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Antsy | Follow Category: None December 06, 2018 - 14:35 PDT | Last Edited: December 06, 2018 - 14:35 PDT 4 550

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Quote from President George H.W. Bush. January, 1991:

Let future generations understand the burden and the blessings of freedom. Let them say we stood where duty required us to stand.

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GR | Follow | 5 years ago

Here are some of his qualifications:

41st President of the United States
In office January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
Vice President	Dan Quayle
Preceded by	Ronald Reagan
Succeeded by	Bill Clinton
43rd Vice President of the United States
In office January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Walter Mondale
Succeeded by	Dan Quayle
11th Director of Central Intelligence
In office January 30, 1976 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Deputy	Vernon A. Walters E. Henry Knoche
Preceded by	William Colby
Succeeded by	Stansfield Turner
2nd Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China
In office September 26, 1974 – December 7, 1975
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	David K. E. Bruce
Succeeded by	Thomas S. Gates Jr.
49th Chairman of the Republican National Committee
In office January 19, 1973 – September 16, 1974
Preceded by	Bob Dole
Succeeded by	Mary Smith
10th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office March 1, 1971 – January 18, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Charles Yost
Succeeded by	John A. Scali
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 7th district
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	John Dowdy
Succeeded by	Bill Archer

And as an airforce pilot, he almos got killed during the WWII.

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Antsy | Follow | 5 years ago

Rarely is it mentioned that he cut off the US foreign aid to Israel, for which he paid the price and became a one-timer...

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GR | Follow | 5 years ago

1. The rumor at the time was he lost because when visiting a supermarket he didn’t know what a barcode reader was.

2.. Now we know why. Thanks.

3. What did Carter do to deserve to be a one-termer?

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AmericaRules | Follow | 5 years ago

Not Gonna Do it....

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