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The president who took his Christmas card list to a whole other level
washingtonpost ^ | 12/26/2023 | Alex Schiffer

Posted on 12/26/2023 7:00:20 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

In the 1980s, when the calendar turned from April to May, Dot Burghard would take out the envelopes and blue pens and start a process that would last seven months or longer.

Burghard, a volunteer at the Office of the Vice President in Houston, spent her summers and falls addressing envelopes for a massive undertaking: George H.W. Bush’s Christmas card list. The operation, which had around 30,000 recipients at its peak, required a start date two seasons before the holidays. And when December rolled around, Burghard was joined by a room of volunteers — all women — turning the office into a miniature Hallmark factory.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: card; christmas; list; president
Bush 41 had is Christmas card game down path.
1 posted on 12/26/2023 7:00:20 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If only he had taken his conservatism to a whole other level.


2 posted on 12/26/2023 7:16:20 AM PST by gracefullyparanoid
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like Jimmah, awful president but good father and husband, and a good member of his community.


3 posted on 12/26/2023 7:22:00 AM PST by nwrep
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To: gracefullyparanoid

W was a very good president for about two years, until he allowed radical leftist nut Laura to take over. You know, the teacher.
Now, I have contempt for him. He let Ramos and Company, and even dear friend Scooter Libby, twist in the wind. W is either a very weak man, or evil. Or both.


4 posted on 12/26/2023 7:25:09 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there , a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: alstewartfan

That is COMPEAN, idiot spell checker.


5 posted on 12/26/2023 7:26:18 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there , a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: nwrep

Yes, what a great guy, he was also a well accomplished groper of many women. I’m sure that’s why he got along so well with BJ Clinton.


6 posted on 12/26/2023 7:31:39 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: imabadboy99

Well - that and Mena, Arkansas I should say.


7 posted on 12/26/2023 7:32:07 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: alstewartfan

The article is about HW, not W, though they did both suck.


8 posted on 12/26/2023 8:11:54 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: usafa92

The guys on his ship loved HW. The documentary about him is very touching. Barbara did not interfere in politics.


9 posted on 12/26/2023 8:20:21 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there , a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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