Posted on 12/01/2018 5:09:41 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: I love you, too: George H.W. Bush's final words to his son just before the 41st president peacefully passed away aged 94 surrounded by family in Houston
A longtime friend of George Herbert Walker Bush has painted a peaceful picture of the 41st president's final days on earth before he passed away aged 94 surrounded by family at his home in Houston, Texas.
James A Baker III, both Bush's friend and former secretary of state, told the New York Times that the 94-year-old had been fading over the last week - spending most of his time sleeping, not eating and never getting out of bed.
Baker said that although the former president had defied death multiple times over the years - struggling with a form of Parkinson's and being hospitalized with pneumonia several times in recent months - this time felt different.
Baker stopped by the Bush home on Friday to check on his old friend - or perhaps to say goodbye.
He said as soon as he entered the room, Bush perked up, asking: 'Where are we going, Bake?'
Baker answered: 'Were going to heaven.'
'Thats where I want to go,' Bush replied.
Within 13 hours, the 94-year-old was on his way.
Friends and family flocked to Bush's bedside on Friday evening as it became clear that the end was near.
His final conversation was a speaker phone call with his son, George W. Bush, who praised him as a 'wonderful dad' and told him that he loved him.
'I love you, too,' the father said - his last words on earth.
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Same here! but some phrases just stick in one's mind; in my case, anything even vaguely to do with eating ("taste" -- not even the same meaning, but...).
So his family was evil. He still willingly strapped his ass in a tin can and flew off to kill the enemy. Sixty times. My hat's off to him.
Now the upper class men typically went to college first and served as officers and some of them flew planes - which was dangerous business to be sure. But they overall had it much better than the working class folk who mostly slogged in the trenches.
And H W never repented of the shed blood of millions upon millions of dead babies for which he, his father and his son are responsible for...
Heroic my a**.
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