What if George W. Bush won the Texas's 19th congressional district in 1978?
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Question: Would GWB have been a better politician if he won the Texas's 19th congressional district in 1978?
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« on: September 02, 2016, 12:15:31 PM »
Would George W. Bush have been a better politician if he won the Texas's 19th congressional district in 1978?
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2016, 04:09:02 PM »
Probably. Are you thinking somewhere along these lines:

U. S. House of Representatives: 1979-1983
Secretary of Energy: 1983-1985
Secretary of the Air Force: 1985-1987
Director of the C. I. A.: 1987-1989
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 1989-1995
Governor of Texas: 1995-2001
President of the United States: 2001-2009

With more experience like that, he definitely could be a top executive.
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2016, 05:31:52 PM »
Quote from: Kingpoleon on September 02, 2016, 04:09:02 PM
Probably. Are you thinking somewhere along these lines:

U. S. House of Representatives: 1979-1983
Secretary of Energy: 1983-1985
Secretary of the Air Force: 1985-1987
Director of the C. I. A.: 1987-1989
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 1989-1995
Governor of Texas: 1995-2001
President of the United States: 2001-2009

With more experience like that, he definitely could be a top executive.

Somehow I doubt Bush would be in the same Cabinet as his father.
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2016, 05:41:23 PM »
Quote from: Kingpoleon on September 02, 2016, 04:09:02 PM
Secretary of the Air Force: 1985-1987
Director of the C. I. A.: 1987-1989
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 1989-1995

Wow! What a promotion!
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2016, 09:57:18 PM »
Quote from: LongLiveRock on September 02, 2016, 05:41:23 PM
Quote from: Kingpoleon on September 02, 2016, 04:09:02 PM
Secretary of the Air Force: 1985-1987
Director of the C. I. A.: 1987-1989
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 1989-1995

Wow! What a promotion!
The Railroad Commissioners basically regulate energy.

Quote from: mencken on September 02, 2016, 05:31:52 PM
Quote from: Kingpoleon on September 02, 2016, 04:09:02 PM
Probably. Are you thinking somewhere along these lines:

U. S. House of Representatives: 1979-1983
Secretary of Energy: 1983-1985
Secretary of the Air Force: 1985-1987
Director of the C. I. A.: 1987-1989
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 1989-1995
Governor of Texas: 1995-2001
President of the United States: 2001-2009

With more experience like that, he definitely could be a top executive.

Somehow I doubt Bush would be in the same Cabinet as his father.
You mean like John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, the Dulles brothers, Dwight Eisenhower's son being a top advisor for the Secretary of the Army, and Colin and Michael Powell?
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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2016, 06:40:30 AM »
Quote from: Skill and Chance on September 03, 2016, 04:01:43 PM
Well, TX-19 would soon become utterly Safe R, so he would have nothing to fear after about 1982.  I think he would leave the statewide and national stuff to Jeb, and end up being Speaker of the House sometime during 2000-2015.
So you don't think Reagan would recruit him for his Cabinet?
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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2016, 09:11:07 AM »
Quote from: Kingpoleon on September 06, 2016, 06:40:30 AM
Quote from: Skill and Chance on September 03, 2016, 04:01:43 PM
Well, TX-19 would soon become utterly Safe R, so he would have nothing to fear after about 1982.  I think he would leave the statewide and national stuff to Jeb, and end up being Speaker of the House sometime during 2000-2015.
So you don't think Reagan would recruit him for his Cabinet?

I don't see why he would in any way be remarkable, let alone enough to be effing DCI. His father was a diplomat and bureaucrat, well-acquainted with DC when he was appointed in '75.
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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2016, 08:58:05 PM »
I was picturing George W. becoming acquainted with the intelligence community his father had become involved in and being a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 1979-1983.
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2016, 04:31:02 PM »
Quote from: LongLiveRock on September 02, 2016, 05:41:23 PM
Quote from: Kingpoleon on September 02, 2016, 04:09:02 PM
Secretary of the Air Force: 1985-1987
Director of the C. I. A.: 1987-1989
Texas Railroad Commissioner: 1989-1995

Wow! What a promotion!
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2016, 04:41:20 PM »
This was during his heavy drinking years. I can imagine W getting himself into some scandal within his first few terms that destroys his political career and damages his father's reputation in the process.
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2016, 04:44:37 PM »
Quote from: Seneca on September 10, 2016, 04:41:20 PM
This was during his heavy drinking years. I can imagine W getting himself into some scandal within his first few terms that destroys his political career and damages his father's reputation in the process.

Now that'd actually make for an interesting timeline.
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2016, 05:20:17 PM »
Quote from: Cathcon on September 10, 2016, 04:44:37 PM
Quote from: Seneca on September 10, 2016, 04:41:20 PM
This was during his heavy drinking years. I can imagine W getting himself into some scandal within his first few terms that destroys his political career and damages his father's reputation in the process.

Now that'd actually make for an interesting timeline.

Good idea. I might do my first timeline around that.
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