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(36,286 posts) Wed Jul 24, 2013, 05:35 PM Jul 2013

George H.W. Bush shaves head for leukemia patient [View all]

Source: USA Today

The office also announced that Bush's Protective Division has "launched a website at www.patrickspals.org to assist with Patrick's medical bills, and organized the Inaugural Patrick's Pals Motorcycle Benefit Run on August 10th in Kennebunkport -- a 50-mile motorcycle ride through the Maine countryside followed by a lunch and silent auction to raise funds for Patrick's treatments."

The office also announced that Bush's Protective Division has "launched a website at www.patrickspals.org to assist with Patrick's medical bills, and organized the Inaugural Patrick's Pals Motorcycle Benefit Run on August 10th in Kennebunkport -- a 50-mile motorcycle ride through the Maine countryside followed by a lunch and silent auction to raise funds for Patrick's treatments."

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/24/george-hw-bush-cancer-secret-service/2584467/

I wonder what GHW Bush thinks of Obama care.

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George H.W. Bush shaves head for leukemia patient [View all] hedgehog Jul 2013 OP

GHWB could have done more adieu Jul 2013 #1

Yes! DavidDvorkin Jul 2013 #2

He's a Republican and is of the "fuck you I got mine" set. apnu Jul 2013 #29

the scanner story is fake... alp227 Jul 2013 #37

He could have at least tapped into that vast crime family fortune... sadbear Jul 2013 #3

That's nice. EC Jul 2013 #4

Secret Service employees are eligible to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan 24601 Jul 2013 #19

They have the option of numerous policies - lynne Jul 2013 #23

Many private insurers will only cover 80% of those types of treatments. ehrnst Jul 2013 #35

Not a Bush fan, but that was a classy and compassionate thing to do. Beacool Jul 2013 #5

Dr. Evil & Mini-George? Myrina Jul 2013 #9

I agree that it was compassionate. brer cat Jul 2013 #10

Yup BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #13

I had forgotten about that. Beacool Jul 2013 #15

+ 1 he lost a daughter to the disease. Historic NY Jul 2013 #28

Yes, others brought it up. Beacool Jul 2013 #30

One detail was overlooked. RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #6

Why humanize and eulogize Poppy Bush as something other than what he is? leveymg Jul 2013 #7

^^^THIS^^^ nt Mnemosyne Jul 2013 #14

Well our prez did Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #16

Institutional conservative. leveymg Jul 2013 #17

Ol' Buzzard's trying hard to avoid hell now. Myrina Jul 2013 #8

Fuck him and his entire family. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #11

Too bad he and Babs didn't have the same Cleita Jul 2013 #12

I won't condemn them for that -every family has its own way of handling grief. hedgehog Jul 2013 #21

My point is that there wasn't a whole lot of grief there. Cleita Jul 2013 #22

I don't know how accurate it was, but I recall a biopic of hedgehog Jul 2013 #24

Not the same thing. Cleita Jul 2013 #25

Also, if you scan google, there seems to be a whole load Cleita Jul 2013 #27

People googling this might inadvertently stumble across W's bald fetish: yurbud Jul 2013 #18

Such a glabrous Bush. daleo Jul 2013 #20

Clever, but.. Rstrstx Jul 2013 #32

Well played. daleo Jul 2013 #33

First George W. Bush in Africa and now George Sr. shaving his head. Someone told the Bush applegrove Jul 2013 #26

Fuck Bush and his evil empire n/t mwrguy Jul 2013 #31

I do not buy it. Rain Mcloud Jul 2013 #34

how many other families went homeless due to crushing medical debt and crap insurance? Sunlei Jul 2013 #36