I met George HW Bush....was not impressed.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2006 at Biddeford Pool, Me. The SS would not let us leave until Fidelity II left the harbor. But we were able to meet HW directly. So, I said, why aren't we making an effort to wean ourselves off ME oil? He said, there is no money in that idea. No money for him is what I got from that. Fuck Him.

[herding cats]

1. I've met both him and GW.

The latter was much more charming than the former by leaps and bounds. Both we're obviously feeding me their best blather. I found it a testament to the evolution of modern politics.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Interesting in that back in 1972, I met GWB at the Forefather's Inn in Ogunquit

Not directly, he was holding court with a bunch of sycophants at the bar and accidentally dumped a beer on me (I was sittig at the bar and he was behind me) . I took serious umbrage, but my friends reminded me that I was only 17 and was drinking underage....so I didn't make a scene. He was quite the dilettante as far as I can remember. Never should have been POTUS 43.

[Polybius]

4. How did you know who he was in 1972?

W ran for Congress in the late 70's, but before then he wasn't a household name. Or did you mean when he ran for Governor in 1994, you said to yourself "That's the guy who spilled a beer on me!"?

[smirkymonkey]

5. Sounds like he might have been a local. If so, he would have known who the

Bush's were since they spent their summers in Kennebunkport.

[gopiscrap]

3. I can't stand the dead fucker

I protested him in 1988 he had a wise crack back at me and then had his private security force rough me up