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♪ >> shannon: the coverage of president bushs legacy has been mostly positive with some exceptions. we talked about those last night. our guest says the media never treated the president with this kind of civility when he was alive. rush limbaugh, great happy with us. >> hey, it is a pleasure to be with you. >> shannon: must i we talked about a couple of headlines including one that had to be reworked shall we say. some others that had to mediate negative reaction to the death of president bus...

Have been at war with but good times as well. but they were in a lot of fights together. the same objective, fighting for the same cause and they bury the hatchet. it was an amazing thing to see today. shannon: president george hw bush bringing out the best in all of us across the spectrum as we honor him this week. thank you for sharing your insights and memories. >> if i was barack obama i would be really upset. all this talk about george bushs last days of civility, obama would say what about...

♪ >> shannon: the coverage of shannon: coverage of president george hw bushs legacy has been mostly positive with some exceptions. our next guest is the media never treated the president with this kind of civility when he was alive. is whistling, rush limbaugh host of the rush limbaugh so show. good to have you with this tonight. >> pleasure to be with you, thanks for having me. >> last time we talked about a couple headlines including one from the ap that had to be reworked and others with an...

It was that simple. he talked in his inaugural address about being a good citizen and loyal friend and loving parents and a good citizen was someone who left his home and neighborhood and town better than he found it and as we remember him today it is that simple. president george hw bush left his home and his nation better than he found it. heather: as a historian you have some interesting notes. one of which was george bush became president 200 years after george washington. >> that is right. ...

Train ride up to college station, texas, where the former president will be laid to rest. charles? >> charles: thanks very much. texas governor greg abbott joins me to remember president george h.w. bush. thanks for joining us, governor. >> of course, charles. thank you. >> charles: lets just hear your thoughts. we saw the service today. americans -- before i let you start, one thing i want to say, almost all the eulogies had a sense of a by-gone era, the closing of it where civility was somethi...

We talk about heroism but not about humor. i think the crux of george bush was doing his eulogy up there about the fact that it was just kind of rolling with laughter. the importance of teasing, he brought up that his father teased a lot. he brought up their concept of self-deprecation which ive always said is the most important thing on a tv show. if you are with people who cannot even make fun of themselves, you will not have fun with them. people have to be able to laugh at each other and lau...

And that when all is said and done, we can come together to advance the cause of america. not tear it down. >> im a fan of yours, so im asking the toughest question i give anybody. what can you, a democratic senator, whos very well known and respected, do to bring this country, despite the fact we have trump as president, is there any way the country can improve, despite having him as president? or does he have the power to keep bringing us down himself? >> i think that already started, chris, w...

Splinter out around town. nicole, for those who dont want this to be an end of an era, whos the flame carrier to come out of this event? >> you know, the bushes have not spent this much time in the limelight in -- since george w. bush was president. so to see so much of them and to see how theyre received, you know, i think it says a lot about hungering something different, for the way things were, partisanship. both partisans and civility. i think that what you saw today was george w. bush pick...

Bush family than it did about him. he was a good guest. and i think thats all we need to say about him right now. but it became uncomfortable when every one of the people who eulogized the 41st president talked about civility, talked about generosity. you could feel the -- it was a contrast. it was -- i dont think it was quite a rebuke but it was such an obvious, an obvious contrast to what we see now in the oval office. >> i think -- felt more comfortable in new guinea than this president felt ...

All the rest, to come up with a republican, small r, republican celebration of smaller government like this, was quite stirring, i thought. >> maureen? >> well, i think in this era of covering white collar crimes and porn stars and vulgarity, you know, it was nice to look back to someone who was trying to respect decency and civility. and when they were planning his funeral in 2011, he said to an aide, do you think anyone will come? and that modesty is in such contrast to trumps endless odyssey ...