Bush Won't Get To Keep The Gifts He Amassed While In Office

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Washington Post   |   January 26, 2009 09:06 AM

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As George W. Bush learned, there's an upside to being president: He amassed a dazzling array of gifts from foreign dignitaries.

But there's a downside, too: He can't keep them.

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As George W. Bush learned, there's an upside to being president: He amassed a dazzling array of gifts from foreign dignitaries. But there's a downside, too: He can't keep them.
As George W. Bush learned, there's an upside to being president: He amassed a dazzling array of gifts from foreign dignitaries. But there's a downside, too: He can't keep them.
 
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- SailFree I'm a Fan of SailFree 29 fans permalink

This is the most ignorant piece ever on HuffPost, and that's saying a lot. Presidents, as far as I am aware, NEVER keep the gifts from foreign dignitaries, and ALL PRESIDENTS amass a lot of these gifts while in office. It is a ceremonial thing going back centuries.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:27 PM on 01/30/2009

He gets to keep the shoes that Iraqi gentleman tossed to him.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:01 PM on 01/27/2009

Gifts? He got gifts? OMG

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:22 PM on 01/27/2009
- mamala4 I'm a Fan of mamala4 52 fans permalink
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Do we get back the trillions of dollars that in inapropriately gave to others?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:54 AM on 01/27/2009
- dems08 I'm a Fan of dems08 175 fans permalink
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You mean he has to return the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS he gave his crones?

Fantastic!!!

Next, how about returning the hundreds of thousands of DEAD IRAQIS back to life?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:20 AM on 01/27/2009
- Whinger I'm a Fan of Whinger 45 fans permalink
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He's got his memories, they should give him something to think about and keep him awake at night.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:43 AM on 01/27/2009
- dems08 I'm a Fan of dems08 175 fans permalink
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gw sleeps like a baby.

Perhaps he wouldn't sleep so well in prison.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:21 AM on 01/27/2009
- mamala4 I'm a Fan of mamala4 52 fans permalink
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When you don't think you did ANYHTING WRONG, you don't lay awake at night.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:31 PM on 01/27/2009
- Rog49Thomas I'm a Fan of Rog49Thomas 192 fans permalink

but as a compensation, we and our children and our children's children (and so on for many generations) will get to keep the national debt he doubled which will be added to considerably by the bailout of his delusional economic policies

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:32 AM on 01/27/2009
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I have always wondered what happens to this stuff. Some of it makes it into the presidential libraries, but where is the rest of it? There have been some pretty hefty gifts given to presidents and members of government over the years.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:27 AM on 01/27/2009
- nunzia I'm a Fan of nunzia 31 fans permalink

What a silly article this is.
Bushco has made BILLIONS in the past 8 years.
What're a few trinkets now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:49 PM on 01/26/2009

What about the Trophy Pistol he got by capturing Saddam Hussein? Let him keep in case of Last Resort.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:41 PM on 01/26/2009
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I would let him keep and I would even pay for the bronzing of the shoes thrown at him as a reminder of what the world really thinks of him.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:42 PM on 01/26/2009

Must be breaking his heart that he can't keep Sadam's head........

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:36 PM on 01/26/2009

How about sending him a telegram every time one of our men or women is killed fighting his war!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:32 PM on 01/26/2009
- tsewydoow I'm a Fan of tsewydoow 4 fans permalink

it is Obama's war now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:50 PM on 01/26/2009
- Leo12Pack I'm a Fan of Leo12Pack 2 fans permalink

Last time I looked, our serviceman and servicewomen wore an AMERICAN FLAG on their shoulder...

It's OUR war, Bush may have started it, but President Obama will finish it!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:57 PM on 01/26/2009
- punkindmb I'm a Fan of punkindmb 11 fans permalink
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Does he know that?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:12 PM on 01/26/2009

Is he giving back the 9 Billion dollars that went missing in Iraq?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:02 PM on 01/26/2009
- Hank10303 I'm a Fan of Hank10303 46 fans permalink

Thats why it was shipped in plastic - so that it couldn't be traced. He has no intension of giving that back - Cheney would never allow it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:33 PM on 01/26/2009
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