Bush went to Tipp City, Ohio yesterday to chat with ordinary American people about pretty much whatever was on their minds. He discussed ‘chicken-plucking factories’, his wife, death, polls that go ‘poof’, and Iraq. On each point, Bush struggled with the english language. But, here is his deep thinking on the catastrophe in Iraq.
As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office, a task he quickly cast to his wife. He told her to make sure the rug reflected optimism “because you can’t make decisions unless you’re optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow.”
Later, when he talked about his hope for succeeding in Iraq, Bush said, “Remember the rug?”
Laura picked out a rug with a big sunburst. See? Optimistic. Like her husband, who finds spiritual strength in difficult times by talking to his Father in heaven…and contemplating his office rug.
Maybe this rug will remain friends with Bush even after his wife and dog leave him.
In other news, Dennis Kucinich is introducing articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. No word on the charges yet. It will go nowhere and only force all the Dems to call the idea silly. I like Kucinich’s spunk but he should realize that we have to develop the case and evidence, and that he is about the worst messenger possible for convincing ‘serious’ people about the need to remove Cheney from office.
Wow, talk about OUT OF TOUCH!!! What a setup!!!
“The first thing I did was pick up a rug, and that provided the metaphor for the rest of my presidency! After all, we all know that I LIE LIKE A RUG.”
Well, that certainly puts the association between Iraq and the rug into perspective, doesn’t it?
…remember the rug?…polls that go “poof“…chicken plucking…?!
the jokes, do indeed, write themselves…
Maybe this rug will remain friends with Bush even after his wife and dog leave him
Well, I can think of at least one rug that he has trampled far beyond its ability to forgive him
Unfortunately, none of the “credible” members of Congress are willing to take their case to the “serious” members of the public, so it really doesn’t matter much who’s carrying the message right now unless there is a spine donor waiting in the wings for the rest of the Democratic Party.
Exactly. I don’t get what Boo’s problem is with Kucinich. Like we don’t need ANYBODY to EVER say out loud what a whole bunch of people are quietly thinking.
It really tied the room together, man.
I wonder if the Rug talks to him, too, and what else besides “God” keeps screaming in his ear?
The story made me think of the blessed relief from smileyface overload that Barbara Ehrenreich provided in the February Harper’s mag:
It’s well worth finding a copy and reading the whole rant if you’re as sick as I am of idiot motivational speakers popping up out of every cranny like whiny roaches.