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George H. W. Bush in 2011 interviewed by Maureen Dowd of The New York Times (Maureen Dowd (December 2, 2018), "The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story", The New York Times retrieved: December 10, 2018; w:Jeff Zeleny (December 5, 2018), Uneasy presidents club convenes at Bush funeral, retrieved: December 10, 2018; (December 5, 2018), "George W. Bush Eulogizes 'Best Father' at Solemn State Funeral", Fortune retrieved: December 10, 2018; Epstein, Jennifer (December 5, 2018), George W. Bush Eulogizes ‘Best Father' at Solemn State Funeral, retrieved: December 10, 2018; Maureen Dowd (2016), The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics publisher: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455539246; Goldschlag, William; Janison, Dan (December 3, 2018), "Trump breaks character in show of respect for George H.W. Bush", Newsday retrieved: December 10, 2018)
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He's an ass.

— George H. W. Bush on Donald Trump

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He's an ass." in the context of "George H. W. Bush in 2011 interviewed by Maureen Dowd of The New York Times (Maureen Dowd (December 2, 2018), "The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story", The New York Times retrieved: December 10, 2018; w:Jeff Zeleny (December 5, 2018), Uneasy presidents club convenes at Bush funeral, retrieved: December 10, 2018; (December 5, 2018), "George W. Bush Eulogizes 'Best Father' at Solemn State Funeral", Fortune retrieved: December 10, 2018; Epstein, Jennifer (December 5, 2018), George W. Bush Eulogizes ‘Best Father' at Solemn State Funeral, retrieved: December 10, 2018; Maureen Dowd (2016), The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics publisher: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455539246; Goldschlag, William; Janison, Dan (December 3, 2018), "Trump breaks character in show of respect for George H.W. Bush", Newsday retrieved: December 10, 2018)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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George H. W. Bush

About George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 41st president of the United States (1989–93), and the 43rd vice president of the United States (1981–89). A Republican, he previously served as a congressman, an ambassador, and director of Central Intelligence. At 94 years he was the longest-living president and vice president, as well as the last veteran of World War II to hold the presidency. He was married to Barbara Bush, and was the father of George W. Bush. He is also the most recent U.S President who ran for office while a Vice President.

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