Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Davey Jones' Locker said: You chaps are fast! I just saw it on a breaking news alert, too. The old b*stard should have spanked his son more had a vasectomy. FTFY 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,759 Posted December 1, 2018 RIP to the first president to pass away since Gerald Ford (and also my 10th hit). Glad you're with Barbara again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,979 Posted December 1, 2018 Western people die so easily! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARM103090 1 Posted December 1, 2018 Was The First News Source to Report His Death The BBC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,067 Posted December 1, 2018 Fuck me, Trump's attending the funeral! Two for one special? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted December 1, 2018 Bush counts as a November death regardless. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted December 1, 2018 11 minutes ago, ARM103090 said: Was The First News Source to Report His Death The BBC? Probably not, they’re usually one of the last big news sources to report any death outside of the UK... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,004 Posted December 1, 2018 RIP. Would've picked him for TJS next year - I felt the opportunity to get points from a US President was irresistible, and it was timer's on mode for him after Barbara's death. So meh on that front. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted December 1, 2018 I did not realise until reading his obit that he was the first vice-president to get elected to the Oval office for 150 years. Probably be the last ever to hold that honour. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted December 1, 2018 34 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Fuck me, Trump's attending the funeral! Two for one special? Pretty sure Bush wouldn't want him their anyway? Maybe this is gift to the rest of us, knowing he's got to attend he's set up the assassination himself at his own funeral. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Life Is Beautiful 718 Posted December 1, 2018 RIP to a leader who prioritized his own country over his popularity. Also, CNN is now basically the Bush Network. There hasn't been a single piece of news other than this one since this morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Life Is Beautiful 718 Posted December 1, 2018 Also, THIS turned out to be the last known picture of former president George H.W. Bush. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted December 1, 2018 And he got the dog fairly recently! Poor dog...let me have him. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted December 1, 2018 I guess this is my last chance to share my favorite Bush family memes. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 747 Posted December 1, 2018 4 hours ago, torbrexbones said: I did not realise until reading his obit that he was the first vice-president to get elected to the Oval office for 150 years. Probably be the last ever to hold that honour. Are you counting Nixon or Johnson? I also googled it to get more names - Truman, Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt etc without diving into the nineteenth century. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,004 Posted December 1, 2018 1 minute ago, John Key said: Are you counting Nixon or Johnson? I also googled it to get more names - Truman, Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt etc without diving into the nineteenth century. Guessing it means those who won election to the presidency as a sitting vice president? Nixon had a gap, the rest ascended upon death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted December 1, 2018 22 minutes ago, Death Impends said: the rest ascended upon death. I'm of the opinion that at least some of them went the other way. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted December 1, 2018 Purely as I'm told some folk had never seen it before after referencing in his TCD obit... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,658 Posted December 1, 2018 "Read my lips...." We can't George, they've gone blue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 747 Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Death Impends said: Guessing it means those who won election to the presidency as a sitting vice president? Nixon had a gap, the rest ascended upon death. Oh okay, I get it. I still disagree with the original phrasing, but I get the thought process now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMac 98 Posted December 2, 2018 12 hours ago, torbrexbones said: I did not realise until reading his obit that he was the first vice-president to get elected to the Oval office for 150 years. Probably be the last ever to hold that honour. Well, not quite. First sitting VP to be elected in that time, but Nixon was elected in 1968 having been VP from 1953-1961. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted December 2, 2018 I just realized that there’s only 5 US presidents living right now: Jimmy Carter - 94 years of age Bill Clinton - 72 years of age George W Bush - 72 years of age Barack Obama - 57 years of age Vladimir Putin - 66 years of age 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted December 2, 2018 15 hours ago, Death Impends said: Guessing it means those who won election to the presidency as a sitting vice president? Nixon had a gap, the rest ascended upon death. 13 hours ago, John Key said: Oh okay, I get it. I still disagree with the original phrasing, but I get the thought process now. 8 hours ago, MadMac said: Well, not quite. First sitting VP to be elected in that time, but Nixon was elected in 1968 having been VP from 1953-1961. The others were not VP at the time of the election to President. Amazing how one sentence can be interpreted in different ways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anonymous 42 Posted December 2, 2018 Funny how one of the most powerful men in the history of America (UN ambassador, GOP Chairman, CIA director, VP, POTUS, Father of POTUS) basically lived out the last quarter of a century of his life in quiet retirement. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted December 2, 2018 Been away in London , but the BBC obit from Jon Sopel was wrong. Bush Senior was the last American Cold War leader to die. What about Carter. Sums up the BBC... 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
