I am still mulling over George W. Bush's phone call to Barack Obama after his election when Bush suggested to the president-elect that he have "fun' and enjoy himself now that he's the new chief executive.
Why would he chose the word "fun"? Indeed, what person, much less a president himself, in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, says to his successor go out and have "fun."
Then I figured that's what the former Yale cheerleader thought the presidency was all about -- another fraternity experience. One can just guess what Bush will say to Obama when they meet in the White House on Monday. "Hey, kid, here's my work-out room, here's where I watch TV and eat pretzels, here's the place where my Texas pals and I get together and have some beers, here's where I get dressed and brush my teeth, here's where I eat breakfast and read the sports pages -- and oh that, by the way, yes, that's the Oval Office."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxIUZvwiXU
Obama thinks a little differently.
Fun is not watching people starve or die over oil !
He will be missed....NOT!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/3274186/George-W-Bush-in-pictures.html
Bush: Heh, heh, heh, have fun! Enjoy yourself!
Obama: I don't have time to have fun. I have work to do. *click*
He can't imagine any other president not being like he is and no matter whether the sky is falling on the country or the bottom falling out of the economy he's still the decider, the Commander-in-Chief, the one everyone calls Mister President, and the guy who has a 747 of his very own.
One of the many things he mentions about why he wrote this book is how George Bush has bragged about having the time of his life as president.
No worries about Soldiers dying in an illegal invasion and occupation of another country.
No problem with torture. (Just don't use that word.)
New Orleans, so what?
Economic problems, they'll work out through the free market.
Medical insurance is no problem for the administration or anyone they know, so what's the big deal?
And on and on and on.
I'm sure he has been and will continue to have the time of his life, unless and until there are consequences for his criminal actions.
So as Victor Bugliosi already feared Bush will probably be able to continue his privileged life.
According to Rahm Emmanuel, Obama got elected to enact SChip legislation and increase money for stem cell research. You've got to be kidding. This should disturb every Obama voter. I also noticed ominous overtones to Obama's message the last few days before the election as it seems Obama isn't promising the present generation anything. Rather, all his statements refer to the future or the children. He should be concerned with right now. If he doesn't know what he should be doing, then here is a suggestion stop claiming to be a pragmatist, realist or moderate, but a liberal progressive who is ready to end the wars, prosecute the Bush Administration, eliminate health insurance companies (at least for profit insurance) and recoup the billions that have been stolen from the US Treasury (i.e. all recipients of US money during the Bush Administration). That is what America voted for.
A president is not a waiter, he's a leader. You tell a WAITER, "I expect you to bring me a Big Burger, curly fries, and a medium cherry coke, and I expect you to do all that quickly." You tell a LEADER, "I trust you to set priorities and to make hard decisions that I, frankly, cannot."
Obama is acting like an adult. After eight years, we've forgotten what a president who acts like an adult is like. It doesn't help that after eight years of rancid Republican rule, the country is ****ed up.