"As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office..." In a speech before Ohio High Schoolers and business leaders in a
Republican district outside of Dayton,
the
President made some interesting commentary on marriage, chicken-plucking,
polling, his own legacy, comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, and of course,
the
rug. Apparently,
he
loves the rug like Ronald Reagan loved Jelly Beans,
talking about
it
all
the time, even on the whitehouse.gov's
video
tour. Shortly after a President takes office, they
make
their own imprint on the character of the Oval Office by redecorating, a
task usually taken by the First Lady. The rug, designed by Laura Bush is
sunshine
yellow,
as the President stated
he
wanted the room to convey a sense of optimism, "because you can't make
decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a
better tomorrow." Hopefully the rug doesn't become a bookended anecdote to
another
Presidential
"rising"
sun.
posted by rzklkng
on Apr 24, 2007 -
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