I met George W. Bush when he was called “Junior”

October 29, 2004 General

I met George W. Bush in 1988 when he came to Harding to stump for George H.W. Bush, or as I wrote the headline, “dad.”

George Jr. wasn’t known then as W but simply as, “Junior.” I walked him out to his car, asking him questions along the way. I don’t remember many of the questions I asked, but the story in the student newspaper gives clues: gun control, pledge, early furlough from prison. The issues were certainly important but not as intense as they are in this post-9/11 world, it seems.

In 1988, he had already acquired the swagger walk, but as he got in the car, I had no clue he would be president. Do you suppose he still has that Harding sweatshirt?

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Greg R Taylor

I am a home builder in Northeastern Oklahoma and president of 1256Movement.org. Proceeds from my latest book published in 2023, Prodigals, benefit this nonprofit dedicated to reparations of racial trauma in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Taylor is author of several books, including a coauthored work with Randy Harris titled Living Jesus. He and his wife, Jill, have three adult children, Ashley, Anna, and Jacob, for whom Prodigals is dedicated. I’ve been a writer for 30 years, a professional writer and editor for most of those years. No matter what other jobs I’ve done, I’ve continued to write. I’m the author, co-author, editor, or ghostwriter of many books you can see here. You’ll find a lot of topics I’ve written about listed and I've tried to categorize them so there should be bread crumbs for you to follow your interests. I’m 2024, I’ll celebrate 20 years of blogging. You can also find lots of free articles I’ve published in various magazines if you search my name at Christianity Today, Sojourners, and Wineskins. I wrote many book reviews for Publishers Weekly some years back but most of the reviews are not named reviews for sake of objectivity.

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