It probably would have gone better, but "better" is relative. It still would have likely been a disaster overall.
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George H.W. Bush was a good president?! (Vox Video)
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Hahahaha OMFG, THIS!!! Bush I replaced the legendary Thurgood Marshall with an insufferable sambo named Clarence Thomas. What a way to subliminally shit on Black people. Though I feel a little bad for Clarence since Massa Scalia died.
I think at least back then they had just cause and the backing of major Middle east countries.
Probably would have still been a clusterfuck but not as bad as this.
I think the title of the thread doesn't quite correspond to the video. Yes, they mention a lot of the policies that he pushed and got through got bipartisan, but the point of it is about how his move to the centre as opposed to Reagan lost him the Coalition and and made the GOP react by shifting harder to the right. The focus is elsewhere.
Can't watch video while at work, but will add that he implemented PAYGO which I've read studies citing it as one of the primary reasons for the surplus in the 90s. His son ended it, cause of course and Obama mentioned it in the majority of his state of the unions as a rule he wanted to bring back. But that was a pipe dream.
You're probably giving the man who greenlit the Willie Horton ad too much benefit of the doubt.
"Whoops, whaddya know I accidentally appointed a self-hating ni... person to the Supreme Court, oh well!" never happened. Bush is smarter than you think, he knew what he was doing.
It would be foolish to defend every decision H.W. Bush made, but I respect that he took his job seriously enough that on multiple occasions he put the good of the country over the demands of his political party.
The man even brought himself to vote for the wife of the man that ended his career over Donald Trump.
The man even brought himself to vote for the wife of the man that ended his career over Donald Trump.
I was 8-12 when he was president and didn't know much about what a president was. All I knew about him was the soundbites like "Thousand points of light", "No new taxes" and stuff you'd see on SNL or comedy routines as well as the whole Dan Quayle "Potatoe" situation. In 7th grade however I do remember a poll we had in class about which person (Bush, Clinton or Perot) we would want as president and I thought Clinton seemed cooler. I mean he went on Arsenio and played saxophone. All I knew about Perot was that he had "4 billion dollars" according to the actress on All That.
I did vote for Dubya both times though. First willingly and second reluctantly because I was guilted into thinking democrats were a bad choice. Though I realized my mistake shortly after his second term started. I'd still take Dubya again over Trump.
I did vote for Dubya both times though. First willingly and second reluctantly because I was guilted into thinking democrats were a bad choice. Though I realized my mistake shortly after his second term started. I'd still take Dubya again over Trump.
Definitely, a better well put conclusion than I had. I do agree that that's the implication made from this video.
Sadly there is only an extremity or rather extremities present in today's political climate.
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Additional video made by Vox, which may be of interest:
he also refused to answer questions on iran-contra but most likely was in that shit up to his neck
anyone with nostalgia for the republicans of decades past should remember that basically all of them have been felons, liars, and cheats
He was moderate, eloquent, and generally stood against bigotry for the time. Here's an example
https://www.washingtonpost.com/vide...7f14b73162a_video.html?utm_term=.0ef48d01adc8
He's way more aligned with the Clinton's and openly supported Hillary.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/vide...7f14b73162a_video.html?utm_term=.0ef48d01adc8
He's way more aligned with the Clinton's and openly supported Hillary.
Unlike Reagan, he wasn't terrible. He actually had a sense of responsibility and didn't live in crazytown like current Republicans.
Maybe the last intelligent Republican president.
His voting for Hillary Clinton instead of Trump was amazing and shows how much of a better man he is compared to modern Republican scum.
Maybe the last intelligent Republican president.
His voting for Hillary Clinton instead of Trump was amazing and shows how much of a better man he is compared to modern Republican scum.
People often bring it up as an example of politicians lying, but it's actually him changing his mind when he realized how much Reagan had fucked shit up. He didn't fix everything Reagan did but he did a better job than his Son(s).
Kind of a shame Republicans lost the capability to vote for candidates that produce in me other reactions than complete disgust.
Definitely. The CIA is some nasty wetwork and responsible for the oppression and overthrowing of so many countries. Dude was former director and was an agent since at least the Kennedy years, screw all the Bushes.
The Bushes are super gangsters, I'll give them that. But upstanding politicians, hell no.
I consider Eisenhower the last good Republican president but he still did some really terrible shit just like all of them that came before and after regardless of party affiliation because people and shit are complex. That said, it's been getting progressively worse, especially with the GOP after Eisenhower and HW despite the shitty stuff he also did was end of the line, before the religious right permanently hooked their claws into the party.