# In Which State was George W. Bush Born **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800 "2010-08-19T22:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/1 "2010-08-19T22:55:57Z")
If you have to look it up, please don’t bother. Names won’t be published. Just give it your best honest stab at, and please, do not tell us in this thread. Lets just find out how knowledgeable we are as a group. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/2 "2010-08-19T23:01:00Z")
Don’t tell you in this thread? Oh, I see. A poll. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/3 "2010-08-19T23:23:11Z")
Can’t do it. Had to look it up. I was right but I won’t be naughty. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/4 "2010-08-19T23:24:35Z")
Common knowledge around here. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/5 "2010-08-20T00:04:42Z")
Where’s Mexico on the poll? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/6 "2010-08-20T00:06:38Z")
I admit, before I looked at the possible poll answers, I guessed wrong. Thank goodness for multiple choice (Right general geographical area - wrong state). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/7 "2010-08-20T00:09:20Z")
I knew when I read the thread title. Looks like I’m in good company. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/8 "2010-08-20T00:50:18Z")
It’s one of the typical passive-aggressive facts that pose as trivia questions but actually criticize GWB. Here’s more: How many times did GWB fail the bar exam? While using what substance was GWB given a DUI ticket? What was GWB’s Dad’s position when he pulled strings to get GWB into the National Guard? Which of these things nearly killed GWB, sending him to the hospital? a. a pretzel b. the Viet Cong c. syphillis d. terrorists Which of these embarrassing faux pas did GWB NOT commit? a. Gave a shoulder massage to the prime minister of another country on TV. b. Tried to leave through fake stage doors during a speech. c. Gave Vladmir Putin a playful nickname that means “vagina” in Russian. d. Accidentally said something embarrassingly ignorant about black people. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/9 "2010-08-20T00:53:08Z")
…but wait, how do we _know_ he was born in the US? He seems to speak a little too much Spanish, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/10 "2010-08-20T00:54:29Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > It’s one of the typical passive-aggressive facts that pose as trivia questions but actually criticize GWB. How so? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/11 "2010-08-20T00:54:58Z")
How is being born in Connecticut a criticism? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/12 "2010-08-20T01:05:46Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > How is being born in Connecticut a criticism? It makes Connecticut look bad? ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/13 "2010-08-20T01:05:51Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Here’s more: How many times did GWB fail the bar exam? Aha, I know this one. It’s a **trick question**. JFK Jr. is the one who kept goofing up the bar exam. ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/14 "2010-08-20T01:08:10Z")
IMHO, you would probably catch more people off guard if you had made Maine one of the choices. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/15 "2010-08-20T01:17:51Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Common knowledge around here. All hat and no cattle? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/16 "2010-08-20T01:33:53Z")
I’m wondering how many people cheated. Maybe I’m just bitter: I would have thought Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/17 "2010-08-20T02:12:20Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > > [@Superhal](#): > > > > Here’s more: How many times did GWB fail the bar exam? > > Aha, I know this one. It’s a **trick question**. JFK Jr. is the one who kept goofing up the bar exam. At the risk of being whooshed, is the answer zero because he never took the bar exam? Bush has an MBA not a law degree. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/18 "2010-08-20T02:12:25Z")
[QUOTE=lavenderviolet] JFK Jr. is the one who kept goofing up the bar exam. [/QUOTE] I don’t judge people much for mistakes made early in life. He did great on his pilot’s exam. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/19 "2010-08-20T02:18:34Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > [QUOTE=lavenderviolet] > JFK Jr. is the one who kept goofing up the bar exam. I don’t judge people much for mistakes made early in life. He did great on his pilot’s exam. [/QUOTE] Yeah, so great he ran his boat straight into a Japanese ship. Oh, wait . . . wrong JFK, wrong kind of pilot. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/20 "2010-08-20T02:30:21Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m wondering how many people cheated. Maybe I’m just bitter: I would have thought Texas. It helps if you know that his father was attending Yale at the time. He did pretty much grow up in Texas. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800.md?page=2)