[stylin19a]

...the left got their O’Bummer phones.

One of those things that got mis-named.
Pres. GWBush signed the legislation that allowed cell phone service to be brought under the "Lifeline" program.
The actual first phone give-a-way was started by Safe-Link in 2008.

[AZLiberty]

Pres. GWBush signed the legislation that allowed cell phone service to be brought under the "Lifeline" program.

That's funny. Some recipients might have had second thoughts about accepting them if they were called Bush Phones.

[bigbob]

That’s true, although originally Safe-Link phones offered about one hour’s worth of calling time per month, and other wireless services like voice mail to eligible low-income households. It expanded from the Lifeline (landline) subsidy under GWB to include cellphones, and somewhere along the line expanded even more to include smartphones with dataplans. It might be worth the effort to sort this out as initially at least the cost was paid out of the Universal Service Fund, which is a charge against every phone bill.

We know how “free stuff” is never really free, right?

[sweetiepiezer]

Could be why Bush picked Roberts, to keep Barbara happy.

It turns out Barbara Bush’s stance on abortion was surprisingly progressive, and here’s what she had to say about it

https://hellogiggles.com/news/barbara-bush-abortion-rights/

Surprised Barbara Bush Now Says She’s Pro-Choice? Don’t Be. She Always Was.

https://rewire.news/article/2010/11/09/surprised-barbara-bush-said-prochoice-dont/