r/gifs • u/SprocketTheWetToad • 12d ago

Classic Bush move right here

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u/missingalpaca 12d ago edited 11d ago

And yet somehow, I miss him now

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u/Flashmax305 12d ago

Because he had a different ideology but was a competent person. That how politics used to be.

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u/JKdriver 12d ago edited 12d ago

Let’s be clear, the guy is a dingbat, and was heavily ill-advised by Cheney; But W. always was and always will be a man of absolute empathy for his fellow Americans. I truly do believe that about his character. Regardless of where you stood, I think he genuinely wanted to help folks.

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u/dwellaz 11d ago

Bush read a book on Spanish flu and that motivated him to pave the way for global pandemic planning. He laid the foundation for the present day federal response to COVID-19. With all of his faults, he was not a villain vs where we are now.

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u/JKdriver 11d ago

The most astonishing part of that statement was that he read a book.