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The 25th anniversary of George H.W. Bush's inauguration as president of the United States was celebrated amid heaping plates of barbecue, loud country music, and some nostalgic attendees looking forward to a potential rekindling of a Bush-Clinton battle for the White House in 2016.
The weekend gathering at Bush's presidential library at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas — described by Bush's longtime political adviser Ron Kaufman as "a combination between a college reunion and 'The Big Chill,'" — drew more than 600 of the former president's friends, family, and former administration officials for a reunion that served largely as a rosy reminiscence of his one term in the White House from 1989 to 1993.
In recent years, the 89-year-old Bush, who is confined to a wheelchair by a form of Parkinson's disease, has become more remembered — if not revered — for his role in the significant events in American history that coincided with his presidency than for the reversal of his oft-quoted line, "Read my lips, no new taxes," which led to his re-election bid in 1992 when he became the biggest incumbent loser since William Howard Taft.
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The weekend gathering at Bush's presidential library at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas — described by Bush's longtime political adviser Ron Kaufman as "a combination between a college reunion and 'The Big Chill,'" — drew more than 600 of the former president's friends, family, and former administration officials for a reunion that served largely as a rosy reminiscence of his one term in the White House from 1989 to 1993.
In recent years, the 89-year-old Bush, who is confined to a wheelchair by a form of Parkinson's disease, has become more remembered — if not revered — for his role in the significant events in American history that coincided with his presidency than for the reversal of his oft-quoted line, "Read my lips, no new taxes," which led to his re-election bid in 1992 when he became the biggest incumbent loser since William Howard Taft.