Trump Presidency Death Watch

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I saw this headline in the Washington Post:

George H.W. Bush got to hear his own eulogy before he died. His reaction was priceless.

I thought, “it couldn’t have been that great.” I was wrong.

In George H.W. Bush’s final days, Jon Meacham — the Bush biographer, presidential historian and one of four people chosen to eulogize the 41st president — decided to share the words of his speech with its subject.

And the ailing Bush responded in characteristically self-deprecating fashion:

“That’s a lot about me, Jon.”

Of course no humans are perfect, but GHWB was a great family man, a war hero, and overall, in my opinion, a very good president.

[spdrun]

I’m not sure. He set the stage for the wasteful, expensive Iraq war. He didn’t do anything about the atrocities in Bosnia (which had no oil). Incarceration rate in the US shot up 40% from 1989 to 1993. He didn’t do enough to end Reaganite “tough on crime, tough on drugs” policies.

He was decent on immigration and got the ADA passed (though ADA actually isn’t perfect since it enabled frivolous lawsuits and harmed public transit in the US).

In sum, he wasn’t the worst president, but we’d have been better off with Mike “ACLU” Dukakis. I didn’t know him, I didn’t know his family, why should I waste time mourning him?

[FlyerInHi]

I kinda agree, spd

However George HW Bush was a statesmanin a historical sense. Reagan made the average person feel good but he was neither intelligent nor a statesman.

I think we should electe elect intelligent presidents at are good strategists but who are also good, decent people. Trump fails on all counts.

I don’t understand why people spend time mourning strangers like celebrities and politicians.

[svelte]

McMaster – gone
Tillerson – gone
Mattis – gone

As soon as Kelly leaves at the first of the year, there will no more adults left in the White House. None.

Two years into his presidency.

Tighten your seat belts, fellow citizens.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=svelte]McMaster – gone
Tillerson – gone
Mattis – gone

As soon as Kelly leaves at the first of the year, there will no more adults left in the White House. None.

Two years into his presidency.

Tighten your seat belts, fellow citizens.[/quote]

I’m waiting for Trump to fire Jay Powell.

Edit: Love it how Trump fires Mattis after the general resigned. It’s a good show script.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Trump’s presidency is nowhere near death. He’s way more popular among Repiublicams than past Republican presidents.

Why people like Trump
He dislikes the same people they do.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-people-like-trump/2018/07/23/36514540-8ea2-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html?utm_term=.867fc0557136

it’s clear that something beyond economics — and certainly not foreign policy — motivates Trump’s people. My guess is that it’s a low-boil rage against a vague and threatening liberalism — urbane, educated, affluent, secular, diverse and sexually tolerant. It is, in other words, some of the same sentiment that once fueled European fascism.

Those of us who write newspaper columns know that sheer brilliance, should it happen, gets a silent nod of the head, but affirmation — saying what readers already think — gets loud hurrahs. This is Trump’s appeal as well. He validates the thinking — some of it ugly — of many Americans. To them, Helsinki doesn’t matter and even Putin doesn’t matter. Only Trump does. To them, he hates the right people.[/quote]

Update: 9/10 of Republicans now approve of Donald Trump.

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