I won these a bit by accident, aiming for the FDR cufflinks instead. Then I learned that he wore cufflinks all the time, strangely like me, and so I found many examples, below.

9 responses to “My George H.W. Bush cufflinks arrived, worn during his 1988 Presidential race”

  1. backstory on these cuffs3322513_4 from RR Auction: “’The pair of raised gold seal V. P. cuff links were owned and worn by President-Elect George Bush during his campaign for the Presidency. As a member of the N. S. C. staff for more than ten years, it has been my honor to work for Vice President and President-Elect George Bush as well as Presidents Carter and Reagan.’ These personal cufflinks, owned by George H. W. Bush, are a bit more expensive and attractive than the presidential set he sometimes wore." 3322513_3 His cufflinks in use…
    Tim cover Campaigning for President PHO-10Aug05-242744 The infamous "read my lips, no new taxes" at the RNC 1988 ap_george_hw_bush_20_dm_121226_wgGetting a little help with his cufflink from Connecticut Governor John Rowland in 1988 1998 Former President George Bush, middle, receives some help with his cufflink from Connecticut Governor John Rowland, left, while Barbara Bushwith boy robingty_dan_quayle_george_hw_bush_ll_120709_wmainand all Presidential george-bush-sr il_fullxfull.546115278_5m1i 00

  2. What a wonderful item to own, wear them with pride.

  3. Congrats, I am sure that you will enjoy them. You have a lot of history items – soon a Steve Jurvetson Museum?

  4. It is starting to feel like one at work. I am wearing the cufflinks today, and they look great: DSC03949 and I was wondering if any of the crack flickr visual search experts could find examples of Bush wearing them in 1988… =)

  5. They are impressive and they go along with the watch nicely. I will see what I can find for you.

  6. @gsikich1 – thanks for finding them in the debate with Dukakis! bushdukakis 1

  7. I dunno – for a geek I’d prefer wearing something from the guy who invented the internet ;D
    (OK – maybe commision a classy pair of cufflinks with some circuitry of the 3Com ethernet chips)

  8. Me too! I wear cufflinks pretty much every day at work (more fun than a tie), and I have disassembled pairs of similar Canon cameras to make geek-chic cufflinks… The irridescent CCD imager is like the finest gemstone, bottom here, with teardownFrom Cameras to Cufflinks These are some of my other techcycled cufflinks:
    IMG_2602 and a set I made from core memory fabric What’s That? (#105)

  9. and look what I saw at the Capitol Hill Club in D.C. George H.W. Bush and *his* Cufflinks

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