And old George Bush is just back from a trip, too—one that seemed curiously suited to redress his ills in office ... after the vote!
George and Bar had a week on a cruise ship—Carnival, Princess, one of those: you know, the shining mystery that is Puerto Rico ... and a cha-cha contest for Seniors in the disco after dinner (All You Can Eat!).
If, alas, a President can bring to his job no more than the lessons of his own life ... the same is true for an ex-President. In this case, characteristically, the lesson came from Prescott Bush, who was riding the train with his young son George one day more than fifty years ago. “See that man?” said Big Pres, nudging George in the parlor car. “He was the Governor of Connecticut!
“And here he is, riding the train, with the people—just like us.”
—Richard Ben Cramer
February 1993
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