bobbymcgill
Member
- Aug 23, 2008
- 92
- 11
- 6
One thing about ol' Georgie boy: he never backs down. No matter how deep he wades into the muck of mendacity. From WMD's to "mission accomplished" to the mortgage meltdown, no slave to approval ratings is he.
But wait. We may have what amounts to an apology from the old codger.
When asked by Charlie Gibson about the election of Barack Obama, George W. said he was to blame:
"I'm sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me. I think most people voted for Barack Obama because they decided they wanted him to be in their living room for the next four years explaining policy." *
Granted, in King George's mind, he might have fancied himself as deserving credit for Obama's rise to the presidency, but lets take what we can get. Sounds like an apology to me. In essence he is saying, "I did such a poor job that people wanted someone else."
So meager a performance that even people casually linked to Bush couldn't get elected. (The guy that cleans Bush's swimming pool in Crawford was recently voted out of the American Pool Association presidency).
I am happy to see the softer side of George Bush; looking a bit sentimental there on screen. No need to be a bad ass anymore. What will the future hold?
Over the next few weeks the president will be doing a series of what the White House calls "exit interviews." So, now that Boy George has had his catharsis, what will he have to say about his plans post-presidency?
I predict the announcement of a new foundation, something along the lines of Jimmy Carter's Habitat for Humanity. I look for it to be called, "Houses for Haliburton."
________________
*Thanks for repeating his name in the second sentence, sir. I might have forgotten who you were talking about in the first.
Idle Wordship
But wait. We may have what amounts to an apology from the old codger.
When asked by Charlie Gibson about the election of Barack Obama, George W. said he was to blame:
"I'm sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me. I think most people voted for Barack Obama because they decided they wanted him to be in their living room for the next four years explaining policy." *
Granted, in King George's mind, he might have fancied himself as deserving credit for Obama's rise to the presidency, but lets take what we can get. Sounds like an apology to me. In essence he is saying, "I did such a poor job that people wanted someone else."
So meager a performance that even people casually linked to Bush couldn't get elected. (The guy that cleans Bush's swimming pool in Crawford was recently voted out of the American Pool Association presidency).
I am happy to see the softer side of George Bush; looking a bit sentimental there on screen. No need to be a bad ass anymore. What will the future hold?
Over the next few weeks the president will be doing a series of what the White House calls "exit interviews." So, now that Boy George has had his catharsis, what will he have to say about his plans post-presidency?
I predict the announcement of a new foundation, something along the lines of Jimmy Carter's Habitat for Humanity. I look for it to be called, "Houses for Haliburton."
________________
*Thanks for repeating his name in the second sentence, sir. I might have forgotten who you were talking about in the first.
Idle Wordship
