Unoriginal W: measuring the drapes

Yes, lots of YouTube coming at you today - I've had so much to get to, and I've found so much more in the last few days.

This one gave me a chuckle -- it's another shining example of President Bush and his unoriginal thinking. Remember right before the 2006 mid-term election, when W was on TV every chance he could get, saying Democrats were busy "measuring the drapes" to their offices they were sure they were going to occupy after election victories?

Here's a nice little flashback, to the president's father, President George H.W. Bush before the 1992 election, whining about how Bill Clinton was already selecting a transitional staff, and maybe even measuring the drapes in the Oval Office. Turns out he needed to do both. And it's also worth noting that while the 2000 election was still unresolved, W went around naming cabinet secretaries and appointments long before he had even been declared the winner. Maybe Democrats can learn from that - if another presidential election is ever too close to call, just act like you won and begin nominating cabinet secretaries.

I know, it's ancient political history, but I got a laugh over it. We now know we can add "unoriginal" to President Bush's long list of virtues.