February 21, 2008
The President Makes an Ass of Himself in Africa
Our President, along with his sycophantic missus, has been traveling in Africa, basking in the adoration he has purchased, though no none mentions that Africa could sure use a few condoms. But of course, the Pope and the President prefer not to treat HIV/AIDS prophylacticly.
Although Bush staying away from dicey areas, he did visit the genocide museum in Rwanda, after which he said profoundly: "A clear lesson I learned in the museum was that outside forces that tend to divide people up inside their country are unbelievably counterproductive. In other words, people came from other countries — I guess you’d call them colonialists — and they pitted one group of people against another." Thus inferring that he personally never want to be involved in anything like that.
Ann Curry interviewed the Bushes in Tanzania for MSNBC, and jerked a little chain while she was at it, much to the displeasure of Lady Laura.
Speaking of whom, in my opinion, one of the most important duties of the First Spouse is to keep the narcissism of the President in check. You have to admit that it takes a person with quite a bit of narcissism to run for that office in the first place. Laura Bush fails miserably. Watching her feed into her little dumpling's ego, is enough to make person ill. I wouldn't trust Cindy McCain with the job either.
Photo note: Another snappy use of that flag theme
Addendum: Dan Froomkin picked this modest statement out of an interview the Bushes gave to the Travel Pool upon their arrival back in the USofA. "So it's been a -- it's an exciting trip. I mean, you saw the crowds, you saw the enthusiasm."
"But that's not what's important. You know, people say -- Bob Geldof asked me, he said, 'Why don't you take credit for it? Why don't you show what you have done for Africa?' Well, it's not me, for starters; and you don't act out of the desire to enhance your own standing; that's not exactly why one is called into service. It doesn't matter about me. What matters is, are we saving people's lives? That's what matters. And we are."
Like I said Korsakoff's Syndrome
Posted by Dakota at February 21, 2008 07:14 AM