Bush gives up golf for Iraq

Famously inarticulate cowboy/President of the United States, George W. Bush, has shown the world his more sensitive side in an interview with Yahoo! and Politico.com.

Focusing on the Texan's thoughts before he stands down from office next year, the interview reveals President Bush's reflections on some of the things that he would like to do once his days of ~~tyranny~~ office have reached there sordid conclusion. Also detailed are some of the more personal decisions that he was forced to make during his time in the White House.

Westmonster found the most startling of these revelations to be that the President gave up golf in 2003 as a way of showing respect for Iraqi families during the American invasion....

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf," said the Simple One, "I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

According to the interview, his last round of golf was in August 2003 after being informed of a truck bomb that had blown up the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people:

"They pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do."

Also revealed in the interview is that Bush can't wait to finish being President so that he can get his private e-mail account back and start e-mailing jokes to his buddies, something about American Idol, and that he watched the Steve Martin movie Father of The Bride to prepare for his daughter's wedding...

The full transcript can be read here.

Written by Oli Anderson on 14 May 2008 11:10 AM. Permalink