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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI was a little worried when I saw W's Approval is rising...
Poll: George W. Bush approval rating up post-White HouseRead more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/poll-george-w-bush-approval-rating-2013-90484.html#ixzz2RIdrCpmy
http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1144a17BushRetrospective.pdf
and then I remembered this:
and, you know poetry like this:
"Dear Laura," has never been published; however, it was read by GWB's wife, Laura Lane Welch Bush, at the National Book Festival Gala held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on October 23, 2003.
Dear Laura,
Roses are red, violets are blue,
oh my lump in the bed, how I've missed you.
Roses are redder, bluer am I,
seeing you kissed by that charming French guy.
The dogs and the cat they miss you too,
Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe.
The distance my dear has been such a barrier,
next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier.*
Roses are red, violets are blue,
oh my lump in the bed, how I've missed you.
Roses are redder, bluer am I,
seeing you kissed by that charming French guy.
The dogs and the cat they miss you too,
Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe.
The distance my dear has been such a barrier,
next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier.*
http://www.nolanchart.com/article5830-george-w-bush-american-poet.html
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2013/04/irony-is-still-dead.html
http://www.nolanchart.com/article5830-george-w-bush-american-poet.html
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I was a little worried when I saw W's Approval is rising... (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2013
OP
Most Americans prefer to wax poetically about anybody who's been in a position of power.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2013
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Aristus
(66,095 posts)1. The way I see it, people are just remembering how glad they are
that he's not President anymore.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)2. Shitty president.
As alcoholic amateur painters in deep denial go, he's not so terrible.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)3. Most Americans prefer to wax poetically about anybody who's been in a position of power.
They'd excoriate everybody else, but when you're part of the elitist club, they'll give you a pass. I don't understand this mindset. I judge a person by their works, not by the size of their bank account or the height of their power, and GW gets a resounding F- from me and he will continue to receive it even long after he's gone.
and rec, kpete.