Bush Library ‘Will Rely Chiefly’ On Design Firm Rather Than Historians To Showcase Policies
Bush Library ‘Will Rely Chiefly’ On Design Firm Rather Than Historians To Showcase Policies
President Bush’s presidential library, which will be housed at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, has received significant criticism because of an attached institute — independent of the university — that will sponsor programs designed to “promote the vision of the president” and “celebrate” Bush’s presidency. Even former Bush adviser Karl Rove has signed on as a “critical resource” of administration history.
Continuing to ensure that partisan praise of Bush will trump academic scholarship in the library, advisers now say they “will rely chiefly” on the design firm PRD Group, rather than historians, to showcase Bush’s policies as president. The Dallas Morning News reports:
Bush advisers say they plan to consult historians but will rely chiefly on the veteran design firm they hired to create a museum to showcase his life, works and policies.
Some who’ve studied presidential centers say the lack of independent voices in the design-exhibit process risks turning the library into little more than a promotional venue.
Harry Middleton, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library, explained that the LBJ library learned the important lesson of having “objective,” “outside experts” (particularly when advising the library of a president defined by an unpopular war):
[Middleton] said he and fellow staffers in the 1971 opening of the LBJ museum at the University of Texas at Austin were too close to the former president to give a highly critical account of the controversies that defined his tenure – especially the Vietnam War.
It wasn’t until 1982, when historians and other outside experts helped redesign the museum, that it fully explored how the war split the country. […]
The second effort, made after LBJ died, was more objective than the first, Mr. Middleton said, convincing him that an advisory panel should have been used at the start.
Referring to the decision to hire the design firm, SMU history department chair Kathleen Wellman said “an interpretive planner whose work will [have to] meet with Mr. Bush’s approval is not likely to involve historians. We do not seek the approval of the subjects of our work.”
A recent survey found that 98 percent of historians consider Bush’s presidency to be a failure and 61 percent said he is the worst president in history. So, it seems unlikely that Bush will take Middleton’s advice seeing as he has difficulty admitting mistakes.
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To “celebrate” Bush’s presidency , one only needs visit a toilet and a prison ……….
April 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pmIf history doesn’t present well based on facts, just “design” it to your tastes!
PEACE
April 16th, 2008 at 12:03 pmWhere are you going to get the money for the propaganda display, bushie?
This man deserves a FEMA trailer for a library.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:04 pmI’ve got nothing to say until TP brings back the abuse link, the trolls have destroyed this site.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pmAn “interpretive planner” ???
Sounds like they’re going for an abstract impressionist theme.
That would be in keeping with Bush’s long-standing aversion to realism.
Mark @ News Corpse
April 16th, 2008 at 12:07 pmAnd SMU turns itself into a complete joke.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pmIsn’t this whole “museum” just an exercise in hagiography? There is no need for a museum to remember the legacy of the Bush presidency.
We have Ground Zero ro remind us of his national defense failures. We have the debt and the fallen dollar to remind us of his failures of economic leadership. We have the war casualties to remind us of his failed nation building. Just look around, this entire country is a museum of the failures of the Bush presidency.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:09 pmRather than let historians recount the boy-king’s reign, the Bushies will hire a PR firm to handle the story-telling details.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:10 pmThis could rank among such things as the largest ball of string as a tourist attraction - because it sure won’t be a historical museum.
The Bushies certainly know that their administration is the worst we have ever seen, so in cowboy terms, they will head the historians off at the pass.
Bush may never see it, however, because he may be in federal prison for the remainder of his life - that’s where historians’ account of his presidency will lead him.
This is going to be such an unbelievable joke. Even Nixon, who was our only president ever to resign under pressure, had his library designed objectively. Of course, even Nixon had some successes during his presidency that could be showcased.
Bush merely wants a monument to his glory, not to historical accuracy. The world leader this is most reminiscent of is Bokassa.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pmO’fer X sake, they’re not going to put a bust of the chymp in his Mission Accomplished suit in there, are they?
Have they NO SHAME?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pmBush advisers say they plan to consult historians but will rely chiefly on the veteran design firm they hired to create a museum to showcase his life, works and policies.
How does one go about building a museum dedicated to drunken/drug addicted behavior , laziness and stupidity ?
Who are the owners of the design firm ?
Cheech and Chong ?
Beavis and Butthead ?
Gimme’ a break…………..
April 16th, 2008 at 12:13 pmIS THAT A FU(KING PARATROOPER INSIGNIA ON HIS UNIFORM?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:13 pmOh, goodie! I can start recommending Miss Molly again!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:14 pmAnd the bronze has him in his Mission Accomplished attire!!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:15 pm:-PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
Well, he’s been all lies all the time all the way, so it’s fitting his lieberry is, too.
an interpretive planner whose work will [have to] meet with Mr. Bush’s approval is not likely to involve historians. We do not seek the approval of the subjects of our work.”
Facts? We don’ need no stinkin facts! We don’ need no stinkin approval! He’s the BushGod!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:15 pmthere goes lunch…
April 16th, 2008 at 12:15 pmHow much you wanna bet this particular bust is going to have banana offerings laid on it daily?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pmSome who’ve studied presidential centers say the lack of independent voices in the design-exhibit process risks turning the library into little more than a promotional venue.
To call this endeavor a “library” is a travesty. It should be renamed as the “Bush Shrine”.
For the life of me I can’t understand why anyone would want to donate money to this misadventure. Bush no longer has any influence to sell, and soon the Republicans won’t either, so it will be a waste of money on the part of people doing the donating.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:17 pmI say, let them build it, make sure everyone knows where it is, and tell them to bring eggs.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:17 pmfletc3her Says:
We have Ground Zero ro remind us of his national defense failures. We have the debt and the fallen dollar to remind us of his failures of economic leadership. We have the war casualties to remind us of his failed nation building. Just look around, this entire country is a museum of the failures of the Bush presidency.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. With that attitude you could never get a job with a firm like The PDR Group.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pmFrank White Says:
This is disturbing. I hope Think Progress reports and condemns this. I don’t want the Progressive Movement associated with this.
Yee ha…. Report Abuse is back. This was my first flag for an off-topic troll post.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pmHe’s the commander in chief. If Bushie wants to wear the Medal of Honor, he’ll whip up an executive order. He can wear five stars, any ribbons and badges, any uniform he wants, pilot w/o flight school, etc.
He’s a commander guy
April 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pmsherifffruitfly Says:
And SMU turns itself into a complete joke.
Unfortunately that is probably true, even though SMU has nothing to do with this travesty. They are not sponsoring this “library” and most of the students and faculty object to it’s presence on the SMU campus.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm…Bush Gardens?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:22 pmBuckie Boy Says:
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I’ve got nothing to say until TP brings back the abuse link, the trolls have destroyed this site.
Damn Buckie, you must have some serious pull around here.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:23 pmThat question occured to me as well. Clearly, Bush needs to build a library to hide all of the incriminating evidence of his crimes, but beyond that, what, exactly, is the motivation to build this thing?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pmWhat is there to “celebrate” about this complete and utter loser?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pmOr Bush Garbage?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pmMcWars Says
April 16th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Oh, goodie! I can start recommending Miss Molly again!
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And even more important than getting my ego stroked is that we can clean up the troll dung around here!
(seriously, I love the recommendations — thanks!)
April 16th, 2008 at 12:25 pmNo, those are “flight wings”
April 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
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What is there to “celebrate” about this complete and utter loser?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
That he’s leaving in January……….
April 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pmI think this is a great thing to happen now. The 18% to 28% crowd are put on a pedestal they cannot outlive if freedom somehow survives. The beauty of this is that this example will go into a ‘how we lost democracy museum’ at some point.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pmAll the Historians probably fell on the floor laughing hysterically when they were asked.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pmWell played, sir.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:27 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
What is there to “celebrate” about this complete and utter loser?
That he won’t be president anymore.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:27 pmI can only imagine a rotunda featuring an emasculated, shirtless statue of Shrub riding a Mastodon surrounded by lions, wielding a flaming sword while slaying Cerberus with Bin Laden’s face, and Dick Cheney astride in a leather S&M body suit with a huge chain-leash attached to Shrubs nipple rings.
Oh, and I guess Condi can be the Mastodon.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:27 pmcool, the recommend/abuse flags are back. =)
April 16th, 2008 at 12:28 pmBush advisers say they plan to consult historians but will rely chiefly on the veteran design firm they hired to create a museum to showcase his life, works and policies.
This is a task that is even beyond the reach of the Disney Imagineers. The GDumbya Lieberry will be just like a theme park — but without the fun rides and junk food.
p.s. — I hope that bronze bust is displayed outside – it just doesn’t look right without a thick layer of pigeon sh*t on it
April 16th, 2008 at 12:28 pmI love that bust of W. Of course, in its final form in the “library” he will be wearing a laurel wreath celebrating his Triumph. But they really should call the structure a “Temple” rather than a library since it’s going to be dedicated to the worship of W and the rewriting of history.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pmWayne Says:
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All the Historians probably fell on the floor laughing hysterically when they were asked.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Or they simply suggested Sesame Street be consulted …….Either them or Romper Room.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pmThe Ministry of Truth (or Minitrue, in Newspeak) is one of the four ministries that govern Oceania in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. As with the other Ministries in the novel, the Ministry of Truth actually does the opposite of what its name implies, being responsible for the falsification of historical events; and yet is aptly named in a deeper sense, in that it created/manufactured “truth” in the newspeak sense of the word.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:30 pmThis is going to be such an unbelievable joke. Even Nixon, who was our only president ever to resign under pressure, had his library designed objectively. Of course, even Nixon had some successes during his presidency that could be showcased.
Bush merely wants a monument to his glory, not to historical accuracy. The world leader this is most reminiscent of is Bokassa.
I suspect you’re partially right. But equal parts of blame go to all of Bush’s “heck of a job” friends, pioneers and rangers who want to pay him back for all of the lavish entitlements that he’s sent their way.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:31 pm#3 McWars Says:
This man deserves a FEMA trailer for a library
#14 OleHippieChick Says:
Well, he’s been all lies all the time all the way, so it’s fitting his lieberry is, too
I’m rolling here. Thanks for filling my laugh quota so early today :)
April 16th, 2008 at 12:31 pmI’m recommending everyone’s posts to celebrate the returning of flagging.
:D
April 16th, 2008 at 12:31 pmDr Matt ~ That’s just about as bad…
April 16th, 2008 at 12:31 pmThe only flight he ever did was from his duty in Nam.
Karl Rove has signed on as “critical resource” of administration history, talk about a contradiction in facts. They better get gallons of white-out, as much as he flip-flops they will be changing historical facts every other day. Only under the Bush administration does this make me want to laugh and cry at the same time.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pmPRD Group = Presidential Revisionists Department
April 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pmPRD Group = Public Relations Debacle
Considering Georgejr’s latest admission (bragging?) about having authorized torture, pictures of Ground Zero, Abu Ghraib(sic) and the destruction of New Orleans should be enshrined as the defining principle of the entire Bush administration - his shining moments.
Love the sculpture of him in the military jacket - to recall his “Mission Accomplished” moment, I presume? Or as a reminder that he was smarter than today’s National Guardsmen, and had the good sense to AWOL instead of going to someone’s
April 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pmstupid war - but he got to keep the jacket…
I wonder who they will get to play Bush. I’d say Darrin McGavin would be a good choice.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pmActually, I can understand why they need a design firm. Hiding those industrial sized shredders and incinerators is going to be a big job.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:37 pmAhahaha, let’s give a round of applause to those 2 percenters who think his presidency has been a success. In fact, there should be a stone tablet with their names engraved for posterity.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:38 pmMy one question is why in the hell would PRD get involved in this type of travesty ?
They did work on the Smithsonian and other legit buildings ; why sully your name with this nonsense ?
Money ?
There isn’t enough money in circulation to buy my loyalty to the worst president in American history………….
April 16th, 2008 at 12:39 pmshoeless Says:
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I wonder who they will get to play Bush. I’d say Darrin McGavin would be a good choice.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Corky from Life Goes On would be much more appropriate ; except the kid might be too sharp to correctly play Chimpy…….
April 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pmShayne Says:
Ahahaha, let’s give a round of applause to those 2 percenters who think his presidency has been a success.
Hey, somebody has to finish at the bottom of history class.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:43 pmshoeless Says:
I wonder who they will get to play Bush. I’d say Darrin McGavin would be a good choice.
I think probably Pinky, from “Pinky and the Brain” cartoon would be the best choice. The “Brain” fits Cheney’s role.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pmBoth of them are just big rats anyway.
And so are the two cartoon characters.
no historians allowed at the Bushitler LIEbrary, only sycophants please.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pmThat statue looks like the model was a drooling dolt.
Oh, wait…
April 16th, 2008 at 12:46 pmThe first book that goes into the Bush Library should be “My Pet Goat.” Not only does it represent the beginning of America’s worst presidency; it also might be the only book Mr. Bush finished and actually understood!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:47 pmPersonally, I want to see the books in the Bush library. I hear he’s gotten quite good at staying inside the lines.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:49 pmJust like his hero, Adolf Hitler, Bush is building the cult of fuehrer-worship
April 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pmThat bust looks like Tom Daschle.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pmWhy a “library” at all? What the man really wants is a Bushland theme park.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pmuhhh, shoeless, Darrin McGavin is dead.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pmWas that bust (boat anchor) made from spent shell casings?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pmShayne says: Ahahaha, let’s give a round of applause to those 2 percenters who think his presidency has been a success. In fact, there should be a stone tablet with their names engraved for posterity.
Yeah, Shayne - BOTH of ‘em. ;o)
April 16th, 2008 at 12:52 pmReferring to the decision to hire the design firm, SMU history department chair Kathleen Wellman said “an interpretive planner whose work will [have to] meet with Mr. Bush’s approval is not likely to involve historians. We do not seek the approval of the subjects of our work.”
“Interpretive planners” are more important/should be consulted over historians in determining the validity and events during an (awful) presidency ?
And this woman is a history teacher ?
What a sorry excuse for a teacher ; I feel for the kids and the parents of kids that are/will/or have attended SMU and had the displeasure of having a class with this stupid woman………..
April 16th, 2008 at 12:53 pmFool Zero Says:
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Why a “library” at all? What the man really wants is a Bushland theme park.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Then they should think about purchasing Michael Jackson’s “Neverland” ranch ; would be extremely fitting , seeing as how both Jackson and the GOP have such a fond affinity for young males…………..
April 16th, 2008 at 12:55 pmWill they have a Diebold voting machine on display?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:55 pmSomething tells me that this must be killing SMU history department chair Kathleen Wellman. According to her official SMU bio:
Wellman doesn’t sound like a typical Bushie. If she is, she is a seriously conflicted person.
-AF
April 16th, 2008 at 12:56 pmAndrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
Just think of the “rides and attractions” that could be featured at the Bush theme park!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:56 pmlefttown Says:
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That bust looks like Tom Daschle.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Tom Daschle never played dress-up like Chimpy , who looks as if he’s constantly auditioning for a spot in the new Village People line-up…………
April 16th, 2008 at 12:57 pmMarie Says:
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Just think of the “rides and attractions” that could be featured at the Bush theme park!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
The “Avoid the IED” bumper car ride………….
April 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pmjdc@ 12:57
FLAGGED!!!!
April 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWill they have a huge pile of human carcasses?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pmPerception rules!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pmjdc Says:
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Wonder if the PRD Group will be as reluctant to display or release President Bush’s documents as the group running the whorehouse in Arkansas?
April 16th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Wonder no more , skid mark : What documents have Chimpy and Co ever revealed or displayed , up to and including those ordered by judges/courts/Congress , shithead ?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:00 pmIn the field of Interpretive Planning our concept developers provide original research, or work with an existing scholarly narrative.
There is no scholarly narrative in the Bush administration. They won’t be allowed to do any original research and everything has to meet with Bush’s approval; I think it is a good place to put all those Alphonso Jackson portraits no one is sure what to do with. That will take up quite abit of wall space.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pmIf I’m not mistaken, there are rows of buildings already built that ’showcase his life, works and policies’.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:03 pmYou find them at the outdoor music festivals.
Will there be a copy of the Constitution with W’s shit smeared all over it?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:05 pmjdc Says:
Perhaps the Bush library will run the video on a loop where W says he attended meetings where “enhanced interrogation” techniques were discussed. Maybe after W is in prison an outside party will take control of the library. You know the way the gas chambers Hitler controlled were taken over after he offed himself. But then they could probably use Gitmo for that.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:07 pmUncle Ho Says:
uhhh, shoeless, Darrin McGavin is dead.
I know. He’s perfect for the part.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:07 pmWill there be a big ol’ bronze of Jeff Gannon?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pmDid they ever open the Iran-Contra exhibit to the public at the Bush Sr. library?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pmA large photo array featuring W’s torture is available.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pmjb Says:
Will there be a big ol’ bronze of Jeff Gannon?
Yes. They are hiring Karl Rove to polish it every day.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pmWill there be the missing WMD’s available in the gift shop ?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pmJust the part of him that was used at the White House, wink, wink.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pmMost prominent should be a big pile of now worthless US dollars to represent the deficit and reckless redistribution of wealth from US treasury into GOP crony Corporations.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pmjb Says:
A large photo array featuring W’s torture is available.
But Bush’s tortured syntax will not be available.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pmMushroom clouds are on sale in the gift shop….Git yer mushroomclouds…they’re goin’ fast.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:18 pmMCMetal Says:
Will there be the missing WMD’s available in the gift shop ?
No, but you can purchase Weapons of Mass Destruction Program related documents.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pmUncle Ho Says
April 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
jdc@ 12:57
FLAGGED!!!!
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And didn’t that feel good?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pm“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
April 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pmLook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Will Chimpy be there signing “My Pet Goat” , while they run the clip of him sitting frozen and ashen-faced and clueless for 7 full minutes when he was informed that America was under attack ?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pmAnacherSMU history department chair Kathleen Wellman. According to her official SMU bio:
Her special interests include modern French culture and the Enlightenment>/strong>, particularly the influence of physiology and medicine on philosophy.
Gotta wonder if the BushitCo era will go down in history as the ‘Endarkenment’
April 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pmgeez, those pesky tags again!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pmCross stitched mottos made in China featuring Bushisms, “fool me once….”, “OBGYN’s practicing their special love”, ad nauseum will be for sale in the gift shop…..the whole library will be gift shop.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:22 pmThey save the “Mission Accomplished” banner for Chimpy and Co to have a reunuion and circle jerk with it one day ?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:22 pmCan I get a perpetual Constitution shredder at the gift shop?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:22 pm“reunion”
April 16th, 2008 at 1:23 pmPerhaps a Bill of Rights Jigsaw puzzle, with several missing pieces?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:23 pmWhat a waste of space and money.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pmWill they have dolls in the gift shop available in the likeness of all the GOP politicians who will do nothing for the children but obstruct them from accomplishing something ?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:25 pmWe have designer jeans and other such items. Now Bush introduces us to “designer history”. Come one, come all, make up your own history to suit your prejudices. Ain’t progress great!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pmBush Library ‘Will Rely Chiefly’ On Design Firm Rather Than Historians To Showcase Policies
Lame Duck Liebrary [sic] Will Rely Chiefly On Doubleplusgood Doublethinking Duckspeakers To Distort The Reality Of Pisspoor Policies.
There - that’s better.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pmIn Oliver Stone’s new movie on this godawful presidency , is there going to be a “dual role” in portraying Gonzales and Mukasey played by Pinocchio ?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pmRUCerious Says:
Can I get a perpetual Constitution shredder at the gift shop?
Of course not! Those are not toys! Bush takes shredding of the Constitution very seriously!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:28 pmHow about a national debt increaserator?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:30 pmHaving the Presidential Library designed by a team of PR specialists will be a fitting epithet for an administration that has ignored blatant fact and historic notions of justice. More to the point ; a Lego library would be too high an accolade for this bunch of criminals.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pmOne entire wing of the library will contain the Weapons of Mass Destruction exhibit, and will remain completely empty.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pmmisshusseinmolly;
yeeeeehaaawwww!
it felt grrreeeeaaaatttt!
April 16th, 2008 at 1:35 pmChainsaws will be sold in the gift shop ; from the makers of Poulan , comes “the Decider” chainsaw .
Makes clearing brush more worthwhile than doing what you’re actually supposed to do……..
April 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pmThe Hurricane Katrina exhibit will remain under construction for decades.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pmRUCerious Says:
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How much you wanna bet this particular bust is going to have banana offerings laid on it daily?
That is f**king hilarious! I’d like to meet the 2% of those folk who do NOT see Bush’s “presidency” as a failure, and the 39% of those who don’t see Bush as the WORST President in the history of the office. The only books that should be allowed in Bush’s “library” are the “See Dick … ” series.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:37 pmThe mark of any fascist society has been the glorification of the dear leader. This has been true from the early tyrants of Greece and Rome to the more modern tyrants such as Hitler, Stalin and Saddam Hussein. Each built temples to their own worship and attempted to rewrite history to justify that image.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:40 pmMy favorite exhibit will undoubtedly be the one about his days in the Texas Air National Guard. I hear the visitors will get to snort cocaine, shoot tequilla and screw Mexican whores.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pmMy fave wing will be the incredible string of failed ventures, where the Sadim Touch Display will show how everything he touched, he turned to feces.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:43 pmTalk about re-writing history? From the look of that bust (as pictured) Bush is being portrayed as a black man. I like the Newman depiction better - more realistic.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:44 pmJust think of all the shame and utter disgust he has brought to otherwise honorable professions and jobs:
April 16th, 2008 at 1:45 pmTexas cowboys, The National Guard, anyone with a MBA, Military Pilots, Harvard and Yale Graduates, Tree-pruners,anyone who ever was addicted to drugs or alcohol, The National Association of Liars, the English language,the list goes on and on!
I heard it’s going to cost $3 trillion, over 4000 people have already been killed during construction, and it will only have electricity for 6 hours per day.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:46 pmshoeless Says:
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My favorite exhibit will undoubtedly be the one about his days in the Texas Air National Guard. I hear the visitors will get to snort cocaine, shoot tequilla and screw Mexican whores.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
But think of all the lives that were saved from the impending VC invasion ……………………………
April 16th, 2008 at 1:48 pm‘Spanking the Monkey for Dummies’ is sure to be on the shelves.
Didn’t KKKarl & Jeff show W how they do it?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pmMCMetal Says:
But think of all the lives that were saved from the impending VC invasion
Oh, I didn’t know the VC had planned to invade Mexico.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:51 pmWhy not just rename Iraq, G W Memorial Museum of Failure?
April 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pmshoeless Says:
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MCMetal Says:
But think of all the lives that were saved from the impending VC invasion
Oh, I didn’t know the VC had planned to invade Mexico.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
And then they were going to stealthily swarm into Texas and Alabama………….See , that’s why everything in Chimpy’s administration is so secretive ; only he and he alone can determine the magnitude of every and all occurrence(s)…….
April 16th, 2008 at 1:53 pmThis so needs to be repeated:
A recent survey found that 98 percent of historians consider Bush’s presidency to be a failure and 61 percent said he is the worst president in history.
98 percent!!
I wonder, of those polled, what percentage felt that Clinton’s presidency was a success.
My guess: over 70 percent.
Once again for the reading impaired:
April 16th, 2008 at 1:58 pm98 percent consider Bush’s presidency a failure!
Army “Rewards” Outspoken Antiwar Soldier
check it out at http://www.commondreams.org
Seems the army is so stretched that it must promote dissenters. Sgt Ronn Cantu is now SSgt, even though he has been active in antiwar activities.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:04 pmBush wanted to hire the 2%, but they are already under contract as advisors to the sequel of Mel Brooks’ movie.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:05 pmFool Zero Says:
Why a “library” at all? What the man really wants is a Bushland theme park.
OOOOH! can we go to 2nd amendment land?
April 16th, 2008 at 2:52 pmA library to rival disney world. Costumes and busts and even a miniature MT Rushmore with “W” as its central figure. And statues of “W” in his chumy arm slung over Abraham Lincoln’s shoulder after bushwacking the brush of the old west.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm“W” will draw crowds like he draws Sadamm’s ivory six shooters and hold you up at the door to have you searched by his sidekick Alberto. All in a day’s fun with “W”.
My library design:
Visitor walks up to a door with a diebold voting machine, inserting a twenty dollar bill and pushing the button for “George W. Bush”. The visitor can push the button for “John Kerry” if desired, but it still records for Bush. The door still doesn’t open until a docet, dressed as a SCOTUS member, somehow opens the door. Visitor walks into a restroom with walls covered with surveillance cameras. A Cheney manikin holding a Bush ventriloquist doll is practicing in the mirror, spouting all our “favorite” Bush lies. Rolls of Constitution toilet paper are in each stall and on a storage shelf. A toilet flushes and at the same time a door to another room opens. Inside are 4000 plus coffins draped with American flags. In corners of the room different animatonic scenes: Bush’s “no WMD over here”, Bush’s “Mission Accomplished”, Bush’s endless loop of “stay the course”. The only way out is to show a Democratic Club card.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:11 pmWhat a waste of time. Any local sewage treatment plant would be a more apt location for the Bush libaree.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pmMCMetal Says:
Will there be the missing WMD’s available in the gift shop ?
Yes. They even gift wrap them for you. However, when you unwrap the package, you will find that there is nothing inside.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:46 pmDubya World.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:49 pmBe sure to see the Imax theater showing of Mountain Bike Boosch
71. MCMetal: “Tom Daschle never played dress-up like Chimpy , who looks as if he’s constantly auditioning for a spot in the new Village People line-up…………”
April 16th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I know. Tom Daschle’s okay. Bush looks like he’s auditioning for the new Village People line-up? Sounds right to me.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:49 pmartmann11 Says:
What a waste of time. Any local sewage treatment plant would be a more apt location for the Bush libaree.
Good idea, but somebody already beat you to it!
An Enduring Legacy
April 16th, 2008 at 3:49 pmWill they charge admission to the horse milking kiosk?
April 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pmThat sculpture does not even look like him. Looks more like Charlton Heston without CHARACTER and alcohol bloatiness to the face. The neo-cons still in denial.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:21 pmDon’t worry… someone will vandalize the sh*t out of it.
~Sean
April 16th, 2008 at 4:33 pmI want to see the wing where the “Mission Accomplished” banner will be hung.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pmPresident Bush’s presidential library … will sponsor programs designed to “promote the vision of the president” and “celebrate” Bush’s presidency.
“The vision of the president?” Bwa ha ha ha ha! What’s that? Flies with their wings pulled off? Frogs with lit M-80’s strapped to their backsides?
Any presidential library that paints an accurate picture of the chimp will NEVER meet with his approval. Put another way, the presidential library that they’re proposing will NEVER reflect the realities of Bush’s presidency. How do you go about creating a library for a president that doesn’t read?
History is much too important to be left to historians, right George?
April 16th, 2008 at 6:16 pmThe Boosh Libary will be a great venue for protest. Picture the red swastikas spray painted on the imported brick facade.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:06 pmSomeone needs to tell these people that the office of the President of the United States is a CIVILIAN position. CIVILIAN, as in NON-UNIFORMED PERSONNEL. To feature a bust of the president dressed in some sort of quasi-military flak suit (complete with the presidential insignia) is yet another example of the Bush camp stealing one straight out of the Nazi playbook. I don’t know about all of you, but I am so, so tired of feeling ashamed about this country I love.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am(Art @ 140)
It would be very much in keeping with the spirit of the Bush administration for the entire project to consist of a muddy hole in the ground with a “Mission Accomplished” banner above it.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:37 amhis library should be shaped like a piece of shit
April 17th, 2008 at 1:17 pm