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Happy 100th Birthday, George Shultz!
Forbes ^ | 12/12/2020 | Bill Whalen

Posted on 12/13/2020 7:31:53 AM PST by Borges

Four years ago, in this same space and at a time when many Americans were on the horns of a dilemma that was the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I offered an alternative: former Secretary of State George Shultz.

My argument was based on Mr. Shultz’s resume (he’s one only two Americans to have held four cabinet posts – State, Treasury, Labor and OMB – the other being the late Elliot Richardson) . . .

His character (more on that in a moment) . . .

And the fact that running the country would help Secretary Shultz pass the time as he closed in on his 100th birthday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: centenarian; shultz

1 posted on 12/13/2020 7:31:53 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Wow another on the list of those I thought would be dead.

Happy century!


2 posted on 12/13/2020 7:36:00 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Borges
From Chicago Tribune 1987...

In case you missed it, Secretary of State George P. Shultz has a tiger tattooed on his rear end.

Confirmation of the fact that Shultz`s posterior is decorated with a tiger tattoo came from his wife, Helena. Mrs. Shultz informed reporters of the tattoo while aboard the secretary`s plane, which was on its way to China.

A month ago there had been a report that Shultz`s behind bore the tiger tattoo, but there had been no way to confirm it.

However, aboard the China-bound plane, Mrs. Shultz told the reporters, ''He got it at Princeton.'' Shultz attended college at Princeton University, whose mascot is a tiger.

Mrs. Shultz added:

''When the children were young, they used to run up and touch it and he would growl and they would run away.''

Prior to Mrs. Shultz`s revelation, Shultz himself had declined to discuss the reports of the tattoo.

3 posted on 12/13/2020 7:49:20 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LUXQWzCno

Wait, not the right one?


4 posted on 12/13/2020 7:52:31 AM PST by Dana1960
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To: Borges

I didn’t know he was still alive.
Well Happy Birthday to him.


5 posted on 12/13/2020 8:44:53 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Borges

I wonder if these old, establishment globalists get the same healthcare we do?


6 posted on 12/13/2020 8:52:17 AM PST by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: Borges

Yes, Good Old George, the master of CYA.

I had a grad school friend who insisted that Schultz had at least three versions of every memo he ever sent:

1. I agree with the policy wholehartedly. In fact, it was my idea.

2. It MIGHT work. But then again, it might not.

3. This is the worst idea ever. In fact, Satan hatched it in the Garden of Eden.

Then, whatever happened, Schultz would release the version most advantageous to him, AFTER THE FACT, so he’d look like a prescient genius. Consistency be hanged!


7 posted on 12/13/2020 9:27:25 AM PST by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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To: Borges

Dude couldn’t see through Theranos when his own grandson, who witnessed it firsthand, told him it was a scam.


8 posted on 12/13/2020 9:59:11 AM PST by Kanakabaraka
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To: Borges

I loved Peanuts!

Oh. That was Charles.


9 posted on 12/13/2020 11:00:57 AM PST by Conservet (Look back to go forward.)
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To: alternatives?
Schults helped formulate the Bush Doctrine of preemptive war and has repeatedly advocated for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Why do these reprobates live forever?

10 posted on 12/13/2020 11:33:35 AM PST by caltaxed (ake)
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To: Kanakabaraka

He got distracted by a pretty blonde and didn’t do his due diligence.


11 posted on 12/13/2020 11:54:23 AM PST by NotSoFreeStater (If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)
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To: Kanakabaraka

“Dude couldn’t see through Theranos”

He didn’t want to see it. Elizabeth Holmes had him wrapped around her little finger.


12 posted on 12/13/2020 12:35:37 PM PST by beef (Use a VPN, use Tor, and get a shortwave radio. Oh, and ACAB- All Commies Are Bastards)
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