10 Most Interesting Things Overheard at the George W. Bush Portrait Unveiling

Bush 43 stopped by the White House for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait, with President Obama in attendance.

Our super-secret IMAO microphones were there eavesdropping and picked up a few snippets:
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1) “I heard he’s really only 1/32 cowboy.”

2) “NO BLOOD FOR OIL PAINTING!”

3) “How many jobs did that create or save?”

4) “Huh. Thought it’d have a postage-stamp mustache.”

5) “No, Mr. Gore, you can’t put an asterisk in the corner.”

6) “Looks like the White House garden’s rotten tomatoes won’t go to waste after all.”

7) “Barack, could you please move your hand?”

8) “Maybe George isn’t evil after all. Obama’s not bowing to him.”

9) “The buffet’s not bad, but I really thought there’d be more Colombian hookers here.”

10) “It’s a great portrait. I think when you spread the paint around, it’s good for everybody.”
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Might’ve been something in there about Rumsfeld strangling reporters in the parking lot, but that part was a little garbled. All you can hear is someone shouting “My name is Donald Rumsfeld and I strangled this reporter in the parking lot!”

[High Praise! to Hope n’ Change Cartoons for the pic.]

8 Comments

  1. From a White House servant: “She’s insufferable! Take me with you!”

    From BO the dog: “He’s going to eat me! Take me with you!”

    From the portrait artist: “Don make me do him! Take me with you!”

    From President Obama: “My wife’s an alien! Take me with you!”

  2. Hey-oh, if you haven’t caught any of the audio/video, do watch at least some of George W.’s statement (scroll down for video). He was a hoot, and Laura was as endearing as ever. They are models of class.

    Having watched the video, boy and girls, your homework assignment is to compare and contrast. This is from our current President at the same ceremony in honor of George W. Bush:

    I think it’s fair to say that every President is acutely aware that we are just temporary residents — we’re renters here. We’re charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. But we also leave a piece of ourselves in this place.

    The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time. We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn’t know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been.

    All of us will always remember the image of President Bush standing on that pile of rubble, bullhorn in hand, conveying extraordinary strength and resolve to the American people but also representing the strength and resolve of the American people.

    And last year, when we delivered justice to Osama bin Laden…

  3. I bet a dollar the next president will notice that Bush’ picture has an asterisk.
    Count on it. So long as it’s funny to the right people, like when Clinton’s people took all the W’s off all the keyboards and trashed the place before leaving, it’s A-OK.

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