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A Bitter Pill to Swallow

My favorite part of the pitch for the Get Motivated! arena “seminars” that George and Laura Bush have signed up for is the FAQ section on its website.

Down at No. 27 is: “I’m Unemployed. Will this Seminar Help Me?”

The answer, of course, is “YES!”

How down on your luck would you have to be to pay money to go hear George W. Bush explain to you and a few thousand other people how to get back in the work force?

David Kurtz

David Kurtz is Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief of Talking Points Memo where he oversees the news operations of TPM and its sister sites.

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