George W. Bush: 'I Miss Being Pampered' As President

Forget being the most powerful man in the world, former President George W. Bush misses the plush amenities that come with being the leader of the free world.

"I miss being pampered; I miss Air Force 1; I miss being commander in chief of an awesome group of (people)," the former president told a packed house at a University of Texas at Tyler lecture Tuesday night, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Bush, whose book "Decision Points" is slated for release in the second week of November, also took the opportunity to drop a signature moment of levity in discussing dog poop.

The former president recalled an experience that took place while walking his dog, Barney, just days after leaving the White House.

"Ten days out of the presidency, there I was with a plastic bag in my hand, picking up that which I had been dodging for eight years," he said.

The Associated Press recently reported that Bush was "holed up in Texas" due to a lack of demand for the 43rd president, whose second term ended amidst dismal approval ratings. But, according to the Telegraph, Bush said Tuesday that he finally had a chance to enjoy living a less stressful life out of the limelight.

Comments

[cooltp]

04:13 PM on 10/22/2010

so, if I repeat an earlier post like this one: "What a pity his dog has 10 times his IQ. The traitor should be contemplating a long drop on a short rope.." because I like it, then you decide it can't be said. Is that because I'm saying it? You didn't have a problem when WashingDCsucks said it three hours ago

[cooltp]

04:00 PM on 10/22/2010

just thought this needed repeating from an earlier post: What a pity his dog has 10 times his IQ. The traitor should be contemplating a long drop on a short rope.

[NoPretenses]

03:58 PM on 10/22/2010

COD in pants.

[Rashaverak]

03:39 PM on 10/22/2010

Poor baby!

http://fixco1.com/bushbaby.jpg

[AirForce Vet]

03:37 PM on 10/22/2010

George Bush commented that he missed being pampered. Maybe that was his biggest problem; he was pampered and spoiled to the core and became a rotten specimen. Well, George, many of us relish each day since you departed. Maybe if you insist George, the new administration could set aside some time for you at Guantanamo, where you can really get a taste of the old Bush/Cheney’s style of pampering.

[Rogo99]

03:20 PM on 10/22/2010

I see him sitting around his gated-community mcmansion (not the Crawford ranch, that was all show) in his slippers and sweatpants, watching TV with a bowl of snacks and his feet on the coffee table. Waiting for the phone to ring with an invitation to speak, or maybe cut the ribbon on the opening of a new grocery store. No conscience, no regrets, no blame on his god for his current situation (well, he'll always have money), and pacing around not thinking at all about why.

[Maney]

03:41 PM on 10/22/2010

You appear to have jumped to the conclusion that he thinks at all about anything . . .

[aaazzz111]

02:43 PM on 10/22/2010

His daddy pampered him without understanding, a reentry into Iraq, undermining his daddy's work at containment, with a foolhardy attempt of nation-building, at a time the U.S could ill afford such.

[stanvahi]

01:22 PM on 10/22/2010

He dodged an even bigger and stinkier pile of crap by leaving it for Obama. Never forget whose failed policies created this mess.

[WashingtonDCsucks]

01:03 PM on 10/22/2010

What a pity his dog has 10 times his IQ. The traitor should be contemplating a long drop on a short rope.

[Arashi]

12:33 PM on 10/22/2010

"Ten days out of the presidency, there I was with a plastic bag in my hand, picking up that which I had been dodging for eight years,"

Too bad we couldn't, you low-life-son-of-a...

[PartOfTheSolution]

12:31 PM on 10/22/2010

Indict. Convict. Ex3cute!

[IHateTheGOP]

12:23 PM on 10/22/2010

Let me spend some time with this "man." I'll pamper him. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld should be in prison awaiting execution for murder, war crimes, treason, torture, violations of international law, and violations of the U. S. Constitution. Read Vincent Bugliosi's book, "The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder." It's all laid out.

[Laws456]

12:29 PM on 10/22/2010

I was reading a book in B&N last night and there was a passage regarding the trial of Milosevic...One of the problems of the trial was the "lack of evidence" or something to that effect. The next line went something like Nixon was on tape, openly talking about bombing Cambodia, even though they had done nothing to provoke us. Milosevic faced charges with little evidence, there's evidence that proves Nixon was doing some very bad things but yet he faced no prosecution. Gotta love this world. The former admin will never be brought to trial.

[Rogo99]

03:30 PM on 10/22/2010

Excerpted from and about the writing of "The Price of Loyalty" by Ron Suskind, about the tenure of Paul O'Neil as Secretary of the Treasury:

“From the very first instance, it was about Iraq. It was about what we can do to change this regime,” says Suskind. “Day one, these things were laid and sealed.”

As treasury secretary, O'Neill was a permanent member of the National Security Council. He says in the book he was surprised at the meeting that questions such as "Why Saddam?" and "Why now?" were never asked.

"It was all about finding a way to do it. That was the tone of it. The president saying ‘Go find me a way to do this,’" says O’Neill. “For me, the notion of pre-emption, that the U.S. has the unilateral right to do whatever we decide to do, is a really huge leap.”

And that came up at this first meeting, says O’Neill, who adds that the discussion of Iraq continued at the next National Security Council meeting two days later.

He got briefing materials under this cover sheet. “There are memos. One of them marked, secret, says, ‘Plan for post-Saddam Iraq,’" adds Suskind, who says that they discussed an occupation of Iraq in January and February of 2001."

[Maney]

03:47 PM on 10/22/2010

Wow - and I was told their biggest problem on day 1 was finding all the "W"s missing from the White House keyboards! I've been lied to!

[Islian]

12:07 PM on 10/22/2010

None of what we see as his failures are failures to him - he did just exactly what he set out to do. It is a personal failure to him that he didn't get to bilk the 'privatized' social security money also. This is the #1 reason why we all need to vote DEMOCRAT (hold you nose if you need do) - those rep ukes are not yet satisfied with the wrecked state of our schools, our parks, our federal and state budgets, our middle class pocketbooks - and they are raring to do more damage.

If his years in office are not trea son - what would trea son look like is this era?

[Pariss]

10:55 AM on 10/22/2010

PRIG ( definition)
–noun
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity to them but not of themselves, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, esp. in a self-righteous or irritating manner.

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[Pariss]

10:52 AM on 10/22/2010

Really????.well you cheap creep, fly in your boy toy Jeff Gannon, he'll pamper you for about $500 an hour plus expenses, just like the good ole White House pampering days