The seven most BEAUTIFUL words in the English language: "Bush starts packing to leave White House"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush starts packing to leave White House



By Sam Youngman
Posted: 01/06/09 01:54 PM ET

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/bush-starts-packing-to-leave-white-house-2009-01-06.html

The White House said Tuesday that President Bush, never one to procrastinate, has started the process of packing his belongings for when he leaves the White House later this month.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said the president and the first lady do not have a lot to move to their newly purchased house outside of Dallas, and joked that reporters shouldn’t expect to “see a big Ryder truck pulling up to the White House.”

Perino noted that the president, first lady and current White House staff only have “14 days and about 18 minutes” until their time at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. comes to a close.

To that end, she said, the president and his staff are starting to get ready for the move to make way for incoming President-elect Obama, his family and staff. “The president’s style is always to be one that’s a little bit prepared early, and he and Mrs. Bush have been working to box things up,” Perino said. “They didn’t come with a lot of things; they didn’t bring a lot of furniture here. So mostly what they have are books, obviously their clothes, and then some of the things that they’ve picked up along the way on their travels as they’ve traveled.”

[ogneopasno]

1. "Spring training begins: pitchers and catchers report" is usually my favorite seven. But this phrase

is pretty good, I have to say.

[Donnachaidh]

2. Count the silverware.

It's only appropriate to make as MUCH of a stink about what has potentially disappeared, and how well the place is left by these nouveau riche a-holes.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Would it wrong to name my next kid that? n/t

[bigwillq]

4. YAY!

:bounce:

[polichick]

5. Are they going to have someone come and clear the bad vibes?!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. I'd hire a psychic and someone who could bomb for roaches...

...between the two of them, that should do the trick.

:rofl:

[Pastiche423]

16. The WH needs lots and lots of sage

[tpsbmam]

6. 7 more beautiful words: Bush and Cheney Hague trial date set

But for now those seven are lovely!

[wizstars]

8. I think we should take up a collection here on DU and buy the bastard a suitcase.

I sincerely hope the new Congress will, as its first act, issue a blanket subpoena for every scrap of paper, and every e-mail in the Executive Branch, before someone there holds a rather large bonfire.

[democrank]

9. Things he "picked up" along the way......

Saddam`s pistol
shredder
plastic turkey
scooter
mountain bike
copy of My Pet Goat
electronic answer machine for his next debate
bits of parchment from the shredded Constitution
Iraqi oilfield maps
photo of Putin with a diagonal red line through it
16 cases of used black hoods
recording of "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
one of the American flags he autographed

When he arrives home I hope his front lawn looks like a Payless Shoe Store.

[JeffreyWilliamson]

10. “The president’s style is always to be one that’s a little bit prepared early..."

Would've been nice to see that, oh, I dunno, around August/September freaking 2001. :mad:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. Yep, I posted that without comment, hoping someone would pick up on it...

:patriot:

[Pithlet]

12. I've been waiting since my almost 8 year old was an infant to hear those words.

:woohoo:

[lpbk2713]

13. I always get a laugh out of those pics ...

... when they are on their way in or out of Marine One. No one hardly ever waves at them but
they smile and wave just for the cameras as if there was a huge crowd of well-wishers there.

:rofl: :rofl:

[JeffreyWilliamson]

14. They're sick...

They look so pleased with the job they've done, don't they?

[Doctor_J]

15. With today's news about Franken, Burris, and Gupta, it's getting harder

to believe that anything will change. The Repukes will threaten to filibuster every piece of legislation, and Reid will grab his ankles and thank them when they're done.

[tavalon]

24. I'm sorry that you thought our job was going to get any easier

In fact, we need to gather our strength and really scream the fuck at them. They think we'll shut up and sit down again, like we did with Clinton. They are so wrong, it hurts. They have to be wrong, or we have failed. By June of next year, they need to understand that we aren't going away and that they will have to listen to us. They'll fucking hate it, but they'll take their medicine. They were brought up from the cradle on the axiom that you dance with the ones who brung ya and they still haven't realized it's us that brung 'em. So, it's up to us to make them understand. We were the lion that roared and pulled in Obama and majorities in both Houses. They have another think coming if they believe the lion sleeps now.

[Doctor_J]

34. They bitch slap our "leaders" on a daily basis. And without

any media access, you might as well be screaming at a 747 engine.

[kayakjohnny]

17. “The president’s style is always to be one that’s a little bit prepared early"

Kind of like starting an illegal war.

[spanone]

18. 4 most depressing words...'not going to jail'

[AwakeAtLast]

19. Here's the theme song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQcQWpABjfw

Just replace "When Jesus washed my sins away" to "When Bush packed and moved away!"

:D

[Bolo Boffin]

20. He's also practicing to dodge doors being slammed in the vicinity of his nether regions.

No use trying to pelt him with an egg on his way out either. We know from his shoe-dodging ability that an egg would never land.

[Recursion]

21. "Bush sent in chains to the Hague" strikes me as a better 7

but those 7 will do for now.

[UrbScotty]

22. BOOKS?!

:rofl:

[mtnester]

25. Psst...COMIC books

:)

[tavalon]

23. I won't miss Perino Pet Chow, but then the list is long of those I won't miss

She's just such a smug, smarmy person. She reminds me more of Ari than Scotty. Of course, Scotty has actually come clean, so that may be why I remember him more fondly.

[TWiley]

26. Too bad it didn't say "EVICTED",... It would match his Legacy.

[SoCalDem]

27. Here he is ..hard at work

[texpatriot2004]

28. I thought it would never happen! It is fantastic to know he's

packing...it's way past time.

[riqster]

29. Christ on a trampoline, even his mouthpiece can't speak English

..."and then some of the things that they’ve picked up along the way on their travels as they’ve traveled.”

I mean, would it kill them to use at least grade-school-level grammar? Sheesh.

[Eurobabe]

30. 8 years too late IMHO n/t

[wizstars]

33. 8 years, a couple trillion $$, and 4200* lives too late....

*US casualties only. I should include the million or so Iraqi casualties as well.

[Orsino]

31. Someone *else* doing the packing.

Bush does not clean up his own messes.

[rasputin1952]

32. They've got to be kidding...

"So mostly what they have are books,....", pick the two up out of the bathroom, and that's over...:D

[Boomerang Diddle]

35. I'd even be willing to go help him pack!

And that's the only thing I'd be willing to do for him