Politics

The Twilight Vindication of George H.W. Bush

Oval Office

41’s legacy looks better than ever in an age when passion trumps reason in politics. By Mark K. Updegrove.

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Modern post-presidencies, it seems, are often designed around vindication or at least a conscious effort toward enhancing one’s legacy. Think of the disgraced Richard Nixon, rising like a phoenix out of Watergate-induced exile to become a foreign-policy sage for Ronald Reagan, George H.W.

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