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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:32 PM
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Bush Obit in 2018
As a whole, this obit doesn't do him justice, but these excerpts stand out:

Former President George W. Bush Dead at 72

Policy Review, October 5, 2018--George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, died today at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was 72. The cause of death was announced as heart failure.

(snip)

Mr. Bush's life after his presidency was marked by misfortune. He soon lost interest in his status as the standard-bearer of his party and its chief fundraiser; many believed he had again begun drinking, and in any case he seemed to spend most of his time at private clubs in Houston, where he established residence in 2010 after selling his property in Crawford, Texas. ("At least I won't have to cut that f--- brush again," Mr. Bush was heard to say after his last election.) Then on May 1, 2011, Jenna and Barbara Bush were killed in a drunken driving accident in New York City, an incident that also took the lives of seven other people, four of them friends of the Bush daughters. Rumors that a Bush family friend attempted to bribe the police to report that a person other than Jenna or Barbara Bush was driving (the body of Barbara Bush was in the driver's seat) were never confirmed. Four years later, in 2015, Laura Bush, like her father, died of Parkinson's disease; she was 68. After a period of mourning, Mr. Bush announced that, to find his way back into "productive service" and "do God's will," he would welcome the opportunity to act as commissioner of baseball. But while Commissioner Bud Selig said that he would be honored to yield the position to Mr. Bush, he cautioned that the exigencies of the job would probably require him to remain in office "for another year, or maybe two," and the question was not raised again.

Mr. Bush was preceded in death by his sister Robin Bush, his brothers John "Jeb" Bush, the former governor of Florida, Neil Bush, and Marvin Bush, and his sister Dorothy Bush Koch. He is survived by his parents.

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http://citypages.com/databank/25/1248/article12626.asp
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:35 PM
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1. His parents survive him?
How old will they be then?
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:43 PM
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3. And what would they look like, particularly Babs?
Edited on Fri Jul-29-05 04:44 PM by leveymg
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:45 PM
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4. 120--but they live a lot cleaner than their kids
less booze, drugs,unprotected gay sex, and hookers.

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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 05:04 PM
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7. I believe they could survive him.
They are without souls afterall. Whoever got those may have granted them immortality in return.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:38 PM
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2. that's a bit too mean spirited--at least the part mentioning Robin
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:56 PM
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6. I don't think so
but then I am mean spirited.
Read the whole obit.
It's got some extremely funny bits and some really frightening bits.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 05:05 PM
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8. Not too meanspirited for me, either.
In fact, it could have been meaner. Like, it could have been dated in 2007. Referencing a probable suicide eighteen months after a resignation.
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 04:54 PM
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5. Remember the grenade? Justice will prevail: Bush trip to hell 2008
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-05 05:06 PM
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9. I must be having a memory lapse--grenade?
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