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Fare Thee Well George Walker Bush
Lately we have seen and heard much about the final days of the Bush administration. We have been told by the spinmeisters that the current president, George Walker Bush, is a good deal smarter than we know. We are told he reads several books a year. In fact he confirmed he will be writing a book. Imagine the number of jokes that can be made from that announcement alone. He gives nicknames to staffers and cabinet members. We are told he’s caring and compassionate. He’s just a regular elitist rich guy.Some of the characteristics the professional liars have attributed to the outgoing, as in he’ll be leaving soon, president are admirable in most anyone.
One thing we can say is he’s added many new words to the American English lexicon. He’s brought the use of malapropisms to a new high. One term recently heard that comes to mind is “misunderestimated”; this word was used by the president in his farewell news conference earlier this week. We think he’s saying he was a lot worse as president than we could even imagine.
We think the best way to sum up the Bush years, a time that could be called bush league- only the era is worse than simply being inferior, is to turn to a quote from American writer Mark Twain who said:
“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” To this we are audacious to add, “…and a well connected family name.”
So good-bye George Bush and amen. Here’s hoping we do not meet now and then. It was not great fun, but it was just one of those – once in a lifetime, for this we are eternally grateful, incredibly bad things.
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