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Former Presidents Should Be Seen And Not Heard

There's an old proverb that goes "children should be seen and not heard".   At a breakfast Friday, with former White House staff, George Bush, of all people indicated the same should hold true for former presidents.

It seems he wasn't too pleased when former President Jimmy Carter gave him grief about his administration's position on the torture of terror suspects.

As for his own role in his post-president years, Bush told his former staffers:

"I have no desire to see myself on television.  
I don't want to be on a panel of formers instructing the
 currents what to do.  I'm trying to regain a sense of 
anonymity."

Two points:

1. Why did he wait until now to come up with this?  He had 8 years.
2. I'm surprised he can even spell, pronounce or know the meaning of anonymity!

The good old days.

Comments

Canadian Blend said…
I read his comments someplace -- maybe HuffingtonPost. I want to hear him pronounce "anonymity." My thoughts are the person writing down Bush's thoughts cleaned it up for him.
nonamedufus said…
Cdn Blend: Yeah, I read them too. If the guy had problems with "nuclear" I'm sure he flubbed anonymity!
Anonymous said…
Wah-wah-waaaah!

He signed up for the gig with ALL that comes with it.

You still hear jokes about somebody being "Monica-ed" and a Clinton's smiling mug comes up every time.
nonamedufus said…
Quirks: Yeah but when Americans think about getting screwed, they always think of George. ;)
Moooooog35 said…
Exactly. He should do what Joe Biden's been doing...establishing his anonymity.
nonamedufus said…
moooooog: Joe who?
Kirsten said…
I'm with Quirky! Wah!!!!!!
nonamedufus said…
Kirsten: Good to see you around again. Yeah, if you wanna be President I guess you should be prepared to take all that comes with it...and after it!
Chris said…
Actually, he botched it. What he was trying to say was, "...regain a sense of unanimity." You know, having everyone finally agree with him.
nonamedufus said…
Chris: Yeah, right, like that's gonna happen.
Ziva said…
What a coincidence, I have no desire to see Bush on television either.
nonamedufus said…
Ziva: Finally, he understand the will of the people!
Sure, he has no desire to see himelf on television. Because he's a fucking idiot and he knows it and he's tired of getting flayed by the press and the public and even his own party. He practically ruined this country, and may still yet.

*I wasn't too political, was I?*
nonamedufus said…
Mike: Couldn't have said it better myself...and I'm Canadian.
kathcom said…
How does he juggle anonymity with his new career as a motivational speaker? He's also going to have to show up one day to break ground on the Bush library. It will be filled with book!
nonamedufus said…
kathcom: "...filled with book" hahaha I hope it's got lots of pictures.

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