All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings by George H. W. Bush

Author:George H. W. Bush
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Literary Collections, Letters, Political Process, 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, political, United States, Leadership, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
ISBN: 9781476731162
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2013-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Jim Baker, who had left his job at Treasury to head up my campaign, suggested that during the Democratic convention, he and I leave it all behind and go fishing in Wyoming. It was a brilliant idea.

July 19th

It’s now the 19th, Tuesday, outside of Cody, Wyoming. I came up here with Jim Baker. We flew in a Gulf Stream III with a minimum staff out of Andrews into Cody. We changed into a helicopter; flew up to the park; and then we completely escaped. . . .

Baker and I share a tent. We go to sleep every night by 9:00 p.m. or 9:15 p.m., and dawn comes early; but this morning, Tuesday, I managed to sleep until 7:15 after getting up once at the crack of dawn, and then back to bed.

I’m dictating this lying on my bedroll outside of my tent looking at the most beautiful ridge of pines in the mountains, a crystal clear blue sky, and there is not a cloud in the sky today. Fly casting that I learned years ago at the Adirondacks come back to me, and I haven’t done it since, but I love it—throwing the fly where you see a rock, or under a log, or behind a tree. It’s a real skill. You stand out alone and think, and it’s beautiful. I’m getting better with the fly casting. The little fly floats, and you see these little fish come up. There are tiny fish in the river, cut throats, brook, rainbow, and they are delicious. We had some for breakfast . . .

I took a bath under an ice cold waterfall. I didn’t get totally in, but I took the crystal water to clean myself off and to wash, and I felt like a million dollars. Today I plan to bathe in the river when the sun is at its height.

We woke up with ice in our pail this morning, a pail of cold clear water outside our tent to brush our teeth and wash our faces, and now, three hours later, I’m lying with no shirt on a bedroll out in front of the tent. Things seems far away. . . .

I have concluded from this trip that I can be very happy in what follows on. If I lose, I don’t know what I’ll do, but I know I’ll be happy. But the main thing is, I’d like to do something to help others, though I don’t know what it will prove to be. I still feel confident that I will win, but the polls are tough. Bentsen is seen as a stroke of genius21 even though he’s way, way apart on the issues, but we’ve got to get it in focus. We’ve got to make people understand how far left Dukakis is. . . .

But as I dictate this, Saturday night blends into Sunday, then into Monday, and now Tuesday, it doesn’t seem to matter—I feel rested, and my mind is clearer. We’ll go back to the rat

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