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Are We Ready to Rehabilitate George W. Bush’s Reputation?
texasmonthly ^ | 09/16/2020 | ANDREW R. GRAYBILL

Posted on 09/17/2020 9:18:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

he George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened seven years ago and anchors the southeastern corner of campus at Southern Methodist University, where I teach history. In late November 2016, I took a tour of the facility with five college friends who were visiting from the East Coast. The recent presidential election was much on our minds as we wandered through the building, contemplating various artifacts from Bush’s two terms in office. Although we were hardly fans of his presidency, one of my pals—fearful, like everyone in our group, of a Trump administration—got misty-eyed when reflecting upon Bush’s obvious love of country. After an hour or so, with a requisite stop for photos in the museum’s full-sized and perfectly appointed replica of the Oval Office, we left in glum moods.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nope, he is anti-Trump.


41 posted on 09/17/2020 9:35:21 AM PDT by poinq
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To: ripnbang

= John Roberts.


42 posted on 09/17/2020 9:37:44 AM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No.


43 posted on 09/17/2020 9:37:50 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: poinq

“”Nope, he is anti-Trump.””

Which makes him anti-America.


44 posted on 09/17/2020 9:37:58 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: zek157

[ He prevented Gore and Kerry from the presidency. Other than that, I’d say no. ]

I sometimes think that if we had gotten goofball Gore in 2000, we could have had someone far better in 2004/2008....

Maybe Gore’s inaction after 9/11 would have spelled his doom and nice side effect would have been we wouldn’t have been entangled in the middle east later...

But I don’t have my “Waht-if” machine working yet, so who knows...


45 posted on 09/17/2020 9:38:03 AM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, W is a Traitor to all of us.


46 posted on 09/17/2020 9:39:15 AM PDT by John Locke Forever (bush)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A tool of the Globalists. The Bushes. ALL of them.


47 posted on 09/17/2020 9:39:37 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: The Pack Knight

I doubt they will favor Trump favorable?

How many Liberals say positive things about Reagan?

They still think he killed a million gay people.


48 posted on 09/17/2020 9:41:07 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: GraceG

I’ve thought the same too.


49 posted on 09/17/2020 9:41:54 AM PDT by zek157
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To: View from the Cheap Seats
Since Reagan left office until the election of Trump, every President has been a willing tool of the Deep State, the permanent bureaucracy and their Wall Street. big foundation and academic allies. So were LBJ, Ford and Carter. Kennedy and Nixon had their reservations, and were dealt with, in the former case with extreme prejudice.

Trump is dealing with an environment far more hostile than Reagan faced. Many Democrats of Reagan's time were somewhat centrist on national security and social issues. The military, at least at flag rank, is openly leftist, as are the FBI and Justice Department, Barr's conservative rhetoric notwithstanding. So is the medical establishment, represented in the FDA and CDC. Much of corporate America has gone woke, professional sports being the most visible example.

If Trump wins the election, and the enemies of God and America are destroyed, it will be by God's providence.

50 posted on 09/17/2020 9:42:55 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: ripnbang

Roberts


51 posted on 09/17/2020 9:43:21 AM PDT by A strike (If you die we will report it as Covid unless you prove otherwise.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Anybody will tell you not a dime’s worth of difference between the outcome of the Bs and the Cs.


52 posted on 09/17/2020 9:43:40 AM PDT by BereanBrain (qu)
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To: Seruzawa

Prescott was also a nazi banker.

Union Banking Corp- Fritz Thyssen
https://spartacus-educational.com/MDbushPR.htm


53 posted on 09/17/2020 9:46:04 AM PDT by zek157
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, his reputation is still dropping as the consequences of his actions and appointments are bearing fruit.

Try again in 10 years.


54 posted on 09/17/2020 9:46:25 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rehabilitate GWB?

Sure.

Like, thanks a lot for appointing crypto-Marxist Chief Justice John Roberts?

Or, thanks for trying to stuff Amnesty down our throats a few months after we reelected you?

LOL!


55 posted on 09/17/2020 9:49:54 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Leftists realizing the truth: Bush I = Bush II = Clinton I = Obama = Clinton II = Biden

Trump and Reagan were the only two Presidents since maybe Eisenhower that weren't part of the kabuki dance where the dem and the republican are the same and the agenda moves forward no matter which wins.

56 posted on 09/17/2020 9:50:25 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good gosh, there are people who still think George W. Bush is worth talking about?


57 posted on 09/17/2020 9:50:51 AM PDT by vespa300
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To: teevolt

Imagine my regret over my screen name. :(

I got it right after his first election.


58 posted on 09/17/2020 9:52:00 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

History may not be kind to GWB. As additional things are found out/revealed/highlighted, the worse he looks.


59 posted on 09/17/2020 9:52:03 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Um, no.


60 posted on 09/17/2020 9:52:27 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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