No posts about how Bush lies like a rug, please

Nothing says “slow news week” like a story about the decor in the Oval Office. But this one in The Washington Post is a little different, exploring how taken President Bush seems to be with the yellow-sunbeam rug he (or rather the first lady) chose for the Oval Office, and how he seems to view it as some kind of metaphor for his leadership. He mentioned it to ABC’s Elizabeth Vargas, among other interviewers, and discusses it in a virtual tour. The rug story even goes on road trips: During his Kansas State University speech in January, Bush talked about choosing it and recalled telling Laura that he wanted her to “Make it say this: ‘Optimistic person comes here to work every single day.’ You can’t lead the nation, you can’t make good decisions unless you’re optimistic about the future.”
Posted by Rhonda Holman

18 Comments

  1. CrusaderX
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 12:45 am | Permalink

    Fellow WE bloggers: Let’s re-write that rug shall we?

    “Make it say this: ________(your adjective here) person comes here to work every single day. You can’t lead the nation, you can’t make good decisions unless you’re ________(your adjective here) about the future!

  2. Tara
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 1:27 am | Permalink

    Sexy person comes here to work every single day. You can’t lead the nation, you can’t make good decisions unless you’re horny about the future!

  3. Ed Friedemann
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 6:29 am | Permalink

    In THE CAINE MUTINY, Captain Queeg dropped a yellow dye-marker and turned his ship around instead of following and giving cover to the landing-craft close into the beach.

    For that the crew nicknamed him him “Ole Yellow Stain”

    Is someone trying to tell somebody something?

  4. CF
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    Ed,

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

    Don’t forget about the two metal balls that the stressed-out Queeg couldn’t stop himself from…manipulating.

  5. J R
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 8:51 am | Permalink

    Well I guess the ultimate “optiimist” would be someone who doesn’t care about anything and thus never ponders a decision….. or second guesses it.

    Maybe his rug oughtta be a great big ALfred Neuman face. Ya know

    “What? Me worry?”

  6. J M Walker
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 9:40 am | Permalink

    “Make it say this: sexless person comes here to work every single day. You can’t lead the nation, you can’t make good decisions unless you’re cluless about the future!

  7. J M Walker
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 9:41 am | Permalink

    “Make it say this: sexless person comes here to work every single day. You can’t lead the nation, you can’t make good decisions unless you’re clueless about the future!

    Sheesh, maybe I’m clueless about spelling!

  8. CF
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 9:45 am | Permalink

    This whole rug thing is awfully fruity and ‘Feng Shui’ for such a decisive, manly man as Commander Flightsuit. Sounds like someone’s marbles are rolling away.

  9. J M Walker
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 10:06 am | Permalink

    Awww, CF, you know the only manly man in the white house is Cheney. He’s the only one with the huevos to shoot lawyers:-)

  10. A guy from up north
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 11:02 am | Permalink

    Comes to his office lays on the yellow rug some rubs off on his belly and to heck with the future lets borrow another billion and ship a few more jobs overseas.

  11. CrusaderX
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    Yeah, Cheney even shoots the lawyers that SUPPORT him! He don’t take no shit from anybody!!LOLOLOLOLOL!!!

  12. CF
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 11:16 am | Permalink

    Five draft deferments doth not a manly man make.

    However, here is a picture that might support your claim as to Cheney’s ‘manliness.’

    http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/2004/11/the_biggest_dic.html

    Be warned: it is frightening on MANY levels.

  13. XXX
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 11:24 am | Permalink

    Oh, REALLY?

    “DP World officials suggested yesterday that within days, Peninsular & Oriental’s operations will belong to them, no matter what Congress does.”

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701229.html

  14. CF
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 11:30 am | Permalink

    XXX,

    Hey, c’mon, you know the Administration had its ‘accountability moment’ in 2004. Get with the program already.

  15. Jed
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 12:35 pm | Permalink

    Is this rug a close relation to Linus’s security blanket?

  16. Darwin'sDisciple
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 10:36 pm | Permalink

    Rhonda,Bush lies like a rug. Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

  17. J R
    Posted March 8, 2006 at 11:04 pm | Permalink

    Well at least it is illustrative.

    bush speaking at KU about his early presidency cites his choice of rug.

    Except for his rail against stem cell research, I think this is the only evidence of ANY bush presidential action prior to post 911.

  18. Damoon
    Posted March 9, 2006 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

    The yellow rug represents his military career.