george h. w. bush

How many 'revenge attacks', if you will, do you know of that can be potentially linked to the USS Vincennes downing of the Iranian Airbus in 1988? I thought this was really fascinating but I cannot find much info on it. If you know more information about this I'd like to hear it. Apparently...

Well, I guess if you live long enough, then you see everything … I just wanted to mention that former President George H. W. Bush who famously said ‘Read my lips. No new taxes!’ at the 1988 Republican convention, then in the 1992 Republican convention stated that “I only raised taxes one time...

In another thread mention was made of the infamous Bush Senior quote where here is supposed to have said that Atheists were not true Patriots or Citizens. I'd heard of the quote before but was surprised to hear... So I started looking into it and can see that it's certainly been questioned...

There's this quote kicking around that I suspect is bogus: "If the people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." The only thing I've found that suggests the origin of this quote is here...

Papa got blindsided by a hostile audience at a conference in Abu Dhabi. I guess it kinda hurts to have spawned such a monumental embarrassment. AP Story

Here's a fun question I'd just like to throw out there, in the hopes that I might get some CT and non CT feedback. (but especially some CT feedback;) ) If George Bush Senior were to do something like Killtown suggests in his thread about Reagan (try to assassinate him to get into power), that...

George Hebert Walker that is. But don't worry, we've got some GW hate too. He killed JFK Jr. http://www.jfkii.com/

http://www.robsherman.com/advocacy/060525.htm It's there. Rob Sherman: "For nineteen years, many concerned Americans, from conservative Christians to liberal atheists, have questioned the credibility of my claim that Vice President Bush told me at an O'Hare Airport news conference on August...

A thought has occured to me recently. Bush and Clinton have been doing these disaster relief funds...Bravo, btw, but many remarks have been made about the relationship they have formed....even going so far as to say that H.W. Bush looks upon Clinton as a son. So I got to thinking about this...

As reported by CNN, among others, former Sen. Howell Heflin has died. Although I was ambivalent about his career in the Senate, there is one incident involving Howell Heflin that sticks in my memory. In the early 1990s, I was in Washington DC to look for work. (On my first night in...

It really does appear as if these two have become more than somewhat buds. If I didn't know better I'd swear they've already traded a cigar or two. As I write this post they're playing 18 holes (I forgot where) for a tsunami(sp?) benefit or whatnot. Clearly they either get along well or go to...

During the Iran-Contra scandal, the publicized event was the illegal sale of arms to Iran and the giving of aid to the Contras, both forbidden by Congressional vote. This was investigated by a Congressional committee. Obviously, men were caught, busted, and of course 6 of them were pardoned by...

I know Bush the 41st had been known to make prejudicial remarks impugning the characters of atheists in their capacities to be patriotic and calling us undeserving of our privileges as citizens in the U.S., and so it was not incredibly shocking—though still very dismaying—the comments he...

Did anyone see/hear about this? Sorry if this has already been covered. Didn't see it on the thread listing. Well, okay, I didn't look for it on the thread listing, either.

Haven't seen this brought up yet here. From Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/gulfwar.asp As stated there, if only Dubya could read...

It was recently announced that the out-spoken "liberal" democratic senator Edward Kennedy is receiving the George Herbert Walker Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service. No thats not some board chairman getting back at Bush Sr., all the decisions have to go through Pappy Bush himself. The...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6178112%255E1702,00.html George HW Bush speaks up.