GHWB was a lowly congressman from Texas or else running for Congress when I met him in East Texas in 1964 when he was traveling with Senator Goldwater. Poppy Bush was still young, but had the coldest, iciest pale blue eyes I ever saw. He was in a hotel in Tyler, Texas, where I lived, the day of the assassination, and in several of the Murder-of-JFK books I’ve read, he was quoted as not recalling where he was. As if any adult could really not recall where they were on that day. Yes, he was head of the CIA later - I’m not sure of the years, either, without looking it up, but after LBJ’s death and before getting the VP slot.
I don’t recall reading where Poppy was during the attempt to assassinate Reagan, but you can bet he was well-covered. If he cut it close once, in 1963, he sure wouldn’t cut it close again. And I am not impressed with how “genteel” he or his family seems.
I’ve always thought Reagan was just too nice a man to realize the extent of what he had running with him after he was conned into taking Bush. I don’t care what Poppy did during WW2; I consider what he did after. We all knew he was in the CFR in 1964. We didn’t “show what we know” in Texas about him, or LBJ either. Most of us still don’t. Sad.
my appreciation for your post ... Thank you.