George H.W. Bush - Classic or Dud

"Some people say he's the last one to do it. Some say others could still do it, maybe me. Well, I'll just say it: I could probably do it. But right now, they're saying, he's the last one."

I forgot to keep paying attention over the weekend. Were we able to collectively as a nation shave all the rough ages off and fully rehabilitate one of the finest presidents, indeed one of the finest men, to have ever graced humanity with his beneficence and wisdom?

totally

Noice.

I forgot to keep paying attention over the weekend. Were we able to collectively as a nation shave all the rough ages off and fully rehabilitate one of the finest presidents, indeed one of the finest men, to have ever graced humanity with his beneficence and wisdom?

― all lite up and very romatic (Old Lunch), Monday, December 3, 2018 2:56 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they tried but perrin shut that shit down

In observance of the national day of mourning for President George H.W. Bush, the Clinton Presidential Library, 42 bar and table, and the Clinton Museum Store will be closed on Wednesday, December 5. However, the library lobby will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for visitors to sign the condolence book.

I sure hope the radio plays something besides Lee Greenwood on Wednesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btCNAMna-PE

I just watched a piece of the laying-in-state ceremony. When the camera panned to a front row seat with Cheney, Powell, Scowcroft, et al, I almost called INTERPOL.

Pence trying on Poppy's shoes w/this eulogy...

Spent about 15 minutes on H.W. with my 3/4 class today. I told them they'd only see four or five presidents die in their lifetimes. When I did my own tally later, I realized that was way off: there've been nine die in mine (Kennedy, Hoover, Eisenhower, Johnson, Truman, Nixon, Reagan, Ford, Bush), and I'm only 57.

yes, but there will only be four or five presidents in their lifetimes

I was thinking just Trump from now till the end of time.

Bush is the sixth president to die in my lifetime (Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush).

Only four for me but god willing I'll see three more.

Same with unperson. Presumably Carter will be next, being realistic.

It is weird realizing that after Carter passes, the most senior of the ex-presidents will be Clinton. (It's also weird remembering he's now 72.)

Although W is 72 as well. Huh.

Hell, spinning this all out further, given Trump is 72 as well, I'd put an even chance that within ten years Obama could be the only current ex-president still with us. Signed, Your Presidential Morbidity Bulletin.

Yeah, I'd say there's a good chance there'll only be Obama + sitting president at one point.

id put money on it that at least one of clinton and w ends up still being around in 20 years

All summer of 1946. Thanks a lot baby boom.

Oops, forgot about W...he'll be around for a while.

Huh, I didn't realize Hoover hung around until '64.

Yeah I remember seeing a photo of him with Kennedy once.

(And since Wilson, Coolidge and Harding were all gone by '32, Hoover really was the loneliest guy in terms of a unique experience for two decades.)

I realize now why I said four or five; from my own list, I was too young for the first five to have any meaning (no recollection of even Truman's or LBJ's death, when I was 11 or 12; if I were American instead of Canadian, that might not be true). So there've been four, starting with Nixon, in my adult life.

hmm making me think I should start a presidential deaths poll

so far Reagan dying was my favorite

Reagan would get all the votes.

I'd cast one for Nixon. God, was he a shit.

only Republican presidents have died in my lifetime #blessed

Huh, I didn't realize Hoover hung around until '64.

― WmC, Monday, December 3, 2018 11:20 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i remember reading that jfk gave all the living ex-presidents a call during the cuban missile crisis to let them know what was going on, and hoover was one of them. i find it so weird to think of hoover being alive during that era, his presidency feels like it happened in a different universe compared to the postwar dudes.

the Clintons are going to be on their arena tour longer than Cher

no Dem president has died in almost 46 years. spoooooky

I absolutely do remember Truman and Johnson dying w/in a month of each other. I had already read a lot of schoolboy presidential history.

The Hoover phone call is on YouTube.

Presumably Carter will be next, being realistic.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, December 3, 2018 6:10 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'll bet carter's healthier than trump despite being a 95 year old cancer survivor

Eisenhower was first to go in my lifetime, Johnson the first I actually remember.

no Dem president has died in almost 46 years. spoooooky

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, December 3, 2018 6:22 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

pact with the devil otm

More like there were just more GOP presidents

Don't Democratic presidents tend to be younger, too (or at least post-WWII)?

Bill Clinton is vegan iirc so he might be around for a while

Clinton is one blowjob away from a cardiac arrest

Best cinematic version of Poppy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvrIiqLv7M

I dunno. He doesn't get hit in the balls in that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS5pTyUgfxo

The Washington Post reports:

The family of former president George H.W. Bush has planned a state funeral that will steer clear of the kind of anti-Trump sentiment evident at the recent funeral of Sen. John McCain, according to people familiar with the funeral planning.

The Bush family contacted the White House this past summer to say that President Trump would be welcome at the funeral, scheduled Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral, and to assure him that the focus would be on Bush’s life rather than their disagreements, according to one former administration official.

The truce with Trump allows the Bush family, and the nation, to honor the legacy of a president who guided the United States through the 1991 Gulf War and the breakup of the Soviet Union without becoming mired in today’s toxic politics.

bury the whole family, plus Grifter

without becoming mired in today’s toxic politics.

citation needed

The truce with Trump allows the Bush family, and the nation, to honor the legacy of a president who guided the United States through the 1991 Gulf War and the breakup of the Soviet Union celebrate their power without becoming mired in today’s toxic politics having to feign morals or ethics.

looking fwd to Jeb-DJT handshake

"Please mourn."

at least people kinda remember jeb., i'd completely forgotten neil bush existed until this week and even now i'm not sure i could pick him out of a lineup