Former President George Bush (41) In Intensive Care; Wife Also Admitted to Hospital?

A few days ago, the Elder Bush wrote a letter to Trump stating that he would not be attending the inauguration, as the trip could put him "six feet under," according to his doctor.

Pic of letter Pres Bush 41 sent @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/OAZCwb64Di
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) January 18, 2017

Well apparently he was not exaggerating about being in poor health. He was just put into ICU, and his wife was admitted herself as a precaution.

A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush says Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at Houston's Methodist Hospital to address a respiratory problem from pneumonia.
Spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush's wife, Barbara Bush, also has been hospitalized as a precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing.
McGrath says the 92-year-old former president was placed under sedation for a procedure to protect and clear his airway. He is stable and resting comfortably. He has been in the hospital since Saturday.
Barbara Bush is 91. The couple marked their 72nd wedding anniversary on Jan. 6.

Posted by: Ace at 01:45 PM

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1 Best wishes to both of them. Whatever policy differences we might have with them they both love their country.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at January 18, 2017 01:47 PM (RD7QR)

2 It's funny, I had totally forgotten he was vice president under Reagan.

Posted by: Max Power at January 18, 2017 01:48 PM (q177U)

3 He's had one heck of a life

Posted by: brak at January 18, 2017 01:48 PM (guIHw)

4 Best wishes to both of them. Whatever policy differences we might have with them they both love their country.
Posted by: joncelli

Agreed.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 01:48 PM (S3oyF)

5 Hope he is able to watch the SCOAMF get evicted Friday.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 01:48 PM (VndSC)

6 th

Posted by: Crusader at January 18, 2017 01:49 PM (ewSN2)

7 Sure hope it doesn't turn into one of those incidents where a really old couple both die within hours of one another.

You hear about it all the time.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 01:49 PM (4ErVI)

8 Wish them both well.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2017 01:49 PM (SjImc)

9 It would be fitting for them to go together.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:49 PM (LTHVh)

10 The Left wingers on all these committees are scum and low life

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2017 01:50 PM (SjImc)

11 I bet ace already has the obituary written.

Posted by: CGI zombie Carrie Fisher at January 18, 2017 01:50 PM (3Liv/)

12 Hope he is able to watch the SCOAMF get evicted Friday.

I've advised him that the resulting schadenboner could also kill him.

Posted by: Bush's Doctor at January 18, 2017 01:50 PM (87y4e)

13 It's funny, I had totally forgotten he was vice president under Reagan.

And CIA Director.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:50 PM (LTHVh)

14 On Friday afternoon we'll have five living ex-Presidents.

Is that the record?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 01:50 PM (SIY7D)

15 When GHWB was healthier, he and Barbara would, on occasion, visit the Federal Jack's brewpub in Kennebunkport. I saw them there one Saturday afternoon while I was riding and, after a little hesitation (and a couple of shots of Dutch courage), went over and shook his hand.

He was very gracious, as you'd expect. Babs glared at me as though I was something she'd just scraped off the sole of her Lily Pulitzers.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (X6fMO)

16 I have lots of respect for GHWB regardless.

Just an aside, last time the CIA went to war with a President (W) he named their HQ the George Bush Center for Intelligence. Because HW was head of the CIA back in the day.

But the sign on the road doesn't say GHWB, it says George Bush.

Thumb. Eye. Some assembly required.

But that was Bushian gentleman horseplay.

Trump will raze that place and build the Trump Towering Intelligence Center on top.

And it will be fabulous.

Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (tewYv)

17 Damn, been willowed twice now. Time for a nap.

Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (Jcg9Q)

18 The Bushes are a class act.

I don't wish it to happen any time soon, but I think that when one goes the other will go with days.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (mgbwf)

19 Mortality. The fly in the soup.

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (Fmupd)

20 HW wasn't the best on domestic politics there is no doubt about it. However, the way he navigated the end of the Cold War was nothing short of brilliant. Oh, and the Gulf War...masterful diplomacy and leadership.

Don't forget, the guy was also a genuine war hero who is lucky to be alive.

Posted by: ExurbanDoug at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (4IZry)

21 My first thought was food poisoning or some such, but they are both getting up there.

Hope they both get better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 01:52 PM (92kX2)

22 Nice letter to Trump, btw.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:52 PM (LTHVh)

23 All I'll say is that having a 72nd wedding anniversary is badass.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 18, 2017 01:52 PM (Halhc)

24 Best wishes for a full recovery to both President and Mrs. Bush.

Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (JBggj)

25 I hope they pull through.
Nice letter.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (Om16U)

26 8 Wish them both well.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 18, 2017 01:49 PM (SjImc)

I do to. Still looking for video of that 1992 interview where Barbara Bush completely destroyed smirking liberal twit Judy Woodruff.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (dChLZ)

27 The couple marked their 72nd wedding anniversary on Jan. 6.
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That's a long time to do life with someone. God bless them.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (bpfzP)

28 On Friday afternoon we'll have five living ex-Presidents.

Is that the record?
Posted by: Ignoramus

Think so. Thanks to modern medicine.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (S3oyF)

29 Willowed from the last thread.

Salem? Have you ever eaten at the Ugly Mug Caf? I know the people who run it. Lee and Diane Wolf; lovely people.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2017 01:42 PM

I have not. *adds to the list*

Also, do try the Olde Main Street Pub across from the
Hawthorne Hotel. Neighbors run it. Nice folks. He makes killer Korean
duck wings. He brought some to the block party and I practically had
to be wrestled away from them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (p+Wdc)

30 Also something you may not know about Desert Storm - if you discount lives lost and expended ordnance and equipment - ODS was a net profit for the US. He got the rest of the world to foot the bill.

Posted by: blaster at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (tewYv)

31 He was very gracious, as you'd expect. Babs glared at me as though I was something she'd just scraped off the sole of her Lily Pulitzers.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (X6fMO)

Well, the "Show my your tits!" shirt might have been part of the problem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (92kX2)

32 You have to admit, that letter is all class.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Prayers for VIC at January 18, 2017 01:53 PM (jxbfJ)

33 He's the original Most Interesting Man in The World

Posted by: josephistan at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (7HtZB)

34 However, the way he navigated the end of the Cold War was nothing short of brilliant.

I consider that his greatest failure. If you recall, he was begging the Baltic States to stay in the Soviet Union. And then he didn't use the temporary retrenchment of the Russians to Free Cuba or Iran.

No, I don't think he handled the end of the Cold War very well at all.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (LTHVh)

35 Trump will raze that place and build the Trump Towering Intelligence Center on top.

Let's hope so, blaster.

Posted by: Max Power at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (q177U)

36 Seventy-two years.
Holy carp.

If 60 is the diamond anniversary, what would the 75th be?

*wanders off to find out*

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (Nox3c)

37 Is that McGrath the crime dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (IqV8l)

38 On Friday afternoon we'll have five living ex-Presidents.
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?
Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?

Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (3Liv/)

39 I like the "six feet under" quip. My Grandpa always used the term "farting sand".

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (VndSC)

40 Who gets married in January? Oh, Texas. Or were they in Maine? Maine would definitely not be an outdoor wedding.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (bpfzP)

41 Pneumonia is not good for someone his age.

Would totally understand if W skipped the ceremony, knowing that his father is in ICU.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 18, 2017 01:55 PM (J5mC3)

42 Or you're making a joke about Trump getting impeached the moment he finishes the oath and I'm a dummy.

Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2017 01:55 PM (3Liv/)

43 Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?

Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (3Liv/)

Carter still haunts this mortal coil

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2017 01:55 PM (2x9LM)

44 Even if he weren't ill now, I would expect a 90+ year old couple to make a long trip like that and attend an outdoor event in January.

I don't like the Bushes at all, but they definitely have manners and class, and graciousness is a part of our civil life that is sadly falling out of favor.

Posted by: sunny-dee at January 18, 2017 01:55 PM (QAOZh)

45 And that will probably keep Bush'43 in Texas too

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (h/uSM)

46 ?
Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?

Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM

Carter still breathes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (p+Wdc)

47 Oh, and the Gulf War...masterful diplomacy and leadership.

Posted by: ExurbanDoug

If he had bothered to actually finish the Gulf War and cap'd Hussein in '91, our 2nd Iraq adventure would never have taken place.

So, no. Absolutely not. He fucked up British-like royally.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (V3IFq)

48 38 On Friday afternoon we'll have five living ex-Presidents.
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?
Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?
Posted by: Methos at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (3Liv/)

Carter.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (RD7QR)

49 Jimmah

Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (JBggj)

50 ?
Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?
--

Y'all forgot Jimmy Carter.

Who is on record as being the FIRST former president to say he'd attend Trumps inauguraiton.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (J5mC3)

51
On Friday afternoon we'll have five living ex-Presidents.
---
?
Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?

Posted by: Methos
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You forgot Carter. Congratulations. The rest of us are still trying.

Posted by: Dang at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (8b+oT)

52 Bush x 2, Clinton (Bill, since Hillary will never be president), Obama

Unless you think Barry's getting impeached in the next 40 hours?

I'd like to forget Jimmy Carter too.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (LTHVh)

53 A great man, but was neither he nor his son were war-time consiglieres

Posted by: Vito Coreleone at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (DpOmP)

54 Okay, the 70th is platinum.

For the 75th they go back to diamond.
That ain't right.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

55 Jinx.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (LTHVh)

56 A true class act. I hope he recovers.

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (CLKfs)

57 Also ambassador to China IIRC

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (7ZVPa)

58 I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Poppy and Babs. Irrespective of their politics, they always seemed like nice people.

He celebrated turning 90 by jumping out of an airplane, IIRC.

Posted by: ALH at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (uLuPn)

59
And that will probably keep Bush'43 in Texas too
--

I'm actually OK with that.

It's his parents. He should be with them.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (J5mC3)

60 37 Is that McGrath the crime dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (IqV8l)

Singing "When It's Over," that's when I hump your leg again.

Posted by: buzzion at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (cAnNx)

61 "And CIA Director."

Pretty interesting life as a very young WWII Naval aviator as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (J+eG2)

62 Carter still breathes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM

Ah, Carter- the guy every girl leaves out of her count.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 01:57 PM (92kX2)

63 You forgot Carter. Congratulations. The rest of us are still trying.

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (S3oyF)

64 The worst thing about haunting the other side of the ground is that the beer selection is just about nil.

Posted by: Billy Carter at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (4ErVI)

65 Re: W skipping ceremony

I'd be surprised. They travel much differently than we do. To them this will be like a half day trip to the out-of-town Costco to have tires put on.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (Halhc)

66 I always liked the way Barbara hollered at people. Sort of good-natured, sort of you-better-shape-up. She always reminds me of my grandma.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (bpfzP)

67 >>A great man, but was neither he nor his son were war-time consiglieres

And yet both built large international coalitions and actually won the wars.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (/tuJf)

68 Carter still haunts this mortal coil
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Well thanks for ruining my day.

Posted by: Methos, dummy at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (3Liv/)

69 I'd really like to see Carter go before President Bush. At least he was a war hero, Carter is just a nasty bigot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (39g3+)

70 TFG tweets selfie "Get well HW."

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (2x9LM)

71 54 Okay, the 70th is platinum.

For the 75th they go back to diamond.
That ain't right.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

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make it Mithril

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (h/uSM)

72 40 Who gets married in January? Oh, Texas. Or were they in Maine? Maine would definitely not be an outdoor wedding.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (bpfzP)
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They were married in her hometown, Rye, NY.
I suspect they had little control over the date because he was being deployed in WWII.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (Nox3c)

73 Jimmy Carter is 92 and still breathing

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (SIY7D)

74 You know what?

Blood DOES tell.

Breeding and class...nothing can replace them.

Posted by: Learn Some History at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (SJ184)

75 What I like about Bush Sr. is that he is a good man, and a decent man. And the letter shows he's got class.

What I don't like about Bush Sr. is that he never learned a thing from Reagan. He took what Reagan gave him and just pissed it away, thus bequeathing Bill Clinton and his malevolent consort on the country.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (dChLZ)

76 70 TFG tweets selfie "Get well HW."

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2017 01:58 PM (2x9LM)

While staring pensively at a bottle of NyQuil.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (4ErVI)

77 Y'all forgot Jimmy Carter.

Who is on record as being the FIRST former president to say he'd attend Trumps inauguraiton.

Posted by: shibumi
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Just to smuggle a stink bomb in my ass.

BTW - It's always there. Ready to pop.

Posted by: Jimmy "Goofy Tooth" Carter at January 18, 2017 02:00 PM (8b+oT)

78 72 years of marriage. That's awesome. If my wife and I both live to 100 we'll get to 72 years.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 18, 2017 02:00 PM (8hICw)

79 No, I don't think he handled the end of the Cold War very well at all.

No Mushroom Clouds = major win.

Posted by: DaveA at January 18, 2017 02:00 PM (8J/Te)

80 They were married in her hometown, Rye, NY.

I suspect they had little control over the date because he was being deployed in WWII.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (Nox3c)
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Ahh. Makes sense now. I'd forgotten it was wartime.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:00 PM (bpfzP)

81 40 Who gets married in January? Oh, Texas. Or were they in Maine? Maine would definitely not be an outdoor wedding.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (bpfzP)

They were married in January 1945. He might have still been in the service - and the war wasn't over yet. I suspect they got married when he was on leave. And at that point, everyone was thinking there would be an invasion of the Japanese home islands.

Waiting around for nicer weather was a luxury those boys didn't have.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:00 PM (ZM2xo)

82 20 HW wasn't the best on domestic politics there is no doubt about it. However, the way he navigated the end of the Cold War was nothing short of brilliant. Oh, and the Gulf War...masterful diplomacy and leadership.

Don't forget, the guy was also a genuine war hero who is lucky to be alive.
Posted by: ExurbanDoug at January 18, 2017 01:51 PM (4IZry)

He started us on the globalization path with the whole UN-centric New World Order thing. I don't believe he was the initiator, just that he was happy to go along with the in crowd when the main support for nationalism seemed to pass.

Posted by: Keith at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (USf3s)

83 make it Mithril
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (h/uSM)

"That was a princely gift!"

~ Gimli, son of Gloin

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (8hICw)

84 Okay, so it's probably 3 hours flying to DC, so maybe an all day trip to the zoo in the next state.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (Halhc)

85 I... [hic]... won't be attending either...

Posted by: US Grant at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (DpOmP)

86 Class!

Posted by: exhelodrvr at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (IijTQ)

87 You know what I liked about Magilla Gorilla? Never saw him without a bow tie on. That's class, man.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (UWrxV)

88

For the 75th they go back to diamond.
That ain't right.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

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make it Mithril
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (h/uSM)

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Unobtainium

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (Fmupd)

89 54 Okay, the 70th is platinum.

For the 75th they go back to diamond.
That ain't right.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

75th should be neutronium. Just sayin'.

Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (Gim9y)

90

I was at a charity thing last October. Very small. President and Mrs Bush were surprise guests. There was a slide show from his White House photographer, a women, of her favorite photos of them.

And they sat, in the dark with the rest of us, and held hands the whole time. I was so moved by the tenderness, the enduring quality of their affection for each other. I will never forget it

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (8pAk0)

91 He started us on the globalization path with the whole UN-centric New World Order thing. I don't believe he was the initiator, just that he was happy to go along with the in crowd when the main support for nationalism seemed to pass.
Posted by: Keith at January 18, 2017 02:01 PM (USf3s)

But that's who he always was. Even when he ran in 1980.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (8hICw)

92 I too will attend in spirit...

Posted by: George Washington at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (DpOmP)

93 Okay, the 70th is platinum.

For the 75th they go back to diamond.
That ain't right.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

75th should be neutronium. Just sayin

75th? Metamucil.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (S3oyF)

94 The 75th should be Unobtainum. Since that's what it is for most.

Posted by: Lily (formerly fom HotAir now from AoSHQ) at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (LGbSE)

95 75th should be neutronium. Just sayin'.
Posted by: atomicplaygirl (Gab: atomicplaygirl) at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (Gim9y)

Maybe dilithium?

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (dChLZ)

96 For the 75th they go back to diamond.
That ain't right.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

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make it Mithril
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (h/uSM)

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Unobtainium

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Cyanide

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (h/uSM)

97 I'd feel a lot less resentful towards the Bush family if the Republican party didn't keep trying to push the family down our throats.

They were both Republican Presidents, but not great Republican Presidents. That's enough to earn my respect and best wishes after they're done in the office, but not enough for me to be clamoring to elect another one.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (KUaJL)

98 For the 75th they go back to diamond.

That ain't right.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:56 PM (Nox3c)

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make it Mithril

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (h/uSM)

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My "Trump Won" schadenboner. (Just for the day - like the Stanley Cup)

Posted by: Dang at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (8b+oT)

99 daddy... don't encourage him further...

Posted by: Jeb! at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (DpOmP)

100 Bob Dole knows that the 75th anniversary should be Bobdolebonerium.

Posted by: Bob Dole at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (87y4e)

101 Bill Clinton wishes the 30th was polonium.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (oVJmc)

102 I don't like about Bush Sr. is that he never learned a thing from

Reagan. He took what Reagan gave him and just pissed it away
===========================

I don't think he was ever fully on board with Reagan's policies. As soon as he took office, he was promising a "kinder, gentler" conservatism. There was nothing unkind in Reagan when it came to governing this country. To say so indicated that Bush 1 thought otherwise.

I still like him. I've liked all the Bush family.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (bpfzP)

103 Who inherits the Maine mansion?

Posted by: The Globalist Choir at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (X+rUO)

104 Bush 41 does not get any kudos from me for the end of the Cold War. He and his SecState were trying to prop up the USSR rather than let it collapse.

He did a great job building a coalition to eject Saddam from Kuwait. Unfortunately, regime change in Baghdad was not part of its mandate.

Posted by: Butch at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (hXu8T)

105 >>He started us on the globalization path with the whole UN-centric New World Order thing. I don't believe he was the initiator, just that he was happy to go along with the in crowd when the main support for nationalism seemed to pass

We started down that path at the end of WWII with the formation of international groups like NATO and the UN. It's been a slippery slope ever since that time and really no President has pulled us back in any significant way.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (/tuJf)

106 But that's who he always was. Even when he ran in 1980.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (8hICw)

True. Probably so for all of the Rockefeller Republicans.

Posted by: Keith at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (USf3s)

107 oh except Jeb. I've never had much use for Jeb.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (bpfzP)

108 Can you imagine President MomJeans having the sack to go skydiving on his 90th birthday? Yeah, right.

I think the ballsiest thing he's ever done is... well, Moochelle.

Posted by: Chi at January 18, 2017 02:05 PM (5E3b3)

109 I don't think he was ever fully on board with Reagan's policies. As soon as he took office, he was promising a "kinder, gentler" conservatism. There was nothing unkind in Reagan when it came to governing this country. To say so indicated that Bush 1 thought otherwise.

I still like him. I've liked all the Bush family.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (bpfzP)

H.W: Kinder, Gentler

W: Compassionate conservatism

Jeb!: Reform conservatism

It's almost like the whole family really didn't believe in any of it at all.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:05 PM (4ErVI)

110 Carter still ~~haunts~~ infests this mortal coil.

Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2017 02:05 PM (X6fMO)

111 Of course, I won't fault him for staying nearby. Both elderly parents in jeopardy would be a scary time.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (Halhc)

112 They were married in her hometown, Rye, NY.
I suspect they had little control over the date because he was being deployed in WWII.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:59 PM (Nox3c)

Rye NY also is where Betty Draper moved after she divorced Don and remarried the politician.

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (CLKfs)

113 I think the ballsiest thing he's ever done is... well, Moochelle.

Getting teabagged by Reggie is pretty ballsy...

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (87y4e)

114 Cyanide

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 18, 2017 02:03 PM (h/uSM)

Speaking of which - the temple on Epstein's Pedo Island isn't creepy at all no sirree.

http://tinyurl.com/zcc4bcz

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (2x9LM)

115 92 I too will attend in spirit...

Posted by: George Washington at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (DpOmP)

Please say hi to Buzzion next time you see him floating around up there...

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (ZM2xo)

116
Okay, the 70th is platinum.

For the 75th they go back to diamond.

100th is Unobtanium

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (IqV8l)

117

They are one of those couples ya know.

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (8pAk0)

118 107 oh except Jeb. I've never had much use for Jeb.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (bpfzP)

Jeb does not have much use for Jeb these days. Do you think he gets up every morning, looks in the mirror with a sullen face and says "Please clap"?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (92kX2)

119 One thing about the Bushes, but especially Barbara --- true dog lovers. Remember how Millie had puppies in the WH and how Barbara wrote a book about her?

The Bush41 and Bush43 dogs were highly socialized and got along with the staff in both the residence and West Wing. I even remember a lot of photos of the dogs hanging out with the press corps --- IIRC, one of the Scotties showed up to give a press briefing as a joke.

(Contrast this with the photo-op "pets" of the Obamas and Clintons.)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (Nox3c)

120 oh except Jeb. I've never had much use for Jeb.

Posted by: grammie winger
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LOLZ. Who's "Jeb"? Sounds, "made up".

Oh wait, shit.

I remember now.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 18, 2017 02:07 PM (8b+oT)

121 #106

But that's who he always was. Even when he ran in 1980.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 18, 2017 02:02 PM (8hICw)

True. Probably so for all of the Rockefeller Republicans.
==============

Hey, I voted for GHWB in the 1980 primary. The only time I shook the hand of a guy who became president. So I have that going for me.

Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:08 PM (JBggj)

122 Speaking of which - the temple on Epstein's Pedo Island isn't creepy at all no sirree.

http://tinyurl.com/zcc4bcz
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (2x9LM)

An A-10 would do a marvelous job of redecorating.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 02:08 PM (92kX2)

123 >>>I think the ballsiest thing he's ever done is... well, Moochelle.

I think I'd rather go out the plane door with a Hefty bag and some water wings!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 18, 2017 02:08 PM (UWrxV)

124 36
If 60 is the diamond anniversary, what would the 75th be?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 01:54 PM (Nox3c)

Peruvium?

Posted by: rickl at January 18, 2017 02:09 PM (zoehZ)

125 Hey, I voted for GHWB in the 1980 primary. The only time I shook the hand of a guy who became president. So I have that going for me.
Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:08 PM (JBggj)

I am surprised that this has not set off the primary wars again- from 1980.

*joke*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 02:09 PM (92kX2)

126

Regardless of the politics, i admire them as a family. I truly do

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:09 PM (8pAk0)

127 Several of the other aviators shot down on the day former President Bush was shot down were captured, executed and eaten by the Japanese according to the book Flyboys by James Bradley. Bush was the youngest Naval aviator in history.

Posted by: An Observation at January 18, 2017 02:09 PM (py4xj)

128 On Friday afternoon we'll have five living ex-Presidents.

Is that the record?

Six, if you count me. Look for me on Tucker Carlson, Friday at 9 on Fox.

Posted by: President Josh Bartlett at January 18, 2017 02:09 PM (qJhUV)

129 OK Huma.... [hic]... so what time do I... [hic]... take the oath???

Posted by: Hillary at January 18, 2017 02:10 PM (DpOmP)

130 I cared for my parents when they were in their nineties. Elderly people tend to die of pneumonia. It isn't just being out in the cold. It is also being out among people who have colds, bronchitis and so on. The last month of my mom's life she was in a skilled nursing home. They had signs up for people to not bring in young children and to not come in themselves if they had coughs and sneezes.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 18, 2017 02:11 PM (+lVUW)

131 Certainly wish them all the best and a speedy recovery.

Posted by: IC at January 18, 2017 02:11 PM (a0IVu)

132 Adored by your children and grandchildren and still holding hands after 72 years

Thats a good life

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:11 PM (8pAk0)

133 One thing about the Bushes, but especially Barbara --- true dog lovers.
Remember how Millie had puppies in the WH and how Barbara wrote a book
about her?

==============================

My son was about 3 or 4 at the time, and was enchanted with George Bush 1. Don't ask my why. But he would go around the house saying, George Bush! George Bush!

Yeah, we thought it a little odd too.

Anyway, he wanted to write a letter to George Bush, so we wrote a letter telling him how much Little Winger loved seeing Millie the dog on TV. The Bushes sent my son an autographed picture of Millie. I thought that was very nice of them.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (bpfzP)

134 Will there be a Moron brave enough to watch the JEF's last (hallelujah!) press conference and report the preening prissy pants responses to us? My head just can't take it after watching the confirmation hearings. There is only so much exploding one head can do.

/yeah, I heard it after I typed it. Take it away Horde!

Posted by: RedDish at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (5eXg1)

135
118 107 oh except Jeb. I've never had much use for Jeb.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:04 PM (bpfzP)

Jeb does not have much use for Jeb these days. Do you think he gets up every morning, looks in the mirror with a sullen face and says "Please clap"?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 18, 2017 02:06 PM (92kX2)

-------------------

Think about it. Heb! and most everyone else thought he had the nomination in the bag in 2015.

There would be no one who could compete with the well-financed campaign juggernaut that he had put together.

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (Fmupd)

136 Hey, I voted for GHWB in the 1980 primary. The only time I shook the hand of a guy who became president. So I have that going for me.
Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:08 PM (JBggj)

Benefit of the doubt exemption approved

So much hope for a Reagan 3rd term, all wishful thinking.

Posted by: Keith at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (USf3s)

137 87 You know what I liked about Magilla Gorilla? Never saw him without a bow tie on. That's class, man.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy
-----------------

Magilla put down the bow tie years ago and now wears White House drapes to the Today Show appearances.

Posted by: Chi at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (5E3b3)

138 >>Several of the other aviators shot down on the day former President Bush was shot down were captured, executed and eaten by the Japanese according to the book Flyboys by James Bradley. Bush was the youngest Naval aviator in history.

I think people who still think we should have invaded Japan rather than nuking them should read that book to see how some of our military was treated by the Japanese in WWII. I know there are plenty of this type of story but there is so real brutality and inhumanity described in that story.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (/tuJf)

139 Some believe that it was mishandling of discussions by Bush 41's Iraqi ambassador April Glaspie that led to the first Gulf War. That Saddam had legitimate beefs with Kuwait, and that Glaspie told Saddam that the US took no position on Saddam's border dispute with Kuwait, after he had already amassed an army on Kuwait's border, which Saddam misinterpreted.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (SIY7D)

140 In many ways misguided on "policy" (too much "compassion" by way of government, and not enough conservative) but of all the Bushes I liked GW best. Less the crusty patrician of his old man and much more the common touch, in an unaffected way.
And one never doubted the man's great love of his country.
I wish GHW well, but there is a reason why Ronaldus Maximus never quite trusted him.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (QtQaN)

141 It's almost like the whole family really didn't believe in any of it at all.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:05 PM (4ErVI)

No - what they are are throwbacks. Very civic minded upper crust WASPs, the old fashioned country club Rockefeller Republicans that used to populate the tonier regions of the NE. They are relics, because now the trust fund kids and grandchildren still go to the Ivies and live in places like Westport CT - but now they are leftists.

The old WASP Establishment ran the country and much of the country's institutions up until the 60's - and as snobbish and bigoted as that bunch could be, they had far more class that the motley crew that made up the Obama administration.

They're moderate to the bone. Might have been fine once, but it's ineffectual and toothless today.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (ZM2xo)

142 129 OK Huma.... [hic]... so what time do I... [hic]... take the oath???

---

Let's practice it again....

America
From Hell's heart, I stab at thee
For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

Posted by: Huma at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (h/uSM)

143 Am I forgetting, or did TFG have his 'final' press conference last week?
Today , the press will be in tears and I bet no one has the balls to bring up Manning

Posted by: JoeF. at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (+dhEF)

144 As I've gotten older, the less respect I have for the Bush family to the point I loathe them.

Obviously, this isn't be wanting bad health for them, but I'm not going to pretend any of them were good for conservatives.

The GOP and the country would have been far better off if the Bush family had stayed out of politics.

I also think there was an extreme elitism like the White House belonged to them, much like the Kennedy's.

Watching the way they conducted themselves after Jeb going down in flames is the "real" Bush family when things don't go their way.

Posted by: Del Monte at January 18, 2017 02:14 PM (nq/J2)

145 Will the media hacks stand up after Obama's presser and hold up BIC lighter apps on their phones and yell for Free Bird?

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:15 PM (VndSC)

146 Jeb! and most everyone else thought he had the nomination in the bag in 2015.

Posted by: Soona
-----
The bag where my balls used to be?

HA! Just kidding - never had any!

Not a one!

What?! They come in pairs?! Now that's funny!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 18, 2017 02:15 PM (8b+oT)

147 Am I forgetting, or did TFG have his 'final' press conference last week?
Today , the press will be in tears and I bet no one has the balls to bring up Manning
Posted by: JoeF. at January 18, 2017 02:13 PM (+dhEF)

ISWYDT.

Posted by: alexthechick - waves bye bye to so much doubt at January 18, 2017 02:15 PM (mf5HN)

148 I loathed Jeb as a candidate, but i fully expected his family to defend him

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (8pAk0)

149 Pappy Bush was a squish. Reagan only picked him as a veep to unite the party and solidify the moderate wing. He didn't know at the time the election would be a landslide ( no one did). It was neck and neck with Carter until it broke open in the last week. People just couldn't take any more weakness, shitty economy, and those poor hostages in Iran!

However, the Bushes (all of them, even Jeb) have more class than any friggin democrat that's run for President since Humphrey. God bless George and Bar. Get well soon.

Posted by: Log Cabin at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (Ve2ZO)

150 Excuse me... [hic]... I'll take the... [hic]... fith... and I... I... I refuse to answer that...[hic]... question as it might be self in... in... in... incriminating

Posted by: Hillary at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (DpOmP)

151 Obama is having a final press conference? Good grief, hasn't he heard himself speak enough already? Ack.

Posted by: IC at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (a0IVu)

152 The site seem a little glitchy?

I felt a disturbance in the force.

Posted by: Dang at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (8b+oT)

153 126
Regardless of the politics, i admire them as a family. I truly do
Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:09 PM (8pAk0)
-------------------------
Yep.
Despite all of the time they have dedicated to politics, they seem to have something more in their lives. Family, pets, hobbies. And GHW and W at least had some work in the private sector.

One of the scariest things about, say, Obama and Hillary is their apparent lack of ANY real passion beyond power.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (Nox3c)

154 Someone should pull the mic plug at Obama's last presser.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:18 PM (4ErVI)

155 George Bush senior is a class act. Always has been.

Posted by: George Orwell's Ghost at January 18, 2017 02:18 PM (UgF8H)

156 The connections of House Bush and House Saud always worried me.

It's difficult to underestimate what a game changer fracking and energy independence has been.

But for it, Obama would have realized his plan to bring back the worst of the 1970s.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 02:18 PM (SIY7D)

157 True fact.

Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are the two women to have 2 different Presidents in their vaginas.

Look it up.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac and Irredeemable at January 18, 2017 02:18 PM (1JnAL)

158

If not for HW, its President Dukakis

If not for W, President Gore

I did the best with my vote that I could with the options presented

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (8pAk0)

159 I disagreed with hima Bunch as President. But Good Look over him & his wife. He is a Patriot !!

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (y3aQB)

160 157 True fact.

Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are the two women to have 2 different Presidents in their vaginas.

Look it up.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac and Irredeemable at January 18, 2017 02:18 PM (1JnAL)

*Unsubscribe First Lady Vagina Facts

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (KUaJL)

161 True fact.

Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are the two women to have 2 different Presidents in their vaginas.

Look it up.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper,

ISWYDT

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (S3oyF)

162 And heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeres, Douchebag!!!

Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (qJhUV)

163 Every president, every person, is flawed. I think there is a difference between flawed and bad. And there's a huge difference between flawed and malevolent. I think the Bushes are flawed. I think Obama is malevolent.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (bpfzP)

164 Always liked him, but I was always a stinking RINO. A truly great American who's pragmatism was his Achilles heel. I'll always blame Perot for Clinton and the ensuing 24 years of insanity ...

Posted by: Random Joe at January 18, 2017 02:20 PM (+1Jr2)

165 Last Obama press conference? The sadness will probably bring them to their knees. Oh wait...

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2017 02:20 PM (NOIQH)

166 133---The Bushes sent my son an autographed picture of Millie. I thought that was very nice of them.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (bpfzP)
----------------------------------
That is a sweet story!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 02:20 PM (Nox3c)

167 One final fucking time. Eat shit, Fredo.

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 02:20 PM (Fmupd)

168 But for it, Obama would have realized his plan to bring back the worst of the 1970s.

Bell bottoms, platform shoes & disco?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 02:20 PM (S3oyF)

169
The arrogant c*ck sucker is holding his final fanboy convention.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (OE2ur)

170
My son was about 3 or 4 at the time, and was enchanted with George Bush 1. Don't ask my why. But he would go around the house saying, George Bush! George Bush!"

That's so odd, because so was my nephew who was about that age when Clinton was elected. My sister (who was a Dem at that time and married to one) found him crying the day after the '92 election. My sister asked him what was wrong and he said, "I feel so bad for President Bush, he'll have to leave his house now."

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (ZM2xo)

171 Best wishes to both of them. Whatever policy differences we might have with them they both love their country.
Posted by: joncelli

Agreed.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 01:48 PM (S3oyF)

Ditto. I was very disappointed with the entire family over their #NeverTrump-ism, and lord knows none of them were especially conservative, but I do think they love our country and I don't think the Elders not attending has anything to do with the way they feel about Trump. Most Oldies can't tolerate cold.

Best wishes to both of them as they recuperate..... I doubt either outlasts the other by a year.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (kqtMD)

172 That's a nice letter, and I'm sure Donald Trump appreciated the thoughtfulness and decency expressed in it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (tOcW/)

173 If not for HW, its President Dukakis

If not for W, President Gore

I did the best with my vote that I could with the options presented

Posted by: ThunderB
-----
Amen. And that "1000 Points of Light" actually inspired me.

Posted by: Dang at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (8b+oT)

174 Brianna Wu is running for congress.

They invent new frontiers of civil rights, because they need new oppressors. Regular people are getting wise to how identity politics became a vehicle for angry posers. The democrats are just as committed and locked in as Slim Pickens saddled on an atom bomb. It's going to be just as hilarious.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (VdICR)

175 168 But for it, Obama would have realized his plan to bring back the worst of the 1970s.

Bell bottoms, platform shoes & disco?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 02:20 PM (S3oyF)

Oh God, please don't do disco again. I can ignore the other two, but not disco.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (RD7QR)

176 >>Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are the two women to have 2 different Presidents in their vaginas.

ANOTHER historic I won't be part of.

*Sobs dramatically*

Posted by: Hillary! at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (NOIQH)

177 I love to talk about myself. It's an addiction.

Posted by: Prez'nit Toonces at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (vtcmf)

178 162 And heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeres, Douchebag!!!
Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:19 PM (qJhUV)

How many minutes late was he?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac and Irredeemable at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (1JnAL)

179 157 True fact.

Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are the two women to have 2 different Presidents in their vaginas.

Look it up.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac
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How many people has President Precedent had in his?

Posted by: Chi at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (5E3b3)

180 "Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are the two women to have 2 different Presidents in their vaginas. "

Since you went there already:

Hillary Clinton is the first First Lady to never have a President in her vagina.

Michelle Obama is the first First Lady to never have a vagina.

Posted by: Log Cabin at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (Ve2ZO)

181 I like Poppy Bush as a person - sense of humor, compassionate (remember when he shaved his head coz the son of his SS agent had cancer?)

W too

Just a shame they're globalists

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (Om16U)

182 My son's elementary school teacher made the class write to Billy Jeff.

Son received a postcard with Socks the cat's pic on it.

The same cat the Clintons gave to Billy Jeff's secretary, Betty Whatshername.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (PY9jH)

183 The Bushes sent my son an autographed picture of Millie. I thought that was very nice of them.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:12 PM (bpfzP)

----------------------------------

That is a sweet story!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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It would be sweet if I'd actually signed it! Staffers think they are so damn clever...

Posted by: Millie at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (8b+oT)

184 The same tenacity that you showed us?

Delusional till the end.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (/tuJf)

185

I think people who still think we should have invaded Japan rather than nuking them should read that book to see how some of our military was treated by the Japanese in WWII. I know there are plenty of this type of story but there is so real brutality and inhumanity described in that story.

Posted by: JackStraw

Read Paul Fussell, "Thank God For Atom The Bomb" in Thank God for the Atom Bomb and Other Essays (New York: Summit Books, 198

.

crossroads.alexanderpiela.com/files/Fussell_Thank_God_AB.pdf

Posted by: imp at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (XIXZz)

186 Yep; last chance for the press to ask fawning questions of Obama and for him more swipes at Trump. What a classless narcissist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (tOcW/)

187 >>Brianna Wu is running for congress.

Good luck.

Also, Zoe Quinn, who got the whole GamerGate thingie started by cuckolding her BF w/gaming journalists has announced she's no longer a woman, or a heterosexual, or something muddled but also brave....?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (NOIQH)

188 The 1970s...

When your pants matched the carpet.

I was a wee kid back then and didn't dress myself for most of the decade so I have that as an excuse.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (4ErVI)

189 I, I, I, I, me, me, me, me.....

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 02:23 PM (Fmupd)

190
The MFM at the press conference has just broken into sobbing and begging Barry not to leave them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (OE2ur)

191 Anyone have the stomach to listen to TFG? I sure don't.

Be gone, you mincing ponce, and don't let the WH door hit you on your bony ass.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (PY9jH)

192 188 The 1970s...

When your pants matched the carpet.

I had shag pants, too. Made an awful sound when you walked.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (VndSC)

193 Mr. President. how much do you think we'll miss you?

Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (qJhUV)

194 Is there really such a thing as Trump wine? I'm planning Friday's festivities and it would be a good addition.

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (CLKfs)

195 Today I cum out to you as the first Black-African-Homosexual-Muslim-Marxist President of the United States

Posted by: King Putt at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (DpOmP)

196 I will continue to browbeat the American public until they recognize that I actually accomplished something positive whilst in office. That job never ends.

Posted by: Prez'nit Toonces at January 18, 2017 02:25 PM (vtcmf)

197 151 Obama is having a final press conference? Good grief, hasn't he heard himself speak enough already? Ack.
Posted by: IC at January 18, 2017 02:17 PM (a0IVu)

Wasn't that last week?

Or was that one not the Final final one?

/looks confuseld

Posted by: Don Q. at January 18, 2017 02:25 PM (qf6WZ)

198 195 Today I cum out to you as the first Black-African-Homosexual-Muslim-Marxist President of the United States
Posted by: King Putt at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (DpOmP)

Great, next time you visit the middle east, you can experience first hand how tolerant they are.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 18, 2017 02:25 PM (8hICw)

199 "Mr. President, what enchanted you the most about your eight years in the White House? And which one of us do you love the best?"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:25 PM (PY9jH)

200 I had the pleasure of flying Mr. Bush back in 1998 from Houston to Boca Raton (my boss allowed Bush to use his jet through some barter exchange or something). Nice guy. He signed my logbook. Along with him rode 5 SS guys. They knew everything about my co-pilot and I. Including our parent's names, etc.

Fast forward several years I flew Jeb and he signed my logbook right underneath his old mans signature.

Posted by: Citation X Driver at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (ABJy3)

201
Barry - Chelsea Manning has served a tough prison sentence. And now Barry and Reggie want him to play prison with them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (OE2ur)

202 The same cat the Clintons gave to Billy Jeff's secretary, Betty Whatshername.

Boop?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (S3oyF)

203 Mr. President, can we do this again tomorrow? Just...because.

Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (qJhUV)

204 Thanks for the worst 8 years of my life, douchebag.

Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (vtcmf)

205 Obama on Manning: How does one "take responsibility" for their crime?

Justice doesn't work that way.
You don't get to do something like that and say, "You're right, my bad! Shouldn't have done that. Won't do it again, you guys!" and walk away.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (NOIQH)

206
THE DOCTORS WANTED THEM TO GET BETTER TOGETHER

Posted by: Thom Thillis at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (toH8T)

207 My sister asked him what was wrong and he said, "I feel so bad for President Bush, he'll have to leave his house now."

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (ZM2xo)
=======================

Awwww..... such a sweethearted little boy.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (bpfzP)

208 Friday morning, I'm saying to everyone I meet: "Know what day it is? Know what day it is? Know what day it is?...

...Trumpday!"

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (VndSC)

209 Ignoramus @139:

I always thought the blaming of Glaspie was overdone. Granted, I expect professional diplomats to communicate a bit more clearly. Still, and I'm paraphrasing, it kind of went like this:

- SH: Your buddies the Kuwaitis are digging under my border, stealing my oil! What are you going to do to stop them?!

- AG: We're not. We really have no position on the matter.

- SH [Invades, conquers, tells army to make it hurt; steals oil]: They told me it was fine with them! They said they had no position!

Posted by: JPS at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (tSd2N)

210 "Mr. President, please don't leave! *sobs*"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (PY9jH)

211
Barry - Manning's sentence was disproportionate. Really? And how does the commie queer figure that? Does he have some sort of time table he works off of?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (OE2ur)

212 When your pants matched the carpet.

I had shag pants, too. Made an awful sound when you walked.
Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (VndSC)

What don't you like blondes?

So long as the collars and cuffs match.

Posted by: alexthechick - waves bye bye to so much doubt at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (mf5HN)

213 Wasn't that last week?
Or was that one not the Final final one?

/looks confuseld
Posted by: Don Q.
-----------------

I'm as confused as you. I swear that I read his last presser was THE last one...

Posted by: Chi at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (5E3b3)

214 How about Lurch telling the ROW that Trump admin will only last a year or two - the D's will never fail to take an opportunity to undermine US interests overseas to score domestic political points ...

Posted by: Random Joe at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (+1Jr2)

215 10 to 15 percent chance that Barry announces he's a gay muslim furry who will fight for the right of every American to fellate fellow furries fellaheen.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (RD7QR)

216 11
I bet ace already has the obituary written.

Posted by: CGI zombie Carrie Fisher at January 18, 2017 01:50 PM (3Liv/)

Just a point of fact, and I'm sure alot of folks know this but anybody who is anybody already has their obit written. Newspapers assign reporters to write obits for famous celebrities, criminals, athletes politicians, etc., anybody of note, so that they are ready to go if said person passes away.
These obits are constantly re-written and updated as the person's career and achievements progress. This tedious, unsung job is traditionally given to junior staff at the big newspapers, and it is commonly one of the first jobs a new cub reporter gets to do./cliff claven mode off

Posted by: Agent Cooper at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (1zARK)

217 ......for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaann!!!!!!!

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (dQJCS)

218 "Is there really such a thing as Trump wine? I'm planning Friday's festivities and it would be a good addition."

You can buy online from many states.

I used bottles as Christmas gifts for select friends and family. Sour grapes, as it were.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (SIY7D)

219 Wishing both the former president and first lady a speedy recovery. Lost a lot of respect for them this cycle, and disagreed with a lot of Mr. Bush's policies and general abandonment/opposition to Reagan, but he served his country in war and peace, and both are a class act.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (mbhDw)

220 Best wished for a speedy recovery for both GHW and Barbara Bush.

Posted by: Pimp Daddy Welfare at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (0Q3q4)

221 There is a book with GHW Bush's hand written letters over the years. My Life in Letters and Other Writings.

Very inspiring to me to be a better person . He was quite a man.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (oByg+)

222
Posted by: Citation X Driver at January 18, 2017 02:26 PM (ABJy3)

Awesome story!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (kqtMD)

223 218 "Is there really such a thing as Trump wine? I'm planning Friday's festivities and it would be a good addition."

You can buy online from many states.

I used bottles as Christmas gifts for select friends and family. Sour grapes, as it were.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM (SIY7D)

Penis Yugio!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (mbhDw)

224 194 Is there really such a thing as Trump wine? I'm planning Friday's festivities and it would be a good addition.
Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (CLKfs)

Yes, there is... even though he doesn't drink...

And they have a 'Fortified Chardonnay' that looks interesting...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (qf6WZ)

225 170
That's so odd, because so was my nephew who was about that age when Clinton was elected. My sister (who was a Dem at that time and married to one) found him crying the day after the '92 election. My sister asked him what was wrong and he said, "I feel so bad for President Bush, he'll have to leave his house now."
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:21 PM (ZM2xo)
-------------------------------

I wonder if it's the kindly-grampa look?

Mr. DeVille said that when he was a little kid he was crazy about Ike. It had nothing to do with politics --- back then rugrats weren't indoctrinated with "current events" or asked to opine on nuclear arms.
There was just "something" appealing about him.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (Nox3c)

226 You can buy online from many states.

I used bottles as Christmas gifts for select friends and family. Sour grapes, as it were.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Made with grapes irrigated in liberal tears.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (VndSC)

227 You know the sailor who is serving time because he took pics on board his ship to show his kids?

Why doesn't the JEF commute HIS sentence?

Jeebus. I just can't.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:28 PM (PY9jH)

228 1. Divulge national secrets
2. Get a free sex change
3. Go free

The American Dream for dems.

Posted by: Dang at January 18, 2017 02:29 PM (8b+oT)

229

Barry - I don't see a contradiction to wikileaks. Of course not and your fanboy MFM won't question any further on it.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:29 PM (OE2ur)

230 "Mr. President, did you prefer it when we cupped your balls or jammed both thumbs up your ass when swallowing your jizz"

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 18, 2017 02:29 PM (XkVXQ)

231 Reagan and Bush developed a very strong friendship. They had lunch every week just to talk. No agenda.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (oByg+)

232 Mr. President, of all the momentous events that happened during your presidency, what was your favorite selfie that you tweeted to commemerate it?

Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (qJhUV)

233 >>The Bush41 and Bush43 dogs were highly socialized and got along with the staff in both the residence and West Wing. I even remember a lot of photos of the dogs hanging out with the press corps --- IIRC, one of the Scotties showed up to give a press briefing as a joke.

The annual "BarneyCam" Christmas videos from the Bush 42 White House were always fun to watch. IIRC, Rove had a great zinger for the 2004 one where Barney was trying to find something and he said "Maybe check Ohio, we spent a lot of time there"

Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (laQYo)

234 They're probably installing a podium in Barry's new living room.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (4ErVI)

235 For all of Obama's unprecedented firsts - the one that is indisputable is that he was the first Anti-American president of the United Stares

Posted by: Random Joe at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (+1Jr2)

236 I'm not surprised at the pneumonia problem for both of the Bushs. The allergy problems in Houston over the past few weeks have been horrendous. That much coughing will give major problems to people in their 90s.

The allergy problem is so bad that most people thought they had the flu. The only way to tell them apart is to see if you have a fever. No fever allergy, fever flu. Not 100% foolproof but still pretty accurate.

Posted by: An Observation at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (py4xj)

237 That ws a classy letter..... Some Dems could learn from that as We know Bush isn't fond of Trump but He honored Him anyway....

Posted by: deplorable donna at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (O2RFr)

238 "Mr. President, please remind the American people once again how they disappointed you."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (PY9jH)

239 ^^ (sorry, Bush 43)

Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (laQYo)

240 The Bushes are patriots

Obama? I cant even......

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:31 PM (8pAk0)

241 Why is Trump's name in the signature section at the bottom of the letter if it's from George H.W. Bush?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:31 PM (9U1OG)

242 227 You know the sailor who is serving time because he took pics on board his ship to show his kids?

Why doesn't the JEF commute HIS sentence?

Jeebus. I just can't.

Agreed

Posted by: deplorable donna at January 18, 2017 02:31 PM (O2RFr)

243 Trump announced that he personally would decide who will get to attend the press room briefings at the White House.

I expect some hacks to steal the furniture after this presser.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:31 PM (VndSC)

244 >>> Obama would have realized his plan to bring back the worst of the 1970s.

Steely Dan?

Posted by: wooga at January 18, 2017 02:32 PM (dlFl2)

245 I'm not surprised they admitted her, too -- it allows them to be in the same room, with beds, together.

Posted by: sunny-dee at January 18, 2017 02:32 PM (QAOZh)

246 Mr. President, did you ever finally learn to throw a baseball like a boy?

Posted by: The Groveling MFM at January 18, 2017 02:32 PM (vtcmf)

247 Everything Barack Obama says or does makes sense once you accept that he is on the other side

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at January 18, 2017 02:33 PM (DpOmP)

248

Barry - We must balance transparency and security. How? He could tell the MFM he commuted his sentence because he wants to suck Bradley's dick and the MFM would applaud

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:33 PM (OE2ur)

249 It would be fitting for them to go together.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 18, 2017 01:49 PM (LTHVh)

Well, I wish them both many more years of happiness, on this side of the turf.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2017 02:33 PM (LRVnP)

250 #182, Socks had apparently bonded with Betty Currie, cats do that. So when she retired down to the waterfront in St. Mary's County, MD, Socks went along. Probably the most famous resident of the county, since Tom Clancy was across the Patuxent in Calvert. My folks are one creek away. Anyway, Socks went off to the cat tree in the sky a couple years ago, remaining silent on political matters in retirement.

Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at January 18, 2017 02:33 PM (UbWxe)

251 "Mr. President, which of your many vacations was your favorite?"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:33 PM (PY9jH)

252 Mr. President, did you ever finally learn to throw a baseball like a boy?

Posted by: The Groveling MFM
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Let me get my bicycle helmet on and I'll show you!

Posted by: Barely Obama at January 18, 2017 02:33 PM (8b+oT)

253 So Obama hasn't had His butt kissing, I mean Presser yet?

Posted by: deplorable donna at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (O2RFr)

254 214--- How about Lurch telling the ROW that Trump admin will only last a year or two - the D's will never fail to take an opportunity to undermine US interests overseas to score domestic political points ...
Posted by: Random Joe at January 18, 2017 02:27 PM
----------------------------
The MSM was all over that, right? right? right?

The Left is beneath contempt.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (Nox3c)

255 Did someone already answer why Donald Trump's President Elect sig line is at the bottom of a letter from George H.W. Bush?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (9U1OG)

256 The King is dead, Long live the King?

GHWB was nicer in public than LBJ.

Everyone is as dead now as they are ever going to be.

GHWB is not someone I would point out as a success. Too many skeletons in his past. CIA Don Corleone?

Posted by: Ok at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (K2SnJ)

257 236,
Indeed. South Texas has had some interesting weather the past couple of months. Dust, wind, fluctuating temps all make it tough on older folks.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (C9pBZ)

258 Did anyone actually read the entire letter?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (9U1OG)

259 Mr. President, have you come to terms with your umbrella?

Posted by: The Grovelling MFM at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (vtcmf)

260 I wonder if this is it and she doesn't want to leave him. He is very frail

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (8pAk0)

261 The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Gen. James Mattis nomination to be Sec. of Defense 26-1. Floor vote expected Friday.

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (y3aQB)

262
Now Barry is blathering on about Russia. Pathetic

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (OE2ur)

263 Obama gets to take his teleprompter with him. But Trump's transition team has hacked it to endlessly loop Hillary's missing emails.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (VndSC)

264 War hero and loves his country

Godspeed

Posted by: Ed gibbon at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (yxDIo)

265 I've been watching the Election 2016 coverage on You Tube. It is so much fun watching their faces fall beginning @ 9:20 pm EST.

There was even a moment of dead silence on the MSNBC video, once it hit them that they were going to lose.

45 Hours to go.

Posted by: ALH at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (uLuPn)

266 Mr, President-

What is your biggest concern about the upcoming Trump Presidency?

Would you feel that the election should be overturned because of Russian hacking? (You know "Russian hacking: is going to be somewhere in there)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (tOcW/)

267 "Did someone already answer why Donald Trump's President Elect sig line is at the bottom of a letter from George H.W. Bush?"

Someone forwarded the email?

Posted by: Ok at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (K2SnJ)

268 Mr. President, have you come to terms with your umbrella?

Posted by: The Grovelling MFM
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YES! Stay away from gates! I feel silly just saying that!

Posted by: Barely Obama at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (8b+oT)

269 Think what you will of his presidency but when I hear people say Hillary was the most qualified person ever to run for president I think of him.

House of Representatives.
Ambassador to the U.N.
Envoy to China.
Director of the CIA.
Vice President.

Had a good friend that was on his Secret Service detail who said he was always kind to, and considerate of, the help.

Posted by: Javems at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (yOqwj)

270 Hey corgis!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (kTF2Z)

271 In what ways do you think Donald Trump threatens free speech by his treatment of the press?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (tOcW/)

272 , Rove had a great zinger for the 2004 one where Barney was trying to find something and he said "Maybe check Ohio, we spent a lot of time there"

Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at January 18, 2017 02:30 PM (laQYo)

Barney's greatest moment came when he bit a reporter.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (ZM2xo)

273 I'm currently in exile in God's Waiting Room ( Southwest Florida).Surrounded by nonagenarians. Some still driving, which is often hair raising.
The Bushes are old, and I wish them well, after a long life filled, it seems, with good intentions, and some good deeds to go along with it all.

Posted by: tubal at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (BQ5O8)

274 Is that the record?
Posted by: Ignoramus

Tie, I think. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush were still alive during Clinton's first term.

Posted by: Gayesse Miniver at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (zke7T)

275 "I always thought the blaming of Glaspie was overdone."

Could have gone like this,

- SH: 95% of the biggest oil field in the World is on my side of the border, but these cocksucker Kuwaitis are drinking all of my milkshake from their end. And Kuwait isn't even a legitimate country, but has and should be a province of Iraq!

Which is why I've amassed my army on their border with the obvious intent of invading.

-- AG: Invade Iraq and the entire might of the US will come raining down on you. And don't think that because I'm a woman this isn't true.

-- SH: Well in that case, let's talk about how we can these pigfucker Kuwaitis to do the right thing.

See the difference.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (SIY7D)

276 If someone forwarded the email why isn't George H.W. Bush's name at the bottom before Donald J. Trump Preezy-Elect sig line?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (9U1OG)

277 265 I've been watching the Election 2016 coverage on You Tube. It is so much fun watching their faces fall beginning @ 9:20 pm EST.

There was even a moment of dead silence on the MSNBC video, once it hit them that they were going to lose.

45 Hours to go.
Posted by: ALH

I have hesitated to do this, only because I truly believe that one can die from excessive schadenfreude.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (VndSC)

278 267 "Did someone already answer why Donald Trump's President Elect sig line is at the bottom of a letter from George H.W. Bush?"

Someone forwarded the email?
Posted by: Ok at January 18, 2017 02:36 PM (K2SnJ)

Released by the Trump folks, not the Bush folks?

Posted by: Don Q. at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (qf6WZ)

279 Obama just said that Russia's sanctions were imposed because of their actions in Ukraine.

What??

Posted by: LASue, so very deplorable at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (CLKfs)

280 Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (OE2ur)

Bingo. I knew it!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (tOcW/)

281 "Fast forward several years I flew Jeb and he signed my logbook right underneath his old mans signature."

pretty awesome.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (J+eG2)

282 South Texas has had some interesting weather the
past couple of months. Dust, wind, fluctuating temps all make it tough
on older folks.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (C9pBZ)

Same here in S. Georgia. Cold one week, in the 70's the next.

Our church just held a house warming for our secretary whose home was destroyed by a tornado during T.S. Hermoine. She and her husband had just finished remodeling it and paying off their mortgage. Anyway, we threw a lovely party and gifted them gift cards and cash to at least partially replace the belongings they lost.

We're *still* cleaning up downed trees from Hurricane Matthew.

What an end to the final year of the Age of Obama.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (PY9jH)

283 Posted by: Gayesse Miniver at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (zke7T)

Sock off.

Posted by: Slo-Pitch Whiffer at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (zke7T)

284 #182

My son's elementary school teacher made the class write to Billy Jeff.
=============

My teacher did the same thing. We all wrote letters to JFK. A few weeks later, a big, fat envelope filled with WH boilerplate pages arrived in our mailbox. I was impressed, but my Dad made noises about wanting to burn it

Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (JBggj)

285
Now the MFM is asking Barry about Trump. One second on commuting the traitor's sentence and rest on what Barry wants to talk about

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 18, 2017 02:38 PM (OE2ur)

286 Javems, a friend of mine's son was in Bubba Clinton's detail. No comment.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:38 PM (9U1OG)

287 "War hero and loves his country "

John McCain?

Can we get some public servants who are competent at advancing US public interest for a change?

Posted by: Ok at January 18, 2017 02:38 PM (K2SnJ)

288 Mr. President, the presidency is a stressful job. Do you regret not taking more vacation time to help deal with the stress?

Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:38 PM (qJhUV)

289 In 2000, I got a 8x10 glossy picture of GWB thanking me for supporting his campaign. An action shot of him on his ranch and wearing a white shirt. Not quite Krypton white but close. I was young and apolitical, and I never figured out why I was being treated like a donor.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 18, 2017 02:39 PM (VdICR)

290 288 Mr. President, the presidency is a stressful job. Do you regret not taking more vacation time to help deal with the stress?

A joke right?

Posted by: deplorable donna at January 18, 2017 02:39 PM (O2RFr)

291 My teacher did the same thing. We all wrote letters to JFK. A few weeks later, a big, fat envelope filled with WH boilerplate pages arrived in our mailbox. I was impressed, but my Dad made noises about wanting to burn it
Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:37 PM (JBggj)

---------------

My dad would have burned it.

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 02:39 PM (Fmupd)

292 Interesting why the type of Trump's sig line would be in the same exact font as the George Bush letter itself if it was just forwarded.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:40 PM (9U1OG)

293
Justice Clarence Thomas will swear in Mike Pence, using Reagan's Bible.

In the 228 years that America has been governed by the Constitution,
no President or Vice President has ever been sworn in by an African
American Supreme Court Justice.
That will all change on Friday when Justice Clarence Thomas administers The Oath of Office to Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
To make an already historic event even more unique, Pence will be the first elected official to be sworn in on the Reagan Family Bible since the latepresidentused it during his own inaugurations.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 18, 2017 02:41 PM (bpfzP)

294 Best wishes to both of them for a quick and complete recovery.

72nd anniversary ? Wow. Hope Mrs. Eez & I get to see that !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 18, 2017 02:41 PM (kOE06)

295 "Released by the Trump folks, not the Bush folks?"

That would make sense. Otherwise it would be portrayed as a snub by the media.

Posted by: Ok at January 18, 2017 02:41 PM (K2SnJ)

296 Don't let him fool you, people.

Citation X driver actually just owns a 1978 Chevy Citation X. You know, the sporty version, with all 110 horsepower!

/i keed, i keed!

*muchrespect*

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 18, 2017 02:41 PM (v5iqM)

297 Hmmmm....

In response to a question, TFG just said, "What I meant by that was NOT that I was going to be running for anything...anytime soon."

Anytime soon?

Posted by: IrishEi at January 18, 2017 02:41 PM (HiDrR)

298 289 In 2000, I got a 8x10 glossy picture of GWB thanking me for supporting his campaign. An action shot of him on his ranch and wearing a white shirt. Not quite Krypton white but close. I was young and apolitical, and I never figured out why I was being treated like a donor.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 18, 2017 02:39 PM (VdICR)

I'm not surprised. I've mentioned the book What It Takes here before, and in the section on George H.W. Bush the author spends a lot of time talking about their ENORMOUS rolodex filled with the names of thousands and thousands of people. They knew EVERYONE and sent Christmas cards every year by the bucketloads.

They were (still are I imagine) consummate networkers.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:41 PM (4ErVI)

299 "Mr. President, do you think your total awesomeness will be a problem now that you're being forced out of the presidency?"

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 18, 2017 02:42 PM (9LlMT)

300 292 Interesting why the type of Trump's sig line would be in the same exact font as the George Bush letter itself if it was just forwarded.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:40 PM (9U1OG)

Because its a very standard size and font?

Note, its a scan of a letter... you can tell because the bottom lines do not line up with the rest of the document... (letter itself tilts top left).

Posted by: Don Q. at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (qf6WZ)

301 "Steely Dan?"

Don't go there.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (SIY7D)

302

Anytime soon. WTF. Anytime soon?

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (8pAk0)

303 Oh you said W.

Wouldn't be surprised if he's the same as Dad though.

The impression I got of the Bush family is that they really know how to network. I think that book I mentioned even surmised that is how he was able to win his election. It definitely helped him raise tons of cash.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (4ErVI)

304 292 Interesting why the type of Trump's sig line would be in the same exact font as the George Bush letter itself if it was just forwarded.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:40 PM (9U1OG)

You're tiresome.

1. That's the entirety of the letter. Read it yourself.
2. That's the format of the letter. The person to who it is addressed is at the bottom rather than the top.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (RD7QR)

305 265 I've been watching the Election 2016 coverage on You Tube. It is so much fun watching their faces fall beginning @ 9:20 pm EST.

There was even a moment of dead silence on the MSNBC video, once it hit them that they were going to lose.

45 Hours to go.
Posted by: ALH at January 18, 2017 02:35 PM (uLuPn)

If you haven't watched the Young Turks meltdown video, you haven't lived.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (dKiJG)

306 Mr. President, what has impressed you more, your soaring oratory or your wife's sense of fashion?

Posted by: tu3031 at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (qJhUV)

307
What else would he run for?

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM (8pAk0)

308 Interesting why the type of Trump's sig line would be in the same exact
font as the George Bush letter itself if it was just forwarded.>>>

It's not a signature line like you would see on a contract. It appears to be an address so the person mailing it knows where to send it.

Like this link to a letter sent by him when he was President.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zbcczb5

Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM (tf9Ne)

309 If you haven't watched the Young Turks meltdown video, you haven't lived.
===============

A classic that will live through the ages ...

Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM (JBggj)

310 Oh, great

Can we look forward to Obama being back in Congress again?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM (tOcW/)

311 Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:34 PM (9U1OG)

It's not Bush's signature line, it looks like some kind of informal copy notation. Copies might have gone to Bush's library of something.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM (kqtMD)

312
It's not Bush's signature line, it looks like some kind of informal copy notation. Copies might have gone to Bush's library of something.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM (kqtMD)

Its a scan of the letter....

Posted by: Don Q. at January 18, 2017 02:46 PM (qf6WZ)

313 "Best wishes to both of them for a quick and complete recovery. "

My dad died at 77 and my mom died at 87. It would have been easier if my dad had died at 75 or 76 and my mom at about 85.

We aren't here for things to be easy on the family.
George and Barb are all-but-gone. My belief is that others won't let them go on.

Posted by: Ok at January 18, 2017 02:46 PM (K2SnJ)

314 Good to see the old man came around. The rumor was he probably voted for Hillary out of pique since Trump beat up Jeb so badly in the primaries. No matter. I'd probably feel the same if someone took my son to the woodshed like that.

Bush the Elder is a good man, dedicated to service, a class act all the way.

Posted by: troyriser at January 18, 2017 02:47 PM (ZkXe+)

315 What's going to happen to Reggie? Is he going to run out in front of a speeding bus like the Clinton dog did?

Posted by: Soona at January 18, 2017 02:47 PM (Fmupd)

316 What else would he run for?

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:44 PM
~~~~~

King of the world? Who the hell knows. All I know is that I want him to shut up and get lost.

"The notion that..."
"That's not who we are..."
"That's not what we do..."
"I I I, me me me, my my my..."

Posted by: IrishEi at January 18, 2017 02:47 PM (HiDrR)

317 @CuffyMeh

Much like Chelsea Manning, we can't wait to be free of this annoying dick.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 18, 2017 02:47 PM (9LlMT)

318 If you haven't watched the Young Turks meltdown video, you haven't lived.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 18, 2017 02:43 PM (dKiJG)

That's comedy gold.

"I have NO respect for women who voted for Trump, because they're stupid!"

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at January 18, 2017 02:49 PM (ZM2xo)

319 The letter being scanned makes no difference...it would have been put there when it was written. There is no signature line, it's an informal letter. It's written on Bush's stationery, and someone else may be addressing and mailing it. (I did that when I was a secretary)

Maybe it also has Trump's address which Trump's people probably won't want to post so they didn't show that part.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 18, 2017 02:51 PM (kqtMD)

320 "This election is over, Trump cannot win"

"Hillary will have 320 EVs when all is said and done. I will not give in to your fear-mongering (laughter)"

Posted by: mrp at January 18, 2017 02:52 PM (JBggj)

321 The elder Bushes go to events all over Houston, and are quite active for very elderly people

They make these appearances without the other family. The family isnt making them do this. George enjoys it, Barbara does it for him.

Posted by: ThunderB at January 18, 2017 02:52 PM (8pAk0)

322 ANOTHER historic I won't be part of.

*Sobs dramatically*

Posted by: Hillary! at January 18, 2017 02:22 PM (NOIQH)

Well, you have had two assholes in your vagina. So there's that. Don't know if that rates as an exclusive, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2017 02:55 PM (LRVnP)

323 Apparently Obama actually said this or maybe that was at his last, last press conference:

"I want to be quiet a little bit and not hear myself talk so darn much" Obama says of plans after he leaves office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 18, 2017 02:55 PM (tOcW/)

324 241
Why is Trump's name in the signature section at the bottom of the letter if it's from George H.W. Bush?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 18, 2017 02:31 PM (9U1OG)

Possibly to prove the letter is authentic and was received by Trump.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at January 18, 2017 02:55 PM (1zARK)

325 The Bush family members are proud to be Americans. I had many issues with 41 and 43's domestic policies; but you can't always get what you want. They are honorable men.

Compared to jimmah, slick willy, and the hello kitty panty boy they are saints.

Posted by: colfax mingo at January 18, 2017 02:56 PM (Ik1WR)

326 I had shag pants, too. Made an awful sound when you walked.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2017 02:24 PM (VndSC)

Like corduroy, except with more cowbell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2017 02:57 PM (LRVnP)

327 Every time I look at the Obama out of office clock another hour has disappeared. Less than 45 hours remaining.

Posted by: An Observation at January 18, 2017 02:59 PM (py4xj)

328 Ignoramus @275:

Yeah, that might have been preferable. Nicely done.

Posted by: JPS at January 18, 2017 03:01 PM (tSd2N)

329 Every time I look at the Obama out of office clock another hour has disappeared. Less than 45 hours remaining.

He could resign now and give Biden the gift he's always wanted.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 18, 2017 03:01 PM (YEelc)

330 I came down with H1N1 just before my 60th birthday and then bacteria pneumonia. High fevers (105 at times), difficulty breathing, and 5 days in the hospital being pumped full of 5 different antibiotics. When I was discharged my doc told me I was lucky to be alive.

Hang in there George and Barbara.

Posted by: colfax mingo at January 18, 2017 03:03 PM (Ik1WR)

331
"This election is over, Trump cannot win"

"Hillary will have 320 EVs when all is said and done. I will not give in to your fear-mongering (laughter)"

Followed at the end by the same person saying "What was her message - she had no message."

Never gets old.

Posted by: An Observation at January 18, 2017 03:05 PM (py4xj)

332 There have been periods with five living ex-presidents prior to this.

During Lincoln's first term, Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan were still living.

During Clinton's first term, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and HW Bush were still living.

During W's first term, Ford, Carter, Reagan, his dad, and Clinton were still living.

Posted by: Jen Westin at January 18, 2017 03:06 PM (gAn7d)

333 Not to be disrespectful, but this story reminds me of one of my favorite tombstone epitaphs: "I told you I was sick!!!"

seriously, back around Christmas I had a bout of this bronchitis causing bug going round Texas. There were times I got caught in a coughing fit so hard that I just about blacked out - vision would got all wonky and everything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2017 03:27 PM (Mb+1L)

334 ... seriously, back around Christmas I had a bout of this bronchitis causing bug going round Texas. There were times I got caught in a coughing fit so hard that I just about blacked out - vision would got all wonky and everything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2017 03:27 PM (Mb+1L)

Tom, that was me, last Spring. Scary shit, vision narrows down to looking through a straw.

Y'know it's happening, and can't do a damn thing about it, either.

I found the right antibotics though, and kicked it's ass.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 18, 2017 03:29 PM (v5iqM)

335 Because Jimmuh CahDUH and Billy Zipperpants TOTES wrote equally gracious and professional notes to our President-Elect, right????

Look, I was NOT a fan of Bush 1 or Bush 2. I thought each did a FEW things right, but, overall, they were WAAAYYYYY too much, "let the gummint solve all yo problems!" for my taste.

But ANYONE who has any semblance of honesty must admit that both have been INCREDIBLY classy and professional as ex-presidents.

Would that President Four Putt and the Peanut Farmer would follow their lead!!

Posted by: Steven Peden at January 18, 2017 04:20 PM (1Ikxu)

336 I always thought he was a class act despite the political differences.

Posted by: Frank Tauss at January 18, 2017 07:20 PM (yuGIP)

337 Hard to forgive his CIA work, including his participation in the JFK ambush.

Posted by: old codger at January 18, 2017 07:47 PM (fpd99)

338 Classy guy. Good sense of humor. As long as they're still enjoying it, I hope they get to keep on living. Best wishes to them both.

Posted by: Jill v2 at January 18, 2017 09:12 PM (uQc7W)

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