Pray hard.
Our old-town favorite, George H. W. Bush, is currently in the hospital, running a high fever. He’s pretty old, only a year and a half shy of 90. And he has just been moved into the ICU ward at Methodist Hospital. In late November, he was admitted to the hospital for Bronchitis, and now it’s the end of December. The family of President H. W. Bush are at the hospital at his bedside. The president’s condition remains guarded, although I worry, with his move into the ICU, that his condition is not progressively improving.
President George H. W. Bush leaves an odd legacy; my own political findings conclude that one-term Presidents typically leave office very unpopular, and their popularity grows considerably with time, and they eventually become ‘favorites’ among the Presidents (excluding Jimmy Carter). These one-term Presidents typically loose re-election because nothing remarkable happens during their term, which is considered a good thing is looked at it proportionally.
President Bush has what is considered an excellent foreign policy record, and a decent domestic policy record. His lackluster domestic policy record left the nation in an economic standstill- no major growth, and no major decline in growth. He is also credited with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and several other domestic policy achievements.
President Bush, I think you’re a great President. Many of my liberal friends agree, and all of my conservative friends agree as well. At my household, and millions of others, we’re praying for you. I tweeted this:
Praying for #GeorgeHWBush, he’s in the ICU now
— Ryan Kane (@Ryankane27) December 27, 2012
Please pray, please pray for President Bush’s full recovery.
December 27th, 2012 at 6:04 am
My thoughts and prayers go with the Bush family at this time. Hopefully Bush’41 will get better and live to see 89. But it is not a good sign that his fever has gotten worse after spending a month in the hospital.
I agree that his legacy is certainly a mixed bag. Gulf War I and the liberation of Kuwait has to be his most significant accomplishment as president. Overseeing the collapse of the Soviet Empire also ranks very high. That could have went in many unsavory directions. The fact that Bush was able to step in and provide assistance to the new Russian and other governments concerning the disposition of their nuclear weapons has probably saved countless lives.
December 27th, 2012 at 8:08 am
I love the man as well and wont be posting the reasons why to try and keep this thread from being polluted by rabid partisan hacks on irrelevant issues.
Hang in there buddy, I’m dropping a big note in Gods in-box for you.
December 27th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Prolly the most qualified man to become president in the last 200 years. Contrast him with the babbling idiot in office today.
December 27th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
You cant contrast the most transparent administration ever.
December 28th, 2012 at 9:04 am
Ditto, Patrick! GHW pretty much did run the whole course, punching his ticket at every stop along his way to the White House. Plus add war hero to that, too! I think he turned out to be the youngest Naval aviator flying in WW2, or at least among the youngest. Survived getting shot down, too!
They don’t make many like him any more.
December 28th, 2012 at 11:46 am
“…Prolly the most qualified man to become president in the last 200 years. Contrast him with the babbling idiot in office today….”
Very UN-CLASSY remark.
Does EVERY event have to be a cause for Obama-bashing to you hateful inbreds?
December 28th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
“You cant contrast the most transparent administration ever.”
“Prolly the most qualified man to become president in the last 200 years. Contrast him with the babbling idiot in office today”
“keep this thread from being polluted by rabid partisan hacks on irrelevant issues.”
Then again, maybe not.
December 28th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
As a liberal Democrat, I refuse to make politics out of the illness of a (ANY) past president. I even think about “W” is handling his father’s illness.
People like McCain need to GROW THE F UP!
He’s just a symptom of the problem.
December 28th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
“hateful inbreds”???
December 28th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Yes…
Intellectual inbred, politically inbred partisans.
December 28th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
“Intellectual inbred, politically inbred partisans.”
This means nothing coming from an ideological bigot who doesnt think anyone right of left can do anything right.
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Ron;
“People like McCain need to GROW THE F UP!
He’s just a symptom of the problem.”
Ron;
“Yes…
Intellectual inbred, politically inbred partisans.”
Sheesh, talk about yappin outta both sides of your head !
December 28th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Mick – Using the illness of president G.H.W.Bush as an entre for Obama bashing is WEAK.
Period.
December 28th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
I hope president Bush recovers. Let’s all continue without partisan sniping please.
December 28th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Ron, you are on final warning for violating the comment policy.
Always good to learn from history. Bush I was not only a war hero, but what I mean by the most qualified man to be president is that he started in Congress, worked his way up to become party leader, was an ambassador, then our UN rep, and finally Vice President. So contrast that again with the idiot we have in office, literally a political idiot because he had no experience. And every day American suffer by living through the reality of incompetence in the White House. Learn the lesson!
December 28th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Again…
“keep this thread from being polluted by rabid partisan hacks on irrelevant issues.”
December 28th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
There’s a comment policy?
December 28th, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Yeah. There’s a comment policy. Agree, or get banned.
December 28th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Patrick – Just curious. How did I violate the comment policy?
December 28th, 2012 at 6:54 pm
“Mick – Using the illness of president G.H.W.Bush as an entre for Obama bashing is WEAK.
Period.”
I agree.
But with what you posted being so inconsistent and hypocritical you kinda canceled one post out with the other.
I expressed certain wishs in my first post and stuck to them.
Patrick never made any similar commitment and so if he wants to bash Barry hes not conflicting himself like you are with two posts expressing two opposite sentiments.
(psst, we all violate policy here n there but doin it to editor in chief is the best way to get bounced)