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FearlessF

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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2018, 02:24:14 PM »
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2018, 02:53:26 PM »
My Dad spent all of 88 campaign w Dem.candidates.  missed a lot of birthdays and little league games those campaign years.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2018, 02:59:59 PM »
Don't remember his election, I was only 4, but he's the first President I remember while in office.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2018, 03:13:28 PM »
BASEBALL: As a first baseman and captain of his baseball team at Yale University, Bush played in the first-ever College World Series in 1947. His team lost to the University of California. Yale again reached the College World Series finals in 1948 and this time lost to Southern California. Sparky Anderson, who would win the World Series as manager of the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers, was a batboy on the Southern Cal team.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2018, 08:55:16 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 01, 2018, 12:56:39 PM
President Donald Trump says he expressed his “best wishes” to the Bush family Saturday after the death of former President George H.W. Bush.
Trump says he spoke with former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to express his sympathies. He praised the elder Bush, who died Friday, as “a high-quality man who truly loved his family.”
So what?
That corrupt little man's words are hollow.
I remember winning a Presidential Fitness award, before it was evil to impress upon young kids the benefit of health and wellness, while Reagan was president.  I still remember watching the Oliver North trial.  Corruption a flowin'.....
I thought everyone in here was 60+ years old.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2018, 10:51:16 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on December 01, 2018, 12:33:27 AM
My Dad was a Secret Service agent for 25 years and spent more time with GHWB and Barbara than any other protectees in his career, mostly during the 80s.   He was very fond of them.  We have a family photo with the First family when my Dad was retiring from the USSS when I was a teenager.   I was in awe that day.  Rip.
That's awesome!
RIP
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #20 on: December 03, 2018, 11:47:28 AM »
Quote from: Gigem on December 01, 2018, 08:09:46 AM
RIP to a great President.  Served his country in combat, risked his life, and seemed to be an honest guy whatever your politics.


He was a politician and made calculated political decisions. Some felt more politically calculating (and ickier) than others.

But--he was a genuinely well-meaning person in the mold of the type of leaders most of us hope for. You can't take politics out of politicians, but politicians who are in it for the right reasons are what we need. '92 was my first election as a voter and I didn't vote for him, but he was in it for the right reasons and was a truly great American.
Almost certainly one of the better one-term Presidents--and better than many two-termers.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2018, 01:45:10 AM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on December 01, 2018, 08:32:53 AM
His 1988 campaign was really the first election I was aware of.  I was 9.  
 Me too.  I was 8.   Will never forget the infamous Willie Horton ads.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2018, 11:51:41 AM »
Quote from: jhetfield99 on December 04, 2018, 01:45:10 AM
Me too.  I was 8.   Will never forget the infamous Willie Horton ads.
I share the same experiences as many of you. I was in junior high. We followed the election, made reports about the candidates, and even had a little class vote. 
I also received the presidential fitness award from Raegan. I thought that was so cool. 
Sadly the first president my kids will probably remember is trump. 
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2018, 12:02:43 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 01, 2018, 02:59:59 PM
Don't remember his election, I was only 4, but he's the first President I remember while in office.
same. i remember being terrified about the oil crisis and iraq war while listening to my parents discuss it.
also, saw it after i got a little older, but the snl bits with dana carvey impersonating him are some of my favorites. love that he got into it and had fun with it.
RIP
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2018, 12:08:35 PM »
I didn't realize how young some a lot of you guys are. Get off my lawn. 

RIP President Bush
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2018, 12:35:10 PM »
Proud to say I voted for him two times. Yeah, I'm from Chicago, but the two times were not in the same election cycle.



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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2018, 12:57:18 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on December 04, 2018, 12:35:10 PM
Proud to say I voted for him two times. Yeah, I'm from Chicago, but the two times were not in the same election cycle.



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I only got to vote for him once, when he lost to the saxophone player.  Too bad.
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Re: RIP President Bush
« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2018, 01:11:42 PM »
He lost to Clinton, but you can bet Ross Perot had a big hand in it (very likely taking more Bush votes than Clinton ones). His son took advantage of that the other way around when Nader took way more of Gore's potential votes in Florida.

And so the world turns.
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