Apr 23, 2007

My sentiments exactly...

For those that may feel offended by this, I would like to remind them that President Bush Jr. was the first one in making a point that 'he does not read the newspapers'...

And while we are at the sentiments that Bush inspires, (and not just to me) here is a small story that illustrates some of those feelings:

One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President George W. Bush."

The Marine replied, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer President and doesn't reside here."The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President George W. Bush".

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer President and doesn't reside here."The man thanked him and again walked away . . .

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President George W. Bush."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already several times that Mr. Bush is not the President anymore and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?"

The old man answered, "Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing your answer!"The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow"

1 comment:

Jarek said...

On one hand Bush reminds me of the protagonist from "Being There" a guy who happens to be at the right place at the right time and there he is: the President of the most powerful country on the planet. By the way, it sounds very eerie when the main character already as the President says: "I don't read."
Oh, just go see the movie ... If you've seen it, watch it again.
On the other hand Bush and the bunch remind me of a heartless hord out there to abuse the oh-so-very-fragile-after-all system we call democracy.