A British Op-Ed On 2nd Term-Not What You'd Think

[Annie]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1070-1443680,00.html

Worth reading in total:

By contrast, George Washington offered the shortest inaugural address to his fellow countrymen. In his first, he had stunned them by announcing that he would not accept a salary (only John F. Kennedy in recent decades has been similarly inexpensive). In his second, however, with a similar spirit of economy, he produced a mere 135 words. Yet, if inclined, George W. Bush could comfortably beat that record in Washington on Thursday. He might legitimately stand up and state in five blunt words: “I own this town now” and then sit down again.