According to the Washington Post, George W Bush did something different this year when he “met” with Nobel Prize winners.
He actually met with them, or at least with one of them. And that one he met with was the President-elect of the year 2000 (at least by popular vote), Peace Prize winner Al Gore.
It’s easy to let eyes get hazy over this photo–just imagining how the whole world would be different if Al Gore had become US President back in 2000 instead of George W. Bush–starting, maybe, with a President who paid attention to memos with titles like “Bin Laden determined to strike in US.” Or at least a President
- more focused on Bin Laden than on Saddam Hussein
- with nobler priorities than cutting rich people’s taxes and killing Social Security
- whose patriotism cares more about our Bill of Rights and less about flag pins
But that’s not how it turned out, and doesn’t George Bush look delighted!