• Vinny_93
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    20 hours ago

    Zero personal scandals? Are we sure about that? Wasn’t he an alcoholic with a coke habit?

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      20 hours ago

      His wife killed someone while drunk driving too. Also, spreads arms over giant Middle East map, all that war based on lies.

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        19 hours ago

        His wife killed someone while drunk driving too

        Almost feels wholesome now a days.

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          19 hours ago

          Oh, for those halcyon days of normal scandals like vehicular manslaughter and suit colors.

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        18 hours ago

        He was just a puppet for that part. If 9/11 never happened he would have been a mediocre 1 term president.

        It’s pretty wild that he was actually pushing for a fast track to citizenship before that.

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      20 hours ago

      Wasn’t he an alcoholic with a coke habit?

      wasn’t that before he was president?

      There’s financial incentive anyway, hooking up his boy Dick “Haliburton” Chaney

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        19 hours ago

        I’ve heard it was before he was president too, supposedly before he was governor too if I remember right.

        Not sure he’s ever directly given any details about the cocaine deal, but I remember him being pretty public about being intentionally sober because he knew he couldn’t handle it. Although, I don’t think he considers himself an actual alcoholic.

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          19 hours ago

          I remember him being pretty public about being intentionally sober because he knew he couldn’t handle it. Although, I don’t think he considers himself an actual alcoholic.

          by all means, fuck dubya, but as a “person” he seems reasonable. This is a mature , smart, and humble way of looking at it and managing yourself.

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            18 hours ago

            Beyond some of his actions as president, he does pretty consistently come off as a pretty alright dude. I really enjoyed the series of paintings he did on the value of immigrants a few years back.

            America can be a lawful society and a welcoming society at the same time.

            Can you imagine anyone on the Republican side saying that now?

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              18 hours ago

              He’s a guy you’d enjoy having a beer with, which was important criteria back then.

              And his immigration policy aspirations before 9/11 were better than anything the DNC has put forth since.