President Bush’s post traumatic stress and my perceptions during President Obama’s Inauguration

President Bush’s post traumatic stress and my perceptions during President Obama’s Inauguration
By Andy Alt / Political Dimensions

January 21, 2009

Last night I started thinking about how it must feel for George W. Bush to be President for 8 years and then return home to Texas, and what his first few weeks as a civilian would be like. Being President (even a bad one) must be extremely stressful.

Because President Bush was Commander-in-Chief (albeit a poor one), that means he’s a veteran. If President Bush develops problems and is later plagued by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), will he be surprised to find out that it’s very difficult for people who served their country to get help for mental stress caused by that service? (For other news about President Bush, see President Bush Outraged at E. Coli, Promises Revenge)

That’s likely to be the last shot I take at George W. Bush. Bush himself said that History will vindicate him. And if History also decides that he was elected President in 2000, that would just be icing on his cake. Remember, President Truman’s approval rating hovered around 30% when he left office, but History later decided Truman wasn’t as bad as President Bush. So for the time being, let’s assume that History is somewhere in the scant amount of people who approve of Bush, and let’s all move on with a newly and Democratically (legally) elected President.

I couldn’t help notice there was a large crowd inside my television when I turned on the television yesterday. It was Inauguration Day, so judging by the size of the crowd, I assumed that Jesus was about to be our next President. If not, I expected instead that the Beatles were about to perform. After I realized that it was Barack Obama who was soon to be our next President, and that only two Beatles are still alive, I figured that after he was sworn in President Obama’s first official act would be to raise John Lennon and George Harrison from the dead.

I soon realized that resurrecting two former Beatles from the dead would require a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and that even Jesus had a three-day cut-off limit when he raised Lazarus from the dead.

It’s very early and I’m still confused as to whether or not it’s duck season or rabbit season, but I’m remaining cautiously optimistic that Barack Obama will be able to fulfill his leadership role as well as Bugs Bunny could. In truth, it doesn’t matter how I feel because Obama has never returned my phone calls. I therefore have no control over what he does now, but I think that bringing only one Beatle back to life would be sufficient to make my vote worthwhile.

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