Being nice to the Secret Service keeps them from writing those Tell-All memoirs.
Posted on 12/03/2018 10:52:58 AM PST by C19fan
Secret Service agents breathed a collective sigh of relief when George H. W. Bush took office. Unlike previous presidents Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Bush treated agents with respect and consideration.
Bush 'made it clear to all his staff that none of them was a security expert, and if the Secret Service made a decision, he was the one to sign off on it, and they were never to question our decisions or make life difficult,' former agent Pete Dowling says.
'So consequently it was kind of a moment in time, because all the entities really worked well together to make his protection and the activities that he participated in successful.'
Like Ronald Reagan, Bush was so considerate of the agents who protected him that he would stay in town on Christmas Eve so agents could spend it with their families. Then he would fly to Texas the day after Christmas.
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And four short years later the perv and his harridan wife moved in.
Cute.
As the article mentions agents considered being assigned the PIAPS detail a punishment.
The typical liberal looks down on everyone else.
Part of their DNA.
Being nice to the Secret Service keeps them from writing those Tell-All memoirs.
This is more of how Bush I conflicts me.
I know many see him as a true RINO, hidden progressive, or worse, deep-state agent of the highest order. I see their points
At the same time, everything I read about him and his personal life makes him seem almost stoic. He treated every underling very well. His family life was stable and exemplary, and he was humble and self-effacing. I don’t think this is merely propaganda, because the facade would have eventually been exposed - for example, despite all the media’s best efforts to protect the Clintons, the world knows what kind of people they are.
Again, its difficult to make a judgement about Bush
Some say the measure of a person is how they treat those serving them.
That was exactly my first thought.
Makes you wonder how the parents of these democrats raised their kids to have such disrespect and especially since they bite the hand that feeds them.
He was a serial groper. There are photos everywhere if you Google.
Including a 16 year old girl.
My opinion is that as a WWII veteran Bush thought a New World Order led by the USA would ultimately improve the lives of average Americans. He was not supporting such a construct for personal power or gain, like the Clintons, the Obamas, and Soros do. And he probably had trouble understanding how others could misuse power in such ways.
Combine your post with Number 7 above, and I think you have a concise summary of the good and bad of Bush 41.
Or try my even shorter revision: Good people often believe bad ideas.
I voted for Bush twice. I don’t regret it — if for no other reason than even back in the 1980s, it was already clear to me that even the worst Republican was better than the best Democrat.
Nothing mattered during the 1988 general election more than keeping power out of the hands of the Democrat party.
From the articles comments section:
“Remember during the campaign when the Secret Service launched Hillary’s catatonic carcass into the van like a sack of soggy, rotten potatoes? I’ll bet they really enjoyed that.”
I hadn’t given it much thought but it was probably the highlight of the campaign.
Until the old drifter lost.
Wonder how many smiles THAT brought out?
IMO Bush bought into the post-WW II thinking that Globalism and global integration was a good thing as it would make a Third World War, unthinkably fought with nuclear weapons, less likely.
For awhile during that period the thinking that the way to keep nations from going to war was to get rid of nations was pretty common.
He was largely a product of his time methinks.
“At the same time, everything I read about him and his personal life makes him seem almost stoic. He treated every underling very well. His family life was stable and exemplary, and he was humble and self-effacing.”
Bush 41 was Old Money.
Old Money pays the help good, treats people fairly and appreciates good help/sevice.
The Clintons and Gore’s are New Money.
New Money is arrogant, condescending and treats underlings like slaves.
They treat everyone they deem below them in a heavy handed way.
I’ve seen the differences in Old and New Money many times. The attitudes are night and day.
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