Jean Carnahan: Time for a George W. Bush Memorial Statue

[Rose Siding]

Washington parks are dotted with bronzed warriors, each perched upon his mount, charging forth to battle. Legend has it that there is an "artist's code" when it comes to depicting heroes and horses. If one hoof is raised, the hero was wounded in battle; two hooves, he died in battles; and four down, he "died in his four-poster," according to historian Joseph Brodsky.

For any Bush portrayal, I propose that all four feet be off the ground--thus, the flying horseman, soaring above disasters, leaping over environmental regulations, and lunging blithely into deficit land, chain-saw in hand, shearing taxes hither and yon.

Then again, I don't recall seeing our President on a horse. Maybe the sculptor could substitute a bicycle with one rim dented, signifying an occasional spill in the line of duty......

I think it's time to commemorate George W. Bush in some statuesque way for his bungling. Yes, the President deserves recognition for heroic incompetence so brilliantly displayed during the Second Battle of New Orleans, the Capitol Hill Standoff of 2007, and the Baghdad Surge.

I know the GOP faithful have already ponied up for a splendid presidential library. But does a large book collection capture the essence of the real George W. Bush? There is more, so much more......

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jean-carnahan/time-for-a-george-w-bush_b_47258.html

[madame defarge]

1. Would look great with...

the "Mission Accomplished" banner draped across it...

[MrModerate]

2. Did she mean "large comic book collection" in the last paragraph? n/t

[Cheap_Trick]

9. And what is wrong with a large comic book collection?

I have at least 30,000 plus.

[MrModerate]

11. Isn't there some formula about the quantity . . .

of pulp paper one should store within a given volume of space to avoid spontaneous combustion? Do you use an argon-atmosphere vault?

And seriously, I don't think Bush could *possibly* have read 30,000 comic books himself -- I mean at 2-3 a year, that's a hundred, tops.

[tanyev]

3. This would make a great GWB statue:

[Virginia Dare]

4. Or how about this one?

[Judi Lynn]

5. Love that author, former Senator Jean Carnahan.

She's a real Missouri Democratic asset. You may remember her husband, beloved Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan's plane went down immediately before his election during his campaign against John Ashcroft.

The Republican Party put out an all out effort to beat her, involving shutting down voting places before lines of people could vote in St. Louis, and creepster Jim Talent won, only to be replaced by Democrat Claire McCaskill afterward.

(This death by plane crash also happened to Missouri Democratic Congressman Jerry Litton as he flew with his entire family to a party immediately after winning the Democratic primary.)

[Kablooie]

6. I would prefer one more along the lines of this new Paris Hilton sculpture

Paris Hilton Autopsy.

http://www.parishiltonautopsy.com/

[Democrats_win]

7. LOL. May 1st will remind us of his lies and incompetence. His statue would be a waste of space.

[Lisa]

8. I'd prefer a series of tableaus, depicting his many failures ...

Tourists could do a processional route ("The Stations of the Bush"?). If they wanted to put more people to work, they could make them living tableaus. Surely there are unemployed actors who would be willing to don the flight suit and padded codpiece for the "Mission Accomplished" scene, for example, and be pelted with tomatoes?

[Cheap_Trick]

10. whatever the pose

the statue HAS to be made of shit. chicken shit. just like the real thing.

[katty]

12. bush falling off his bicycle/plaque to read: "It's Hard Work"