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In reply to the discussion: Will Any Democrat Go On The Record And Explain Republican George H W Bush's Policies Were Horrible [View all]llmart
(15,534 posts)7. Thank you!
There's a reason he didn't win a second term.
I was a working mother with two teenagers during his "reign". My son was an exchange student in Germany at one point in his presidency. I clearly remember my son telling me that Bush was hated in Germany and Europe. When he was about to fly home out of Frankfurt the State Dept. issued warnings for any American flying at that time.
There was a housing crash during his presidency also. We were transferred to another state and it took me an entire year to sell my house, and when it sold we got exactly what we paid for it ten years earlier. Remember the phrase - "It's the economy stupid." That was coined because of Bush Sr.'s policies.
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Will Any Democrat Go On The Record And Explain Republican George H W Bush's Policies Were Horrible [View all]
PaulX2
Dec 2018
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I dislike all Republicans on principle...but he passed the disabilities act, a civil rights act and
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#13
I Did Not Mean Trash Him Or Trash Him Today - I Mean In A Week Or Two Have An Honest Discussion
PaulX2
Dec 2018
#30
Short answer: no. Current events are bad enough that we don't have the time to take
Hassler
Dec 2018
#37
I can only imagine how the media would have treated the death of J. Edgar Hoover if it happened now.
BamaRefugee
Dec 2018
#41
They won't because, IMO, a great majority of rank & file Dems don't care about the issue
Kaleva
Dec 2018
#47
We just have to make it clear in the public consciousness that Republicans...
Garrett78
Dec 2018
#54
If only there was one Democrat who had the spine to make the kind of speech MP Glenda Jackson
dflprincess
Dec 2018
#56