Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 21:47:31 GMT -5
IMO, George H.W. Bush is probably the most mysterious character in modern American history. He had to maintain secrecy for decades about his work for Allen Dulles and the CIA (beginning in '53 with Dresser Industries.)
His father was immensely powerful and influential-- Richard Nixon's original recruiter within the Wall Street establishment -- having been at the epicenter of an attempted Wall Street coup d'etat against FDR in 1934.
GHWB always presented himself as a sincere, squeaky clean glad hander . But the guy was actually quite secretive, calculating, and cynical-- patrician to the core.
Here are some funny, quirky, and mysterious GHWB quotes...
"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial and the Civil War and all that stuff. You can't be. And we are blessed. So don't feel sorry for – don't cry for me, Argentina. Message: I care."
-- George H.W. Bush —speaking to employees of an insurance company during the 1992 New Hampshire primary
"We're enjoying sluggish times, and not enjoying them very much." —in 1992
"I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus I will refrain from pointing out that we're not doing too bad in those polls." –in 1991
"It has been said by some cynic, maybe it was a former president, 'If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.' Well, we took them literally—that advice—as you know. But I didn't need that because I have Barbara Bush." —in 1989
"For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex – uh – setbacks." —in 1988
"I've been talking the same way for years, so it can't be that serious." —in 1988
"Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of." —in 1989
"I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli."
"Sarah, if the American people ever find out what we have done, they would chase us down the street and lynch us."
--George Herbert Walker Bush to Sarah McLendon, a Texas journalist, in 1992
