So long...

With all the "presumptuous" nominees around, I just want to take a moment to salute one of the most incredible presidents, George W. Bush, in his final days at the office.

His was not an easy presidency. Almost immediately after his inauguration, 9/11 shook this country. We were quite patriotic, even chauvinistic perhaps for a while, invading Iraq afterwards, listening to Toby Keith, and boycotting French wine: American art, American master, American beer.*¹

Then the spending started - Government spending that would make a socialist blush. When he was up for a re-election in 2004, I told my Democratic friends that everyone deserved a second chance. They would never know whether I was joking or not. Is it true that if you are a Republican before 21, you don't have a heart, and if you are a Democrat after 21, you don't have a brain?*²

I think I speak for many when I say to Bush:

So long, and thanks for all the fish(y government contracts).*³


*¹ F. Nietzsche

*² S. Pinker

*³ D. Adams