Root Boy Slim versus George Bush

Slim comments on George Bush in 1992! Root Boy Slim was a frat brother to George Bush at Yale. Bush was installed as president of the fraternity and promptly banned Slim from performing at his own fraternity.

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[designermite]

I sent the club a wire stating,

PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION.

I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB

THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.Groucho Marx

[Blkojo]

Not sure why everyone is discussing the first Bush president when Root Boy Slim was a fraternity brother to the second Bush president. At any rate, Root Boy Slim was unique...in his own right.

[coorsbabesrule]

@atomicorangutan27 The Americans With Disabilities Act was the most pro-civil rights bill in decades. He also reauthorized the Clean Air Act. On the economy, Bush in his 2nd year was told by his econ. advisors to stop dealing with the economy because he had done everything necessary to secure his reelection. Bush also worked to increase federal spending for education, childcare, and advanced tech research. Very few Presidents have very, great defining moments, like FDR or Lincoln.

[coorsbabesrule]

@atomicorangutan27 you have to appreciate though that he still raised taxes, even though he knew that he was going to piss of his own party, that was in a way kinda selfless, he wasn't a puppet like most of the current bunch of political hacks. he also was good at foreign policy, he handled Panama well, he could've fallen into a trap there, and the Gulf War, he could've fallen into the seductive trap of hubris, but didn't. He also passed the American's with Disablilties Act.

[atomicorangutan27]

@coorsbabesrule Hmmm... well okay then. From what i learned he didn't do much, but I never thought he was bad just when his son got in office our country went downhill.

[coorsbabesrule]

@atomicorangutan27 He also made the right call about not invading Iraq and pissing off our Arab allies, while that may be true, it does say something when he got beat badly in '92, yet by Ja. '93 had the majority of people approving of him, it shows that ppl were just pissed at the econ. situation, which wasn't his fault, and voter fatigue after having 12 years of Rep. rule, people like to have change once in a while.

[coorsbabesrule]

@atomicorangutan27 Bush Sr. was dedicated to curbing the deficit that was left by Reagan. He wanted to raise taxes and reduce spending, thus reducing the deficit by $500 billion over five years. He was forced by the Democratic majority to raise taxes, so he came up with this plan, but the Republicans rejected this as revenge for going against his "no new taxes pledge", so he accepted the Dem. plan of higher taxes, and more spending, this pissed off many Republicans

[atomicorangutan27]

@coorsbabesrule I don't think he was that good. I mean, what else did he do? I mean, yeah he wasn't terrible, but neither was Jimmy Carter, and everyone hated him. And approval rating doesn't mean everything. Remember when W. got to office and 9/11 happened? His approval rating went through the roof. But by the end of his second term, he screwed our country so bad, Obama can't do shit now.

[coorsbabesrule]

@atomicorangutan27 actually Bush senior wasn't a dumbass, he was a pretty good President. The whole economic recession wasn't his fault. He wasn't increasing the deficit, and By the time that Bush sr. left office, he had a 53% approval rating.

[atomicorangutan27]

@coorsbabesrule Bullshit, he is not a Snookie. He was an entertainer, a player of blues in the DC area. He was a pretty independent artist. And he's criticizing Bush cuz Bush was a dumbass. Sure, he may have handled the gulf War well (better than his son handling the iraq war), but he didn't really do much after that.