Bonus Idiocy of the Modern Day Nero

From my Chimp-o-matic widget:

"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."

-George W. Bush, 01/03/2000 in U.S. News & World Report

Seriously, what exactly did we screw up at so much as a nation to have deserved this douchebag? Whatever it is, we're sorry. Please make him go away.