george h. w. bush

JUDGE CANNON RISKS NATIONAL DEFENSE

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C BLOCK (34:45) FRIDAYS WITH JAMES THURBER: Three of his best, and most admired, fables: "The Unicorn In The Garden," "The Rabbits Who Caused All The Trouble," and the one I have a tattoo for, "The Moth And The Star."

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This episode opens with Henry Kissinger being frustrated with the antics of our ally in South Vietnam. At one point in these final days Kissinger even refused to go back to Vietnam and work with General Thieu. We will listen in to frustrated phone calls between the President  and aid to Henry Kissinger , Alexander Haig as they plot the next moves in a frustrating situation. 

Then we also listen in on a call that settles another issue on the political front as the leadership of the Republican National Chairmanship is settled with Bob Dole stepping down and George H.W. Bush stepping in to the new role. 

Then we move back to Vietnam and General Haig as they move more toward making a decision on how to deal with the growing issues with both our enemy and our ally half way around the world.

Then we switch gears and Presidents. We  listen in on Lyndon Johnson as he leaves his retirement home, the LBJ Ranch, and goes to his Library to speak on Civil Rights. On the video, you can literally see him pop a nitroglycerine pill right as he starts his speech and yet he moves through the address flawlessly and inspires the crowd and his nation to continue the efforts to secure civil rights in America. 

This speech would be his last major address to the nation and to the world. 

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The 1972 election is now behind us and Richard Nixon is ready to end this war in Southeast Asia. He is having issues getting an agreement amazingly not from the North Vietnamese but from the South.  As General Thieu fears that an agreement that leaves some North Vietnamese troops in his country will spell eventual defeat. An understandable fear. 

Nixon begins pushing harder and harder and in this episode you will hear the President and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, discussing how to push an agreement on the two sides. We also look at the slowly growing scandal of Watergate that is beginning to have ripple effects on the administration even though we are still a couple of months out from the trial of the burglars themselves.  

Finally President Nixon is planning on making some rather dramatic changes in his Administration, and he is starting at the Republican National Committee.  After the enormous 49 state win  the current RNC Chair  is reluctant to give up the spot but Richard Nixon wants to move his United Nations Ambassador George H. W. Bush over to the job. We will get to listen in as those plans are made between the current President and a man who will one day end up President while they talk about the political fate of a man who will go on to be Senate Majority Leader and the man Bush will defeat for the 1988 Republican nomination, Bob Dole. 

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Recorded on Sunday, September 27, 2020. Other scripture cited: Genesis 3:1-7; Mark 10:35-45.

One year ago today, Barbara Bush passed away.  In honor and memory of the former First Lady who was loved and admired by so many, a very special episode with a woman who had a front row seat to the remarkable lives of both Barbara and her beloved George, the 41st President of the United States.  Jean Becker worked along side the Bushes for the past 30 years, 25 of them as the former President's Chief of Staff after he left office.  Just two and a half weeks ago, she closed the doors of the Office of George Bush for the last time.  In her first sit down interview since then, Jean shares just a few of the treasure trove of stories rolling around in her head.  Some will make you laugh, some might bring a tear to your eye, and some, regardless of your politics, will remind us all how the former President and First Lady embodied civility.

Townhall Review – December 8, 2018

Hugh Hewitt is joined by Michael Shear of the New York Times to look at the life and legacy of George H. W. Bush. Michael Medved talks about George H. W. Bush and his election campaigns against Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Dennis Prager and French media analyst Philippe Karsenty discuss the rioting in Paris against the rise in gasoline taxes. Hugh Hewitt and Pete Peterson, Dean of the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University, talk about the Democrats victories in Orange County California and what that trend might mean. Hugh Hewitt interviews the son of the late columnist Charles Krauthammer, Daniel, about the book, Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors, that was started by Charles and finished by Daniel. Dennis Prager asks pediatrician Dr. Robert Hamilton why people are marrying later, if at all, and having children later, if at all. Michael Medved asks if political speeches are being “dumbed down” for black audiences.

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Townhall Review – December 8, 2018

Hugh Hewitt is joined by Michael Shear of the New York Times to look at the life and legacy of George H. W. Bush. Michael Medved talks about George H. W. Bush and his election campaigns against Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Dennis Prager and French media analyst Philippe Karsenty discuss the rioting in Paris against the rise in gasoline taxes. Hugh Hewitt and Pete Peterson, Dean of the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University, talk about the Democrats victories in Orange County California and what that trend might mean. Hugh Hewitt interviews the son of the late columnist Charles Krauthammer, Daniel, about the book, Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors, that was started by Charles and finished by Daniel. Dennis Prager asks pediatrician Dr. Robert Hamilton why people are marrying later, if at all, and having children later, if at all. Michael Medved asks if political speeches are being “dumbed down” for black audiences.

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The nation mourns the death of President George Herbert Walker Bush, our 41st President. And what a President. What, in fact, a man.

An honest to God war hero, a congressman, an ambassador to China, a party chair, a CIA Director, a Vice President and a model president, model post president and father to a president.

His greatest achievement was the careful management of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet empire. He won the war against Saddam if not the peace. He put Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court - a cornerstone of the originalist renaissance. Bush got crucial amendments to the Clean Air Act through dealing with acid rain and ozone, and he embraced Nelson Mandela on the White House lawn in the first year of that great man's release.

Kind, gentle, far-seeing, tough as the fighters he flew, he was the epitome of leadership.

George H.W. Bush earned a country's love and respect and we shall miss him all, all tens of millions of points of light he inspired.

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