Sometimes It Stinks to be President

Actually I imagine there are a lot of times when it stinks to be President, but try to imagine having this conversation with someone of high qualifications whose morals and political philosophy you agree with:

Hi, Ted. George W. Bush here. Listen I've got a favor to ask. I want you to spend the next few weeks going through a torturous Senate confirmation hearing in which anything you ever said or did will be used against you. I want you to spend a couple of weeks letting the Senate Judiciary Committee attempt to belittle you, humiliate you, embarrass you and generally assassinate your character. And if you get past that all of it is going to happen again in the full Senate and maybe, just maybe, you'll get a confirmation vote. And if you pass that, I want you take over an agency that's gotten a bit of a black eye in the press lately and try to repair it's reputation in the 14 months you'll have the job before the next administration replaces you.

What do you say? Interested?

I bet it's going to be a hard sell to find someone willing to do all that. Then again, doesn't Slick Willie has his law license back? Now that would be a confirmation hearing worth watching.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:31 PM | No Comments | Add Comment