When remembering Papa Bush

[IluvPitties]

Don't forget Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.

Papa Bush as CIA director, VP and President has a questionable legacy in Latin America.

Don't forget!

[Coventina]

1. The guy was as dirty as they come.

I'm not going to fellate him now that he's dead.

Rot in hell, Poppy.

[cwydro]

10. You're really loving this death aren't you?

Relishing it. So sad.

I feel sorry for you in a lot of ways.

[Coventina]

12. Your concern moves me.

Yes, I am relishing that this monster is no longer among the breathing.

I do happen to have personal animosity toward him:

His was the first presidential election I was old enough to vote in.

I was disappointed that Dukakis lost, but was willing to give HW a chance (I was young and naive).
This was long before I knew of his death squads in the CIA and all the blood he already had on his hands.

I was young and naive enough to think Gulf War I was a good idea, and impressed with how well it seemed to go.

And, then, with an approval rating in the 90s, he made a huge energy policy speech.

I was in high hopes that he would announce a move to renewables, and nobody would ever have to die for oil again.

Instead, crooked oil man that he was, he took us backwards into oil, oil, and more oil. Not only that, but he got us even more under the Saudis' thumbs.

All the other tawdry and evil things I learned after the fact and over the years. The Bush Crime Family has been going on for generations. They are all evil and guilty.

And, he was molesting women from his wheelchair. A dirty old man to the end.

[shraby]

2. Remember that was "Poppy" Bush. The poppy was an appropiate nickname.

[SHRED]

3. And don't forget his pardons of Iran/Contra criminals

[Cal Carpenter]

4. Thank you

Seems like it is all relative to some people, like he's not as overtly disgusting as Trump so we can compare/contrast and somehow remember him fondly.

I've been keeping out of most of the threads, lest I be accused of pissing on graves or something. But I would. Piss on his grave, I mean.

[Freddie]

5. Part of the Bush Crime Family

Son of Prescott Bush, the guy who tried to arrange a coup against FDR.
But IMO he wasn’t *as horrible* as St. Ronnie and the Repugs that followed him, including his son of course.

[moondust]

6. "incubator babies"

The First Iraq War Was Also Sold to the Public Based on a Pack of Lies

GHWB seen here with Mr. Mushroom Cloud:

[BlueStater]

8. You can blame Gerald Ford just as much for launching that asshole's career.

And, of course, figures from both parties still refuse to shun him in public like the criminal that he is.

[Gothmog]

7. From Preet Bharara

Link to tweet

[peggysue2]

9. This!

Nothing more to be said.

[cwydro]

11. Thank goodness there are more of people like this, than those who thrill in death.

There are deplorable, sadly, on both sides.