Former president George H.W. Bush died on Sunday, but his service dog Sully H.W. Bush is still on duty and heavily mourning his loss.
A moving photograph posted to Sully’s Instagram account on Sunday shows him lying on the ground in front of his owne…
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Stephen King blasts Trump on Twitter with a George H.W. Bush comparison
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This isn’t the first time Stephen King has used a comparison to a former President to blast Donald Trump on Twitter, and — judging by the horror master’s previous tweets — it probably won’t be the last.
Following Friday’s news that George H. W. Bush had died at the age of 94, Stephen King took to Twitter to make a comment about presidential debates.
Specifically, he used a famous moment in the debate between Bush and Clinton to make a point about Trump.
Remember when George Bush lost a presidential debate (and perhaps the presidency) by just looking at his watch? Now we’ve got a serial liar and womanizer as president, a draft dodger surrounded by a bunch of corrupt crocodiles. Times change, eh?
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 3, 2018 Read more…
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The nation, and the internet, are remembering President George H.W. Bush following his death just after midnight on Dec. 1. Some obituaries and remembrances are highlighting what writers describe as his “civility” — a hot button word that pundits and critics have variably longed for in both the actions of political protesters, and our word-diarrhea prone President.
Bush, Sr. was reportedly affable and diplomatic; he certainly did not use dehumanizing language in 280 characters to disparage his enemies while in office. He was also responsible for presiding over the end of the Cold War, strengthening environmental protections, and signing the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. Read more…
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View More After Bush Sr.’s death, Twitter grapples with the ex-president’s divisive legacyGeorge H.W. Bush receives a loving tribute from ‘Saturday Night Live’ and Dana Carvey
Former president George H.W. Bush died on Friday, and Saturday Night Live took a moment the next evening to pay tribute.
The Weekend Update sketch paused to air a montage of Dana Carvey impersonations of the former president. Carvey’s legendary B…
8 pre-internet political moments that would have spawned huge memes
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Believe it or not, there’s a storied history of presidential blunders that stretch back years and years, all the way to before they could become instant memes — because there was no internet.
Shocking, but true.
These moments were “viral” in that they were everywhere — TV, radio, newspapers — but there was no widespread internet to give them a second life as pure meme bliss, like just about everything that happens in the Trump White House these days.
So what moments would go super viral, saturating our culture to the point you can’t get away, if they happened today? You know, like the “Dean scream” or when Dick Cheney shot a friend in the face? Read more…
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