President George H.W. Bush in the hospital, family brought in.

• majorspark

  

  Hope he pulls through.
  
  Just a historical footnote. He is the last living president that served in a direct combat role for the USA. He was shot down during WWII in the Pacific theater. His co-pilots perished.
• jmog

  september63;1351133 wrote:I voted for him the first term. He wrecked our country the 2nd term, to the point we havent recovered yet. Hoping he does get better.

  History lesson fail.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  majorspark;1351308 wrote:Hope he pulls through.
  
  Just a historical footnote. He is the last living president that served in a direct combat role for the USA. He was shot down during WWII in the Pacific theater. His co-pilots perished.

  He was also Amb to China and Director of the CIA.
  He served his country extremely well.
  
  He also guided us through the unknowns of the end of the collapse of the Soviet Union without a massive war or chaos.
  Really underrated President.
  I hope he pulls through, but his health has been fading for over a year.
• HitsRus

  

  Really underrated President.

  +1
  reps.
• jhay78

  

  majorspark;1351308 wrote:Hope he pulls through.
  
  Just a historical footnote. He is the last living president that served in a direct combat role for the USA. He was shot down during WWII in the Pacific theater. His co-pilots perished.

  Probably will forever hold the "only former president to skydive at age 85" record too.
• jmog

  ptown_trojans_1;1351350 wrote:He was also Amb to China and Director of the CIA.
  He served his country extremely well.
  
  He also guided us through the unknowns of the end of the collapse of the Soviet Union without a massive war or chaos.
  Really underrated President.
  I hope he pulls through, but his health has been fading for over a year.

  Between his son, himself, and Obama, he was probably the only one that deserved a 2nd term but the only one that didn't win it. Goes to show you how stupid the general public is.
• believer

  

  jmog;1351430 wrote:Between his son, himself, and Obama, he was probably the only one that deserved a 2nd term but the only one that didn't win it. Goes to show you how stupid the general public is.

  exactly
  
  Considering 51% of Americans apparently think 8% (+) unemployment and an on-going bad economy are now good enough to re-elect someone as inept as the Appointed One, in retrospect it seems odd that Bush senior's "read my lips" renege and Clinton's "it's the economy stupid" mantra were sufficient to prevent his re-election.
  
  I guess it's the "hope & change" thing that made all the difference.
• BoatShoes

  I was young but I can remember rooting for him to beat Clinton because my parents voted for Bush. I remember feeling briefly sad when he lost in the way kids feel sad when their team loses. Hopefully he pulls through. The country could use a bit of good news in the wake of Newton and the political gridlock in D.C.