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The ‘magnanimous, bipartisan and dignified’ letter George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton before ...
The Daily Telegraph ^ | June 13, 2016 | Adam Boult

Posted on 06/15/2016 11:39:02 AM PDT by EveningStar

Full title: The ‘magnanimous, bipartisan and dignified’ letter George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton before leaving office


When a President of the United States steps down from office, he will traditionally leave behind a note for his successor in the Oval Office.

The note penned by George HW Bush to Bill Clinton has gone viral in recent days, after it was shared on social media by Twitter user @CameronJJJ, who described it as “magnanimous, bipartisan & dignified.”The note penned by George HW Bush to Bill Clinton has gone viral in recent days, after it was shared on social media by Twitter user @CameronJJJ, who described it as “magnanimous, bipartisan & dignified.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; bush41; georgehwbush; ghwb
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To: HarleyLady27
Oh man I would hate to see the one that Hussein is going to leave for Trump...

In lavender ink...

21 posted on 06/15/2016 12:05:29 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: libstripper

They go way back to Mena Airport.


22 posted on 06/15/2016 12:05:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: spiderpig

If Obola’s children are run out, President Trump (oh, God, how GOOD that sounds) must send a fully equipped decontamination and deactivation team to scrub the premises before he lets any of his own staff in.


23 posted on 06/15/2016 12:08:06 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: gaijin

Well, they have Planned Parenthood in common. It’s a real bond for them.


24 posted on 06/15/2016 12:09:21 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Leaders are not those with good intentions, but those with clear vision and objectives that match their inner convictions coupled with a determination that transcends personal gain.


25 posted on 06/15/2016 12:09:29 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: HarleyLady27

Bam-Bam will probably drop a deuce on the chair in the Oval Office.


26 posted on 06/15/2016 12:10:57 PM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: EveningStar

A search for `The letter Bill Clinton left George W. Bush’ got no hits, `cept for this:
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/06/14/hillary-clinton-george-h-w-bush-letter-bill-clinton.cnn

“Hillary Clinton: Bush’s letter moved me to tears”

Isn’t that special?


27 posted on 06/15/2016 12:13:22 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Excellent observations and well said.

Btw, Welcome to FR.


28 posted on 06/15/2016 12:13:56 PM PDT by mkjessup (Mop Up *ZOT* operations are still underway. See a subversive anti-Trump troll? Notify the mods!)
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To: NorthMountain
Bam-Bam will probably drop a deuce on the chair in the Oval Office.

Why not? He's been doing that on our Republic and our Constitution since Day One when he started stinkin' up the Oval Office.
29 posted on 06/15/2016 12:14:59 PM PDT by mkjessup (Mop Up *ZOT* operations are still underway. See a subversive anti-Trump troll? Notify the mods!)
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To: Jim 0216

Iconic Successful Businessman: “Tires ain’t pretty.”


30 posted on 06/15/2016 12:17:09 PM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard ("Go not a step from your door unarmed, travel armed for war, you may at any time need a spear." ODIN)
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To: mkjessup

At your service.


31 posted on 06/15/2016 12:18:34 PM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard ("Go not a step from your door unarmed, travel armed for war, you may at any time need a spear." ODIN)
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To: napscoordinator

Yup. Regan made a conscious decision to turn a blind-eye to the Islamist threats of Afghanistan in order to give the Soviets a bloody nose.

Did he make the right call? I suppose history will judge.


32 posted on 06/15/2016 12:20:41 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: HombreSecreto

“Probably uses My Little Pony stationery.”

And not the modern, cleverly-done MLP:FIM either; it’ll be the glurge-ey early stuff.

Actually, if he even deigns to write anything to Trump, it’ll be on personal stationery, and will be far more about himself and how his shoes will be too big to fill, than it will about the incoming administration.


33 posted on 06/15/2016 12:23:30 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: EveningStar

The perfect illustration why George HW Bush and George W. Bush are so wrong even as they are so decent.


34 posted on 06/15/2016 12:30:45 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep. It seems we pay the price of presidents years after they finish.


35 posted on 06/15/2016 12:31:31 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: tumblindice

One Reptilian to another. Haha!


36 posted on 06/15/2016 12:47:16 PM PDT by Jim Pelosi
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To: EveningStar

and Clinton repaid this graciousness by stealing the silverware, and popping all of the W’s from all of the WH keyboards.

people really should be reminded about how crass and low class the first (and hopefully only!) Clinton administration.

it was only Dubya being too kind to let the stories gain with the media that has kept most voters blissfully ignorant of the juvenile and criminal activities that went on in the final days of the Clinton occupation of that esteemed home.


37 posted on 06/15/2016 12:49:38 PM PDT by TangibleDisgust ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
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To: Little Pig

we already know the answer to this. Obama is going to leave a complete CD/DVD set of himself reading his ghost written books, and copies of his favorite speeches.

this is what he gave the Queen of England.

he’s a moron.

a narcissistic moron, but still a moron.


38 posted on 06/15/2016 12:53:46 PM PDT by TangibleDisgust ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire)
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To: EveningStar

GHW Bush squandered a 90% approval rating after the first Gulf War, broke his promise and raised taxes, and handed the election to the rapist. If it hadn’t been for Bush (yes and Perot) the rapist and his lying criminal wife would have vanished into obscurity. Instead we have not been able to get rid of them for over 25 years. The rapist was even impeached and yet he didn’t go away after leaving office. At least GHW Bush had the class to lay low after the Presidency. Can you imagine we might have 8 more years of these grifters? When will we be rid of them? It’s like a horror movie.


39 posted on 06/15/2016 1:12:44 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: TangibleDisgust

Any bets on when both bush presidents endorse Hillary.....and these people will say every one else has changed


40 posted on 06/15/2016 1:27:52 PM PDT by SPRINK
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