'Mission Accomplished' Banner May Be Unfurled At Bush Library

One of the most enduring symbols of George W. Bush's presidency may soon have a prominent new home.

USA Today reports that the "Mission Accomplished" streamer, which was displayed during a speech in 2003 aboard the USS Lincoln and came to encapsulate the Bush Adminisration's premature announcement of success in Iraq, has been shipped to the future site of George W. Bush's presidential library, and may even be rolled out as an exhibit when the facility opens its doors in 2013.

According to the USA Today piece:

A design firm is sifting through thousands of documents, photos and artifacts to determine items that will be put on permanent display, Lowe said. The library will be dedicated to telling the story of the Bush administration, according to a news release. "Key events and critical decisions will be examined in engaging, interactive exhibits," it said.

While no final decisions have been made, Bush recently admitted that he didn't see the incident as a crowning moment in his presidency.

"No question it was a mistake," Bush told Matt Lauer of the scene in an interview earlier this month.

Comments

[Schoolgirl666]

06:58 PM on 11/27/2010

Other items on display at the liberry of his wife's alma mater will be the first board used for waterboarding, copy of "The Pet Goat", and the infamous pretzel.

[HDR]

11:18 AM on 11/20/2010

In his library! Perfect. And where exactly would it be displayed? In the Hall of Irony and Shame?

[senatortruth]

11:10 AM on 11/20/2010

It's the PERFECT poster for the bathroom.

[goijra]

11:13 AM on 11/20/2010

Oh man, I cannot stop laughing. Thank you! Fanned and fav'd.

[scooperss]

11:04 AM on 11/20/2010

Well darn! I had high hopes that bush was getting it put it where the sun don't shine.

[sojourning]

10:22 AM on 11/20/2010

Really? Find a home? I thought jail cells (where, if justice prevails, Bush will end up occupying) were six feet by 8 feet. I guess he can wrap the thing around the cell a few hundred times.

[Madison Lefty]

10:14 AM on 11/20/2010

That banner should be cut into small flags which can be used to dress up the graves at Arlington.

[Dionita]

09:55 AM on 11/20/2010

I “Love my Charmin” but I can put that banner to great use in either of my two bathrooms.

[exhale09]

09:41 AM on 11/20/2010

I would like to have a say as to where that "Mission Accomplished" sign should be put.....

[rgateman]

08:57 AM on 11/20/2010

I would suggest that it be shoved up where the sun don't shine and unfurled.

[BlueSkyPilot]

08:38 AM on 11/20/2010

I hope it will be proudly displayed over the entrance to "Gitmo" when Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are the the only three left in lockup there.

[scooperss]

11:05 AM on 11/20/2010

and gonzo.

[1differentdrummer]

08:31 AM on 11/20/2010

George, a passenger in a Navy jet, all togged out in his codpiece, lands on an anchored carrier and the media treat it like the second coming. Thank God for that banner, it gave the lie to George's photo op.

[skullman]

08:13 AM on 11/20/2010

A good place for the "Mission Accompolished" sign woud be hanging over George W Bush's jail cell after he is tried and convicted of war crimes.

[rory talbot]

07:42 AM on 11/20/2010

Maybe we should give the banner to the Taliban. I hear they've pretty much accomplished their mission.

[Madison Lefty]

10:15 AM on 11/20/2010

Good one! Fanned.

[watcherreader]

03:14 AM on 11/20/2010

W. gets a library? gigle

[rgateman]

08:55 AM on 11/20/2010

contents = 4 copies of My Pet Goat with the pichers all colored already! lol

[mdmccormick]

02:14 AM on 11/20/2010

I would prefer seeing his arrest warrant for War Crimes. That is the only thing that would get me to go to his library.