This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, December 6th. I'm Daniel Davis.

It was a somber day at Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday where America officially

bid farewell to 41.

President George H.W. Bush was America's longest-lived President, with a career in public service stretching back to

World War II. His son, President George W Bush, gave a moving eulogy to his

beloved dad and today will devote our entire episode to that speech.

Here's Bush, the younger.

Distinguished guests, including our Presidents and First Ladies,

government officials, foreign dignitaries, and friends.

Jeb Nial, Marvin Daro and I and our families thank you all for being here.

I once heard it said of man that the idea is to die young as late as possible.

At age 85, a favorite past time

with George H. W. Bush, was firing up his boat the fidelity and opening

up the 300 horsepower engines to fly, joyfully fly, across the Atlantic with the Secret Service boats

straining to keep up.

At age 90, George H.W. Bush par sheeted out of an aircraft and landed on the grounds of St.

Anne's by the sea in Kenny Bunkport, Maine. The church where his mom was married and where he worshipped often.

Mother liked to say he chose a location just in case the shoot didn't open.

In his 90s, he took great delight when his closest pal James A Baker smuggled a bottle of gray goose

vodka into his hospital room.

Apparently it paired well with the steak Baker had delivered from Morton's.

To his very last days, Dad's life was instructive.

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