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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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He put together an actual coalition based on a promise not to invade Iraq. So he pushed Saddam back to his border and stopped there. That makes him one hell of a lot smarter than his son. RIP.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Rot in hell you warmongering,murderous psycho piece of trash.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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I was gonna guide son Jeb in Snow Canyon for a campaign ad years ago.
It fell through, but I was gonna pick A Thousand Pints Of Lite.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Statesman? Or skunk?
I'm going with "skunk". Lying to get elected is pretty f*#king low.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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^^^^
You're talking about Trump, right?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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He sold WMD to Hussein.
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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He campaigned against the passage of the 1965 Civii Rights Act
and vetoed the 1990 Civil Rights legislation
although a true Republican his opposing discrimination law was also quite Libertarian
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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He was put in charge of the war on drugs and cocaine flooded the market to pay for the Contras.
He pardoned Caspar Weinberger.
Willie Horton.
He gave Saddam the green light to invade Kuwait.
He was OK trading arms for hostages.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Oops!
BJ is totally correct.
My bad.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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H.W. and Putin are poster children for why you don't want to elevate spooks to run the country.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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So I just read a thoughtful article on vox.com
It rehashed the 8 women who accused bush of groping them, including a 16 year old girl, who was groped 20 years ago.
It also brought up the Anita hill controversy.
I guess it made me rethink my own and the media’s bush love(no pun intended)
It is a part of his legacy
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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The Bush tree is one of 800 or so big trees in the Freeman Grove, about ten miles north of the Ca Needles. It's the biggest grove outside of a National Park that hasn't been logged.
It's a very cool place to go walk around sometime. Aside from a short handicapped trail to the Bush Tree, and a dirt hiking trail along Freeman Creek, it's totally wild.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Not to demean the life of a significant person in our Country’s history, but the last three years have given me a new appreciation for past Presidents that I didn’t vote for.
Thank you for your service to the United States, President Bush. You were a good man.
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Pete_N
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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He looks good compared to the present occupant of the WH, but Bush ran a blatantly racist ad against Dukakis, made false claims to justify the Gulf War, dropped 8,500 tons of bombs on Iraq and Kuwait with devastating civilian casualties, refused to cooperate with the special counsel re the Iran-Contra affair, escalated the racist war on drugs, and purportedly groped women. I'm tempted to point out that he, too, was human (?!), but mostly I get irritated when we treat the dead as saints. By all means, give them the honor they're due and praise their accomplishments (Bush had some good ones too), but geez...this starts sounding like another flavor of fake news.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Arne, his point is on the end of his guillotine which is meant for everyone
who is not a bitter loser living in the proverbial single wide.
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dirtbag
climber
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Like most people in power, he has a complicated legacy, good and bad.
Nonetheless, R.I.P., and thanks for the good things he did.
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WBraun
climber
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Bush had his dirty hands in the assassination of JFK also ...
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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no new taxes?
His decision to raise taxes was one of his BEST decisions. He put the good of the country above pandering to crooks. Unlike his incompetent son.
He stopped the invasion of Iraq at the only practical step. Unlike his incompetent son.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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I have to quote Werner her "Stoopid Americans".
Does anyone recall that H.W. Bush was director of the CIA during Iran Contra? Of course Ollie North took the fall for much of it,but Bush's hands were covered in blood. The CIA supported the nascent cartels in Mexico, actually helped to create them,to provide money for CIA black opps in Nicaragua and in Iran. The money the CIA generated by allowing specific smugglers clear passage into the US bought guns which were provided to the right-wing Contra death squads in Nicaragua.
Maybe H.W. was a WWII hero, but his heroism ended there. He was an entitled child of a father who sold supplies to the Nazis throughout WWII. He should have been tried for war crimes, but is now being eulogized as a saint.
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