A Witch Hunt or an Investigation by a Brutal Book?
The nation has paused this week from its toxic political battles to remember the kindness and gentleness of President George H.W. Bush.…
The nation has paused this week from its toxic political battles to remember the kindness and gentleness of President George H.W. Bush. He was kind to Bill Clinton, who defeated him in 1992, and to Ross Perot, whose unusual entry into the presidential race that year siphoned conservative voters away from Bush and enabled Clinton to amass a majority of electoral votes with only 43 percent of the popular vote. The Bush I knew was the post-presidential one, who, by all appearances, harbored no bitterness or sense of defeat.
That was the consistent theme running through nearly all. . .
The nation has paused this week from its toxic political battles to remember the kindness and gentleness of President George H.W. Bush.…
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