1. I understand the impulse to eulogize George H. W. Bush, who possessed some virtues that are keenly missed at this particularly moment, but it behoves us to get real.
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2. To see Bush Sr. as the anti-Trump is, crucially, to tell only half the story. It's true that Bush's institutionalism, internationalism, belief in alliances, competence, politeness and general sanity all set him apart from Trump.
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3. On several crucial fronts Bush Sr. wasn't the alternative to Trump but one of the important precursors to him: race-baiting (Willie Horton), the willingness to sacrifice LGTBQ people to appease the religious right, the use of pardons to cover-up abuse.
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Where did I say no one on the left was guilty of those things?
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Okay: Drone president and mass deporter.
9:27 PM - 3 Dec 2018
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