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Jack Bone

(2,023 posts) Sat Mar 29, 2014, 01:34 AM Mar 2014

I think this is one of the signs of The Apocalypse.

George H.W. Bush To Receive JFK Profile In Courage Award

BOSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been named a recipient of the 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for the political courage he showed when he agreed to a 1990 budget compromise that jeopardized his re-election bid by violating his 1988 campaign promise not to raise taxes.

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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/03/27/george-h-w-bush-to-receive-jfk-profile-in-courage-award/

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I think this is one of the signs of The Apocalypse. (Original Post) Jack Bone Mar 2014 OP

Must be the Onion darkangel218 Mar 2014 #1

Nope...it's The Real Deal. Jack Bone Mar 2014 #3

I can't remember back that far BainsBane Mar 2014 #2

Not really...I think he's even worse than W. Jack Bone Mar 2014 #4

I know about all that. BainsBane Mar 2014 #5

Let's give credit where it's due. Lasher Mar 2014 #6

I think the tax raising was 1 of the... Jack Bone Mar 2014 #8

He raised taxes because it was the right thing to do for the country at the time. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2014 #7

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

1. Must be the Onion

Reply to Jack Bone (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 01:38 AM

Mar 2014

I don't buy it.

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)

3. Nope...it's The Real Deal.

Reply to darkangel218 (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 01:45 AM

Mar 2014

I don't even think "The Onion" could make up something this crazy!

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)

2. I can't remember back that far

Reply to Jack Bone (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 01:40 AM

Mar 2014

but I do know he was a lot better than his son.

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)

4. Not really...I think he's even worse than W.

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 02:04 AM

Mar 2014

Pappy pardoned the Iran- Contra crooks.

Invaded Panama...some say he even set the table for the Gulf War and by proxy.. The Iraq War.

Please read up on some of the vile, evil things he's done in our name...

Knowledge is power

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)

5. I know about all that.

Reply to Jack Bone (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 02:22 AM

Mar 2014

I disagree that he was worse than W.

Lasher

(27,575 posts)

6. Let's give credit where it's due.

Reply to Jack Bone (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 02:22 AM

Mar 2014

He's not my favorite US President, that's for sure. But he did raise taxes and that arguably cost him a second term. If you know what the Profile in Courage Award is about, you might conclude as I have that he deserves it.

Jack Bone

(2,023 posts)

8. I think the tax raising was 1 of the...

Reply to Lasher (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 02:58 AM

Mar 2014

Many arrows in the Dems quiver in '92

The economy was in shambles... He failed to even mention the word "recession" for months.

Remember .."It's The Economy Stupid"

He seemed "out of touch".. The supermarket scanner fiasco

Dan Quayle -v- Murphy Brown

Gulf War Vets and Syndrome was starting to gain traction...to their denials.

Bono calling The White House every nite on tour.

There were many reasons...

He deserves this award as much as his son W. deserves The Medal of Honor for his service in The Air National Guard.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

7. He raised taxes because it was the right thing to do for the country at the time.

Reply to Jack Bone (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 02:52 AM

Mar 2014

The politically expedient thing to do would have been to refuse to do it because it would hurt his election chances. The entire Republican Party right now has paralyzed the government because they are scared shitless to offend any of their Neanderthal constituents.

Does he deserve a medal for that?

I don't think so, but nobody asked my opinion.

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