In a speech at the University of Texas at Tyler, former President George W. Bush told a packed house that he misses the creature comforts of the White House.
“I miss being pampered; I miss Air Force One; I miss being commander in chief of an awesome group of (people),” Bush told the audience Tuesday night, reports the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
The loudly pro-Bush crowd lavished the former President with cheers, fist-pumps, three standing ovations and shouts of “Bring Back Bush” during his talk, which was part of the school’s distinguished lecture series.
Bush has kept a low profile since leaving office in January of 2009. Aides told The Associated Press the former President won’t stick his nose in the dirt being flung back and forth in the run-up to November’s midterm elections.
That’s probably for the best, as far as his party is concerned.
An AP-GfK poll released just last month found that 55% of Americans are still sour on Bush, and 51% say he was responsible for the economic crisis.
But these days, instead of cleaning up the country’s messes, he’s cleaning up after former First Dog Barney.
“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 told the crowd.
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6 Responses
How ironic! President Bush misses “being pampered” and President Barack Hussein Obama acts like he still NEEDS PAMPERS!
So what does “Dubblya” want people to do – take up a collection so he can hire someone to “scoop the poop”? He certainly is not the man that his father is – the senior Bush would never make a speech about missing his luxuries when so much of the country has had their living standards plummet and unemployment is at such high levels.
2, You obviously missed the point. How you could say that about GWB is baffling especially when our current president has taken more extremely expensive vacations in 2 years than anyone else. So what do you feed that Obama avoda zora getchka of yours in your living room?
minyan gal, i say b”h dubyaa isnt the man his father was, Dubyaa is a much greater man on his own.
I miss him.
I miss him too!!! (including his pro isreal stance)