Over the last eight years, George Bush has engaged in three major wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, and grammar. Here’s a salvo fired during a recent exit interview with ABC News:
Gibson: Do you feel in any way responsible for what’s happening?
Bush: You know, I’m the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived in President, during I arrived in President.
It was only a few years ago that President Bush gave a video tour of the Oval Office during which he said, among other things:
The other paintings on the wall are from Texas. This is…Onderdonk…a man named Julian Onderdonk painted these paintings…a man named Julian Onderdonk was the artist.
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This also is a Texas painting by a man named Tom Lee. he’s a personal friend of Laura and mine. He passed away unfortunately this year…th..this painting here [same painting -- ED] is by Tom Lee he was a personal friend of Laura and mine. He was from El Paso, Texas.
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And finally, um, the final painting is also a Julian Onderdonk. Its a beautiful setting of Texas bluebonnets which is the Texas fla…uh, th…th…the painting is a setting of Texas bluebonnets…its done by Julian Onderdonk.
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Listening to this Ivy League smartypants for the next four to eight will take some getting used to. But we’re Americans – somehow I think we’ll manage.
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If you are ever unfortunate to be like stuck in Odessa, Texas, check out the Tom Lea (correct spelling) mural entitled “Stampede” in the Odessa Post OFfice. Awesome, Man. I am going to miss our poor idiot President.