More crude than that. You shouldn't doubt it. That said, I'm not defending the elder Bush's behavior, at all. Just saying that in the grand scheme of things if you can't handle the lame exploits of a 90 year old man then you really shouldn't be touting yourself as a strong person.
Regarding senility and ‘the true personality’ coming out, I strongly disagree. All of us have impulses (e.g. to eat too much, drink too much, say the wrong thing, etc. etc.) that we avoid acting on. A lot of that rational behavior is determined in the frontal lobe. People with frontal lobe brain injuries have a very hard time with proper contextual behaviors - as they are neurologically disinhibited (there are fascinating stories about this, including the classic case of Phineas Gage). If there are brain injuries or changes that occur in the context of a particular person aging, it may result in personality changes - but it definitely doesn't define what that person was ‘really like’ during life or in their heart.
I'm not defending Bush. I'm very upset with the ‘old money’ support of globalism etc., and I'm not a fan of any Bush returning to high public office. That said, this particular story, in my opinion, is much ado about nothing.
Very sensible post.