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George H.W. Bush memoir offers unique glimpse into life after presidency
newscentermaine ^ | 09/29/2022 | Rob Caldwell

Posted on 09/30/2022 9:18:41 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

PORTLAND, Maine — In the summer of 2010, former President George H.W. Bush sat down at his home in Kennebunkport and jotted a quick note to a young woman who had come to Maine for a work project.

“Dear Taylor,” he wrote. “There are a lot of family fans of yours here at our lovely place by the sea. Please come over tomorrow afternoon for a swim and relaxation by our pool. I believe in long shots, so I hope this one works out.”

The invitation was accepted, and the next day Taylor Swift came by with several of her associates.

She “signed photos and hugged everyone she met like old friends. When she came back later that summer to debut her ‘Mine’ music video on the grounds of St. Ann’s Church, her first invite to come watch the debut was to her new friend, George Bush 41.”

(Excerpt) Read more at newscentermaine.com ...


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Everything went downhill after he lost in 1992. Damn Perot. I wonder what the world would have looked like if Bush left the White House in January 1997 instead of 1992.
1 posted on 09/30/2022 9:18:41 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The only person who cares is …well we all know who it is. But she’s the only one I think


2 posted on 09/30/2022 9:22:31 AM PDT by stanne
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Did he grope her too?


3 posted on 09/30/2022 9:23:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bush and Clinton weren’t that much different


4 posted on 09/30/2022 9:24:23 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s hard to say. It’s more likely Perot took more of the “I want change” vote from Clinton than from Bush.


5 posted on 09/30/2022 9:29:32 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In 1996, a Democrat would have still won the white house. That’s what would have happened.


6 posted on 09/30/2022 9:31:45 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

7 posted on 09/30/2022 9:32:21 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: TwelveOfTwenty
Stop blaming Perot for Bush's incompetence.

If Bush was half of what he thought he was Perot wouldn't have been an issue.

Bush lost because he lied through his teeth about raising taxes, thousand points of light, new world order...IOW, He's a frigg'n globalist loser.

8 posted on 09/30/2022 9:35:41 AM PDT by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’d not have had Slick Willie and learned that a bl@ow j@b isn’t sex....OR! Hillary for sure would have been nice. But even still, we’d gotten fake conservatism, GOPE traitorism, New World Order stuff from him and his anointed successor(s).

GHWB was a Kennebunkport liberal disguised as a Republican, plus a deep state CIA spook, to boot.


9 posted on 09/30/2022 9:37:03 AM PDT by Gaffer (I)
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To: lewislynn

I agree, but I wasn’t the one making the point that Bush’s loss was Perot’s fault.


10 posted on 09/30/2022 9:37:18 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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Bush only got handsy-grabby after his mind went.

I wonder if that means Joe is super extra double handsy-grabby now.

11 posted on 09/30/2022 9:37:30 AM PDT by x
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To: lewislynn

He had to raise taxes due to the high deficits caused by “spend and borrow” policies of Reagan (RR’s biggest mistake along with Sandra Day O’Connor). GHWB should have kept his mouth shut about the tax issue. The NWO speech still creeps me out to this day.


12 posted on 09/30/2022 9:38:57 AM PDT by Clemenza
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Bush only got handsy-grabby after his mind went.

To be fair, we'll probably be all like that we get old and senile.

Which is why when you turn 70, you shouldn't be President. (and yes that includes Trump)

13 posted on 09/30/2022 9:42:44 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No difference.


14 posted on 09/30/2022 9:43:07 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does that go for Reagan, too?


15 posted on 09/30/2022 9:43:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Does that go for Reagan, too?

He was 69 during his first inauguration. So he gets to serve the first term. My proposed amendment to the Constitution - you must be under the age of 70 when you get inaugurated on January 20th.

Ronald Reagan was 69 years, 349 days of age. So he barely made it by a couple of days!

16 posted on 09/30/2022 9:47:44 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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He had to raise taxes due to the high deficits caused by “spend and borrow” policies of Reagan

Reagan's "spend and borrow" policies bought us a peaceful end to the Cold War. It was the transition from Cold War to peacetime that resulted in a quick but fierce recession. The economy was already recovering when Bush was voted out, and Clinton got all the credit.

17 posted on 09/30/2022 9:56:57 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Family of assassins. How nice.


18 posted on 09/30/2022 9:58:33 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

Bushes and Clintons are just two sides of the same coin.


19 posted on 09/30/2022 9:58:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

A kinder gentler machine gun hand.


20 posted on 09/30/2022 9:58:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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