Showing posts with label George H.W. Bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George H.W. Bush. Show all posts

Sunday, December 2, 2018

The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written; The Washington Post, December 1, 2018

Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post; The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written

"So many of the things Bush said and wrote may seem quaint, but today they are also vital and increasingly fragile. “It is not fashionable in these days of tearing down our institutions to say ‘trust me,’ ” he said in a 1976 speech as CIA director. “Yet Americans have to have faith and trust in some degree or none of our governmental systems will work."

Sunday, November 8, 2015

George H.W. Bush slams ‘iron-ass’ Cheney, ‘arrogant’ Rumsfeld in new biography. Also faults Bush 43; Washington Post, 11/5/15

Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post; George H.W. Bush slams ‘iron-ass’ Cheney, ‘arrogant’ Rumsfeld in new biography. Also faults Bush 43:
"“The big mistake that was made was letting Cheney bring in kind of his own State Department,” Bush told Meacham. “… But it’s not Cheney’s fault. It’s the president’s fault.” He added: “The buck stops there.”"