[PLUG-TALK] Shoes for the President

[Mel Andres]

Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>   
>> Unlike some, I don't hate President Bush.  He is a little man
>> trying to fill a pair of big shoes.  Given the incompetence of
>> the last few years, though, I  can understand why an Iraqi
>> journalist would throw his shoes at him.
>>
>> We should help our soon-to-be ex-President find a pair of shoes
>> that fit.  I will be mailing an old pair of my shoes to him at:
>>
>> President George Walker Bush
>> 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
>> Washington, DC 20500
>>
>> ... on Monday December 29, after the Christmas mailing rush slows
>> down a bit.  Perhaps the rest of you can join me, and suggest
>> this on other lists where political messages are appropriate.
>> A mountain of shoes would make an appropriate going-away gift.
>> Perhaps we could bronze the mountain and make it his memorial.
>>   
>>     
> I like the idea!
>
> There is potential for more than a well deserved, pointed statement. If 
> the old shoes aren't in bad shape, they have value to those with fewer 
> shoes than we have. Maybe a bit of organizing beforehand could turn this 
> into a national movement with the eventual intention that the shoes be 
> turned over to some philanthropic groups for distribution to those who 
> need them.
>
>   
I too like Keith's idea. But I do not think we should organize anything 
other than passing the idea on. We should all send a pair and then let 
him deal with the mountain of shoes. Sort of like how he dropped a war 
in our lap.

Mel