He presided over the collapse of the Soviet Union. liaison in China, ambassador to the U.N., head of the CIA, vice president and president of the United States.
In the 62 years since, he has been an oil entrepreneur, U.S. It was so long ago, those three years of war. And bring some shit for my fly.” We laugh at the joke, but he laughs harder.Īs his old crew mates on the San Jac might say, “Same old George.” It’s a man ordering a meal in a fine restaurant at a table across from a giant fly: “I’ll have the gazpacho, leeks vinaigrette with shrimp, marinated zucchini, orange mousse, a bottle of Cotes du Rhone Rouge ’59. He reaches into his office desk in Houston and pulls out a copy of one of his favoritecartoons. The oddball sense of humor he became known for after he earned his wings and was floating in the Pacific on the carrier USS San Jacinto and flying torpedo bomber runs off its short deck. The disjointed sentences that don’t always parse. The clear blue eyes and the long, angular face. In the old man George Bush, you can still find shadows of the boy who enlisted on his 18th birthday in 1942 in high hopes of becoming a Navy pilot.
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