President GHW Bush: RIP

[onejayhawk]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-hw-bush-41st-president-of-the-united-states-dies-at-94/2018/11/30/42fa2ea2-61e2-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html?utm_term=.c771a34dd553

He was 94

J

[revo]

An amazing career, and an incredibly classy and dignified individual. The current temporary occupant of the WH has a lot to learn from President Bush. RIP.

[onejayhawk]

GHWB had almost as much contempt for Trump as most of this board. It's ironic that history may well remember Trump as the better President.

Bush was the oldest living President in history at the time of his death. Should he survive, Jimmy Carter will take that honor in March 2019.

J

[revo]

GHWB had almost as much contempt for Trump as most of this board. It's ironic that history may well remember Trump as the better President.

Bush was the oldest living President in history at the time of his death. Should he survive, Jimmy Carter will take that honor in March 2019.

J

OMG, you have to be kidding me. Bush dedicated his life to public service. The current clown who occupies the WH can barely do the job expected and is the most corrupt president since Nixon. Bush did more in one week than this doofus has done in his entire tenure....well, except play golf. Gimme a break, man.

[Sour Masher]

An amazing career, and an incredibly classy and dignified individual. The current temporary occupant of the WH has a lot to learn from President Bush. RIP.

Until the later part of his life, with all the groping stuff. But as we've discussed before on this, I think it is fair to judge him differently in that regard, because the brain changes with age, and he seemed to do it just to surprise and mess with people rather than dehumanize them or get gratification from it. On the scale of thing, it is on the more innocent end, especially since he seems to always have done it just to get a shock during photos. Still, not too classy and dignified to grab a 16 year old's ass to get her to give a shocked face in a photo op.

[onejayhawk]

OMG, you have to be kidding me. Bush dedicated his life to public service. The current clown who occupies the WH can barely do the job expected and is the most corrupt president since Nixon. Bush did more in one week than this doofus has done in his entire tenure....well, except play golf. Gimme a break, man.

Never mind. This is about Bush 41.

J

[Sour Masher]

GHWB had almost as much contempt for Trump as most of this board. It's ironic that history may well remember Trump as the better President.


J

Trump is the worst president of my lifetime. History will not remember him as a wanna be autocrat who bullied any and all who stood in his way, and tried again and again to degrade public respect for anyone that opposed him, including the media and the other two branches of government.

[Sour Masher]

Tell me again in fifty years.

J

If Trump has his way, we'll all be underwater by then.

[TranaGreg]

I suppose if history is written by Russians J's comment will be valid.

[Fresno Bob]

I had never thought I'd long for a Bush in the White House. Everyone always seems to forget Bush Sr was once the head of the CIA, so you know he knew things, and that actions had consequences

[Steve 2.0]

Trump is the worst president of ALL FREAKIN' TIME. History will not remember him as a wanna be autocrat who bullied any and all who stood in his way, and tried again and again to degrade public respect for anyone that opposed him, including the media and the other two branches of government.

fixed.

[Judge Jude]

I'm sure this honeymoon won't last long, but parts of federal government will close on Wednesday


Ed O'Keefe
Verified account @edokeefe

JUST IN: President Trump orders U.S. flags to half-staff “for a period of 30 days from the day” of the death of George HW Bush. He declares Dec. 5 a national day of mourning, adding, “I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.”
10:49 AM - 1 Dec 2018

[revo]

I'm sure this honeymoon won't last long, but parts of federal government will close on Wednesday


Ed O'Keefe
Verified account @edokeefe

JUST IN: President Trump orders U.S. flags to half-staff “for a period of 30 days from the day” of the death of George HW Bush. He declares Dec. 5 a national day of mourning, adding, “I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.”
10:49 AM - 1 Dec 2018

The stock exchange used to be closed for observance of President’s deaths. I remember getting the day off when Nixon died. Is this still the case?

[madducks]

The stock exchange used to be closed for observance of President’s deaths. I remember getting the day off when Nixon died. Is this still the case?

Yes.

The stock exchange will observe a moment of silence on Monday and will be closed on Wednesday in honor of President George H.W. Bush.

[cardboardbox]

My wife still tells the story of meeting GHWB at the student gym at Texas A&M. That must have been around 1999 or 2000. Very polite and regular guy, and no grabbing back then...

RIP