GWB Presidential Library

[Howey]

So, is the text on all of the signs and letterheads misspelled, so as to truly represent the man?

I heard they had the jumpsuit he was wearing on the flightdeck the day of the dreaded "Mission Accomplished" speech hanging on a wall of the library and a wad of socks fell out of it.

 

[Airstrip One]

If it had been fitted to me, they wouldn't have needed the padding.

 

[Howey]

If it had been fitted to me, they wouldn't have needed the padding.

I was afraid nobody would "get" that one.

 

[blackascoal]

I was in Dallas this weekend and stopped by the new Bush library on the SMU campus. Only other Presidential library I've been to is JFK's. SMU's campus is beautiful and the library itself was really well done. My favorite part was the replica of the Oval Office and you can sit behind the President's desk. Lots of people were having their pictures taken. Was pretty fun to see these old ladies at desk pretending to talk on the phone.

As for everything there it was as I expected, pretty much like a political campaign stating all the things he did while in office with a positive spin.

That's what all presidential libraries do .. that's what they are.

Nothing different about his.

 

[blackascoal]

“Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.” President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003

George W. Bush Institute - Saving Millions of Lives from AIDS: Honoring PEPFAR on a Day to Remember

With a stroke of a pen, President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR, the largest international initiative ever directed towards a single disease, a decade ago. This initiative has not only saved millions of lives in middle and low-income countries, it has changed the way we conduct international aid assistance and has altered the course of history.
http://www.bushcenter.org/blog/2013/05/30/saving-millions-lives-aids-honoring-pepfar-day-remember

That baby that he has his head on .. was born with AIDS.

Yeah .. I would visit his library.

 

[DamnYankee]

More about the eevviill GWB:

The George W. Bush Presidential Library dedication brought together five living presidents who have been at odds about much of the 43rd president’s foreign policy legacy, particularly the Iraq war. But they all agreed on, and offered effusive praise for, Bush’s work on Africa.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...-legacy-on-africa-wins-praise-even-from-foes/

 

[Rune]

More about the eevviill GWB:



http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...-legacy-on-africa-wins-praise-even-from-foes/

Credit where credit is due, and I suppose the ruination of the rest of civilised world is somewhat of a fair trade, considering the centuries of abuse, neglect and degradation Africa has suffered.
Regardless, If Scotty beamed me to within one meter of the entrance door, I would turn my back and walk 2000 miles without visiting GWB's library.

 

[blackascoal]

More about the eevviill GWB:



http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...-legacy-on-africa-wins-praise-even-from-foes/

I'm one of those who is far more than 'at odds' with Bush on what he did in Iraq, to brave men and women in uniform, and the devastation he caused to the American economy.

At the same time, I acknowledge, applaud, and greatly appreciate what Bush has done in Africa and his fight against AIDS. From the moment he walked into the White House door he declared he would take on that challenge .. and he did it far beyond what even he could have imagined.

I've always believed that Iraq was more Cheney than Bush .. but Bush was in the chair, thus he deserves the blame.

 

[DamnYankee]

... I suppose the ruination of the rest of civilised world ... If Scotty beamed me to within one meter of the entrance door, I would turn my back and walk 2000 miles without visiting GWB's library.

How long will it take a lib to turn this thread into a diatribe against the eevviill Bush?

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[leaningright]

“Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.” President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003

George W. Bush Institute - Saving Millions of Lives from AIDS: Honoring PEPFAR on a Day to Remember

With a stroke of a pen, President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR, the largest international initiative ever directed towards a single disease, a decade ago. This initiative has not only saved millions of lives in middle and low-income countries, it has changed the way we conduct international aid assistance and has altered the course of history.
http://www.bushcenter.org/blog/2013/05/30/saving-millions-lives-aids-honoring-pepfar-day-remember

That baby that he has his head on .. was born with aids.

Yeah .. I would visit his library.

I always applaud people who can see the good that some have done even when they have also done bad. So many want to paint GW as an evil man who never got anything right. While he didn't get much right there were times. I voted for him the first time. Iraq was the deal breaker for me the second time. Afghanistan I was ok with (in retrospect maybe I shouldn't have been) but after Iraq and some soul searching I just couldn't pull the lever for him.

I met GW at a fund raising event with the then governor of OK (before GW was president) and he came across as anything but stupid and certainly not evil. I saw somewhere down the thread that he deserves to own all of the bad things from his tenure and I agree...but he is not the evil person he is often painted to be by some.

 

[Bonestorm]

I was in Dallas this weekend and stopped by the new Bush library on the SMU campus. Only other Presidential library I've been to is JFK's. SMU's campus is beautiful and the library itself was really well done. My favorite part was the replica of the Oval Office and you can sit behind the President's desk. Lots of people were having their pictures taken. Was pretty fun to see these old ladies at desk pretending to talk on the phone.

As for everything there it was as I expected, pretty much like a political campaign stating all the things he did while in office with a positive spin.

Dude, did you do the choose your own adventure thing? Please tell me you did.

 

[cawacko]

Dude, did you do the choose your own adventure thing? Please tell me you did.

Haha, no I didn't but it did intrigue me though when we passed it. There was a line and we were on our way out otherwise I would have checked it out. I was curious if it was set up so you could make different choices than Bush did?

 

[blackascoal]

I always applaud people who can see the good that some have done even when they have also done bad. So many want to paint GW as an evil man who never got anything right. While he didn't get much right there were times. I voted for him the first time. Iraq was the deal breaker for me the second time. Afghanistan I was ok with (in retrospect maybe I shouldn't have been) but after Iraq and some soul searching I just couldn't pull the lever for him.

I met GW at a fund raising event with the then governor of OK (before GW was president) and he came across as anything but stupid and certainly not evil. I saw somewhere down the thread that he deserves to own all of the bad things from his tenure and I agree...but he is not the evil person he is often painted to be by some.

Thank you brother.

Colin Powell believes that Iraq was more about Cheney than Bush .. of course, I wouldn't trust Powell any further than I could throw him .. riding on an elephant .. but Cheney makes a lot more sense to me than Bush.

If I ever met George Bush, I would shake his hand and tell him how fucked up what he did in Iraq was .. but what you've done in Africa .. and continue to do .. is damn near saintly.