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Bush Turns Down Job Offer From Dallas Hardware Store

Posted by samzenpus on from the home-improvement-accomplished dept.

Elliott's Hardware store offered George W. Bush a position as a greeter in an open letter in a Dallas newspaper last month. Bush walked in the store on Saturday and said, "I'm looking for a job." Andrea Bond, a manager at the store, said president Bush spent about an hour with his secret service security detail shopping and talking to customers during the surprise visit. Despite having a lot of free time, the former president turned the job down. I'm sure W would make a great hardware store employee as long as Karl Rove worked in the aisle next to him.

11 comments

  1. I'll give Bush a job by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 1

    Anal Hot Dog catcher. On my website.

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  2. Shh now, hush by F34nor · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.angryflower.com/mahfel.html

    1. Re:Shh now, hush by turbotroll · · Score: 1

      Bob the Angry Flower rules the universe. I'm glad it has more fans.

    2. Re:Shh now, hush by F34nor · · Score: 1

      Bob unfortunately does not rule the Universe; the Ur-Quan rule the universe, and even Bob is to fully able to stop them, but he still makes good choices.
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  3. Looking for a job? How about by TheDarkener · · Score: 1

    AT&T? I hear his dad and him have some pretty intimate contacts there up in Corporate..

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  4. Hopefully... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hopefully someone will report this posting to Mr.Rove and samzenpus will disappear. Then we won't have to see any more of his crappy postings.

  5. after his presidency... by mcfatboy93 · · Score: 1

    well, after how bad that was I still would not even let him work at a hardware store. too many heavy machines at his disposal, but its better than the entire U.S. army

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  6. Details save this from idle by JoshuaZ · · Score: 1

    The article mentions that he hasn't found a publisher yet for his memoirs. That's the most surprising detail in the story. I have to wonder if that's because the publishers think no one will read it or if the normal process even for a former President takes time?

    1. Re:Details save this from idle by oldspewey · · Score: 1

      ... it's because not one single publisher has been able to successfully decipher the hundreds of pages of idiotic scribbling.

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  7. Funny but old news by revjtanton · · Score: 1

    This was all over the place yesterday.

  8. Welcome to Wal-Mart, asswipes by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 1

    And to think we could have written a small shell script eight years ago to take care of his other job.