Jeebers, He Even Fucking Lied About The Goddamned Fish!!

Brian Zick

John at AMERICAblog contrasts Bush's quote about his favorite White House moment with an official world record for Perch. Bush quoted: "I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. The largest freshwater perch officially documented is 4 pounds 3 ounces, caught in New Jersey in 1865.

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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