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Not a big fan of Barbara Bush, but I liked this Luckovich Toon... (Original Post) kpete Apr 2018 OP
Agreed....and cute cartoon... nt Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #1
I choked up on this one. Oppaloopa Apr 2018 #2
Not like repubs of today DownriverDem Apr 2018 #3
Ike was the last good Republican FakeNoose Apr 2018 #6
EPA DownriverDem Apr 2018 #7
I'm gonna let this pass FakeNoose Apr 2018 #8
Posts like the one you are replying to are living testament to the saying: poboy2 Apr 2018 #9
Very cute. I'm a Dem and I did like Miss Barbara as she really cared about humanity. iluvtennis Apr 2018 #4
Didn't the fellow in the wheelchair pardon Caspar Weinberger? gratuitous Apr 2018 #5
There are Bush defenders here these days who will attempt to silence you. poboy2 Apr 2018 #10
Luckily for me, I have facts and the truth as my allies gratuitous Apr 2018 #11
I like it. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #12
She was better at what used to be good about the Other Side of the Isle, Volaris Apr 2018 #13

DownriverDem

(6,228 posts)
3. Not like repubs of today
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 10:54 AM
Apr 2018

Barbara Bush was and her husband is a moderate repub. (Not her sons) They are like repubs use to be before the religious right sold their souls for votes. repubs use to be conservative on financial issues, but for the environment and women's rights. This is how far they have moved right.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
6. Ike was the last good Republican
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 11:58 AM
Apr 2018

I can say that I respect Mrs. Bush as a Mom, even though her sons grew up to be assholes.



FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
8. I'm gonna let this pass
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 12:31 PM
Apr 2018

...I'm in good mood right now and I don't want to ruin it with a rant on Nixon.

Yes he gave us the EPA, but there was so much other shit from that guy that I can never let it go. I grew up in the 60's so please take my word for this. May he rot in hell!

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
9. Posts like the one you are replying to are living testament to the saying:
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 12:38 PM
Apr 2018

"Those who do not remember (or do not know) history are doomed to repeat it."

Fucking Nixon, unhearalded New Dealer (that was yesterdays winning post), and now inspiration for Greenpeace apparently.

We are doomed.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Didn't the fellow in the wheelchair pardon Caspar Weinberger?
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 11:28 AM
Apr 2018

And Elliott Abrams and Robert McFarlane and Clair George and Duane Clarridge and Alan Fiers? In the middle of the night? On Christmas Eve? After he'd lost his re-election bid and was the lamest of lame ducks? And just before Weinberger was about to go on trial for selling arms to Iran and using the proceeds to fund the murderous Contras?

Why yes he did! All of it. Every last bit of it.

Fuck you, George H.W. Bush. May you rot in hell for eternity, tormented by the shades of your victims forever.

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
10. There are Bush defenders here these days who will attempt to silence you.
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 12:41 PM
Apr 2018

Just letting you know.

Mr CIA and Iran/Contra, Zapata Oil, etc... Verbotten!

Volaris

(10,272 posts)
13. She was better at what used to be good about the Other Side of the Isle,
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:50 PM
Apr 2018

Than the Elected Men in her family...

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