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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLocal Dallas news: Shrub is expected to visit his father "sometime soon"
Given the recent reports...you would think he would be there already..or get there sooner than "soon". WTF else could he have on his damn schedule????
dflprincess
(28,057 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)Paging Dr Freud, Dr Freud to the white courtesy telephone ...
rainbow4321
(9,974 posts)So it's not like his turn for the worse happened, oh, last night. His daughter from the East Coast was going to fly in Wednesday. Yet Shrub is no where in site yet and no timeframe given on when he will show up.
I'm thinking the worsening of his condition, for whatever reason, is being downplayed. Early Wednesday morning I saw online that his spokesman said that the fever had subsided, then mid day Wednesday I saw a report from non-US media saying that the fever had come back and he had worsened...then a few hours later the spokesman said bascially Ooops, I was wrong, the fever has not gone away. Ok, Mr Spokesman, you are three days behind since he has been in the ICU since Sunday.
The same spokesman said in the Houston online article (when asked how Bush I looks right now) that he looks like "he went through a few rounds with Mike Tyson". Well that's a nice image to put out there....
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)for a little extra time to see my dad prior to his death. I said I was leaving no matter what. I got to him the evening of the night that he died. I still wish that I could have been there a day earlier when he was still able to communicate.
I miss my dad - it has been six years and it still hurts. What could keep someone from seeing their dad before he dies?
Hekate
(90,202 posts)I'm so sorry for your loss, but sadly enough not all of us experience it the same way.
The Bushes are rich beyond the dreams of avarice, but I don't think Poppy and Babs were the warmest parents. In the early years of this board, a lot of effort was put into trying to psychoanalyze their son Dubya -- if any of what was said was true, it goes a long way toward explaining (though not excusing) some of his behavior.
Hekate
mucifer
(23,374 posts)Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)24/7. My brother, sister, and I were there, one, two or all of us every day, every hour. And we weren't so rich that taking off work and traveling was easy.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)If I am still alive when dubya exits this world, I will do my part to prevent people from forgetting his atrocities.
Poppy isn't much better, but dubya was by far worse.
lpbk2713
(42,697 posts)... as usual.
LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)He's probably been visiting his dad.
Pretzel_Warrior
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R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)No other details about his medical condition were provided, but McGrath says Bush is surrounded by family.
Earlier Wednesday, McGrath said a fever that kept Bush in the hospital over Christmas had gotten worse and that doctors had put him on a liquids-only diet.
A bronchitis-like cough initially brought Bush to the hospital in late November. McGrath says the cough has improved.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/bush-spokesman-says-fever-that-kept-ex-president-in-houston-hospital-over-christmas-is-gone/2012/12/26/22e59948-4f7e-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html
putitinD
(1,551 posts)lpbk2713
(42,697 posts)That asshole will go on forever just to spite us.
Festivito
(13,452 posts)Are they still trying to figure out if Arafat was killed by it?
That estate tax is looming. They'd hate to have to count the money in order to report it.