All Presidents' Lunch

[Beacool]

January 6, 2009

(CNN) –- Talk about a power lunch. President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and three living former presidents will meet in the Oval Office for a private gathering on Wednesday afternoon.

Former presidents Jimmy Carter, George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton will join Obama and Bush at the White House for lunch. Obama initially came up with the idea that all of the men get together after meeting with President Bush last month.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/06/all-the-presidents%e2%80%99-lunch/

:-)

[charlie and algernon]

1. to be a fly in THAT room

that'll be one hell of a conversation

[Beacool]

3. I'm sure that it will.

It'll be interesting to see if they only talk "shop" or tell each other anecdotes about the WH and things that occurred during their terms.

:D

[charlie and algernon]

8. probably both

I'd love to hear what WH secrets they give Obama.

"If you ever want to sneak out for Taco Bell, there's a 1995 Ford Taurus hidden in the garage..."

"Be sure to check out the curse words Andrew Jackson carved in the desk in the _____ room."

[Captain Hilts]

13. Pssst...the Volvo wagon is the Taurus of DC. A 1990 Volvo wagon. nt

[blm]

16. It will go like this....."keep BCCI books closed....or else....."

.

[Captain Hilts]

7. Four out of five went to Harvard/Yale. We need more diversity in govt. nt

[charlie and algernon]

9. like what? HS dropouts?

I prefer to have the smartest motherfuckers in the room.

[yardwork]

11. Two of those Yalies are Bush and Bush. Not exactly smart.

[charlie and algernon]

14. well I think we can agree that the second bush didn't get their legitimately

stealing it from a VERY smart Al Gore

[mentalsolstice]

28. And Gore went to Harvard.

:fistbump:

[Captain Hilts]

12. I'd prefer not to have "motherfuckers" in the room. nt

[Jennicut]

20. Obama and Clinton got into Yale and Harvard on their own. The Bushies had a name.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. DeVry graduates are underrepresented.

[demodonkey]

27. Pitt grads are underrepresented. nt

[Jackeens]

2. Will George Snr feed George Jr at the table?

[Captain Hilts]

5. No, but he'll have to sit at the children's table. nt

[FrenchieCat]

18. I can imagine that!

The real Presidents sitting at one table,
with the Bushes at the smaller lower table. Bush Sr. Serving one term and Bush Jr. as worse President in history.

I saw Colmes sitting in a lower chair with Colbert last night, and that visual had me cracking up.

[geardaddy]

6. I nominate thee for a DUzy!

:D

[Captain Hilts]

4. Nice for them to meet in one room when no corpse is involved...

unless you count the US Constitution.

WSC: I could have been US president.
FDR: You'll just have to wait your turn!
ER: Will everybody hold still so I can focus!

[wyldwolf]

10. better be careful...

in some future presidential primary on DU, someone will use a picture of Obama with Bush to prove they're buddies.

[Metric System]

17. lol

[Beacool]

19. Yeah, like they used Bill's pics with Poppa Bush.

Not mentioning that they were together on a mission from Jr. to aid the tsunami victims and later on the ones from Katrina.

:eyes:

[alsame]

15. And I'll bet only one needed a bib.

[jenmito]

21. I haven't seen it reported ANYWHERE that it was OBAMA'S idea...

as a matter of fact, I heard it reported once today that BUSH invited everyone together. :eyes:

[Autumn]

22. If you read the CNN article linked in the OP it

says that Obama initially came up with the idea that all of the men get together after meeting with President Bush last month.

[jenmito]

23. I know. I'm talking about seeing no reporting of it on cable news...

Sorry, I should've made myself clear. :hi:

[Canuckistanian]

25. First time since 1981

That so many presidents have been together at an event.

[Beacool]

26. No, that's incorrect.

It's the first time that they have all been together at the WH. The presidents have been together since then, but for state funerals.

;)