It was a kinder, gentler time — December 1992.
President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, had just been soundly defeated by Bill Clinton in his bid for re-election.
But he extended an unexpected invitation to Dana Carvey — the comedian/impressionist who had mocked him on an almost weekly basis on “Saturday Night Live” — to appear at the White House for a holiday party for outgoing and deeply dispirited staffers.
And so Carvey appeared in the East Room, entering to the tune of “Hail to the Chief” and addressing his audience with his spot-on Bush voice and wild hand gesticulations.