Today we will hear most of the media talk about George H.W. Bush in a flattering manner, as they should. They also acted as if they loved Reagan and McCain when they died – even as they sought to destroy them when they ran for office.

The playbook is always the same. Democrats, including most of the media, pretend they love Republicans when they die after they trashed them when they ran and lived.

Here are a few headlines from the Washington Post today.

Today's Opinions: Goodbye, George H.W. Bush. The world will miss a great president — and I will miss a friend.

The extraordinary life and times of George H.W. Bush

George H.W. Bush's prudence was a laugh line. It was also his strength.

The love for the newly departed Republican president was not strong enough to require elementary editorial diligence , however:

The Washington Post went ahead and published its prewritten George H.W. Bush obit without reading it first, I guess. pic.twitter.com/n7biR6415d — Will Oremus (@WillOremus) December 1, 2018

In 2016, CNN wasn't so nice. The network ran a story called "Dirty Campaigning: He Perfected It" about George H.W. Bush.

The early 1980s were similar to today. A garbage story was put out that George H.W. Bush went to Paris to arrange the release of the Iranian hostages. There was never any actual evidence that this meeting took place. It was always pure fiction, but the Democrats investigated it.



For the last two years, there has been a garbage story that Trump colluded with the Russians based mostly on a fictional dossier bought and paid for by Hillary and the DNC. There are endless investigations, and most of the media still report the story continuously as if it were true. The New York Times reveals the same kind of nonsense plagued President Bush 41: