Speech makes us miss 43rd president - Fredericksburg Standard

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fbgstandard01, on October 25, 2017

Speech makes us miss 43rd president

Last week, as President Donald Trump argued on social media with a war widow, we were reminded how much we miss George W. Bush. The 43rd president, who has been the picture of class as an ex-president, gave a speech in New York last Thursday that took aim at bigotry, fear-mongering and xenophobia which,

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