President Bush has had a fantastic 5 years as the President of the United States. He has learned many things, met many interesting people, visited with many friends, and had a whale of a time. There have been many highs and lows. But, overall it’s been great fun.
Asked what his worst moment as President was, Mr. Bush pointed to the infamous "My Pet Goat" moment (or 7 minutes):
"In such a situation it takes a while before one understands what is happening," Bush said. "I would say that this was the hardest moment, once I had the real picture before my eyes."
Asked what his best moment as President was, Mr. Bush finally settled on fishing:
"You know, I’ve experienced many great moments and it’s hard to name the best," Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming president in January 2001.
"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound (3.402 kilos) perch in my lake," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
Clearly Mr. Bush loves fishing. Who wouldn’t? It’s not as if one has to stop living just because the country is at war. But it occurred to me that Mr. Bush might have missed a lot of things that have happened in this great big world while he was out fishing. So, as a public service I compiled some things he may have missed into the video below:
[Author’s Note: Inspired by the work of Paul Jordan, Sr. at Life from the trenches.]
Excellent video:)
Great clip :d
Great video montage, Mash! Frankly, I find it astonishing to hear the president of the U.S. — and, arguably, the most powerful leader in the world — reveal that his best moment as president was “catching a 7.5 lb perch in [his] lake” during these transforming times in our history.
While joviality can be positive and uplifting on many occasions, the light-heartedness of his remark in this case is pathetically incongrous and outright inappropriate to the current period in our history, as your video so cleverly shows.
Alfredo, you are right. Especially since in the previous breath he mentioned 9/11 as his lowest point. How can this guy then turn around and joke about his best moment in the next breath. This is the same kind of disconnected and tasteless humor that he exibited when doing that skit searching for WMD under his sofa.
People are dying as a consequence of his actions and he thinks its funny. Talk about disconnected from reality – or is it simply arrogance?
Incidentally, for some poignant and powerful videos visit Paul Jordan, Sr.’s Life from the trenches. I decided to put this compilation together after seeing some of the excellent work on his blog.
Many, many, kudos to you Mash, and may God smile on us all some day. And so much for the “float” idea on Hayden. Wonders never cease.