George H.W. Bush was quite possibly a war criminal (allegedly strafed Japanese sailors in life rafts), probably a murderous coward (reportedly bailed out of his damaged plane leaving his two crew trapped in the pilot-less spinout), definitely a philandering hypocrite (with mistress in Texas the day reagan was shot) certainly a traitor (see October Surprise, and Iran-Contra -- which invoved supplying missiles to the same people who blew up the 247 Marines in Lebanon) and above all a liar and a pardoner of those liars who conspired to hide his lies.
I'm afraid Junior is the altogether predictable metastasis of Poppy's malignancy, and Junior's Presidency is just an extansion of the practices he learned from Dad, essentially: "Do as you wish and lie like hell."

Oh, Dad's a bigot too; let's not forget this essential quote from Poppy:

the drug war really hit its stride under poppy, that is, it became officially ok for white america to forget all about the fact that a whole generation of brown and black people were being utterly taken out of society. iran contra, anyone? and as for the gulf war, no- i will not be convinced it was a good thing, nor was i then. war is rarely the right answer, and i'm sorry but i'm sick and tired of being told the purpose of our military is to prop up crooked theocratic oligarchies around the globe, because they happen to be business buddies with our political leadership.

weap, weap, weap, weap.  

yeah, ole GHWB really did a good job during the LA riots.

remember when the WSJ got his schedule via a FOIA request, and for the time period the reviewed, they found he only spent 2 hours per week on domestic policy.

but what I find curious is, if Gulf I was such a good idea, why did Mr. Dodd vote against it?  Funny, votes against the good Gulf War, vote for the bad Gulf War.  

i've voted for republicans (most recently, for tom curb against dianne feinstein).  and i was willing to support bob dole against clinton until dole came out with the "hollywood is the root of all evil" campaign.

  The "Establishment" is inherently cautious and moderate. "The Establishment" also does not view the government as "the problem" but rather as one of its tools to achieve its objective of a secure and stable  environment in which making money is most easily achieved. It's problems with government are largely limited to when government makes it harder to make money. Otherwise, it has little problem with and often supports government intervention.

   Bush and the rest of "The Establishment" recognized the reality of his era. A Republican would not win without pandering to the "Right-Wing," so he did so. That's little different than what every politician does. Compromising principles or feigning commitment to popular causes is hardly a distinguishing factor of the elder Bush and, in my view preferable,  to rigid "cause" motivated politicians at the very top of the pile.

I had no issues on George Bush--except the Iran Contra. I was neutral to parties then.

However,  I soured on the Republican Party after seeing how mean they were against Clinton--investigating him no end regarding petty private things for the sake of character assasination.

Here's my favorite phrase from the story:

perhaps at a political fund-raiser

When the clan is in Kennebunkport, all the Bush children, the president included, stream into their parents' bedroom at the crack of dawn for coffee.