Advice To Mr. Bush From a Member of the 'Reality-Based' CommunityHBO: Real Time with Bill Maher
contributed by Boris Botero
Bill Maher's closing words from a recent Real Time With Bill Maher show.
"Mr. [Bush], this job can't be fun for you any more. There's no more money to spend - you used up all of that. You can't start another war because you used up the army. And now, darn the luck, the rest of your term has become the Bush family nightmare: helping poor people.
Listen to your Mom. The cupboard's bare, the credit cards maxed out. No one's speaking to you.
"Now it's time to do what you've always done best: lose interest and walk away. Like you did with your military service and the oil company and the baseball team. It's time. Time to move on and try the next fantasy job. How about cowboy or space man? Now I know what you're saying: there's so many other things that you...could involve yourself in. Please don't. I know, I know. There's a lot left to do. There's a war with
"But, Sir, none of that is going to happen now. Why? Because you govern like Billy Joel drives. You've performed so poorly I'm surprised that you haven't given yourself a medal. You're a catastrophe that walks like a man. Herbert Hoover was a [lousy] president, but even he never conceded an entire city to rising water and snakes.
"On your watch, we've lost almost all of our allies, the surplus, four airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the Pentagon and the City of
"So, yes, God does speak to you. What he is saying is: 'Take a hint.' "
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