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Bush Likes His 'Liberating' New Life in the Burbs

Former president tells high school seniors he's relieved to be in suburbia

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(Newser) – Being wrist-deep in dog poo makes a nice change of pace from being neck-deep in responsibilities, George W. Bush told a group of New Mexico high school seniors yesterday. Bush, in one of his few public appearances since leaving office, said it felt liberating to be out of the Oval Office and returning to normal life in suburbia, AP reports.

"I realized this was the first time I'd been walking in a neighborhood for 14 years," Bush said of his first walk around his Dallas suburb, where former first dog Barney made a mess on a neighbor's lawn. "And there I was, former president of the United States of America, with a plastic bag on my hand," Bush recalled. "Life is returning back to normal."

Former President George Bush speaks at a reception for high school seniors receiving the 2009 Chase Foundation Scholarship at Artesia High School in Artesia, NM, yesterday.
Former President George Bush speaks at a reception for high school seniors receiving the 2009 Chase Foundation Scholarship at Artesia High School in Artesia, NM, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)
Former President Bush waves to the crowd during a reception for high school seniors at Artesia High School in Artesia, NM, yesterday.
Former President Bush waves to the crowd during a reception for high school seniors at Artesia High School in Artesia, NM, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)
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I no longer feel that great sense of responsibility that I had when I was in the Oval Office. And frankly, it's a liberating feeling. - George W. Bush

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Derni
May 22, 09 9:06 AM CDT
I happy for him-glad he's getting back to normal-it will take a long time to correst the economic abuses and other difficulties he and his cabinet left us with-so we're happy he's gone too-enjoy life in Texas. Reply
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ClearSight
May 22, 09 10:34 AM CDT
Typical. You do know there is 3 equal branches of government, don't you? That congress controls the purse strings? That we don't live in a dictatorship yet, although Obama is working hard for one.....
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NutsInNY
May 22, 09 2:38 PM CDT
NearSight: Yes, "there is 3 equal branches of government"... But "is our children learning?"
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John
May 22, 09 9:35 AM CDT
He should have stayed in the burbs 9 years ago. We would all be better off!!!! Reply
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ClearSight
May 22, 09 10:35 AM CDT
Obama should have stayed in Africa on his last visit there.
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