Bush’s farewell address tonight should be a hoot
January 15, 2009 at 7:06 am by Wayne Garcia
As many pundits are noting these days, the normal niceities extended to a departing president aren’t being given to George W. Bush as he leaves office. The public actually seems to be getting more hostile to him by the day.
So tonight’s planned farewell address should prove very interesting. Expect him to be thankful for having served his nation, grateful for those who worked with him in the White House, and concerned about the nation’s ongoing safety from terror attacks. He’ll burnish his record. He’ll do that goofy smirk of his. Just how far he will go with his spin about “only history will judge if I was right or wrong” remains to be seen.
The 10-15 minutes of speechifying starts at 8 p.m.
Bonus Cut: Here are George Washington’s parting thoughts as he left the presidency. He couldn’t get any network air time, so he delivered them in writing.
