George W Bush’s $300m library in danger of becoming white elephant-monument to a failed presidency

[babylonsister]

George W Bush’s $300m library in danger of becoming white elephant
His critics see it as a monument to a failed presidency that may not even hold all his key documents
Sarah Baxter


As President George W Bush eyes his legacy, his presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, threatens to be a white elephant.

Bush has bought a $3m (£2.05m) house in a Republican enclave 10 minutes away from his proposed library and hopes to play an active role in the policy institute that will be established there. With his approval ratings at a record low of 20%, according to a CBS poll, he is keenly interested in shaping the verdict of history.

“I’d like to be . . . known as somebody who liberated 50m people and helped achieve peace,” Bush said in a recent interview. Laura Bush said last week that she saw the policy institute as a “great vehicle” for continuing her support for women’s rights in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Work on the $300m library will begin in January, overseen by the architect Robert Stern, dean of the Yale school of architecture. The identity of donors has been kept secret from Bush, who established a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about their names after The Sunday Times revealed in July that a top Republican donor was touting access to senior administration officials in return for donations of up to $250,000.

So far, fundraising has been “very modest”, according to Dan Bartlett, a former senior White House aide and spokesman for the library.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5404121.ece

[grytpype]

1. hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SpiralHawk]

2. Commander AWOL (R) fails again. At least he is a consistent republicon-homelander hack

[xxqqqzme]

16. Yep - time for poppy

to step in and get his buds to bail out his son...........yet again.

[Botany]

3. De Nile is more than a river in Egypt

“I’d like to be . . . known as somebody who liberated 50m people and helped achieve peace,” Bush said in a recent interview.

:banghead:

Bush ....... and hopes to play an active role in the policy institute.

:rofl:

I want to remembered as the world's greatest lover who won a Nobel Prize, the Heisman Trophy, and a Rhodes Scholarship .....
did I tell you my black lab is going to win the Westminster dog show this year? And I will get $10,000,000 per stud fee too.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Ya think????

He'll be lucky to raise enough funds to build a parking lot. As for Bush shaping policy--the only policy he'll be shaping is maybe deciding what days the garbage collectors come around.

[madrchsod]

5. there are a few of us methodists that are still "upset"

about his library being at the university. everything he has done in his life goes against the principals of the church and more importantly the teachings of christ. i hope the library is a true testament to his failure as a human being.

[mediaman007]

6. He'll fuck this thing up too!

He's the case for a 100% tax on inheritance.

[snot]

7. Enjoyable article. I also heard

that part of the deal with SMU, the campus on which the library's to be located, was that the library would not be part of the University or subject to any kind of academic standards.

Not sure how reliable that is, though.

[pansypoo53219]

8. georgee finally

gets people some jobs.

[FLAprogressive]

9. All the "key documents" have been burned and/or shredded already....nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I'd like to be known as someone who is thin, has a million $, and is 30 years younger.

You and me are doomed to disappointment, Georgie.

[democrank]

11. Sorry, Junior...

You`re going to be known for the murder and maiming of hundreds of thousands, the destruction of three countries, the ruination of the American economy, the torture planes, the outing of a CIA operative, eating birthday cake with John McCain in the middle of Hurricane Katrina, not completing your National Guard stint, politicizing the Department of Justice, the pitiful neglect of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, and on and freaking on.

George W. Bush, the worst president....EVER!

[Double T]

12. bush monument to a failed presidency and the destruction of America.

The country would have been a much better off without ANY of the blood line bushes. Hope the 'monument' has a hurling wall......:puke:

[Doremus]

13. Surely there's a better use of that money than a monument to the worst failure in US history.

Lipstick. Needs more lipstick.

[madamesilverspurs]

14. Temperature controlled

so the crayons don't melt...

[Double T]

15. The bush 'monument' could always be converted into a waste treatment facility.

[Kip Humphrey]

17. BuShit's new library revealed: design attempts to capture the greatest highlight of his presidency

[babylonsister]

19. Hahahaha!

:rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

22. "I find this shoe library thingy to be altogether tasteless humor." - Commander AWOL (R)

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. Shape it like a big elephant turd.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. Consensus GOP reaction: at least the elephant is WHITE.

Kick and rec, we need to keep a close eye on this "policy institute."

[FreakinDJ]

21. I could build it for Only $1 Million - look here

Still working on the "Design" a little but I think this will fit any thing of value George Bush might have