‘George the Joker’ and Journos Laugh
Mar 31st, 2007 | 2 responses
Well, after a long time I read a story that on seeing George W. Bush the journalists did not have the usual scowl and disbelief on their faces…Instead they merrily laughed away as the President regaled them with jokes.
A sample: “Noting that he had only 664 days more to go in the White House, Bush told journos critical of the administration’s immigration policy that technically he too was a ‘temporary guest worker.’
” ‘A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone,’ Bush began. As hardcore hacks collapsed in laughter, the comic president delivered the real punch line. ‘Ahhh, those were the good old days!’ ”
And…”Bush said no matter how tough it gets, he had no intention of becoming a lame duck president — ‘unless, of course, Cheney accidentally shoots me in the leg.’ Bush did not spare the political opposition either, noting the presence of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…”
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If POTUS is capable of such humour and even cracking a joke at himself, why is he making the world such a sad place with his foreign policy stance? Is it because he has very serious people around who advise him, and make others cry?
2 Responses to “‘George the Joker’ and Journos Laugh”
Because the White House hired good joke writers and GWB practiced a lot?
Too bad for him that Bush doesn’t bring out his lighter side in public much. Reagen charmed a lot of people into liking him, even when they disagreed with his politics. The people who laugh together are less likely to want to kill each other.