His poor parents.
Never mind his poor parents ... think about W.
He’d never stand for such treatment or such sorry replies.
For that matter, his “poor parents” are the very people who urged him to run.
I can hear the family saying, “win this one for “Poppy. He’s getting old, Jebby boy, you can do it. You sat out 2012. Now, it’s YOUR TURN!”
They are the ones who adopted Bill.