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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (9529)	4/29/2020 11:10:47 AM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Recommended By kimberley Respond to of 26478

Indeed. I believe his baseball team was quite successful and he left it in good shape after he left... no bankruptcies either.... As someone with similar life experiences with addictive substances, I'd love to go for a mountain bike ride with him then have a cool soda or NA beer after.... He was not a racist either: two of his biggest proponents Condi Rice and Colin Powell, are two of his supporters I still have great respect for.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (9529)	4/29/2020 11:19:34 AM
From: Kirk ©	3 Recommendations Recommended By benwood berniel rdkflorida2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26478

If I had to pick presidents to have a one-on-one lunch conversation with, I'd Bill Clinton who is brilliant enough to discuss any topic GW Bush: how he morphed into such a compassionate leader after 9/11 and how he was able to maintain his sobriety and sanity despite the nasty attacks from the opposition. B Obamma: I loved his idea that if you work hard and try, you at least deserve some minimum level of health care and Social Security retirement protection. I'd also like to know why he failed to make a change in the African American community for women to make sure they only had sex with men they wanted to raise children with... or at least were given protection to keep them out of poverty when impregnated. I am not married because my "yes dear" function is busted. Fortunately, we can afford two households in this expensive city... but the low interest rates on cash has made this really tough for her. I believe I'd have a hard time with Trump because my "butt kisser" function has a similar issue.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (9529)	4/29/2020 2:10:34 PM
From: benwood	1 Recommendation Recommended By kimberley Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26478

I agree re: Bush. I saw Bush in person a couple times when I was in DC, once from only a few feet away as his motorcade exited the Capital Building area (he's just given a joint chamber speech, a rare thing for a President). You usually cannot tell which of the identical limos the President is in (by design). However, GW had pressed his face next to the glass on my side and was smiling and waving at citizens like me. I would gladly have had a beer with him and most other presidents. Your comment about Democrats being 'dim' is amusing after what you just said. We need more of the country to be like John Wayne (politically), who was a conservative. I remember my dad listening to him on the radio giving a speech during the '68 GOP convention. But in 1960, he said this about he Kennedy: "I didn't vote for him, but he's my President, and I hope he does a good job." Then in 1963 (or later?) said this: “You didn't have to be a Kennedy fan to be decimated by his assassination,” he said. “John Kennedy could have been so very good—he was just beginning to realize his responsibilities.” We'll get back there as a nation one day. The all-or-nothing belief system we have going is actually a distortion called 'dualism' and it is not healthy. It is the idea that either Trump is the BEST, or the WORST ever. The idea that your either 'with us, or against us' etc. It's why the Senate and House are so effed up. All, or nothing. It wasn't always this way. I think it's all exasperated by technology. People (in the US at least) have not put on personal limits to keep this from happening, but I think they will start to. e.g. don't click on click bait which often goes to fake news, etc. Actually read what somebody says instead of just assuming a headline or CNN or FOX says is an accurate portrayal, etc. Actually think about stuff. And start limiting information. I dropped off FB a year or two ago and have not regretted that for one second. Probably the person I'd have enjoyed a beer with the most would have been Reagan, of Presidents I knew. Going further back, no question it would be Lincoln or Washington. Or Jefferson, maybe get some more clarity written into the Constitution... -g- And... that is so cool I think that you got to spend some time with GW. What a memory to cherish!