george h.w. bush
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COMMENTARY | Soldier-statesman George H.W. Bush’s valuable lessons for our times
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George H.W. Bush, mourned widely and deeply after 94 years of life, was the last American president to have seen combat during wartime. He was also the last of a 40-year line of commanders in chief who served in World War II. It may come as a surprise to most people, but Bush was the…
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Memories of Bush humor brought smiles to sorrowful farewell
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WASHINGTON – Memories of George H.W. Bush’s underappreciated sense of humor drew laughter and brought smiles to the sorrowful mourning of the death of American’s 41st president. Presidential historian Jon Meacham recounted how comedian Dana Carvey once said that the key to doing his iconic impersonation of Bush was to mimic “Mr. Rogers trying to…
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George H.W. Bush dies at 94
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HOUSTON – He was the man who sought a “kinder, and gentler nation,” and the one who sternly invited Americans to read his lips – he would not raise taxes. He was the popular leader of a mighty coalition that dislodged Iraq from Kuwait, and was turned out of the presidency after a single term.…
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‘We’ve had enough Bushes’: Colorado Democrats invoke Barbara Bush to needle Walker Stapleton for Dallas fundraiser
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The Colorado Democrats are proud to stand with Republican Barbara Bush, the forthright former first lady – at least when it comes to a statement the matriarch made five years ago about whether another one of her sons should run for president. Asked during an April 2013 Today Show appearance whether former Florida Gov. Jeb…
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Joe Biden visits Denver on national book tour to share White House stories and hope
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, whose road to the White House in 2008 officially began in Denver, returned to the Mile High City Saturday night to talk politics and the Trump administration – and to promote a new book on the relationship with the son who died of cancer two years ago. Biden spoke for…
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Bob Beauprez: Conservation starts with conservatives
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Despite what the culture the media lead the public to believe, conservation starts with conservatives, and farmers and ranchers are our nation’s vital environmentalists. That was the message Saturday from former Colorado Congressman Bob Beauprez, the son of a dairy farmer and a rancher.He took the stage at the Western Conservative Summit Saturday as John…
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From Wolverine to Gary Hart: Hugh Jackman cast in movie about Colorado senator’s derailed presidential run
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Australian movie star Hugh Jackman will play former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart in “The Frontrunner,” based on a recent bestseller about the Colorado Democrat’s ill-fated 1988 presidential run. Hart, who served two terms in the U.S. Senate, was the titular frontrunner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination after running a close second to Walter Mondale…
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YESTERYEAR: James Watt blasts critics, defends Interior policies in Grand Junction
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Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall declared that Colorado was “back in the big leagues” as he introduced divisive Coloradan Interior Secretary James Watt at the annual Club 20 banquet in Grand Junction. Watt, who noted he carried a Navajo arrowhead to “be protected from newspaper…
