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No it's not over the top. Presidents and their families deserve that mark of respect just for serving...no matter the party they belonged or how the current administrations felt about them.
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Originally Posted by illinoisphotographer
Not really. I don't see a reason to idolize any politician.
Good points. The first gulf war and all the neocons that surrounded GHWB paved the way for the two endless wars we are still in.
I would like anyone to explain how the world and country is in a better place now because GHWB was president for 4 years.
To be fair, every president since Reagan has had almost identical positions on foreign policy, perhaps it can be taken back even farther. The US has a long history of being very aggressive militaristically.
I absolutely believe in the idea of a just war, but how many just wars has the US been in, in the last 50 years? Not many...
To be fair, every president since Reagan has had almost identical positions on foreign policy, perhaps it can be taken back even farther. The US has a long history of being very aggressive militaristically.
I absolutely believe in the idea of a just war, but how many just wars has the US been in, in the last 50 years? Not many...
One could say a response was necessary after 9/11 and I would say yes but we made the totally wrong response because we were using 9/11 as an excuse to have a strong military presence in the middle east something the neocons wanted from the time of GHWB being in the White House.
None since WW2 have we made a just military war overseas. And I am not just picking on GHWB. Our foreign policy since WW2 is horrible and caused Americans way more harm than good. Only beneficiary is the military industrial complex.
This was not done when Johnson (died in 1972), Truman (died in 1973), Nixon (died in 1994), Reagan (died in 2004 or 2005) or Ford (died in 2006 or 2007) died. I'm not necessarily a Trump critic, but why now?
Yes it was!
I don't remember a postal or Federal court shutdown for those deaths. For which one was there?
I'm not saying he's JFK but other than his Presidency he:
Was the youngest fighter pilot in WWII.
Was shot down, much like Kennedy was sunk. They said it was a miracle they found him, a needle in a haystack.
Was the head of the CIA.
Was a Representative.
Was an Ambassador to the UN
Was Chairman of the RNC
It's not like he did nothing. When he became the President is when the wheels fell off that cart.
Afterward, his foundation has helped hundreds of vets. Redemption, somewhat.
He joins the pantheon of former presidents who had great accomplishments in all but their presidential intervals, and whose presidencies were mediocre or poor. Those include:
John Adams (great trial lawyer, co-drafter of the Declaration of Independence, Ambassador to England, and great patriarchal figure after leaving office);
James Madison (co-wrote the Federalist papers)
John Quincy Adams (Ambassador to Russia, Speaker of the House;
Andrew Johnson (remained loyal to Union, and was Senator after leaving office);
William Howard Taft (Supreme Court justice, job he really wanted);
Herbert Hoover (great wartime relief administrator, both wars); and
Gerald Ford (House minority leader, considerable post-presidential business and charitable activities).
Following a directive issued by Trump, the USPS and other national agencies will be closed tomorrow for a national day of mourning. He was a good president but closing the offices is a little over-the-top, isn't it? Especially considering Trump's previous critical attitudes toward the family.
It's a matter of logistics. You're from TX, I assume from your profile. So basically you've never driven through DC traffic. It would have been exponentially worse, for both government workers AND private businesses, if federal workers still had to commute to work today with basically the entire city of DC shutdown due to road closures. When federal workers have off for days like President's Day, the commute is an absolute breeze for private industry workers because of how many contractors and federal workers are off the road in the region. Giving the day off simply helps out logistically for private industry workers. Plus, let's be real, this doesn't happen every single day, nor even every year. Every President deserves their due. Carter, Clinton, W, Obama, and even DT will all deserve a state funeral.
This is disturbing, but I suppose it figures that it's a directive from Trump, clueless as always.
In actuality, Bush was probably a mediocre president - no historian seems to rank him even in the top third - but he now looks much better in comparison with Trump. We can see how Bush is being praised for his decency, his humility, his courtesy, his lifetime of service - all things that are totally lacking in Trump. But Trump may figure he can appease Republicans, especially because Trump may be facing Mueller soon.
But apart from the fact that the holiday hurts businesses, it's so totally clueless of someone to abruptly close post offices when there are certainly people all across the country waiting anxiously for checks in the mail, or something equally needed.
How ironic you use the term clueless in your post. You do realize this isn’t the only president to do it, right?
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You do realize this isn’t the only president to do it, right?
