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Why the late George H.W. Bush is the most underrated great US president
Scmp ^ | 12/22/2022 | Alex Lo

Posted on 12/25/2022 9:01:10 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

3 “For the 28 years that he served as chancellor of Germany, Bismarck preserved what he had built by a restrained and wise diplomacy, which was the single most important element in maintaining the peace of Europe.” – Henry Kissinger Some people complain I never have a good word to say about the United States. That’s not quite true. I am sure if I dig deep enough, I can find a piece or two from a daily column that spans more than a decade where I said something nice. But today, I will change tracks: George H.W. Bush, the 41st US president. The more I read about him, the more it seems to me he has been the most underrated president of the last century. Sadly, that tends to be the fate of one-term presidents.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Bush that couldn’t remember where he was when jfk was assassinated? The one who was registered in a Dallas hotel on that day? The one who worked under CIA zapata operation? The one who sat on the sham jfk investigation? The one possibly photographed by book depository on that day? The one who became CIA director years later? The one who became liason to China? Yes - totally underrated.


61 posted on 12/25/2022 9:37:38 AM PST by Mlheureux
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How about his comment at the UN the new world order, scum begets scum


62 posted on 12/25/2022 9:39:42 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: alternatives?

“Was that just a thin layer of veneer?”

Not in my opinion - I think he was simply a VERY NICE GUY. Same for his son, too.

The problem is, as Dennis Prager put it really well, is the person with the best background for being a role model for your kids (Obama runs circles around Trump, when it comes to being someone to emulate in your personal life), versus who is best to run the country (clearly Trump).

Bush was IDEAL as a personal role model - stayed married to a woman who ‘looked her age’, but wound up as a disaster when it came to standing up to Democrats.


63 posted on 12/25/2022 9:40:04 AM PST by BobL
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub.L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, enacted November 29, 1990) was signed into law by George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990.[1] It was first introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. It increased total, overall immigration to allow 700,000 immigrants to come to the U.S. per year for the fiscal years 1992–94, and 675,000 per year after that.[2] It provided family-based immigration visa, created five distinct employment based visas, categorized by occupation, and a diversity visa program that created a lottery to admit immigrants from "low admittance" countries[3] or countries whose citizenry was underrepresented in the U.S.
64 posted on 12/25/2022 9:41:37 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bush I = definition of milquetoast.

Bush I thought, finally, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the UN could fulfill its mission of promoting peace and human rights in the world.

In particular, neither Russia nor China vetoed the UN resolution authorizing the use of force to evict Iraq from Kuwait.

And, this UN resolution is what Bush asked Congress to approve.

Notice how limited was this resolution, merely to evict Iraq from Kuwait. You don’t f’n need the UN to authorize self-defense; or, to be aided by others in self-defense. But, Bush I was such a globalist he deferred self- and mutual-defense to the UN.

Or, maybe, he was taking a chance on cooperation by the great powers to invigorate the UN’s pursuit of peace and human rights in the world.

Well, Bush I was wrong.

Instead of bringing the reign of Saddam Hussein to an end, Bush I’s calling off the dogs when we had the bastards on the run, enabled Hussein to remain in power.

By remaining in power, Hussein continued to terrorize the people of his country, and we continued with sanctions that impoverished the country.

Later, with Bush II, we got into another war in Iraq, and then an occupation. We saw the rise of Al Qaida and then the rise of ISIS. Following an invasion of Iraq by ISIS, Iraq fell under the rule of Iran.

Bush I should be happy he’s “under-appreciated,” because if people focused on him, he would be recognized as having made one of the worse mistakes in U.S. history.

In war, said MacArthur, there is no substitute for victory. At a terrible cost, we totally defeated Japan. Then, MacArthur ruled Japan as military governor like a god. Over time, Japan was reconstructed as a prosperous and democratic country.

We might have accomplished such a thing in Iraq; but, no, Bush I chose a negotiated peace over victory.

If a war isn’t important enough to win, it shouldn’t be fought in the first place.


65 posted on 12/25/2022 9:42:53 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: ChicagoConservative27

IBTZ

Just kidding, Merry Christmas.


66 posted on 12/25/2022 9:46:48 AM PST by grey_whiskers ( (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ross Perot lost the election for us. Never forget that.


67 posted on 12/25/2022 9:56:25 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: grey_whiskers

Merry Christmas


68 posted on 12/25/2022 9:57:45 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: bray

Yes.


69 posted on 12/25/2022 9:59:06 AM PST by robowombat ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He lost me when he took office with his this will be a “kinder and gentler administration” speech. Well FU George, you start out by dissing Reagan, in effect making it clear you won’t continue his policies. That was my first thought when I heard it. I knew we were screwed, and I was right.


70 posted on 12/25/2022 10:00:54 AM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He was not loyal to Reagan, he was appointed by the Deep State to rein Reagan in.


71 posted on 12/25/2022 10:01:16 AM PST by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: central_va
Loyal to Reagan? The first thing he did as Pres. was reverse almost all of Reagans policies.

I saw that coming when he told the GOP convention that he wanted "A kinder, gentler nation."

72 posted on 12/25/2022 10:01:19 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: BobL

Actually Bush 1 was not a nice person. To those who worked for him, he was a rude, arrogant, mean spirited and demeaning individual. More like the stupid and lazy NCO I once had for a supervisor than a decent person.


73 posted on 12/25/2022 10:02:33 AM PST by robowombat ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It wasn’t just “read my lips”.. he was an evil globaloid lump of human $**t who was responsible for a great deal of global turmoil and suffering.

The Bushes fk’d America and the world good. Hopefully the POS is slow-burning, very painfully, in hell... where most Bushes should go.


74 posted on 12/25/2022 10:03:06 AM PST by AAABEST ( NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: dragnet2

They aren’t native Texans.


75 posted on 12/25/2022 10:03:06 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Bush Crime Family are the wort backstabbers in history.


76 posted on 12/25/2022 10:05:56 AM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Great war hero...
But mediocre as president due to his surrender on taxes...

Overall, compared to the communist drivel from 1976-1980, 2008-2016, and 2030-2024, and the turncoat from 2000-2008, he was GREAT...


78 posted on 12/25/2022 10:09:37 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: Altura Ct.

A kinder gentler machine-gun hand.


79 posted on 12/25/2022 10:10:49 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 1Old Pro

80 posted on 12/25/2022 10:11:44 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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