Smithsonian Agrees to Revise Bush Portrait Caption After Sanders Protests
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gets results! The director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Martin Sullivan, has just written back to Sanders' plea for a little logical cohesion in the caption hanging beneath the museum's new portrait of George W. Bush.
The portrait's caption, describing the Bush era, originally said that the 9/11 attacks "led to" the war in Iraq. After Sanders pointed out the obvious flaw in that causal correlation -- Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 -- Sullivan replied: "Our intention was to remind viewers of the portrait that the listed events were defining moments in the Bush presidency, within the limited space of an object label. I appreciate your concern, however, about the words 'led to.' We will revise the label and delete the words 'led to.'"
Score one for historical accuracy. Now where's that Bush Truth & Reconciliation Commission?
Behold the power of Bernie Sanders!
January 12, 2009 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Socialists- 1, Bush-0
January 12, 2009 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe the Plumber wept.
January 12, 2009 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
After weeping, he also confirmed that he, too, could control any homosexual urges. If he had any. Which of course does not, although damn those Israeli soldiers look hot.
January 12, 2009 8:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Like I've said...ever seen him and Jeff Gannon in the same room at the same time?
January 13, 2009 10:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
It seems like Diogenes found his one honest man in Bernie Sanders
January 12, 2009 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rush, Bill-O, WSJ edit page: Who will be the first to explode with outrage over the gallery's cave-in to the terrorist lovers?!?
January 12, 2009 5:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sean Hannity. You heard it here first.
January 12, 2009 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think they should include something like the huge economic meltdown and so on. Why not led to shredding the Constitution and Bill of Rights? Torture and Rendition? And on and on.
The President who made war on America.
January 12, 2009 5:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
George W. Bush was responsible for a 60% drop in starting salaries for MBA graduates during his eight years of mismanaging the country.
January 12, 2009 6:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
There's a reason I'm proud to be a Vermonter. =)
January 12, 2009 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ben & Jerry's Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream?
January 12, 2009 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ben & Jerry's in general is a good enough reason, for sure. ;)
January 12, 2009 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
January 12, 2009 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Even though I live in Pa Bernie is my guy. I even get the Bernie-gram. I'll trade you a Specter and two...
January 12, 2009 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, Bernie Sanders.
January 12, 2009 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm impressed by Mr. Sullivan's responsiveness. He deserves some credit for acting so quickly.
Bernie, I'm thinking a thank you box of some Harpoon, some Long Trail, and maybe the half-pound burger from Zoe's Hex House.
January 12, 2009 8:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good. Now delete the rest of the words. Burn the painting. You're done!
January 13, 2009 8:59 AM | Reply | Permalink