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And invited him to come to the white house. he and his wife slept in the lincoln bedroom and the next day surprised the staff with an east room rendition of dana car ivys george bush and had everyone laughing and feeling better for a few moments. president bush cared about all of us. >> martha: dana carvey said he worked on the impression of president bush he said its between mr. rogers and trying to be john wayne. which i thought was great. we take a look at the motorcade making its way to st. ...

George bush impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. >> john, we learned from you after that you had actually been able -- you read your eulogy to the president while still alive. what was his reaction? >> it was fascinating. we were -- it was a great honest, of course. ive always had, as you probably have, the impression of sitting in churches, sitting in memorial services and thinking, geez, if only the person were talking about could hear this. and so i decided, well, why not just...

Said, you never know, got to ask. [ laughter ] >> you can hear the voice, cant you? as dana carvey said the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. his life code, as he said, was tell the truth, dont blame people, be strong, do your best, try hard, forgive, stay the course. and that was and is the most american of creeds. abraham lincolns better angels of our nature and george h.w. bushs thousand points of light are companion verses in americas national hymn. for li...

A reading from revelation to st. john. then i saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. and the sea was no more. and i saw the holy city, the new jerusalem coming down out of heaven from god, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. and i heard a loud voice from the throne saying, see? the home of god is among words. he will dwell with them. they will be his peoples and god himself will be with them. he will wipe every tear from their eyes. de...

On the primary campaign trail in new hampshire once, he grabbed the hand of a department store mannequin asking for votes. when he realized his mistake, he said, never know. got to ask. you can hear the voice, cant you? as dana carvy said, the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. george herbert walker bush was americas last great soldier statesman, a 20th century founding father. he governed with work shoes that most closely resemble those of washington and of ad...

>> do you remember where you were the summer you left your teenage years behind and turned 20? well, i was working as a laborer in my hometown in north quebec trying to make enough money to get back into law school. it was a tough job, but i was safe and secure and had the added benefit of my mothers home cooking every night. on september 2nd, 1944, as we have just heard so eloquently from john, 20-year-old lieutenant george bush was preparing to attack japanese war installations in the pacific....

Of it all. he never slowed down. on the primary campaign trail in new hampshire once, he grabbed the hand of a department store mannequin asking for votes. when he realized his mistake, he said never know, got to ask. you can hear the voice, cant you? as dana carvey said, the key to a bush 41 impersonation is mr. rogers trying to be john wayne. george herbert walker bush was americas last great soldier statesman, a 20th century founding father. he governed with virtues that most closely resemble...

A reading from revelations st. john. then i saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more, and i saw the holy city, the new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god prepared as a pri bride adorned for her husband, and i heard a loud voice from the throne saying, see, the home of god is among mortals. he will dwell with them. they will be his peoples, and god himself will be with them. he will wipe every tear from

People might remember von meter, he was asked, how do you respond to his statements about you? but if you can poke fun at yourself, i just love those scenes where dana carvey is in the white house and he says, how do you do george bush? its a little bit of mr. rogers and you overlay that was john wayne. and im not going to try to do the john wayne impersonation but, its exactly on point. and bush loved it and he knew that would bolster the spirit of those who had lost in his reelection campaign....

>> a loving relationship. it was father and son. people, when i was serving as chief of staff to president george h.w. bush, people wondered if his dad was calling to weigh in. no his dad was calling as a dad and there was great empathy because of the job the president had. i did that job too. but youre doing the job but you know more than i do. >> you heard of that woman speaking to kerry, i know im not supposed to use the word "legacy." >> there were a couple of things he hated. being put on t...