We are saddened to hear of the passing of Barbara Bush, the First Lady from 1989 to 1993, wife of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President and mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd President, a curious confluence that she shared only with Abigail Adams.
She brought a dignity and maternal (and grand-maternal) hominess to the role, along with a respect for the institution and a deference after leaving the White House that we could only wish her immediate and second-subsequent successors in the role could have learned.
Ninety-two years is a long life, and in her case one that only the sad trolls of Al Gore's Amazing Internet will take issue with. May the Lord rest her and keep her, and cause His face to shine upon her forever.
Bless you, ma'am.
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