Katie Couric's Notebook: Power Lunch
It was the ultimate power lunch.
President-elect Obama sat down at the White House today with all four members of what may be the world's most elite club - President Bush and former President's Bush, Clinton and Carter.
Who wouldn't want to be a fly on the wall for that conversation?
This was the first White House gathering of all living Presidents since 1981. The lunch was Mr. Obama's idea and President Bush was happy to set it up.
On the menu: some good advice, a little inside information, and maybe a few war stories. The president-elect said he hoped to learn from the successes of his predecessors. After all, they tackled some of the same issues now on his plate: economic crises and the never-ending efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.
Mr. Obama gets a lot of advice.
But this was a chance to hear directly from the only men who truly understand the awesome responsibility he is about to face.
President-elect Obama sat down at the White House today with all four members of what may be the world's most elite club - President Bush and former President's Bush, Clinton and Carter.
Who wouldn't want to be a fly on the wall for that conversation?
This was the first White House gathering of all living Presidents since 1981. The lunch was Mr. Obama's idea and President Bush was happy to set it up.
On the menu: some good advice, a little inside information, and maybe a few war stories. The president-elect said he hoped to learn from the successes of his predecessors. After all, they tackled some of the same issues now on his plate: economic crises and the never-ending efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.
Mr. Obama gets a lot of advice.
But this was a chance to hear directly from the only men who truly understand the awesome responsibility he is about to face.
That was a very historic power lunch, and I think it was a great idea of President Elect Obama''s!Only thing is, they should have invited you and then they could have made the Power Lunch into a Happy Birthday Party for you,too!:)
And a fly on the wall told me he overheard the following joke at the Power Lunch:
What do George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,Katie Couric, and Christopher Columbus all have in common?
They were all born on Holidays!:)
And that YOU, Katie, were born on Christmas Day, at least according to the Julian Calendar of Julius Caesar!:D
Hey! There''s still time to wish you a Happy Happy Birthday again!:D
So I will! Happy Happy Birthday:D
Peter
Personally considering of the magnitude of the event, the responsibilities that G.W.Bush and B.Obama took and takes may be the hardest. In the end, that''s a transitional period of America, the world and the century.
No one can surely and safely foresee the future.
I can do nothing but live now faithfully and modestly.
"Our Birthdays are Feathers in the Broad Wing of Time"
Jean Paul Richter
With Love and Best Wishes,:)
Peter