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Bush's day: A portrait unveiling and some football (AP)
AP - Add this to President George W. Bush's final acts in office: attending one more college football game, in one of the more storied rivalries around.
Bush Unveils His Presidential Portrait: "Welcome To My Hanging"
huffingtonpost.com — Today, President Bush presided over the unveiling of his presidential portrait, at the Union League. "Welcome to... my hanging," Bush joked to the crowd. The portrait "shows Bush staring straight ahead, looking comfortable but not quiet smiling, against ... (more) Bush Unveils His Presidential Portrait: "Welcome To My ...
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'Welcome to My Hanging'
JammieWearingFool — All those lefties who fantasize about Bush being brought to "justice" must be wetting themselves over this line . Earlier in the day, Bush got a look at how history will remember him — at least in one artist's view — as he presided over the unveiling of his portrait at a private club. "Welcome to my hanging," Bush said, drawing laughs from the well-dressed audience in The Union League's ornate hall. The portrait shows Bush staring straight ahead, looking comfortable but not quite smiling, against the backdrop of the White House's Treaty Room. The sitting took place in March, ...

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