Weep for Incurious George: He misses being "pampered" at the White House

[marmar]

The White House must have one hell of a liquor cabinet. :think:



from HuffPost:



Forget being the most powerful man in the world, former President George W. Bush misses the plush amenities that comes 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.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/20/george-w-bush-pampered-president_n_770183.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. once an asshole, always an asshole

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. hell, I feel pampered just having him as EX president! Every day is brighter without him...n/t

[HopeHoops]

3. "Wadda ya mean I gots ta pay for mah own booze now. Where's Turdblossom?"

[BeyondGeography]

4. That's what it was always about, for his father, too...Status and perks.

See "What it Takes," by Richard Ben Cramer. Poppy was never happier than he was mixing martinis on AF 1 wearing his official presidential wind-breaker.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. The whole thing was a big party to him, without any further consequences.

It's why things became so completely screwed up.

[Botany]

6. Less stressful?

Are you f***ing kidding me?

W spent 977 days @ either Camp David or Crawford Texas that is ... 2.68 years out of 8 years in office ....
roughly 1/3 of this time in the White house.

This does not count time off for vacations, going to Daddy's house in Maine, going biking, and other things.


Yes, that's 487 days. And Camp David is not even where the president has spent the most time when not at the White House:
Knoller reports that Mr. Bush has made 77 visits to his ranch in Crawford during his presidency, and spent all or part of 490 days t
here.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-4728085-503544.html

[no_hypocrisy]

7. What a shame! The King misses Versailles!

* is lucky he's isn't in the Bastille.

[hlthe2b]

8. Always clueless... to think he would ADMIT this....!

Good God...:eyes:

[Rob H.]

9. "...there I was with a plastic bag in my hand,

picking up that which I had been dodging shoving down the American public's throat for eight years."

Fixed it for ya, Shrub.

You're welcome.

[Radical Activist]

10. If only the rest of us could have avoided eight years of his dogshit.

[political_Dem]

11. Crocodile tears. I rather see W. "pampered" behind bars.

His excess ran this country into the ground. Screw him.

[zbdent]

12. He only had to be sobered up for interviews where he'd have to be asked questions

by people who weren't plants.

So, on that one occasion ... oh, f*ck it ... they realized he'd have done better sh*tfaced drunk ...

[Generic Brad]

13. I'm sure Senator David Vitter could help him out

He knows where to go to get "pampered".