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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:15 AM Apr 2013

I was a little worried when I saw W's Approval is rising...

Poll: George W. Bush approval rating up post-White House
Read 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.*


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

and this:

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I was a little worried when I saw W's Approval is rising... (Original Post) kpete Apr 2013 OP
The way I see it, people are just remembering how glad they are Aristus Apr 2013 #1
Shitty president. Orsino Apr 2013 #2
Most Americans prefer to wax poetically about anybody who's been in a position of power. BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #3

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
3. Most Americans prefer to wax poetically about anybody who's been in a position of power.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:29 AM
Apr 2013

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.

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