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Mira

(22,380 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 10:57 AM Jun 2015

Bush Sorry Patriot Act Repealed Before He Got Chance to Read It



CRAWFORD, TEXAS (The Borowitz Report)—Just hours after the United States Senate voted to reverse key provisions of the Patriot Act, former President George W. Bush said that he regretted that the law had been partially repealed before he ever got a chance to read it.

“At the time when it was being passed and whatnot, people around the White House were saying it was a really good law,” Bush said at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. “I remember saying to myself, ‘I really need to read that.’ ”

Bush said that right after he signed the Patriot Act into law, “I wrote on a little Post-It note, ‘READ PATRIOT ACT.’ So it was definitely something I was meaning to do. But I guess it was one of those things I never did get around to.”
Now that the law has been partially reversed, Bush said, “I suppose it’s a little late in the game to start reading it,” but he indicated that he still “might check it out just to see what all the fuss was about.”

“I think they have it down at my Presidential library, so maybe one of these days I’ll set aside some time and read it,” he said, before adding, “Ha ha, who am I kidding? That’s not gonna happen.”



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Bush Sorry Patriot Act Repealed Before He Got Chance to Read It (Original Post) Mira Jun 2015 OP
And more HassleCat Jun 2015 #1
Bush* also regretted he didn't get to wipe his ass when he was in the White House. Raster Jun 2015 #2
I love good satire Gothmog Jun 2015 #3
Borowitz does it again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2015 #4
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
1. And more
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 11:11 AM
Jun 2015

He also expressed regret his term of office ended before he got a chance to be president.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
2. Bush* also regretted he didn't get to wipe his ass when he was in the White House.
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:14 PM
Jun 2015

Oh wait: Laura, Condi and Karen did that for him.

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