OVER HERE - CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE
Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 10:33PM Leader of the Free World and Iraqi Boot Magnet George W. Bush has bought a new home, apparently he understands a degree of reality (finally) that his Administration is in its final days. A third term and we might all have been in The Final Days. All bad things must come to an end. Thank God and term limits.
I wonder what he'll do with his free time. It seems like took more vacation time than any other President in modern time, and for that we can be thankful. He did less harm when he was clearing brush in Crawford and riding his bike. I suppose he could consider retirement the last and best vacation, but he isn't that old, and should be around for some time to come. I don't see him being a big hit on the speech circuit like Clinton, he'll hardly be called upon for his foregin policy expertise like Nixon, and I don't he'll build houses for folks like Carter (although maybe he could foreclose on some).
I suspect he'll be around like that wacky Uncle who you try to avoid getting stuck listening to at every family gathering. Well at least we'll have comfort in knowing that as he stumbles into the sunset that his work is done. So, in the spirit of random ATW contests, I offer the following competition: Name Bush's next occupation. Winners will be selected based on humour, bribery and your correspondent's poor taste.
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Spokes Model for the Saudi government?
oops my bad, that was his last job
Barack Obama's very own "Manuel"
Well once Cheney steps down perhaps he could run for president.
Well, if there had been a third term the joke would have worn very thin and I really think we would have had to invade!
As for his next occupation ( Is it too late for IRAN?) - I’d suggest (although there may be a little wishful thinking here) WAR CRIMINAL!
:-)
Kindly inspector of elementary schools.
My politics will not allow me to participate, but I might add that the President's new home is 4 miles from my pharmacy. Oh be still my heart, could I be his pharmacist? :-)
unlike the two former Presidents that Mahons mentions you certainly won't find him in the news criticizing the moves of his successor.
Maybe if were lucky he'll take a ranking position in Haliburton or Exxon.
The turmoil and disaster that are approaching with this next administration will keep all the focus on the buffoonery between the white house on foggy bottom
Fox commentator number 1, sorry make that number 101.
Troll
unlike the two former Presidents that Mahons mentions you certainly won't find him in the news criticizing the moves of his successor.
How can you criticise what you don't understand? Admitadely never stopped you or andy pandy though
gee Sean that took a lot of great thought to come up with....
Besides not understanding what they were taliking about hasn't stopped carter or clinton hell they've made careers out of it...lol
Charles - stock up on Prozac.
You speak for the country Mahons!
no himself...lol
Troll - anyone reading your goodbye post or watching your comeback vlog would know that Prozac has its limits.
Bush's next job - FEMA port-o-john cleaner.
is that the voice of first hand experience?
Unlike Carter, Bush will indeed resume the dignified tradition of ex Presidents not trying to undercut sitting Presidents
But also unlike Carter ( and Clinton ) he will not be engaged in trying to solve Third World or other world problems.
You're not going to be seeing him on Charlie Rose or Meet the Press. He'll not travel much. He will be a low profile private citizen pretty much sticking to his area of Texas.
Troll
You suck at trolling once a quality troll has been used its re-use is tacky and inefective at best
Why not just shout that your dad could beat up my dad and be done with it
Bush will become a cult figure of sorts. He is undoubtedly good at comedy, so stand up roles should suit him fine. I wouldn't rule out a cameo in a few comic films. Script writers will be trying to figure out how to organise it.