Bush Sr on Gretta - No Credit to Reagan for Bringing Down the Wall

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[dila813]

Listened to Bush Sr.

Gave lots of credit to others, but there was a stark omission of Reagan.

No Credit for Reagan???

[Gordon Greene]

“The point is what you didn’t hear.”

No, the point is THAT is my point... it’s real hard to get worked up about something you don’t hear, can’t see and can’t read. Everybody’s posting but until you replied here I didn’t see any specifics. Posts are useless without some specific explanation, quotes or at the very least a link.

That being said, the Bush’s have had much to be proud of and much to be ashamed of.

[Gordon Greene]

A little annoying not having quotes, links or at least direct information. Not sure what good a post is without it. Heck... even most blogs have a little something to go on.

[dila813]

Read the thread, they hadn’t posted the video till this was already posted.

Freepers are faster than the networks posting videos and transcripts.

They just posted pt1 of the interview http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/index.html#

[altair]

This is the man who said on the golf course at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am that participating in that tournament was the "greatest thrill of his life". Three winning presidential campaigns, eight years of the vice presidency, four years of the presidency and his greatest thrill is a golf tournament????

[mplsconservative]

I hear you. That’s why I don’t start threads. Strictly a poster and I ever shall be.

[Gordon Greene]

Gracias...

That’s better.

[SeeSharp]

Bush 41 beat Reagan in Iowa in 1980, but Reagan's "I am paying for this microphone" stunt in New Hampshire killed Bush's chances after that. Bush and Reagan always disliked each other.

Remember Bush accusing Reagan of "voodoo economics"?

Fun fact: In the 1960's George H. W. Bush introduced the first bill in the House to federally fund abortion. He, along with his good buddy Democrat Walter Mondale, used to push for what they referred to as "therapeutic population control".

[dila813]

Bush Sr always had such a grudge against the guy. When Reagan got shot, I was telling everyone it was Bush that hired the trigger man (as a joke of course)

[Gordon Greene]

I’m a wannabe blogger (www.fracturedrepublic.com) so, in turn I’m an armchair quarterback. You know how that goes...

[tennmountainman]

The fact is Bush Sr was a one termer

Reagan was not only a two-termer, but won his second term with 49 out of 50 states.

I doubt we will see that kind of win for a long while.

[ElectronVolt]

I like Pres. Bush, Sr., but I about gagged when he picked Gorbachev and missed Reagan. He always was too affectionate towards the old commie and never liked to talk about the Reagan years. He famously complained that his job was attending funerals, and Reagan did basically shelve him, for good or for ill. I’ve always wondered if this created some resentment.

[Arthur McGowan]

Did he manage to find a way to give Bill Clinton credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall? It wouldn’t surprise me.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Bush didn't credit the people of East Germany, who had a campaign of peaceful protests going on for months. Bush didn't credit the government of Hungary, which opened its borders to East Germans, who could then escape through Hungary into Austria and then into West Germany.

Bush named GORBACHEV! GORBACHEV as the big hero.

I couldn't stand to listen to Bush, when he was President and I still can't stand to listen to him. He was Reagan's VP for 8 years and learned NOTHING!

Naming Bush to VP was Reagan's first decision and his worst mistake. We're still paying for that mistake.

[dila813]

It was always a marriage of convenience. Reagan was basically trying to satisfy the party guard. The same fools that choose the turn coat in NY23.

This is the reverse that happened when McCain chose Palin. This would be like Palin choosing McCain to make the party feel better.

Bush knew it, and resented it.

[dragnet2]

If it wasn’t for Reagan, Bush 41 and 43 would be unknowns.

Outside of this, President Reagan was one of America's best leaders....

His horse had more class than these guys.

[The Cajun]

This pi$$es me off very badly. It's damn hard shrugging off his friendliness with Bill Clinton, but this really pi$$es me off. I truly believe this was a planned slap at president Reagan.
He became as small of a man as Jimmy Carter in not mentioning president Reagan.

[dila813]

I agree, you could see the wheels turning behind his eyes. He thought about what he was doing as he was doing it.

He so much wants to rewrite history.

[Rocky]

He used to talk about the New World Order a lot. Did he mention it in this interview?

I think he has more in common with Obama than he does with Reagan.

[GLDNGUN]

I just watched it, and Greta's question was focusing on the actual moment when the wall came down. Instead of taking all the credit as Greta was trying to get him to do, he mentioned other people that were instrumental AT THE ACTUAL TIME when the wall came down. Would it have been nice to talk more about what led up to that moment? Sure, but that's not what the question was. An earlier question did involve negotiations he did as Reagan's VP to get the Pershing missiles in West Germany. Bush did say that was a very important step.

Again, it would have been great for Bush to heap more praise on Reagan, but the question was about what happened at the time of the wall coming down while Bush I was president. I think you are making a bit much of his answer to the question.

[dogcaller]

Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher and Pope John Paul... the liberators of hundreds of millions.