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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSerious question - wasn't poppy Bush the first President of the US
who was head of the CIA?
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Serious question - wasn't poppy Bush the first President of the US (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2014
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(52,204 posts)1. first and only.
hopefully first and last. that just doesn't seem like a path that would lead to good governance.
malaise
(268,949 posts)2. Agreed but I'd like to know
the long term effects of that horrific coincidence.
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(52,204 posts)3. ultimately our iraq problems go back to poopy.
i mean poppy. did i misspell that... yet again?
malaise
(268,949 posts)6. Iran and Iraq
You see where I'm going
n2doc
(47,953 posts)4. HW used his contacts to help Reagan get elected in 1980 by the October surprise
Since he had tried to get the nomination before and had failed miserably. Rode Ronnies train into office and then Atwater's dirty tricks to succeed him.
Just another step on America's road to ruin.
malaise
(268,949 posts)7. Ding ding we have a winner
elfin
(6,262 posts)5. And as such, somehow got people to believe him when he said
He was "out of the loop" when Iran Contra went down.
He is evil with funny socks and the ability to write gracious notes, disarming those who needed to ask the hard questions. Instead, he got away with it.
malaise
(268,949 posts)8. And now the son remains silent while the others
try to revise history.
As Octafish would say know your BFEE