https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_56687829e4b080eddf568e59 Former President George H.W. Bush Dead At Age 94 Bush had a long record of public service, from the Navy to Congress to the United Nations to the CIA to the Oval Office. By Paige Lavender and Don Frederick 11/30/2018 11:55 PM ET | Updated 1 hour ago Former President George Herbert Walker Bush, who navigated U.S. foreign policy as the Soviet Union collapsed, led an international coalition that quickly ousted the Iraqi military from Kuwait, but then lost his re-election bid amid a struggling economy, died Friday at the age of 94. Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman, announced his death late Friday.
He wasn't that bad imo.Far better than Reagan and his idiot son.A million times better than the current piece of shit in The White House.He and Ike are the only 2 post WW2 Republican presidents I can say weren't that bad.
Bush refrained from publicly supporting Trump throughout his 2016 election campaign and first years in the White House. The 41st president revealed to author Mark Updegrove that he voted for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. In a May 2016 interview with Updegrove, Bush called Trump a “blowhard.”
goodnight sweet prince; you took "i don't want to live on this planet anymore" to another level. Trump does that.
And your side demonized him like you did every other Republican. And then you wonder how a guy like Trump wins.
Bill Clinton: George H.W. Bush’s Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was By Bill Clinton December 1 at 10:03 AM Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president. As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush. It read: Dear Bill, When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too. I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described. There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I’m not a very good one to give advice; but just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course. You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you. Good Luck — George No words of mine or others can better reveal the heart of who he was than those he wrote himself. He was an honorable, gracious and decent man who believed in the United States, our Constitution, our institutions and our shared future. And he believed in his duty to defend and strengthen them, in victory and defeat. He also had a natural humanity, always hoping with all his heart that others’ journeys would include some of the joy that his family, his service and his adventures gave him. His friendship has been one of the great gifts of my life. From Indonesia to Houston, from the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast to Kennebunkport — where just a few months ago we shared our last visit, as he was surrounded by his family but clearly missing Barbara — I cherished every opportunity I had to learn and laugh with him. I just loved him. Many people were surprised at our relationship, considering we were once political adversaries. Despite our considerable differences, I had admired many of his accomplishments as president, especially his foreign policy decisions in managing America’s response to the end of the Cold War and his willingness to work with governors of both parties to establish national education goals. Even more important, though he could be tough in a political fight, he was in it for the right reasons: People always came before politics, patriotism before partisanship. To the end, we knew we would never agree on everything, and we agreed that was okay. Honest debate strengthens democracy. While we maintained a respectful, friendly relationship throughout my presidency, it was only when President George W. Bush asked us to jointly spearhead American relief efforts in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and again after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that we got to really know each other. When we met with children who lost their parents in the tsunami, he was moved almost to tears when they gave us drawings they’d made to capture their pain and slow recovery in grief counseling. When we were asked to speak together at Tulane’s graduation in 2006, I saw his genuine feeling for the students, many of whom had suffered in the flooding of New Orleans, and others who had shown heroism and love in caring for their neighbors. “Each of you here has inspired me,” he told them. “When I look at our world, the good I see far outweighs the bad, which maybe explains why I am a real optimist about the future that you all will be facing." Growing old did not rob him of his optimism or his love of competition and adventure. In his book of letters, there’s a wonderful one to his family about getting older, in which he crows about driving his speedboat off the Maine coast. “Still want to compete. I still drive Fidelity II fast — very fast. My best so far — 63 mph in a slight chop with one [Secret Service] agent on board.” I took more than one ride in that boat with him over the years. It was fun but not an experience for the faint of heart. It was the same driving spirit, coupled with heartfelt patriotism, which led him to volunteer for the Navy on his 18th birthday instead of attending Yale, becoming one of the youngest American pilot to get his wings. Even when he was later shot out of the sky, the sole survivor of his close-knit crew, he never feared to go up again — famously learning to skydive at 75. After the war, he took a leap of faith by staking his and his family’s future in the Texas oil business and eventually got into politics. Fifty years ago this spring, as a congressman representing Houston, he voted for the Fair Housing Act of 1968, going against his nearly perfect record of conservative votes in Washington. When he returned to Houston, he held a town hall to explain his vote to a hostile crowd who thought he’d lost his mind. He believed that he could convince them it was the right thing to do, as long as they would hear him out. That evening, at least, he was right. When he was finished talking he got a standing ovation. Given what politics looks like in America and around the world today, it’s easy to sigh and say George H.W. Bush belonged to an era that is gone and never coming back — where our opponents are not our enemies, where we are open to different ideas and changing our minds, where facts matter and where our devotion to our children’s future leads to honest compromise and shared progress. I know what he would say: “Nonsense. It’s your duty to get that America back.” We should all give thanks for George H.W. Bush’s long, good life and honor it by searching, as he always did, for the most American way forward. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e2c0151f9547
And the chickenshit Clinton administration returned the favor eight years later by acting like a bunch of juvenile deliquents as they exited. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/12/us/white-house-vandalized-in-transition-gao-finds.html
Those are the reasons I say he wasn't that bad or even ok.I wont be saying that when Bush Jr or Trump dies.When Jr dies I'll say RIP but you were a horrible President.When Trump dies I'll say burn in hell you piece of shit so glad you are gone.