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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOk, I just have started to change my mind on George W Bush......he's buying pizza for Secret Service
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/18/government-shutdown-george-w-bush-gets-pizza-secret-service/2618974002/. Ok, ok, that's pretty damn cool of him to do that.pangaia
(24,324 posts)He's a fucking murderous, ignorant multi-millionaire.
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)Everyone who is a "public servant" somehow ends up being a multi-millionaire at the end.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)like the rest of US.
MattP
(3,304 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,254 posts)while he was going through cancer treatment. Obama insisted on giving him money.
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)and the other a beach house that was sold for $1.5 million in 2006.
So maybe he had his assets tied up and he didn't have enough liquid assets at the time.
Tanuki
(14,930 posts)2017. That was the same year he published his book "Promise me, Dad," so my guess is that he finally had some extra money from book sales. And yes, I think that his lakeside house was his main asset while Beau was dying, which was why he and Jill were considering selling it to help his young famliy.
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)a 7,000 sq. foot house anymore.
Lots of people at his age are downsizing anyway.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)pnwmom
(109,024 posts)because of his son's illness. But also, with a house that huge, and at his age, he might have thought it could make sense to downsize.
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)a 7,000 s.f. lakefront house in Greenville, Delaware, and a beach house, near Rehoboth Beach, that he bought in 2017. I don't know what he paid for for either house, but in 2006 someone else paid $1.5 million for the beach house.
At their ages, and with their combined salaries over the decades, it's not surprising that he and Jill have some substantial assets by now.
https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2017/06/09/rehoboth-beach-area-braces-biden-family/385124001/
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the longest-serving Delaware senator, and his wife, Jill, fulfilled a longtime dream by purchasing a vacation home at the Delaware seashore. Fittingly, their purchase is steps away from land Joe Biden helped return to federal status.
The Bidens will keep their primary home in Greenville, a spokeswoman told The News Journal.
SNIP
Sussex County property records show that the property, which last sold for $1.5 million in 2006, is owned by Diane Smith and Jayne Kettles of New Hope, Pennsylvania. The pair runs a recruitment software firm.
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2018/10/24/unknown-if-joe-biden-among-democrat-leaders-who-received-suspicious-packages/1749509002/
This is not the first time county officers have worked with federal agents at Biden's 7,000-square-foot custom home, which sits on a private lake several hundred yards from Barley Mill Road.
Cha
(298,047 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)a kennedy
(29,772 posts)msongs
(67,498 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,125 posts)Never forget... certainly not over some pizza.
Chemisse
(30,824 posts)And I don't see what his wealth has to do with anything.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)No matter how you slice it.
I thought it was a nice gesture too
Now the Obamas gotta do something
a kennedy
(29,772 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)would cover the salaries of those whose duty it is to protect him. Apparently, that is not the case.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)He should be calling McConnell
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)For someone wealthy as W, that's like me giving a dollar to a food bank.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)I'll give him credit for doing something.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)dalton99a
(81,707 posts)David__77
(23,628 posts)...
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)When you do a good deed and post it on your Instagram account, that's self-promotion.
Just sayin'.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,510 posts)a kennedy
(29,772 posts)he hasn't joined in any of the discussions about what's going on now in this country, so him buying pizzas for the secret service is ok by me.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)llmart
(15,567 posts)W had to say something about "both sides". He also could have just sent the money to buy the pizzas, but he used this as a photo op.
This would be like me saying my ex-husband was so caring, loving and considerate because he bought me flowers once in the forty plus years of marriage. (That's not true but I made that up to give you a more relatable example of lowering the bar for decent behavior.)
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Still was an asshole.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)from the same kitchen.
DFW
(54,506 posts)He just inherited enough to buy pizza for the TSA, the IRS and the National Park Service.
The SS was a nice gesture, no two ways about it. The rest would be not just a gesture, but a statement.
JI7
(89,288 posts)do something that could actually make a difference .
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)Cha
(298,047 posts)fucking should buy pizza for the SS.. maybe more. he has big Karma shite to attend to.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Its a no brainer. I dont see that makes him some kind of prince among men lol.
tblue37
(65,547 posts)JHB
(37,166 posts)All of these guys: Bush, Romney, even the Koch brothers.... let me amend that: all of these guys except the Trumps ... can do decent and generous things when they have a personal connection.
The problem arises when they can't do the decent thing if they're so much as a half-step removed from a personal connection.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)He has also shown over and over again that he can easily justify barbaric acts. Many people are just like that on a smaller scale but most simpletons never achieve the level of power he had.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,612 posts)remember, he mocked a death row prisoner...........
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)rockfordfile
(8,709 posts)WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Turbineguy
(37,415 posts)compared to trump.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Response to a kennedy (Original post)
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Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)who stole the election and illegally invaded another country.
But a 1000 times better than Trump.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,612 posts)just trying to make sure Trump stays in the position he once held, America's worst ever President!
Laffy Kat
(16,393 posts)Good god.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)but not a very big step.
TexasTowelie
(112,684 posts)from hamberders.
delisen
(6,047 posts)and had turned his presidency over to Dick Cheney- the presidency attained through an election reeking with corruption.
Reportedly Bush, like his father, is gracious toward staff.
betsuni
(25,803 posts)helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)RelativelyJones
(898 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)due to his war mongering...
KG
(28,753 posts)MFM008
(19,836 posts)As much as the maggot.
That is all.
Mike Nelson
(9,985 posts)
bad a President as he ever was... no change of opinion from me. I like pizza and always have liked pizza... no change of opinion there, either. It's sad he was President - otherwise, I think my opinion of him would be much, much higher. I liked his aunt very much.
GoCubsGo
(32,102 posts)Get back to me when he pays back everyone who was screwed over by his illegal wars and tanked economy. Fuck him.
tblue37
(65,547 posts)Vinca
(50,328 posts)He's no longer the worst one.
lindysalsagal
(20,793 posts)If he wasn't to be patriotic, he'll admit iraq was a lie and so is the current gop.
procon
(15,805 posts)with a few pizzas.
Gothmog
(145,894 posts)Look at Kavanaugh and the Iraq war
Nay
(12,051 posts)to feed to their workers is an insult rather than an admirable thing?
I just don't get it. I don't get it. Do the millionaires think that most people only eat junk? Maybe. But even if you think this, wouldn't you want to buy your workers a DECENT MEAL instead, even if it's something as simple as roast chicken or broiled steak, deliciously-prepared vegetables, a decent dessert, etc., if you're going to provide anything at all?
I realize Rump is an outlier in that he DOES eat crap every day and possibly thinks that's all anybody eats, but the Bushes? Really? I bet they didn't eat crap every day for regular meals.
And I agree with everyone who says that a true good deed is done without posing for a pic of your good deed.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)for those killed by his lies?