Sunday, August 3, 2008

Bush family values

From a puff piece in the Times, a portion of a letter that George H.W. Bush sent to his five children:

“Your mother and I sit out here like a couple of really old poops, but we are at total peace,” the former president wrote. “She does crossword puzzles, real puzzles, reads a ton of books, plays golf, calls people up on the phone, writes letters and occasionally gets mildly (to use an old Navy expression) pissed off at me. I can handle it though — no problem. I fall back on bad hearing and changing the subject. Both work.”

The letter went on: “I sit on our deck, out of the wind, near the sea. And I realize that because of all five of you and yours I am a very happy man.”

It's kind of nice.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

"I fall back on bad hearing and changing the subject."

In personal life as in professional life. And like father, like son.

I don't think that's so nice.