George H.W. Bush was the definition of establishment success: Yale graduate. Prosperous business career. Forty-first president of the United States.
But to one admittedly biased observer, the elder Bush has always been shortchanged.
"As a result of him being a one-term president, historians hadn't paid much attention to him," George W. Bush told NPR in a 2014 interview. He called his father "one of the greatest one-term presidents in the nation's history."
George Herbert Walker Bush died Friday at the age of 94. He had been hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue in May, a week after arriving in Maine to spend the summer.
From the Houston Chronicle:
George Herbert Walker Bush, whose lone term as the 41st president of the United States ushered in the final days of the Cold War and perpetuated a family political dynasty that influenced American politics at both the national and state levels for decades, has died. He was 94.
Bush was the last president to have served in the military during World War II. His experience in international diplomacy served him well as he dealt with the unraveling of the Soviet Union as an oppressive superpower, and later the rise of China as a commercial behemoth and potential partner.
His wife of 73 years, Barbara Pierce Bush, died April 17, 2018, at the age of 92. https://www.chron.com/national/article/Former-president-George-H-W-Bush-dies-at-age-94-12861301.php
I'm grateful that after the years of poor health, the former President is now at rest.
From the Houston Chronicle:
George Herbert Walker Bush, whose lone term as the 41st president of the United States ushered in the final days of the Cold War and perpetuated a family political dynasty that influenced American politics at both the national and state levels for decades, has died. He was 94.
Bush was the last president to have served in the military during World War II. His experience in international diplomacy served him well as he dealt with the unraveling of the Soviet Union as an oppressive superpower, and later the rise of China as a commercial behemoth and potential partner.
His wife of 73 years, Barbara Pierce Bush, died April 17, 2018, at the age of 92. https://www.chron.com/national/article/Former-president-George-H-W-Bush-dies-at-age-94-12861301.php
I'm grateful that after the years of poor health, the former President is now at rest.
Interesting to see who will attend his funeral. I think Trump has to go... isn't that an obligation? Wonder how he will interact with Jeb.
Sad news. I knew he wouldn't last long after Barbara left.
Agree or disagree with any of what he might have done in his presidency, given his resume, he was the last American President that could be described as a statesman.
I am so sad. I loved Poppy Bush. Voted for him every chance I got, and was damned annoyed that some upstart named Clinton stole a second term in office from him.
He and Barbara were class acts to the end. Their loss is America's loss; they were true patriots, who loved this country, serving it with truth and dignity.
Rest in peace, Poppy. There will never be another quite like you.
I am so sad. I loved Poppy Bush. Voted for him every chance I got, and was damned annoyed that some upstart named Clinton stole a second term in office from him.
He and Barbara were class acts to the end. Their loss is America's loss; they were true patriots, who loved this country, serving it with truth and dignity.
Rest in peace, Poppy. There will never be another quite like you.
I am so sad. I loved Poppy Bush. Voted for him every chance I got, and was damned annoyed that some upstart named Clinton stole a second term in office from him.
He and Barbara were class acts to the end. Their loss is America's loss; they were true patriots, who loved this country, serving it with truth and dignity.
Rest in peace, Poppy. There will never be another quite like you.
George H. W. Bush...is dead at 94. How do you rank his life, his WWII service, both times at CIA and his presidency ?
George H.W. Bush was an example of a Republican President whom I could honestly say if he got re-elected, he might have done some things I disagreed with, but he wouldn't take this country to the brink. He knew how to get us into a war, **** up the enemy, and quickly get the hell out. And for the horrible "crime" of admitting that, yes, taxes did need to go up, he was not re-elected.
R.I.P. to the last sane Republican President we've had.
A great American; an honorable man; a statesman; a leader; an American patriot of the highest order.
Like his politics or not, he was cutout for the Presidency. America will be great again when more people like GHW Bush are running for the White House.
RIP.
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