Posted on 04/29/2024 6:53:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
HOUSTON — Few people outside of the family knew President George H.W. Bush as well as Jean Becker, his longtime chief of staff. She is sharing stories from her new book, "Character Matters," calling it a roadmap to civility in our polarizing political climate.
Becker is a journalist who became deputy press secretary for Barbara Bush in the White House, then was asked by the president to become his chief of staff once he left office
."I told him I didn't know how to be a chief of staff," Becker said. "I didn't know how to be a boss, do a budget. He said, 'Don't worry about it. We’ll make it up as we go.' So I said, 'OK, I'll stay.' We never talked about it again."
Becker stayed until he died. It was an extraordinary 25 years for this Missouri farm girl who grew up in a town of 300.
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Bush grew up in a United States which was ethnically, religiously, socially, politically homogenous. He was born under Calvin Coolidge and grew up in a USA which had not yet been infected by Neo-marxism or even progressivism, where civil society ruled, not the power of bloated government. He was also rich
He could afford to pretend to be genteel
Yep, look at the goofy smile on her face.
Dig him up and I’d vote for Perot again. He’d be as sentient as the current WH occupant.
And Admiral Stockdale.
me too.
The SNL skits about him vomiting in Japan were kinda funny. He took in good humor, iirc.
Great Moments in the History of White Trash.
Is it true she and George Will get together behind the barn and compare speeches.?
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It at least showed what a do nothing, go along to get along, globalist establishment RINO President is for everyone to see and avoid in the future.
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Excepting that Bush Jr. came along & many of FR ran to get their (R)N(C) knee-pads...until the warnings became reality.
The Stupid Party members (voters) ‘learn’ AFTER the fact, not before *shrug*
>Our national debt in 1992 was $4 trillion, today it’s $34 trillion.
You left out the $210T+ of the ‘unfunded liabilities’ ala illegal Ponzi schemes of SS/MediXYZ (that many HERE support).
How would you rectify this?
It’s very unfortunate that Ms. Becker confuses “character” and “politeness.” Poppy definitely had the latter, the former? Meh. Between NAFTA, China and the Iraq adventures, not sure any father-son duo in American history ever did as much damage to this country as the Shrubs.
Too bad for saying read my lips and perot
The former CIA director Bush had his “boy” Clinton take over and he was fine with it. Bush family did us no good whatsoever. It is too bad Reagan took him as VP!!
Back then I just assumed that just because the Democrats were evil, the Republicans weren’t.
Now, I realize both are evil.
Would Simpson been better?
When the truth comes out about Daddy Bush his name will be stricken from government buildings and schools and ships. SAME with GW!
I voted perot
Voting isn’t even for the lesser of two evils. It’s Satan or th devil. Your choice.
A Giant Douche vs A Turd Sandwich
His biggest mistake was "read my lips, no new taxes".
If he had another term, I think 41 would had handled Russia better. Maybe he would have found ways to give the Russians more support. That would have prevented the rise of Putin.
What if...
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