GEORGE H.W. BUSH

As President he told

Saddam Hussein

The invasion of Kuwait

Would not stand

And it did not

Because as President he comprehended

The actions required

To accomplish what he intended

In 1992

He lost re-election

Because the nation was tired

Of the World War II generation

He was not perfect

But he was an honorable man

Embodying the best

Of being an American

George Herbert Walker Bush

You were a politician

But only as a distant second

First you were a citizen

You did your duty, Sir

So here’s to you a salute

May you be long remembered

As a President who was, decent, competent, and resolute