For many of us, it was really, really good to see Bush 41 and Barbara at the debate last night. I wasn’t sure that 41 really went out anymore. But I’m told, by Houstonians, he does: church, ballgames, restaurants, high-school graduations, and all that.
I had a memory of the Bush administration. Everyone laughed that the president and his wife had an address in Houston: at a hotel, The Houstonian. This was pure convenience. Everyone said that Bush was a fake Texan. In any case, he had lived in Washington for many years, being vice president, etc.
Everyone said that, post-presidency, the Bushes would probably shuttle between a manse in Greater Washington and their place in Kennebunkport. They would surely never return to — awk! — Texas.
Which is what they did. They went home, to Texas. To Houston. They’ve been there ever since, 23 years after their departure from the White House. I guess the joke was on the jokers.