Wags Declare Bush Tops at Mediocrity
President Bush was awarded the Millard Fillmore Society’s tongue-in-cheek “Medal of Mediocrity” on Monday, beating out runners-up Woody Allen, Vice President Dan Quayle and the Postal Service.
The group said Bush clinched its 1992 award when his popularity plummeted from a record high after the Persian Gulf War and he lost the election.
“Fresh from the flutter of a million yellow ribbons and a 90% approval rate, President Bush belly-flopped like a wounded swan into the lake of American despair,” said Phil Arkow, vice president of the nationwide group.
The award, established in 1980, is given each year around Fillmore’s Jan. 7 birthday. Fillmore took office when his predecessor, Zachary Taylor, died in 1850. He was then twice defeated.
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