Oct 28 2009
George W. Bush, motivational speaker extraordinaire?
After a nine month hiatus of, well, pretty much anything public, George W. Bush may have found himself a new role - Motivational Speaker.
…I know right?
Over 11,000 people (some reports say upwards of 15,000) attended a “Get Motivated!” seminar in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday that featured our 43rd president, former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Rev. Robert H. Schuller, retired football great Terry Bradshaw and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar.
Looking more relaxed than he ever did during his presidency Bush strung together anecdotes and jokes while musing about his eight years in the Oval Office.
“Every single day, I was honored to be your president by bringing honor and dignity to the office,” said Bush.
-spits coffee out of mouth-
“It’s so simple in life to chase popularity, but popularity is fleeting,” said Bush, adding, “it’s not real.”
I’ll refrain from commenting out of respect for the presidency.
In all seriousness though, I think George may have found himself a suitable role (or at least a better one than POTUS). The reaction from the crowd consisted of standing ovations and, for the most part, good reviews. Last week 43 gave three speeches in Canada, and he also recently joined the Washington Speakers Bureau. His next scheduled motivational speech will take place next month in San Antonio.
Chris Clarke, a 25-year old salesman from Dallas who attended the event, summed it up pretty perfectly. He said when Bush misspeaks, it sounds “incompetent if you are president. But here it can be inspiring. It makes him seem like a regular guy, no better than me.”
Sources:
http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1710670.html
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/27/George-W-Bushs-gig-Motivational-speaker/UPI-16531256655386/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bush28-2009oct28,0,3497678.story?track=rss
Hate to say it, but I miss this guy. At least he wasn’t known to be a great orator when he flubbed up a sentence or phrases. Compare that to what we have now and I sure miss seeing Bush on television only once a week.
@Scotty - Shoot I don’t know, I’d hate to have Bush in office with this whole Iran thing going on, that situation is making me really uncomfortable right now.
But back to ‘Dubbya’ — After all of the speech gaffes this guy gave in office, he becomes a motivational speaker?
It’ll be entertaining, to say the least. Good blog fodder as well :)