George W. Bush: "I'd Have Endorsed Obama If They'd Asked Me"

No wonder nothing has changed for the better for the rest of us.

Alex Barker at Westminster Blog at Financial Times wrote on his November 9, 2010 blog post:

George W. Bush’s bombastic return to the world stage has reminded me of my favourite Bush anecdote, which for various reasons we couldn’t publish at the time. Some of the witnesses still dine out on it.

The venue was the Oval Office. A group of British dignitaries, including Gordon Brown, were paying a visit. It was at the height of the 2008 presidential election campaign, not long after Bush publicly endorsed John McCain as his successor.

Naturally the election came up in conversation. Trying to be even-handed and polite, the Brits said something diplomatic about McCain’s campaign, expecting Bush to express some warm words of support for the Republican candidate.

Not a chance. “I probably won’t even vote for the guy,” Bush told the group, according to two people present.“I had to endorse him. But I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me.”

Endorse Obama? Cue dumbfounded look from British officials, followed by some awkward remarks about the Washington weather. Even Gordon Brown’s poker face gave way to a flash of astonishment.

President Bush must be very pleased with Obama's performance. Not only Obama continues all of his policies, but he has vastly expanded them and is furiously adding new ones to further restrict human rights and dignity.

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Ohio: Bush 50, Obama 42

Who could have known? And the Democratic leadership and the Obama administration have been warning us against "Return to Bush Era".

Charleston Daily Mail reports:

Ohio: Bush 50, Obama 42 (9/1/2010 Charleston Daily Mail Blog)

"From Tom Jensen at Public Policy Polling on Tuesday: “We’ll start rolling out our Ohio poll results tomorrow but there’s one finding on the poll that pretty much sums it up: by a 50-42 margin voters there say they’d rather have George W. Bush in the White House right now than Barack Obama.”

"In 2008, Barack Obama rolled over John McCain 2,940,044 to 2,677,820.

"Using Surber Math, that’s a 262,224-vote margin.

"What happened?

"The unknown became the known.

"Prince Charming turned out to be a frog.

"Imagine that." [The article continues.]

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President Bush's Speaking Engagement in Japan

for $150,000 and cheerleaders with pom-pom

Waseda University's students gathered to hear President Bush remimisce about his days, not as the president of the U.S. but as a baseball franchise owner. Huh? (And the university paid $150,000 for that?)

In Tokyo, Bush reminisces about baseball days (11/4/09 AP via Washington Post)

"TOKYO -- Exactly a year after Barack Obama was voted to replace him as president, George W. Bush was in Japan on Wednesday talking about his former life - in sports.

"Bush, a former part-owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, offered no assessment of choices facing his successor on Afghanistan, climate change or the economy.

"Instead, he dished out advice to Japanese university students about running a sports franchise."

A Japanese corporation once paid $2 million to have Ronald Reagan come and speak for 20 minutes. Compared to that, $150,000 may be peanuts for Japanese.

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