{"id":5481,"date":"2008-11-04T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2008-11-04T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:36:02","slug":"bush-can-i-stop-being-president-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/bush-can-i-stop-being-president-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush: &#8216;Can I Stop Being President Now?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5482\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/nov_bush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5482\" title=\"Bush: 'Can I Stop Being President Now?'\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/nov_bush.jpg?resize=500%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bush: 'Can I Stop Being President Now?'\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/nov_bush.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/nov_bush.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bush: &#39;Can I Stop Being President Now?&#39; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON\u0432\u0402\u201dIn a press conference held this morning on the White House lawn, President Bush formally asked the assembled press corps and members of his own administration if, in light of today&#8217;s election, he could stop being the president now. &#8220;So it&#8217;s over, right? Can I stop being president now?&#8221; Bush said after striding to the podium in a Texas Rangers cap and flannel shirt, carrying a fully packed suitcase. &#8220;Let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;m done as of now. Presidency over.&#8221; When informed by Washington Post reporter David Broder that his presidency would continue through early January, Bush stared at him quizzically, sighed, and shuffled silently back into the White House.<img class=\"terminator\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theonion.com\/content\/themes\/onion\/assets\/terminator.gif?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/bush_can_i_stop_being_president\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Onion<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u0432\u0402\u201dIn a press conference held this morning on the White House lawn, President Bush formally asked the assembled press corps and members of his own administration if, in light of today&#8217;s election, he could stop being the president now. &#8220;So it&#8217;s over, right? Can I stop being president now?&#8221; Bush said after striding to the &#8230; <a title=\"Bush: &#8216;Can I Stop Being President Now?&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/bush-can-i-stop-being-president-now\/\" aria-label=\"More on Bush: &#8216;Can I Stop Being President Now?&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[111,1],"tags":[512,1790],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}