Dear George, It's Been Fun

There's a sad sort of clanking
From the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too.
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping up to say cukoo!
Cukoo! Cukoo!
Regretfully they tell us

But firmly they compel us
To say goodbye to you.

So long
Farewell
Aufwiedersehn
Goodnight
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight

So long
Farewell
Aufwiedersehn
Adeiu
Adeiu Adeiu
To yieu and yieu and yieu

So long
Farewell
Au 'voire
Aufwiedersehn
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne

So long
Farewell
Aufwiedersehn
Goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye

Goodbye!

I'm glad to go I cannot tell a lie
I flit I float
I fleetly flee I fly

The sun has gone to bed and so must I
So long Farewell
Aufwiedersehn
Goodbye--

Goodbye...
Goodbye...
Goodbye...
Goodbye...

Comments

[Fancy]

Oh, my... Do you really think GW deserves a Sound of Music Farewell? You are much more generous than I...

[Kathi D]

I will be so pleased to be saying "Buh-bye" to him! I saw George Stephanopoulos on TV and he said that after the President leaves the White House, the movers go in and change everything in time for the new President! Wowee.

[Meg]

You know what? Good man, I'd like to have a beer with him, I'd let him watch my kids even, but he just wasn't well-suited to the challenges of the world's most difficult job. Despite the pedigree. Thankfully we have term limits, and now someone else gets to try it for a while. Just the pick-me-up our nation needs after 8 years of mumbling and stammering.

EDITED TO ADD A QUICK NOTE FROM FOOLERY:

. . . because Foolery STILL can't see any Typepad web sites, including her own, from work. Ahem.

Meg, you summed up nicely how I feel. I don't hate the man. Strangely, I may even like him (personally) now more than I did eight years ago. But not as my leader.

Your assessment of "ill-suited" sums it up nicely, I believe. Maybe I don't like his management style -- yeah, that's it. In any case, while I don't look to Obama to be a savior (that's a bit overstated, and yet that's how we're collectively viewing things at the moment), but a breath a of fresh air. A brand new journal to write in -- one whose binding creaks when you open it the first time.

Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone, as always. You make this so much fun!

-- Laurie

[Melanie @ MelADramatic Mommy]

Nah nah na na, nah nah na na. I'm so excited for things to come!

[The Mom Bomb]

Who else thought Christopher Plummer was kinda sexy in Sound of Music?

[Cactus Petunia]

And don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out!

[Rick's Cafe]

How can the new administration go wrong? They've already hired (or about to)a tax cheat to be the person who will fix the economy.

Under self-preservation, maybe they'll just have to abolish the IRS - I'm all for that kind of change!!

[Bob Cleveland]

Mark my words .. history will reveal that Pres. Bush did a remarkably good job, much the same as what happened to Harry Truman. It wasn't until years later that his accomplishments were recognized.

Time will tell. As it will about President Obama.

p.s: I wonder if anyone ever noticed that, if you put an n, an l, and an a into the newly-elected team, you get...

OBAMA BInlaDEN.

:)

Interesting.

[Chesapeake Bay Woman]

I'm not sure 30 minutes is enough time to move all the crap he is. Oops, I mean to move all the crap he HAS.

[Lynette]

LOL. How much do I love The Sound of Music?!

And my saying.."It's been real. It's been fun. Too bad it wasn't REAL FUN"

[Rick's Cafe]

Amazing, the talent continues to flow forth.

Too bad you're not in the Mid-west....you could entertain the 'troops' stuck at home due to all the closed schools this morning!

[mommypie]

DOH! A George, a sad, sad George.