not something to celebrate. Same. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 4 hours ago, TtownBillsFan said: All very true. I guess I just think of Trump differently, non-politically. Maybe unfairly, as he's certainly political now, but he's not the normal politician. Bufftex called me out above, and rightfully so The Bushes were silent as ex-pres's on policy issues, as I'm sure he knows (and observed, as they never spoke out about anything). But they were defending their own Low-Energy guy from the family, so they did have to 'speak out' in that regard I think Bufftex probably knows what I meant, but whatever I have a much larger issue with the Bush family. Their reaction to attacks (retaliatory, preemptive whatever) on Jeb the Docile were understandable. However, I would assume the friendship with Clinton and Obama Inc would not be possible if they viewed those relationships in the same context. Those individuals ripped, scraped, tore and clawed at the eyes of their other son, leaving a scorched earth in their wake, accusing him of crimes against humanity and of sacrificing American lives for a phony war based on manufactured evidence. Somehow that all seems ok now. Michele an W are fast friends now. Bush the elder and Bill the Humidor guy were part of a coalition of old guys who get each other, maybe brought together by a shared interest in young woman they might put their hands on. So, my read is pretty simple. Establishment is establishment, and you can say whatever you want about whomever you want, because their personal and political ambitions differ slightly but meet in the middle on what can best be illustrated on a Venn diagram of corruption. I voted for both bush, then more bush, but by the time Jen came along, I realized that sometimes too much bush can be a bad thing. I feel dirty just typing this but more the life of me don't know why. That said..HW was unfairly characterized as a wimp, and his service record was impeccable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 RIP GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) My sister just sent me the poem she read when they spread his ashes last week. I asked her to send it this morning before I heard of Bush’s passing. Death is Not the End Death is not the end But the beginning Of a metamorphosis. For matter is never destroyed Only transformed And rearranged – Often more perfectly. Witness how in the moment of a caterpillar’s death The beauty of the butterfly is born And released from the prison of the cocoon It flies free. -- Peter Tatchell Edited December 1, 2018 by Chef Jim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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