re: Nation in Mourning: State Funeral for Former President George H.W. Bush

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Whole family has this kindness and treating everyone with genuine respect

All of em have this developed sense of humor, very goofy, sometime acerbic but never mean spirited.

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Oliver stone, for all of his faults, conveyed that well in W.

When Bush was telling a wounded Latino soldier he should look his parents up back in Texas whenever he gets home, it was meant. There was nothing calculated. He was being friendly and genuine.

The one thing I've always been impressed by concerning W is his restraint. He comes across as a good ol boy, over his head. But there is an interesting moment in the Kerry debate. The education and breeding comes bubbling to the surface. In an instant, he intellectually bitch slaps Kerry and then slips right back into his twang. He was elected 8 years too early. He was the opponent Obama deserved. Not a feeble old man or a non charismatic billionaire.