Well, it appears that a few airheaded youngsters decided to show up for this thread.
I mean, honestly, the whole “NWO” stuff aside, back then he wasnt seen as a “terrible” president. He was lucky to be the one in charge at the final collapse of the USSR, and no one can say that his performance during Gulf War I wasn’t anything short of spectacular. he really phoned it in back in 92, though.
I was in 4th grade when he was elected, and I do remember the day after the election some of us trying to get used to saying “President Bush”, which sounded really weird, when we really only knew of President Reagan, and in a way he kind of gets lost being between him and Clinton.
But yeah, he certainly lived a long time after leaving office, so this isnt a huge shock to me to hear today. I think that leaves the Simpsons as the only major thing to come out of 1988 that is still going.