老布希離開白宮之前，留給擊敗他的柯林頓一封信……柯林頓：成為他的朋友是我人生最棒的禮物

柯林頓太太、美國前國務卿希拉蕊（Hillary Clinton）直言，聽聞老布希過世，重新閱讀當年他留給柯林頓的信件內容，讓她痛哭失聲，並在社群網站Instagram上寫道：「這是我們所愛的美國，也是我們珍惜與期盼的事物。」今年6月，柯林頓前往緬因州濱海小鎮肯納邦克波特（Kennebunkport）探望老布希，當時老布希穿著印有柯林頓頭像圖案的襪子，柯林頓還開心合照。

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老布希時代不復存在？柯林頓：他會要大家找回來

老布希與柯林頓的友誼，為小布希立了榜樣，而小布希也與自己的繼任者歐巴馬是好友，反觀現任總統川普，則與布希家族關係不睦，因為2016年總統大選時，老布希次子、佛羅里達州前州長傑布．布希（Jeb Bush）爭取共和黨提名，初選時遭川普嘲諷「沒挑戰力」；小布希曾痛批川普是「吹牛大王」，並把票投給當時的民主黨總統候選人希拉蕊。

 

 

 

 

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You may have noticed a letter that went viral on the internet this week. The letter is from George H.W. Bush’s presidential library. I hadn’t read it in a long time, until yesterday. It moved me to tears, just like it did all those years ago. It’s the letter that President Bush left in the Oval Office for my husband, back in January of 1993. They had just fought a fierce campaign. Bill won, President Bush lost. In a democracy, that’s how it goes. But when Bill walked into that office for the very first time as President, that note was waiting for him. It had some good advice about staying focused on what mattered, despite the critics. It wished him happiness. And it concluded with these words: “You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success is now our country’s success. And I am rooting hard for you. George.” That’s the America we love. That is what we cherish and expect.

Hillary Clinton（@hillaryclinton）分享的貼文 於 PDT 2016 年 6月 月 14 日 下午 4:25 張貼

柯林頓提到，老布希的辭世，很多人會感嘆他所屬的時代一去不復返，那個時代「反對者不是敵人，對不同意見持開放態度以改變心態，那時看重事實，會為了子女的未來公正協商，共同前進」，並稱老布希若知道大家嘆息這樣的年代不復存在，一定會說：「胡說八道，把美國帶回那情形是你們的責任。」柯林頓說：「我們要感謝老布希......誠實探索，如同他一直做的事，帶領美國人前進。」