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Readers Are Leaders!  

Boston’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is turning that frown upside down for Presidents Day, showing off a Kennedy error for the holiday.

Then Senator Kennedy acquired A. Lincoln by Ross F. Lockridge from the Library of Congress at some point during his time on the Hill, and never returned it.

Now the world may gaze upon the tome at the Kennedy Library before it disappears once more into the L of C’s catacombs.
Missed The Bus  

Consequential!  

They are showing a little ankle at the Bush Library Foundation, the tiny acorn from which the mighty Bush Library ‘n Fantastic Freedom Center oak shall grow.

For some audiences  they are going with a “Say what you will” argument. You may view the Bush era as a string of disasters sprinkled with tone deafness, but you can’t deny its consequential-ness!

“Bush plans to begin quickly on a memoir, probably structured around the toughest decisions of his consequential presidency.“

“George W. Bush’s presidency was far from perfect, but that doesn’t mean his post-presidential life cannot be consequential.“

The Gang’s All Here 

The Library web site is finally up and running, and yes, we will be seeing the Megaphone of Destiny. A lot.

Now that Bush is back at the ranch, his Library-To-Be can drop its self-imposed limit and start taking cash from foreigners.

The prohibition was announced after reports  Bush hanger-on Stephen Payne offered Central Asian dictators Administration access in trade for Bush Library donations.

Exhibition planning moves ahead. George W. Bush Foundation President Mark Langdale is already testing positive spin on renowned Bush disasters, er, “disappointments,” like when Big Government let us all down in New Orleans.

“There’s an interesting lesson about Katrina and the limitations of government assistance to respond to big natural disasters,” Langdale said. “They are acts of God, and they are tough. It’s definitely a story line I would not shy away from addressing somehow in the museum.“

Bush Administration alumni are turning grief into strength online, with a blog!

“We were there. And as members of the team, we know the difference between rumor, reality, fact, and fiction. This is our chance to stand up, speak up, and set the record straight.“

Others aren’t so sure.

Won’t You Be Mine? 

No product moving opportunity is missed by the Nixon Library Foundation, whose latest email invites us to associate Richard Nixon and romance, with the sparkling addition of the right’s scariest  harridan.

Love Hurts   

Present At The Creation Of Ignorance     

Its a race to the exits.

As the George W. Bush Administration flogs its chosen narrative of pluck, grit & determination, it’s only hours until Bush goes into would-be Truman mode.

Even as they head out, the  Bush Administration boldly proceeds as though everything is on the square.  A perennial theme going back to his 2000 campaign was a line Bush lifted from a  Methodist hymn, “A Charge to Keep.”

 

The song provided Bush’s campaign autobiography title [written with Karen “I’m A Mom” Hughes], and the White House  recycles it again in recent talking points distributed to buck up departing cabinet secretaries.

“Above all, George W. Bush promised to uphold the honor and the dignity of his office. And through all the challenges and trials of his time in office, that is a charge that our president has kept.“

While The Getting Is Good     
Bush’s charge keeping has taken the bizarre form of promoting a painting he displays in the Oval Office, which he insists is named  “A Charge To Keep” and depicts a Methodist circuit rider.  This despite untold articles refuting his claim.

  The White House “Curator” goes along with the story on a very special episode of  “Ask The White House,” assuring Meagan of Oro Valley Arizona that…

“President Bush selected for the Oval Office works that depict his native Texas. One special painting he selected as “A Charge to Keep”, a scene of Western riders that inspired a book he wrote. He always talks to guests about this painting that is loaned from a personal friend.” 

The White House even posted video of Bush talking up his story.

Now the inevitable Presidential Library Oval Office recreation will promote this stupidity through the ages.

There Goes The Neighborhood! 

In a further sign of the  Reagan coalition’s fracturing, a Semi Valley evangelical church is using the Reagan Library’s presence in a protected green belt as reason to let the church build there too.

  The Cornerstone Community Church and Eternity Bible College’s property is just down hill from the Reagan Library, and would be in the flight path of the Reagan Museum’s Air Force One, were it to launch.

The Church is proposing to build  an outdoor amphitheater/sanctuary for 3,000, a gym where a thousand sweaty Christians can work it for the Lord, and parking for 2,000 – but with “Eco-friendly “grass-crete””!

  Cornerstone  is headed by dude/pastor Francis Chang, whose oddly compelling headless videos litter the denomination’s site.

The church’s previous bush with fame was when Eternity Bible College theology student Lisa Lewolt competed on “reality show” degrade-athon  “The Farmer Wants A Wife,”  in which hardened city gals competed for the affections of a Missouri rube.

Tragically, Lisa lost out early.