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Photograph of Barack Obama, Laura Bush, George Bush and Michelle Obama outside the White House by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
It's almost time for the Presidential torch to be passed, and, in keeping with tradition, President-elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama met with President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush for the pre-Inauguration coffee at the White House. Michelle Obama, who is wearing a yellow Isabel Toldeo dress and coat with teal pumps (ooh), gave Laura Bush a gift—the NBC commentators did not recall seeing an incoming Presidential family giving the outgoing family a gift before.
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Well, we just entered the last hour of the Bush presidency.
Hold on to your butts.
I believe the current term is 'ba-donka-donk'. For an example, see picture above.
Hurry up & get the hell out Bush
hasta luego, shitface.
Would it kill them to introduce Jimmy Carter by his full name, James Earl Carter, Jr.?
He wants to be known as "Jimmy." That's his choice. I have never heard him introduce himself as "James Carter." It's always, "Hi, I'm Jimmy Carter." It's his byline on the books he writes. He's just a folksy kind of guy. It's like the way many guys don't like getting into business suits. I'd also hazard a guess that like many guys, he's not happy about being a "Junior," especially at his age.
Don't you love the way Bush is giving Obama the sidelong glance in the photo? I think that tells everything about what he thinks of his successor.
He can introduce himself however he wants but when someone else is introducing him it would be nice to add some formality This is the Presidency, not the Baseball Hall of Fame. Notice that Bill Clinton was still introduced as William Jefferson Clinton.
For eight years Laura Bush has had the fixed and expression and empty- eyed gaze of a drug induced state of wonder. Today was no exception. Poor thing is probably force- fed sedatives.
It started with Jenna and now Mom is pharmed out too.
W's Song:
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see
I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think
I still was a mad man
I can hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man
It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
You will always remember
Nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more