George H.W. Bush hospitalized; haters emerge on cue

Ninety year old former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized due to shortness of breath tonight. The reaction to the news was largely supportive and sympathetic, but nothing brings out the really vile haters like a Republican with a health issue. Some of them didn’t even stop to determine which Bush they were talking about.

Former President George H.W. Bush taken to hospital as precaution after experiencing shortness of breath. http://t.co/NSGuQUPCxJ

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 24, 2014

.@cnnbrk .@CNNPolitics Don't zap THAT George Bush! The other one, Lord, zap the other one!!

— Jon Frank (@jfrankesq) December 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/kurtanderson1/status/547592268346294272

@cnnbrk @CNNPolitics maybe he was just watching porn

— Luke (@lukeisfantasy) December 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/anilthakraney/status/547595517341884417

https://twitter.com/arbetarsoli/status/547599514321059842

Some thought it would be clever to mock the ailing president for the sake of their cause.

https://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/status/547597828374003712

Former president #bush hospitalized 4 shortness of breath #BlackTwitter #BlackLivesMatter #Ferguson #ThisStopsToday pic.twitter.com/FpFLzuyyI9

— Tesla's Catalysis.. (@PHD228) December 24, 2014

@BBCWorld @GeorgeHWBush #ICantBreathe

— Tania Ukraina (@HereComesTania) December 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/Lothario76/status/547604221479370753

https://twitter.com/NationalDedt/status/547598532157648896

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https://twitter.com/NationalDedt/status/547598778824683521

@politico that warlock can't die.

— MD (@Mark_DiGiacomo) December 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/The_Trumpet/status/547594904314994688

@FoxNews @foxnewspolitics Devil has come for his due.

— Annunakiller (@Radio_Actor) December 24, 2014

@ABC He's had shortness of conscious for a long time. Since before he rigged the hostage crisis in Iran and the failed rescue.

— Raha Turner (@RaHa762) December 24, 2014

We suspect “conscience” was the word  that troll was going for but a poor vocabulary is probably the least of their problems

@NBCNews @CynthiaStillBB they need to put the sob in a cage.

— Mark (@Fearless4Him58) December 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/jdavismemphis/status/547597546227372034

Classy.