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President Bush Pens A Poem
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sat Oct 4, 2003 @ 7:18pm |
 Coolness: 686270 | President Bush pens a poem
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Laura Bush says her husband is a poet even if, uh, Americans don't know it. At a gala Friday night kicking off this weekend's third National Book Festival, Mrs. Bush celebrated the written word in an age of visual media, thanking American authors for their "tales of mystery, history and heroism." "A good book is like an unreachable itch; you just can't leave it alone," she said at the Library of Congress, repository of 126 million books, recordings, photographs, maps, manuscripts and more. She revealed that President Bush had penned a poem for her when she got back from a five-day solo trip to Europe, where she attended a book festival in Moscow and visited France -- getting two kisses on the hand from French President Jacques Chirac. "President Bush is a great leader and a husband, but I bet you didn't know he is also quite the poet," she said. "Upon returning home last night from my long trip I found a lovely poem waiting there for me." As her husband watched quietly, she recited it. "Roses are red/Violets are blue/Oh my, lump in the bed/How I've missed you." Bush sometimes refers to his wife as a lump in the bed. Mrs. Bush went on: "Roses are redder/Bluer am I/Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy." And then the finale: "The dogs and the cat, they missed you too/Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe/The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier/Next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier." Barney the dog had a tumble when Mrs. Bush was handing him to her husband on a tarmac. James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, called Mrs. Bush "first reader of our land" for her work on behalf of literacy and reading. The first lady is a former librarian and teacher, and the book festival is modeled after those she started in Texas when her husband was governor. "Stories beckon us to toss all the cares in the world -- work, even sleep -- to read and discover," she said. Novelist Tom Clancy, Cherokee storyteller Gayle Ross, nonfiction author and novelist Stephen L. Carter, CBS newsman Bob Schieffer and actress Julie Andrews, who writes children's books, joined Mrs. Bush in launching the festival. In case you missed it, here is the poem... Roses are red Violets are blue Oh my, lump in the bed How I've missed you. Roses are redder Bluer am I Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy. The dogs and the cat, they missed you too Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier Next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sat Oct 4, 2003 @ 11:25pm |
 Coolness: 340345 | "Bluer am I"
no, see Bush would say something like "Me and bob", using "am I" is too grammatically correct for Bush. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 12:00am |
 Coolness: 149495 | where does bob come in? hes talking about himself!
now maybe if you said... bluer's me |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 12:32am |
| Coolness: 340345 | ack, nm. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 12:45am |
 Coolness: 201905 | ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE BUSH IS A JACKASS |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 12:47am |
| Coolness: 340345 | Niiiiiiice, i like it. send it to the new new yorker. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 12:51am |
| Coolness: 201905 |  |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 2:13am |
| Coolness: 340345 | you eraced part of his face (near the mouth) on the last frame.. *tsk tsk tsk* |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 6:51am |
| Coolness: 686270 | happyworld rocks my socks. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cactain_steef replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 12:52pm |
 Coolness: 155355 | and the fox in my box! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» blop replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 1:31pm |
 Coolness: 201210 | that's not that funny :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flatlinedive replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 6:03pm |
| Coolness: 64585 | is this for real?
maybe bush should just woo the terrorists with his amazing literary skills you know i'm a silly but i like you really really now give me your thingys so i don't get the heebegeebezes wondering when you'll make me go klaboomy oh how i hate him |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» little_sarah replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 7:52pm |
 Coolness: 122120 | scott thats actually hilarious |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Sun Oct 5, 2003 @ 11:01pm |
| Coolness: 201905 | It's only funny to people who are cool |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY replied on Mon Oct 6, 2003 @ 11:40pm |
 Coolness: 92370 | the
BLOB IN THE BED has a husbad who has a BLOB IN THE HEAD |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Tue Oct 7, 2003 @ 9:21am |
| Coolness: 149495 | scott.. if thats so, then i must be really cool... cuz i recognized the greatness of happyworld when nobody else would...
im a pioneer of Happyworld loving |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue Oct 7, 2003 @ 9:23am |
| Coolness: 686270 | I love Happyworld. Especially the "unreleased" happyworld. That's like the best one. :) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Tue Oct 7, 2003 @ 12:10pm |
 Coolness: 472485 | Nothing compared to last week"'s JEAN CHRÉTIEN 's speach in some important political audiences ;
-As soon as marijuana will be legalized i'll try it .I'll have money to pay my fine in one hand, a joint in the other.- Jean Chrétien |
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