George H.W. Bush was the exact political opposite of Donald Trump

As with anyone, their death can be a relief to some (victims), an eternal sorrow (loved ones) or an indifferent event (celebrity/stranger).

Pick your reaction.
 
kudzu said:
Trump has no dignity and is horribly insecure.. That's what makes him different from the Bush family.
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IMO the Bush family is full of corporatists and not too bright losers like GWB and Low Energy Jeb. But at least they aren't stone traitors and com men, and at least respect the country
 
reagansghost said:
IMO the Bush family is full of corporatists and not too bright losers like GWB and Low Energy Jeb. But at least they aren't stone traitors and com men, and at least respect the country
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No question that Papa Bush was brighter than his sons... and he had far more experience in government and successful business experience before he was ever president.
 
kudzu said:
No question that Papa Bush was brighter than his sons... and he had far more experience in government and successful business experience before he was ever president.
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He also did extensive business with the bin Laden family before he was ever president
 
kudzu said:
Some.. The Bin Ladens are successful businessmen. What's your issue?
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not some, a lot............the Bush family has a loooooooooooooong business relationship with not only the entire bin Laden family, but various other ME dictators:


In June 1977, George W. Bush formed his own oil drilling company, Arbusto Energy, in Midland, Tex.

"Arbusto" actually means "shrub" in Spanish, but the Bush family interpreted it as "bush".
Salem bin Laden, a close friend of the Saudi King Fahd had "invested heavily in Bush's first business venture," according to The Daily Mail (U.K.).

Arbusto later became Bush Exploration, when Bush's father became vice president. As the company neared financial collapse in September 1984, it was merged with Spectrum 7 Energy Corp. in an effort to stay afloat.

The 50 investors who propped up the Bush company with $4.7 million were "mainly friends of my uncle" who "did pretty good" in Bush's words, although they lost most of the money they invested in the company. Jon Bush, George's uncle, raised money for Arbusto from political supporters of the Reagan-Bush administration.

"These were all the Bushs' pals," family friend Russell Reynolds told the Dallas Morning News in 1998. "This is the A-Team."

The "A-Team" limited partners contributed $4.67 million to various Bush funds through 1984 but got only $1.55 million back in profit distributions, and $3.9 million in tax write-offs.

William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds, two staunch Reagan-Bush supporters, owned Spectrum 7.

Despite his poor track record, the owners made Bush president of the company and gave him 13.6 percent of the parent company's stock.
surprise deal

As the hard times continued, Spectrum merged with Harken Energy in 1986. In 1990, Harken received a contract from the government of Bahrain to drill for offshore oil although Harken Energy had never drilled a well overseas or anywhere in water.

"Knowledgeable oil company sources believe that the Bahrain oil concession was indeed an oblique favor to the president of the United States but say that Saudi Arabia (home of bin Laden) was behind the decision," according to The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride Into the Secret Heart of the BCCI, by Jonathan Beaty and S.C. Gwynne.

It raised oil-industry eyebrows when the Persian Gulf state announced it had chosen tiny Harken to explore an offshore site for gas and oil. Bahrain officials said they had no idea President Bush's son was associated with Harken, a claim oil-industry sources ridicule.
The Bahrain deal was brokered in part by Arkansas investment banker David Edwards, one of Bill Clinton's closest friends. The Bahrain oil project resulted in two dry holes and Harken energy abandoned the project.
 
reagansghost said:
not some, a lot............the Bush family has a loooooooooooooong business relationship with not only the entire bin Laden family, but various other ME dictators:


In June 1977, George W. Bush formed his own oil drilling company, Arbusto Energy, in Midland, Tex.

"Arbusto" actually means "shrub" in Spanish, but the Bush family interpreted it as "bush".
Salem bin Laden, a close friend of the Saudi King Fahd had "invested heavily in Bush's first business venture," according to The Daily Mail (U.K.).

Arbusto later became Bush Exploration, when Bush's father became vice president. As the company neared financial collapse in September 1984, it was merged with Spectrum 7 Energy Corp. in an effort to stay afloat.

The 50 investors who propped up the Bush company with $4.7 million were "mainly friends of my uncle" who "did pretty good" in Bush's words, although they lost most of the money they invested in the company. Jon Bush, George's uncle, raised money for Arbusto from political supporters of the Reagan-Bush administration.

"These were all the Bushs' pals," family friend Russell Reynolds told the Dallas Morning News in 1998. "This is the A-Team."

The "A-Team" limited partners contributed $4.67 million to various Bush funds through 1984 but got only $1.55 million back in profit distributions, and $3.9 million in tax write-offs.

William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds, two staunch Reagan-Bush supporters, owned Spectrum 7.

Despite his poor track record, the owners made Bush president of the company and gave him 13.6 percent of the parent company's stock.
surprise deal

As the hard times continued, Spectrum merged with Harken Energy in 1986. In 1990, Harken received a contract from the government of Bahrain to drill for offshore oil although Harken Energy had never drilled a well overseas or anywhere in water.

"Knowledgeable oil company sources believe that the Bahrain oil concession was indeed an oblique favor to the president of the United States but say that Saudi Arabia (home of bin Laden) was behind the decision," according to The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride Into the Secret Heart of the BCCI, by Jonathan Beaty and S.C. Gwynne.

It raised oil-industry eyebrows when the Persian Gulf state announced it had chosen tiny Harken to explore an offshore site for gas and oil. Bahrain officials said they had no idea President Bush's son was associated with Harken, a claim oil-industry sources ridicule.
The Bahrain deal was brokered in part by Arkansas investment banker David Edwards, one of Bill Clinton's closest friends. The Bahrain oil project resulted in two dry holes and Harken energy abandoned the project.
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Osama Bin Laden was 20 years old in 1977. There really is no excuse for Dubya's failure in Bahrain.

George W. Bush ran an energy company called Spectrum 7 during the 1980s. In the mid-1980s the oil market was in a slump, with prices dropping daily. The firm was in serious financial trouble until another company, a distressed oil properties specialist, Harken Energy, purchased Spectrum 7 in 1986. Part of the attraction for Harken's management to purchase Spectrum 7 was having Bush on its team — his father was then vice-president, he had extensive "connections" and knowledge of the oil and gas business. Harken Energy offered Bush a seat on its board of directors along with stock worth about $500,000 at the time.[1] Bush received a consulting contract worth between $80,000 and $120,000 annually as well.

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Bush was cleared of any wrongdoing. The Center for Public Integrity said of this episode - "The documents from the SEC inquiry show that Harken Energy engaged in questionable accounting practices as they attempted to stave off a financial crisis in 1989 and 1990. They also show that [George W.] Bush was unaware of much of what was going on in the company. Ultimately, the SEC required the company to correct its financial reports, but concluded there was insufficient evidence to pursue an insider trading case against Bush.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harken_Energy_scandal
 
jimmymccready said:
Trump can never compare favorably to legitimate presidents.

To those who know you are a Trumpanzee, the future will be like you going on your daily rounds with the worst purple birth mark on your whole face.

Everyone, to your shame and their horror, will know who and what you are.
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Seriously there are so many emotional bedwetters on here, don't be one as well!
 
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kudzu said:
Trump has no dignity and is horribly insecure.. That's what makes him different from the Bush family.
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His steel spine sets him apart from the Bush family.

W let the media and left shit and piss all over him and never said a word, then came back for more. What a gutless pussy. Never realized how much so until Trump.
 
ᗣ !GHOST TRAIN! ᗣ;2743956 said:
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Well, of course they now love him, he's now going to start voting Democrat!
 
jimmymccready said:
Havana Moon, thank you for accepting the truth that in the future being known as a Trumpanzee with a horrible badge of shame.
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You Septics are never happier than when you find a label to attach to someone, it makes the decidedly far more complex task of thinking for yourself superfluous.
 
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