Politico: George Bush’s Paintings Aren’t Funny

…the media loves Bush’s paintings. They’re ideal clickbait-kitsch from a boy who would grow into an adorable grandpa, without ever becoming an adult. Bush grins in his painting smock and we laugh. An art exhibit is the benign cherry on his lifetime sundae of fail. Some in the media even wonder if art is therapy for him. Is Bush haunted by what he has done?

I believe Bush paints because Bush can do anything. Every American dream, Bush got—an Ivy League education, running his own sports team, even the presidency. When each dream ended in failure, he grinned and moved on. Bush’s paintings are one more way of turning away from the past, just as he ignored the trail of blood Zaidi left as guards dragged him from the room.

Molly Crabapple for Politico, “George Bush’s Paintings Aren’t Funny”: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/04/george-bushs-paintings-arent-funny-105664.html#.U0y6PeZdVpc

1 thought on “Politico: George Bush’s Paintings Aren’t Funny”

  1. Don

    I think he sees himself as Churchillian. Churchill was a better painter, and better at everything else, including drinking. The question in my mind is, is Bush a better painter than Hitler?

  2. Don

    I think he sees himself as Churchillian. Churchill was a better painter, and better at everything else, including drinking. The question in my mind is, is Bush a better painter than Hitler?

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