# GWB The Elder Revisited

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwb-the-elder-revisited/664778>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwb-the-elder-revisited/664778 "2013-07-29T02:24:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwb-the-elder-revisited/664778/21 "2013-07-29T18:46:03Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> On another board I belong to the thread was probably 40% “BUSH IS EVIL!!!”, so hey, look for what you want to look for.

On this other message board I belong to, I have this totally awesome girlfriend. You guys have never met her.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwb-the-elder-revisited/664778/22 "2013-07-29T19:28:15Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> On this other message board I belong to, I have this totally awesome girlfriend. You guys have never met her.

If you really want to be a jerk about it, you should take it to the pit.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwb-the-elder-revisited/664778/23 "2013-07-29T20:38:35Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> And, more on topic: I bear GHWB no ill will, and nothing I’ve heard of him since his presidency has made me think any less of him. I think it’s kind of neat how close he and Bill Clinton became to each other.

You sometimes get the feeling that George the elder has found in Bill the intelligent, competent son he always wished he’d had…

So far as George HW goes, I’m with everyone else; in retrospect especially he was a competent, able President who made some good, hard decisions. (Imagine a Republican going back on THE GROVER NORQUIST PLEDGE to never raise taxes today!) He also seems to be a good and decent human being; see him shaving his head for the kid w/ leukemia (IIRC). (Note that I think GWB is probably a good and decent human being, if perhaps not up to his dad’s level yet. Unfortunately, he was a mighty shitty President.)

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