George H.W. Bush has passed
 

George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.f980f2dc3fb6


“When the word moderation becomes a dirty word, we have some soul searching to do,” he wrote a friend in 1964, after losing his first bid for elective office."

We say thanks for what he had done for us when the iron curtain fell.

An honorable man, by his lights. The nation has suffered a loss.

R.I.P your service to country is over!

RIP Mr. President.

RIP to a very fine and decent man.

Moderation indeed, a trait that is not extend to his son who became fixated on the fact that father Bush eased up on the Iraqis.

Fair winds and following seas, sir.

Can't believe the narcissist-in-chief has been invited to the funeral. I sure hope the Bush family doesn't have to regret him doing something stupid, nasty or horrendous. He WILL find a way to make it about himself. Sad.

Yet, the obvious contrast with the former tenants should fairly scream "WTF were they thinking??" when they put this petty narcissistic pathetically unqualified con artist grifter in the ultimate position of responsibility.

"President Bush was a friend of Germany"

Angela Merkel, Dec 1st, 2018

Decency, kindness and competence -- will we ever see them again?

We will when the profiteers of the outrage industry develop an immense will to focus on the right things to be angry about.

R.I.P. George H.W. Bush.

The Clarence Thomas appointment and the Willy Horton ad affair left a bad aftertaste to an otherwise honorable legacy.

A political retrospective;
What We All Forget (If We Ever Knew) About The Political Career of Bush 41 https://n.pr/2AIv3bT

By the way - I wish I could meet you over here more often! :)

Flying all day, watching the ceremony from 30,000 feet (literally). Struck by the solemnity, grace, the normalcy of it all. GHW Bush achieved greatness by working well across the aisle. The country is better for his long service.

The contrast with the current carnival barker, who will never achieve much of anything beyond bitter divisiveness, is striking.

Considering what a sh!tstorm in a dumpster fire that the Trump presidency has been (George Conway's words), when Dolt45 croaks, he should be cremated in a dumpster and the remains dumped unceremoniously in a landfill.

It was a very moving service. There was a lot of love in this cathedral.

If you achieve the Presidency, you are a "great" man (not necessarily a good one). Had GHWB never taken an oath of national political office, he was already a great man.

WWII pilot, shot down over the Pacific, Head of RNC, Ambassador, Head of CIA, raised children respected by millions.

Well done, sir.

Touching ceremony today.

Pity they didn't lock the doors before Trump showed up.

I'd forgotten about 'Poppy' Bush's part in the passage of the ADA. Noble work that. I'll have to say a thank you the next time I hobble up an ADA compliant ramp.

I certainly held strongly felt disagreements with GHWB but not once did I feel he wished our country harm.

He was the epitome of a country club Republican, a scion of bluenosed Connecticut Yankees but never a traitor.

A Yaley and a Skull and Bones member but never a coward and traitor.

I wish I could say the same about the capering orange nouveau riche obscenity who's currently squatting in the White House but...

The WW2 generation has, alas, passed. Rest in Peace, Daddy Bush.

This is a very sad thing because look what has the helm now; The epitome of the Hedonistic, spoiled brat, trust fund sapping Baby Boomer.

God help us.

OK...so I grimaced through the ceremonies, and waited. Long enough now...

While RWNJ Jennifer Rubin (who gives a shit if she disapproves of trump) tries to turn GHWB into the baby jesus on "MSNBC All In" the other night...

The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush

If I were Charles Pierce I would never go on that fucking nerd's show again. Pierce was trying to make all the points in the above article plus some and Rubin refused to STFU and let him speak as he did when she was spouting off. And Chris Hayes refused to intervene.

Both canonizing and demonizing are inherently dumb.

That said, all of the article's missives do paint a picture. The picture is a man who -- on the whole -- spent his life generating significantly more positives than negatives even if every word is accurate.

I'd say that's the best any of us can hope for.