America says goodbye to Bush 41President Clinton says he became the “black sheep” adoptive son into George Herbert Walker Bush’s family. President Bush left this note to incoming President Clinton. Thus began a friendship and a tradition of service for the Democrat and Republican presidents.
“Dear Bill,” George H.W. Bush scribbled Jan. 20, 1993, to the Democrat about to succeed him as president. “When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too.”
