Bush to Obama; ‘Do What’s Right.’

January 12, 2009

From the Associated Press: Bush: Amid criticism, Obama must do what’s right

I shall post this in the ‘politics’ and ‘humor’ categories.

“WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush is offering some advice to his successor, when it comes to dealing with his critics. He says in the end, Barack Obama will have to “do what he thinks is right.” If he doesn’t, Bush says, “I don’t see how you can live with yourself.”

Bush told a farewell news conference Monday that presidents can try to avoid hard decisions and controversy, but that it’s not his nature to do so. He said he’s been “willing to take on hard tasks,” and understands that in times of war, “people get emotional.”

He said he hasn’t been alone in being the target of dissent. Bush said he’s been reading a lot about Abe Lincoln, who he says faced his own share of criticism.

Bush said he wishes Obama “all the very best.”

The outgoing president doesn’t plan to maintain a high profile. He says he’s leaving the stage for good, adding that there’s only one president at a time.”

In other words, I feel good about my presidency. Yeah, I pretty much fucked everything up bad and this poor black son-of-a-bitch will have to pick up the peices, but hell it coulda been worse, right? I mean, we didn’t get attacked after 9/11 - that is if we dont count the fact we got attacked on 9/11 as me dropping the ball on my watch, that is. And I took real good care of you by tapping your phones illegally and then using my presidential powers to grandfather myself into legality.

Hey, and don’t forget about the War in Iraq. I started it because Saddam had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Wait a minute, no he didn’t, but my intelligence team said he did. So, it’s their fault. Why should I take the blame?

Shall I go on?