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 | | Subject: George Herbert Walker Bush, Dead Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:03 am | |
| At the time, I was sure he was an ex-CIA head who was riding Reagan's coattails to use the office for his own oil profits.
Nowadays, that seems like a pretty virtuous resumé. |
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| | Subject: Re: George Herbert Walker Bush, Dead Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:11 am | |
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| | Subject: Re: George Herbert Walker Bush, Dead Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:46 am | |
| - Wikipedia wrote:
- The youngest person to assume the office was Theodore Roosevelt, who became president at the age of 42 years, 322 days, following William McKinley's assassination; the oldest was Donald Trump, who was 70 years, 220 days old at his inauguration. The youngest person to be elected president was John F. Kennedy, at 43 years, 163 days of age on election day; the oldest was Ronald Reagan, who was 73 years, 274 days old at the time of his election to a second term.
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richard09
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| | Subject: Re: George Herbert Walker Bush, Dead Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:20 pm | |
| He was less of a crook and more of a real man than pretty much all of the Republican top-dogs from 1980 on. Not completely scandal-free - he knew all about Iran-Contra, and was involved in it up to his neck. But when you compare him to Reagan, or Gingrich, or Ryan, or McConnell...(or even his own sons, for that matter). |
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