KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush was performing ceremonial duties and posing for photos while visiting an aircraft carrier named for him off the Maine coast.
Bush and his wife, Barbara, along with their son, former President George W. Bush, and other family members flew by helicopter Sunday morning to the USS George H.W. Bush several miles off Kennebunkport, where the Bushes maintain a family compound.
The 1,092-foot ship is the newest carrier in the Navy fleet and is the only one whose namesake is alive.
Bush was a naval aviator during World War II.
Bush’s visit to the ship comes two days before his 88th birthday.
No doubt ordinary Americans paid for this dedication. Recall that saintly George H.W. Bush listed his Walker Point estate as merely summer property until he lost re-election and finally got a home built in Houston (by his supporters). Till then, he had only one home, and a genuinely ethical person would have complied with Maine law and have listed Walker Point as his only residence, thereby greatly increasing his property tax. But, as Fortune magazine detailed more than a decade ago, Pres. #41 didn’t feel compelled to do this, thereby costing Maine untold amounts of money over several decades. Fortune is not exactly a liberal/Democratic business journal, by the way.
Can you launch The Saudi Royal Families off from that Deck in a 747?
How much did this junk cost the average American taxpayer? You know, the kind that will never ride in a helicopter or be able to afford a mansion on the coast, a cigarette boat or the kind of healthcare that keeps you alive until you’re 90?