";s:4:"text";s:4426:"Rumors that a Bush family friend attempted to bribe the police to report that a person other than Jenna or Barbara Bush was driving (the body of Barbara Bush was in the driver’s seat) were never confirmed. He soon lost interest in his status as the standard-bearer of his party and its chief fundraiser; many believed he had again begun drinking, and in any case he seemed to spend most of his time at private clubs in Houston, where he established residence in 2010 after selling his property in Crawford, Texas. He became a public figure in 1989 when, through a questioned investment, he became part of the consortium that bought the Texas Rangers baseball franchise; his title as managing partner produced an impression of competence and good humor. Yeah, he was transparent all right. The Republicans had so successfully supported Mr. Bush as an infallible and irreplaceable leader that he came to seem, in fact, irreplaceable.
Nonetheless Mr. Bush then ordered what he described as “pinpoint” nuclear attacks on the nuclear sites in Iran and North Korea, which, while achieving their goals, also led to the One-Day War, a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan that left Bombay and Karachi in ruins and led to the fall of the governments of both countries, and to the withdrawal of the American-led coalition forces from Iraq. Bush’s obituary reads that one of his children, Robin, passed away before both he and Barbara Bush died. Steve Bridges (May 22, 1963 – March 3, 2012) was an American comedian, impressionist, and actor who was known for his impressions of politicians, television characters and broadcasters including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barney Fife, Homer Simpson, Tom Brokaw, Paul Harvey, and Rush Limbaugh. George H.W. In 1975 Mr. Bush graduated from Harvard Business School and began careers in oil and politics in Texas; neither flourished. The cause of death was announced as heart failure. NOW TRUMP IS THE BEST IN MY LIFETIME .Golly, Jeff, you’re the best. Adger was the mysterious businessman who approached General James Rose and asked him to help George W. Bush avoid Vietnam by recommending him for a pilot position with the National Guard. George W. Bush, having cheerfully accepted responsibility for the executions of 152 death-row inmates in Texas, had already shown himself to be entirely at home with divinely sanctioned violence. I’m surprised too that any account (even if part satirical fantasy) of the misguided and ultimately disastrous American invasion of Iraq in 2003 completely leaves out its actual perpetrator, Vice President Dick Cheney, the powderfinger behind W’s throne. When he left office, taxation of personal and corporate incomes, while still legally extant, had been effectively replaced by a new payroll tax, so that almost all investment, inheritance, and interest income was left tax-free. I see by the original publication date that Marcus evidently wrote this fantasy obit just before the 2004 presidential election, and as a Democrat, I too felt rather desperate at the time that no matter how promising John Kerry’s candidacy looked, Bush was probably going to win again. After a period of mourning, Mr. Bush announced that, to find his way back into “productive service” and “do God’s will,” he would welcome the opportunity to act as commissioner of baseball. During the Vietnam War he was a member of the Texas Air National Guard, known at the time as a safe haven from combat duty; whether Mr. Bush did in fact fulfill his military obligations became a subject of dispute during his second election campaign. Policy Review, October 5, 2018---George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, died today at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.