Bush, on Friendly Turf, Suggests History Will Be Kind to Him

[Rose Siding]

On Wednesday, Bar's boy shot the bull with some 30%ers. And he's still obsessing about the rug. Other than the time he caught a big fish, it must be his favorite part of preznitin'. -

Mr. Bush began his remarks with a story about how the White House concierge asked him, on the day before his first inauguration, what kind of rug he wanted for the Oval Office and, enlisting the help of his wife, he said, “Make sure the rug says, ‘Optimistic person comes to work.’ ”

Later, discussing his optimism that the United States will succeed in Iraq, he said, “Remember the rug?”

And he concluded with a thought about what historians would say about him. Last year, he said, he read three biographies of George Washington. “If they’re still writing about 1,” he said, “43 doesn’t have to worry about it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/washington/20bush.html?ex=1334721600&en=21b3a6a174b3a84c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

It's so obvious!:
If we want the war to end, we must convince authors to ix-nay on the iting-wray of ooks-bay ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org.nyud.net:8090/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Polly.jpg/180px-Polly.jpg

[Ishoutandscream2]

1. The man is sooooooo stupid

The leader of the free world, ladies and gentlemen...

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Stupid and self-serving, self-absorbed, ALWAYS arrogant, condescending and the list goes on.

[beevul]

3. I did not think...

that anyone could be THAT disconected from reality.

[hippiechick]

4. Well of course history will be kind to him ...

... when the BFEE/Carlyle owns media or sits on the boards of directors for companies that make the documentaries or publish the history books ... what else would one expect?

:freak:

[spanone]

5. dream on you stupid asswipe.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. “43 doesn’t have to worry about it.”

In other words "What me worry?".

[HughBeaumont]

7. Uh . . . sorry George.

They're writing about 1 because 1 actually had these teeeeensy little things called "accomplishments" with his term. Historians aren't going to be able to bullshit your . . . er . . . "legacy" the way they did St. Ronnie's. Bewsh's occupancy has been nothing but a consummate disaster for 90% of America's population and a disgrace to this nation's image. His administration's actions are responsible for nearly 3/4 of a million deaths worldwide, the rich-poor gap increasing exponentially, American plant closings and thousands upon thousands of layoffs. He's been an environmental and social program plague. Meanness and stupidity have overtaken culture.

Is everyone going to throw a week-long celebration when the Failure Fuhrer gets evicted? How long is it going to take for the Blight House to be fumigated?

[Bluebear]

8. OMG not with the rug again!!!

[tanyev]

9. Oh, they'll be writing books about you for a very long time, George.

I just don't think they'll be quite what you're expecting. Asshat.

[Solly Mack]

10. Well, the "history" written by Coulter and the like will be kind to him

Bush isn't counting so much on actual history as he is the perceptions of history

People will remember Bush's rug just as they remember Washington's false teeth - some will always believe the teeth were wooden and some will always believe the "“Make sure the rug says, ‘Optimistic person comes to work.’ ”"

Washington's false teeth were not wooden but it makes a nice anecdote and Bush is not an optimistic person but it makes a nice anecdote...and it warms people to the past.

The truth of history (false teeth and a new rug) verses the supposedly "harmless" and "entertaining" lies of history (wooden teeth, optimistic person) - A perception is born.


"You know, I could run for governor, but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business ..." -- G.W. Bush


And he is and he knows this - but a lot of people laughed when he said that.

I'm betting a lot of those same people aren't laughing now.

Look at Vietnam.

20 years from now there will still be people claiming "we could have won" - if only (and the same list we hear now will be repeated) - and there will be people who counter the statement with the exact same arguments we have now.

So for all of America's history, because of perceptions shaped through varying uses of propaganda, the question will always be debated - and the perception will be that no one can truly say one way or the other....regardless of what the actual facts are...

Iraq will be the exact same way. Debated endlessly. Two opposing sides producing copious amounts of words and written pages dedicated to the "truth" (note the quotes)- with the end resulting perception being - no one really knows.

And in between the two sides - we did win/we didn't win - we could have won/ we could not have won - will be Bush.

Bush doesn't need to lift a hand - "historians" will do it all for him. They will create all the doubt Bush needs to walk off quietly into the sunset as a figure of history that is constantly debated,his actions constantly written about - but never ever truly known.

And that is what he is saying in the OP's article.

One of the reasons we get so much disinformation and lies from the Bush administration is to help create the perception of doubt.

Like what it says or not, Bush understands something about history many don't - the myth of history is almost always preferred over the harsh reality of history.

Now, we can all bluster and rant about how "we know the truth!" - but that won't stop the perception of history.

We could add a wonderful twist to that history by impeaching him, removing him from office, and then criminally charging him for his crimes. Let the historical debate be, "Should Bush have been imprisoned for life?" instead of "Was Bush wrong?"

Bush is betting we choose "Was Bush wrong?"

[BulletproofLandshark]

11. They're still writing about Hitler, too.

[Dr. Death]

12. Well, dickweed, I work in a history dept

And current opinion is running about 30 to 2 against you.

[IChing]

13. NY times does not tell he spoke for 35mins and got no applause until

30 minutes into the speech.

In an opening statement that ran 35 minutes, Bush was first interrupted with applause after a half-hour when he said that "Congress should not have artificial timetables for withdrawal." The audience applauded again when he said he opposed amnesty for foreigners who were in the United States illegally, and when he said that those who hire illegal aliens should be held accountable.

http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes95...

[WinkyDink]

14. He thinks that rug is fabulous.

[bouwob1]

15. and I'm not sure

why anybody would write good things about bush anyways.

Not like he can read.