george w. bush
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Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump on fringes
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WASHINGTON – The nation’s most exclusive fraternity – the presidents club – assembled Wednesday to mourn George H.W. Bush, putting on public display its uneasy relationship with the current occupant of the Oval Office. The uncomfortable reunion brought President Donald Trump together in the same pew with past White House residents who have given him…
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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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Bush celebrated with praise and humor at cathedral farewell
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WASHINGTON – George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America’s 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth – George W. Bush – eulogized…
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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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INSIGHTS | Colorado beat the Russians at its election games
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When Wayne Williams took office in 2015, secretaries of state didn’t talk much about hackers or, if at all, Russians. Now those topics dominate discussions among the sharpest minds and deepest worriers about the security of our elections. Colorado became a tough nut to crack for election meddlers even before the current concerns about the…
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell turns in nominating petitions
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Republican Victor Mitchell, a candidate for governor of Colorado, delivered more than 26,000 petition signatures aimed at securing a spot on the June primary ballot to the secretary of state’s office on Wednesday, his campaign said. The businessman and former state lawmaker is the third GOP gubernatorial candidate to submit petitions to the secretary of…
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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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BIDLACK: Someone tell Donald Trump opposition is not treason
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My poor and long-suffering editor here at Colorado Politics is Diligent, Awesome, and Nice, so I call him “Dan.” And poor Dan often has to remind me that the name of the site is “Colorado Politics” and not “DC Politics.” And I really, really do try to write about Colorado. After all, there is lots…
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Colorado Democrats bestow BS — that’s Bush-Stapleton — award on Walker Stapleton after interview
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The Colorado Democratic Party on Friday delivered its inaugural “Bush-Stapleton BS Award” to State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a Republican candidate for governor – purportedly for “the most BS told in a single interview” but maybe also for the chance to print the smiling poop emoji on a fancy-looking certificate. In all, the Democrats count seven…
