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Bush after Bush

It’s not too early to start imagining what George Bush will do after January 20, 2009. After all, ex-Presidents have lately been a more active group, with Jimmy Carter trotting around the globe monitoring elections and building Habitat houses, and Bush 41 and Clinton raising money for victims of hurricanes and tsunamis. So what will W do to make his mark after making such a big splat?

Cut brush probably. For a few weeks. Till his hands start to callous and boredom sets in. There will no need to travel the world; he’s traveled the world, and besides his distaste for sightseeing is well known.

He’s not much of a brain, and what part he has used has gotten us all into quagmires like Iraq. So it’s not likely he will be writing any scholarly articles on international politics. Probably doesn’t know how to use a computer, anyway.

He’s not much of a manager, and what he has tried to manage has pretty much looked like Katrina, so it is not likely any non-profit group will be seeking him out to help them run things.

He could open an employment office. He seems to love giving jobs to people regardless of their qualifications. And there may be a lot of his cronies looking for work in 2009, so there’s a “maybe” on the employment office thing.

Perhaps a better question to ask is what will Bush’s Brain be doing after January 20, 2009. After all Karl Rove’s plans will probably be pretty important to W, at least after retiring from the brush-cutting gig. We can pretty much count on Rove wanting to make more kings. So maybe Karl will get W to pack his suitcase and go on the rubber chicken circuit raising millions from Evangelicals and wealthy Republicans. Bush can raise money. Lots of money. The W ‘n Karl comedy team could spawn a whole new generation of incompetent, but imminently electable neo-cons. Now there’s a legacy.

Yeah, my money is on the money. I’m thinking George W. will find his retirement niche on the $1,000-a-plate circuit. Heck, he might even roll across the border and bring his talents to the Mexican political process. They’re a little short on Evangelicals down there, but Karl will find some good wedge issues to further divide those Estados Unidos, too. Then when, in the words of Excelsior, the national newspaper of Mexico, "the American Southwest slowly returns to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot," W will have positioned the Bush family to be central players in running the formerly American Southwest. Heck, New Mexico won’t even have to change its name.

posted by DanZ @ 11:48 AM