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Bush Library raises $100 million in 100 days
Fox News ^ | 5/4/2009 | Cavuto

Posted on 05/04/2009 2:07:08 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan

Cavuto reports that donations are pouring in for the presidential library of former President George W. Bush. In 100 days, he's raised $100 million - an amount that former President Bill Clinton planned to raise in one year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; bush43; bushlibrary; donations; first100days; library; presidents; smu
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1 posted on 05/04/2009 2:07:08 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: BuckeyeTexan

They should have a whole separate ‘Public Relations Wing’ where they can trumpet that Adminstration’s impressive history in this area.


2 posted on 05/04/2009 2:11:06 PM PDT by raptor29
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To: BuckeyeTexan

They need to build it well, they need to build it strong, and they need to build it lasting. It may very well end up as one of only a small number of places where the truth might be learned. This current administration is off on a crusade to disembowel the truth and freedom in this country.


3 posted on 05/04/2009 2:12:40 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: BuckeyeTexan

how much of it is saudi money?


4 posted on 05/04/2009 2:13:36 PM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

All of it is unless he got some from Uranus.


5 posted on 05/04/2009 2:21:11 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: BuckeyeTexan

AWESOME!!! THANK YOU MR. BUSH FOR KEEPING US SAFE!!


6 posted on 05/04/2009 2:32:44 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: Texas4ever
THANK YOU MR. BUSH FOR KEEPING US SAFE!!

But he gave us Obama, who will destroy this great country. Too bad W wasn't a conservative. He could have been a great president.

7 posted on 05/04/2009 2:38:10 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
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To: FatherofFive
HE WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT.
Obama was given to you courtesy of George Sorros and The Democrat Party...he was the “head of State” kid...the one....the chosen....the puppet.....Money poured in from foreign countries and they hid it all. He is not even eligible....we were bamboozled...in the name of Martin Luther King....it is a crime...but no one will stand up to the black anger! This my friend was not Bush's fault.
8 posted on 05/04/2009 2:41:29 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: FatherofFive
HE WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT.
Obama was given to you courtesy of George Sorros and The Democrat Party...he was the “head of State” kid...the one....the chosen....the puppet.....Money poured in from foreign countries and they hid it all. He is not even eligible....we were bamboozled...in the name of Martin Luther King....it is a crime...but no one will stand up to the black anger! This my friend was not Bush's fault.
9 posted on 05/04/2009 2:41:38 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: FatherofFive

Bush didn’t give us Obama. The ignorant class of the American public is to blame for that disaster. Eyes wide shut.


10 posted on 05/04/2009 2:44:17 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Too bad bush himself didn't read this book before taking office...

His public statements were frequently cringeworthy, and got progressively worse as his 2nd term wore on.

11 posted on 05/04/2009 2:51:08 PM PDT by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: raptor29
They should have a whole separate ‘Public Relations Wing’ where they can trumpet that Adminstration’s impressive history in this area.

What would be in that wing? An empty space and the sound of crickets?

12 posted on 05/04/2009 2:52:08 PM PDT by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: FreepShop1

He needed a better teleprompter.


13 posted on 05/04/2009 2:52:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: FreepShop1

Well, they could reference Gulf War II, no attacks since 9/11, Signing the Late Term Abortion ban, tax cuts.

Oh, wait, to guys like you those things don’t count.


14 posted on 05/04/2009 2:57:06 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Willful ignorance is a dangerous attitude.)
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To: FreepShop1

No, they could start with a statue to Scott McClellan, that legend of public relations who served the Bush Administration so admirably.

Seriously, could they have chosen a more unqualified, untalented stiff than this guy? He soiled that office for years with his less-than-even-mediocre work.


15 posted on 05/04/2009 3:11:18 PM PDT by raptor29
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To: BuckeyeTexan
In 100 days, he's raised $100 million - an amount that former President Bill Clinton planned to raise in one year.

I'll bet the Bush library won't look like a trailer, either.


16 posted on 05/04/2009 3:44:27 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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To: MAD-AS-HELL; pfflier

“How much of it is saudi money?”
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As Condi would say, DO YOUR HOMEWORK before making asinine statements:

“Much of the money was collected in the 100 days or so since Bush left the White House, a pace much faster than that of his recent predecessors. At least so far, none of it has come from overseas, the sources said.”

NOTE: It took Clinton 1 1/2 years to raise the same amount of money and MOST of it was from overseas.]
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1895447,00.html


17 posted on 05/04/2009 4:17:03 PM PDT by DrDeb
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To: FatherofFive

“But he gave us Obama, who will destroy this great country. Too bad W wasn’t a conservative. He could have been a great president.”
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RIDDLE ME THIS:

1.) Who controlled Congress when President Reagan left office (versus most of his tenure in office)?

SENATE (1985-87)— 53 Republicans / 47 Democrats
SENATE (1987-89)— 55 Democrats / 45 Republicans
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm

HOUSE (1981-83) — 242 Democrats / 192 Republicans
HOUSE (1989-91) — 260 Democrats / 175 Republicans
http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/partyDiv.html
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2.) During the 1992 election cycle, on whom did the electorate blame the bad economy — an assessment that delivered the White House to Bill Clinton?

According to Gallup, a majority blamed the economic policies of Ronald Reagan (who at the time had a lower post-presidency JA rating than Jimmy Carter — 47% to 49%). [FYI: The election of Clinton lead directly to the attacks of 9/11/01.]
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3.) Why do ‘conservatives’ ignore President Reagan’s historic spending/deficits, as well as other center-left policies, e.g., amnesty, raising taxes, withdrawing troops from Lebanon which enabled OBL, and so on?

Ostensibly, ‘conservatives’ ignore Reagan’s deficits/center-left policies because he (Reagan) was fighting and winning a COLD war at the time.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I do believe that during his tenure, President Bush was fighting and winning a HOT war — and a hot war trumps a cold war every time!
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THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH FOR LOVING YOUR COUNTRY ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS NECESSARY KEEP US SAFE DESPITE THE POLITICAL COSTS!

[FYI: Even though President Bush’s JOB APPROVAL suffered during his second term, his PERSONAL APPROVAL rating never dropped below approximately 60% . . . The MSM may have convinced some in the voting public that the President’s policies were wrong; however, they failed to convince a majority of Americans that the President was anything but a GOOD man . . . There is a reason that in a shaky economy President Bush can still raise $100 million dollars in record time — much of the money in $100 to $500 increments!]


18 posted on 05/04/2009 4:44:06 PM PDT by DrDeb
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To: Balding_Eagle; Texas4ever

THANK YOU for your well-reasoned, INFORMED comments . . . They are a welcome contrast to the agenda- driven drivel that all too frequently passes for ‘enlightened’ commentary at FR!


19 posted on 05/04/2009 4:49:20 PM PDT by DrDeb
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To: snugs; Kaslin; LUV W; STARWISE; NordP; Majie Purple; 4integrity; Just A Nobody; silent_jonny; ...

GREAT NEWS!

You will find the original article and two AWESOME photo galleries here:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1895447,00.html


20 posted on 05/04/2009 4:52:50 PM PDT by DrDeb
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