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Showing Original Post only (View all)Has Anyone Changed Their Opinion of Bush Senior? [View all]
I will admit that these last few days have somewhat altered my opinion of him. There have been some interviews on NPR that have convinced me he was not quite as bad as I used to believe. Maybe I'm just becoming soft.
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Whatever. We all have our fantasies. The JFK CT fantasies are harmless. Just parlor chat.
stopbush
Dec 2018
#48
There you go. There's plenty of factual things to criticize GHWB for without resorting
stopbush
Dec 2018
#95
Looks like the surgery to make his chin more pointy and face less jowly was a success
BeyondGeography
Dec 2018
#77
Don't forget the surgery to make himself look younger to carry out this mission.
LeftInTX
Dec 2018
#114
Same here. What little I've seen or read has the makings of an absurdist novel.
Garrett78
Dec 2018
#28
No. I question his administration's diplomacy with Iraq prior to its invasion of Kuwait.
John1956PA
Dec 2018
#31
It's interesting, learning more about him, but no. I still don't like him at all
uppityperson
Dec 2018
#32
Bush denounced voodoo economics then couldn't handle the economy when it was his turn
ProudLib72
Dec 2018
#117
No. I rarely agreed with him, but he definitely wasn't the worst human being on earth.
Vinca
Dec 2018
#57
No. I liked him before. I like him now. For a Republican, he was one of the better ones.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2018
#83
Judging from all the Teevee pundits, everybody likes him better now that he's dead.
lagomorph777
Dec 2018
#90
No he stands as a mediocre president as much as he did last Thursday while still alive.
The Genealogist
Dec 2018
#91
no, he spent the first half of my lifetime aiding in working over the country.
Afromania
Dec 2018
#102
The world is full of good people who do bad things and bad people who do good things.
musicblind
Dec 2018
#132