Gone In 15 Seconds: President Bush Sums Up His Legacy

On such a momentous day - filled with voting and hope and mavericks and Carvilles and fairy tales and Chris Matthews sexually harassing Hillary Clinton and more change than a laundromat - you wouldn't think it would be possible for George W. Bush to horn in on all the media coverage. But he found a way! Namely, by providing a succinct summation of what his presidency has meant to America.

In the seven years that I've been the President we've had a recession, corporate scandals, the 9-11 attack, major national disasters...uhhh...two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--all that created was uncertainty. Each one of those instances. We've been able to come through it because we've been resilient.

Resilient? You don't know the half of it, Mr. President! Still, if you add the Hainan Island spy plane incident, I'd say he's captured his Presidency perfectly. But, hey, it wasn't all bad! A lot of brush got cleared!