How I Know I Would Be A Better President Than George W. Bush.

[Plaid Adder]

OK, so I discovered today that I accidentally committed a major fuck-up yesterday. I was supposed to be somewhere to meet some people to do something very important and I just clean forgot about it and went to a different meeting instead. Then today I found a voicemail from one of the guys I was supposed to meet. He was pissed; and he was right to be.

So, after wandering around for a bit feeling like a complete asshole, I got on the phone and left voicemails with everyone apologizing to them for having inconvenienced them to this extent, explaining that I have no excuse and it was my fault, and offering to make it up to them in any way possible. And then I wrote up a big long abject email to send to everyone too. And I felt like shit doing it, but this is just what you do when, through no conscious intention of your own, you have just made everyone else's life more difficult by not doing your friggin' job.

So I finished doing that, and then as I was walking back to the office all dejected, I said to myself, "If I can figure out that the thing to do after you screw something up, whether or not it was intentional, is to get on the horn and apologize as fast as possible...what the fuck is HIS problem?"

More and more it just GALLS me the way this administration fails to take responsibility for *anything,* whether it's making a stupid joke or starting an unnecessary war. They're all in litigant mode: if you apologize you admit guilt and you never want to do that cause they'll nail you in court. They're all already in that "I will be sued eventually once the truth comes to light so I better cover my ass now" headspace.

@#$! them, and @#$! me for being such an idiot yesterday. But at least I'll learn from the pain I'm feelin' now and not do it again...whcih is more than you can say for the crowd in office.

@#$!,

The Plaid Adder

[kentuck]

1. I have no doubt....

that you would be a better "President than George W. Bush"... My dog would be a better president.

[Lisa]

2. Did you smirk when you were apologizing?

My guess is you didn't. See, that's another reason why George W. isn't right for the job. One can never take anything he says seriously, on account of that smirk.

If he were a top-notch administrator, worked long and punishing hours as a matter of professional pride, and had a knack for getting people to come up with solutions to apparently-unsolvable problems -- I'd be prepared to overlook his arrogance and tacky sense of "humor". Trouble is, in the US the President is expected not just to be in charge of the government, but a kind of national symbol as well. I tend to expect American leaders to have a certain level of dignity and good intentions, regardless of how book-smart or well-informed they are -- because that's the way most of my American friends are.

Bush doesn't perform well as either head of government or head of state, in my opinion.

p.s. I had a guilt moment today too when I almost stood someone up for lunch (she'd been waiting 10 minutes for me) -- I was on the verge of making excuses for my lateness, when I realized that it was very Bushian of me to blunt an apology like that. So I said I was sorry, and stopped there.

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Plaid Adder for President!

Why vote for that snake currently in the whitehouse when you can vote for the real thing? ;-)

[madrchsod]

4. i have a 3.5 grade average and 95 credits

in community college courses . i have had a business that made money and my dad`s friends didn`t get my various jobs in my life. i actually comprehend what i read and usually i can talk in complete sentences. more importantly i have no one to hide behind when i make a mistake. i`m a nice person who holds no grudge against any country and most importantly, i know how to act when i go somewhere. see, i can be a president too...

[DieboldMustDie]

5. Why damn yourself with such faint praise?