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George HW Bush stories: 73 news summaries

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(Newser) - A bipartisan call for public service got a warm reception today at Texas A&M, where George HW Bush welcomed President Obama and 44 hailed 41 as "an inspiration to us all." At a forum celebrating the 20th anniversary of the former president's Points of Light Institute, Obama—... More »

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president • George HW Bush • health care reform • Texas A&M • public service • President Obama • College Station, Texas • Points of Light Institute

 Top US Political Dynasties 

Kennedys, Rockefellers, and Harrisons sit at the top, while newer Bushes rank 6th

Sep 13, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Constitution states "no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States," but political dynasties are "as American as apple pie," writes Stephen Hess, who ranks America's top political families in the Washington Post. With one president, three senators, four reps, and a cabinet... More »

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George HW Bush • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Kennedy family • political dynasty • Rockefeller family • John Adams • Edward Kennedy

Analysis

School Speech Uproar Shows Country Divided

In addressing kids, Bush 41 didn't have problems like Obama's

Sep 4, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - When George HW Bush gave a televised address to a public school in 1991 and urged schools around the country to show it in class, no one much cared. When President Obama announced plans to do the same, he drew outrage and comparisons to Chairman Mao. That’s America in... More »

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education • Barack Obama • high school • Department of Education • partisanship • George HW Bush • polarized • Obama administration

ANALYSIS

Stevens' Exit Would Break Court Tradition

Tradition sees justices sticking with party that appointed them

Sep 3, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court justices have traditionally waited to retire until a member of the same party that nominated them held the presidency, writes Kate Klonick for True/Slant. The custom has prevailed even when the justice’s ideology drifted away from that party. But if the rumors about John Paul Stevens’ imminent... More »

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retirement • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • judicial nominations • David Souter • Sonia Sotomayor • judicial activism

 Senior Bushes Will 
 Skip Kennedy Funeral 

43rd president will represent family at service

Aug 28, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush won't attend Ted Kennedy's funeral tomorrow, the AP reports. All of the living presidents had been expected at the senator's service in Boston, but the 85-year-old Bush changed his mind after learning his son would be among the mourners, a rep says. Bush... More »

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Boston • Barbara Bush • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • death • George HW Bush • funeral • senator • George W. Bush

(Newser) - President Obama's job-approval rating slipped to 50% in Gallup poll results out today, a new low for the 10-month-old administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. The drawn-out health care reform debate apparently is dragging down the number, which hit 69% after the inauguration. The disapproval number is 43%. "It's... More »

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Bush administration • Bill Clinton • Richard Nixon • Clinton administration • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • approval ratings • George W. Bush • Gallup poll • Gallup • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - All four living former presidents will attend Ted Kennedy’s invitation-only funeral, the Boston Herald reports. President Obama will also be there, breaking off his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to deliver a eulogy. Gordon Brown also plans to attend, as will Irish PM Brian Cowen. “Sen. Kennedy is... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • Gordon Brown • Bill Clinton • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • George HW Bush • funeral • senator • George W. Bush • Brian Cowen • former presidents • US Senate • President Obama

Analysis

Falling Approval Rating? Pshaw, Obama's Fine

Popularity is fleeting
in today's climate;
he's got tons of time

Aug 12, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s approval rating is dropping, but that’s “dog bites man” stuff, writes Paul Maslin of Salon. Every president sees his approval rating drop. Obama’s drop has been markedly precipitous—from 69% to 54%—but here’s why he needn’t worry:
  • Since the dawn
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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Ronald Reagan • George HW Bush • approval ratings • George W. Bush • poll numbers

NY Times Video Obits Give the Departed 'The Last Word'

Non-Bush ex-president  has already made one

Jul 30, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obituaries are a newspaper standby, but the New York Times has removed the journalistic middleman with its series of video obits, Editor & Publisher reports. After starting 2 years ago with humorist Art Buchwald’s greeting of “Hi, I’m Art Buchwald and I just died,” the Times... More »

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New York Times • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • obituary • video • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • former presidents • celebrity death • Art Buchwald • video obituary

(Newser) - The White House is working hard to ensure an easy confirmation for Sonia Sotomayor, with John Roberts' perfect-10 testimony as a model. Will she sail through? Politico lists six things to watch.
  1. That 'wise Latina' remark. Republicans are obsessed with it, and she needs to explain it without
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Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Jeff Sessions • George HW Bush • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Herb Kohl

Nixon Asked for More 'Attractive Women' in GOP

New tapes: He thought abortions were OK in interracial pregnancies

Jun 23, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Nixon felt the Republican Party needed more “attractive women,” newly released Oval Office tapes reveal. In a phone conversation with George HW Bush (then Republican National Committee chairman) Nixon describes seeing two “very attractive women” in the South Carolina legislature, the Los Angeles Times reports. “... More »

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abortion • race • Republican • women • GOP • rape • Richard Nixon • George HW Bush • Sarah Palin

 Bush 41: Lay Off Sotomayor 


Jun 12, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling Sonia Sotomayor racist for her now-infamous “wise Latina” remark “doesn't help the process,” former president George H.W. Bush tells CNN. "I don't know her that well but I think she's had a distinguished record on the bench and she should be entitled to fair... More »

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George HW Bush • nominee • racist • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

 Skydiving Bush Sr. Turns 85 


Jun 12, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(AP) - George H.W. Bush celebrated his 85th birthday by skydiving over the coast of Maine today. The 41st president made a tandem jump with a member of the Army's Golden Knights parachute team onto a landing zone near a church in Kennebunkport, where the family has a summer home. "... More »

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Kennebunkport • Maine • George HW Bush • skydiving • airplane • George W. Bush • parachute • former presidents • Golden Knights

 Bush Sr. Plans 
 85th-Birthday Skydive 

Former president will jump near Maine home

Jun 9, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush plans to celebrate his 85th birthday Friday by making a parachute jump in Maine, where he has his summer home. An aide said today that Bush will make a tandem jump with a member of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team. Their landing... More »

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birthday • Maine • George HW Bush • skydiving • parachute

Colleagues See Sotomayor as 'Even-Handed,' 'Brilliant'

Daughter of immigrants rose from Bronx project

May 26, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants whose father died when she was 9, Sonia Sotomayor will bring more than a stellar legal resume to her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the Washington Post reports. She worked her way out of projects in the Bronx to graduate from Princeton and Yale Law,... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • Bronx • Princeton • Yale Law School • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Barbara Bush was released from the hospital today, nine days after undergoing open-heart surgery, the Houston Chronicle reports. “This Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky one,” said the former first lady. “I was able to go home with George, feeling healthy and strong.... More »

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Barbara Bush • heart • hospital • George HW Bush

(Newser) - Barbara Bush underwent open-heart surgery today at a Houston hospital and is doing "fine" now, a family spokeswoman said. "In fact, she is awake." Doctors described the procedure as a cautionary measure after finding hardening on part of her aorta last week, reports CNN. Doctors replaced her... More »

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Barbara Bush • George HW Bush • first lady • heart surgery

Lone Star Political Clout Rides Into Sunset

After fifty years of political clout, Texas has lost its primacy as national king-maker

Feb 23, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The booming voices of Texas politics have, for the first time in half a century, fallen silent, writes Bryan Burrough in the Washington Post. After vast deposits of oil wealth propelled Lone Star personalities like LBJ and both Bushes to the White House, as well as several influential leaders like... More »

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Texas • Lyndon Johnson • Tom DeLay • Ron Paul • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • Dick Armey

OPINION

 Let the Coffins Be Seen 


Feb 19, 09 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The ban on media at Dover Air Force Base when America’s war dead come home ignores the very rights they died fighting for, and it should be lifted, Connie Schultz writes for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Supporters of the Iraq war have long argued that media images... More »

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US military • Dover Air Force Base • George HW Bush • Iraq war • George W. Bush • caskets • Afghanistan war • President Obama • American flag • war dead • media ban

Poppy Bush Bids WH Adieu, Hopes Jeb Will Make His Run

Dubya 'emotional' as family leaves 2nd time

Jan 20, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bush family may be saying goodbye to the presidency yet again, but the family patriarch isn't letting go of his hopes to see another of his sons ensconced at the White House someday, Politico reports. “Maybe Jeb’ll do something," said President George HW Bush, during an... More »

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Barbara Bush • White House • president • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush

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