The Presidency: The Just Folks Presidency

The "Just Folks" Presidency

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,/ Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens / These are a few of my favorite things.

When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things/ And then I don't feel so bad.

-- Rodgers and Hammerstein

Good writers, those two. Poetic, brief and accurate. George Bush must have been listening and working up his own version:

Old baseball mitts and spotted plump puppies,/ Horseshoes that ring and bright smiling yuppies . . ./ These are a few of my favorite things.

When my polls are bad, I simply remember my favorite things/ And...

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