George Bush’S Great America [EN]: Chapter 374

The Great America of George W. Bush – Episode 373

“I knew I’d be attacked someday. When a person is successful, there are many who envy and are jealous.”

It was an arrogant and narcissistic statement, but it wasn’t exactly wrong either.

This position was such a position.

Some say that politicians are workers who work under the people, but such workers do not call those who chew, tear, and taste with the blood tax squeezed from the people as workers. Usually, they call them masters.

“But I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

The so-called ‘black desk,’ which he had been preparing for use someday, was emitting smoke.

Of course, even the engineers who devised and designed this, and the generals who witnessed its capabilities, dismissed it as being for the president’s psychological stability.

The desk, which looked crude and had a dark color, had no particular advantages other than being sturdy, but today was different.

This desk, which seemed like it would never be used until the owner retired, was finally being used in his later years.

‘Well, I can’t die, after all.’

It was a White House guard who was hit by the thousands of titanium beads that popped out of this black desk. In other words, there was a traitor in the Secret Service.

“Was it a solo act? Has the identity been confirmed?”

“…As you can see, the scene is like this, so it’s still under investigation. However, we are presuming that he is a new recruit who joined last month.”

Since there was nothing left to identify him by, it would be difficult to identify him.

He was wearing a Secret Service uniform, but how could they guarantee that he was really a Secret Service agent? Well, since he was able to walk in here, it seemed more likely that it wasn’t a disguise.

However, isn’t it basic to keep all possibilities open when investigating?

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

He felt terribly awful. It was only natural.

Even though it was self-defense, he had to watch someone die right in front of him.

It wasn’t steel, but the office was painted bright red after being hit by titanium beads. If he felt fine after seeing this, he was not a human but something wearing a human mask.

‘Most likely, it’s because of the metric system. Did he dislike it that much?’

It’s a bit *역* [awkward/unpleasant] to express, but this was no longer a corpse.

The closest thing to describe it would be fermented seafood made of meat. He was told not to add or subtract power, but he didn’t know it would be this bad.

The shocking sight naturally made him want to vomit, but what could he do if he didn’t hold back?

‘If not the metric system… personal grudge? Well, I’ll have to investigate further. What’s certain is that the election will be difficult. A White House terror attack during the height of the election season.’

The election would not be postponed or stopped because of something like this. Of course. If there had been a series of terror attacks targeting candidates, it would have been worth considering, but the victim of this incident was the incumbent president.

So why would the election be difficult? It was simple.

What was already a mud fight would now truly descend to a primal level of biting and tearing.

The tendencies or motives of that friend who had become fermented seafood were not important to them.

The most important thing here was who made the first move. The basics of elections are ‘fabrication’ and ‘exaggeration.’

It’s about grabbing the opponent’s faults and attaching everything, whether it exists or not.

For example, in the case of this incident, it could be used in ways such as ‘the terrorist was a Republican supporter’ or ‘it was instigated by a Democrat who didn’t like the metric system.’ Or, ‘the mastermind behind this was Obama’ or ‘no, it’s John McCain,’ and all sorts of slanders would come and go.

In fact, Hillary Clinton was initially branded as a ‘refugee supporter’ just for visiting a refugee camp set up by the Bush administration, and then she was subjected to all sorts of slanders, such as ‘she will bring in tens of millions of refugees who are leaving Europe,’ and she voluntarily resigned, promising to try again next time.

This was one of the biggest reasons why Obama was confirmed as the candidate from the Democratic Party.

Some successful lawmakers were *침몰* [sinking/defeated]. Obama also received similar attacks, but Obama had a shield that was more powerful than anything else: his skin color.

Until a few years ago. No, even today, it was ironic to think that his skin color acted more as a weakness than a strength.

However, it was not a very *감흥* [moving/touching] thing for Bush. Kim Kap-hwan lived in 2019, and in that era, being black was already acting as a strength rather than a weakness.

‘Maybe they’ll make similar pledges. Abolishing the metric system, or pushing for the metric system. No, are they already doing that?’

It’s normal to make *공약* [election pledges] during elections, but abolishing the mandatory metric system was impossible.

At least, they could remove ‘mandatory,’ but abolishing it after coming this far would mean more than just wasting money.

Now, whichever side he supported, he would be *욕* [cursed/criticized], and if he was going to be *욕* [cursed/criticized], he had to go in the better direction.

‘Damn. Should I have enacted a law that if I fail my *공약* [election pledges], I would step down from the presidency? Well, if I had, I would have had to step down first.’

Bush sighed quietly. Frankly speaking, if there was such a law, not only the United States but all the presidents in the world would not be subject to this law.

What is constantly criticized is that he *대대적으로 홍보* [heavily promoted] that there would be no more taxes, believing in his lips, but when he opened it, tax increases were inevitable.

In other words, it was a decision that even if President Bush himself was *욕* [criticized], he had to increase taxes first, but this caused President Bush’s supporters to feel a great sense of betrayal.

This *숭고한* [noble] decision became the cause of constantly criticizing to look at statistics rather than *입* [promises] until later.

Anyway, whatever the circumstances, it was true that he broke his *공약* [pledge], so President Bush himself had to *퍼먹어야만* [eat/bear] this humiliation without saying a word.

“Let’s see the damage. The documents are unusable… If the purpose was to sabotage the metric system, they achieved it properly. But if I just ask them to send it again, that’s it, but whether I like it or not, it will be delayed by about a day.”

Bush just said one word.

“It will be dirtier than last time.”

He was talking about the election.

***

The election was nearing its end.

Well, the characteristic of the United States is that the presidential election is an electoral college system to maintain the identity of the federal state.

Thanks to that, there are all sorts of complicated circumstances such as caucuses and primaries, but in the end, it was the one who won the *유세* [campaign] war of ‘who is less *추한* [ugly/unseemly]?’ that takes place during the election.

Some say that in the end, the one who talks well and has a lot of money wins, but that’s not always the case. At least not this time.

The founding father of the United States of America was George Washington. What did that George Washington do in his later years? Didn’t he just do ‘two terms’ and quit?

Bush himself said that comparing himself to that great man was like comparing the sun and a firefly, and he actually thought so.

However, isn’t it the public opinion to use everything that can be used? Public opinion was just a shallow thing that started to come out on the internet, but anyway, this decision to only do two terms was too perfect to turn Bush into something *숭고한* [noble].

Even the media, which was always unable to criticize Bush, did not react much to the statement itself, but when the election really started, they could not help but praise it.

Bush’s decision was, in a sense, a greater decision than in those days. What is the position of the President of the United States called today?

Wasn’t it the position that was called the ruler of the earth? And in fact, each country has reached a level where it cannot discuss not only diplomacy but also state affairs without the country called the United States.

He decided to step down from such a position. Well, Bush himself was motivated by the thought that he wanted to rest a little and that power was like *마약* [drugs], rather than *초인적인* [superhuman] self-control, but originally, these things proceed regardless of his own thoughts.

The reason why there were no significant demonstrations or riots even though the metric system was being ‘*강제*’ [enforced] was also here. It’s the end of his term, and the policy may change again when Bush steps down from the presidency.

So what kind of *꼬락서니* [state/condition] did this election *유세* [campaign] take?

“I am the one who can most correctly inherit the will of the current president! A greater America! Stronger national defense!”

“No. McCain. You don’t understand at all. Those are secondary matters. The important thing is citizens and administration. Therefore, I will continue the will of the current president and provide medical insurance…”

In addition, statements such as ‘I will continue Bush’s will!’ were officially exchanged in the election debate.

The debate, which should subtly elevate oneself and *까* [criticize/belittle] the other person in a sophisticated way, was all about saying that I can best continue the policies of the current president.

This was similar even after the candidates were narrowed down to two: John McCain from the Republican Party and Barack Obama from the Democratic Party.

This was because the achievements and popularity that Bush had built up were so strong. *유세* [Campaigning] is to use everything that seems usable if it matches the election strategy even a little.

And the candidates eventually stopped saying that they instigated this White House metric system terror, but the *흑색선전* [black propaganda] that they *찍어 냈던* [churned out] like crazy at that time had a sufficient effect, making each other difficult.

The end of the *난타전* [free-for-all/brawl] left only deep wounds on each other. However, no one knew that this would act as a *기로* [crossroads] for the election *유세* [campaign].

“I knew it was *개판* [a mess], but it’s more *개판* [a mess] than I thought.”

Bush was these days *붙어 버린* [stuck on] the word *개판* [a mess]. But what can he do when it’s actually *개판* [a mess]?

The election was *개판* [a mess], but the White House was no less *개판* [a mess]. A terrorist came out of the Secret Service, which is in charge of protecting the president. There was no way it wouldn’t be *뒤집어엎어지지* [turned upside down].

Bush, who was actually the victim of the terror, still trusted the Secret Service, but there was no way he could leave the Secret Service as it was.

Therefore, the Secret Service had to be *해체* [disbanded] once, even in name only. As a result, there were some personnel changes, but in reality, the *실무자* [personnel] were still the same Secret Service.

This was because this organization itself was specialized in *조지는* [handling/managing] tax evasion and *겸하는* [also handling] presidential *경호* [security].

Some said that an agency dedicated to presidential *경호* [security] should be created on this occasion, but Bush refused, fearing that it would *변질* [degenerate] into a presidential *친위* [private guard] agency.

The election was *흥미진진하게 달려가고* [rushing excitedly] towards the end, but Bush was not very interested.

It doesn’t matter who gets elected. Well, something will change in detail, but it was the difference between adding one more branch or not when drawing a tree in a landscape painting.

The presence or absence of a single branch will make a difference in the quality of the painting, but it cannot *벗어날 수* [escape] from the frame of a landscape painting.

Therefore, this situation was not *알 바* [his concern]. More important than that was the work of drawing that landscape painting. He was mobilizing all his means to focus on sketching the landscape painting called the metric system.

As a result, although it was close to *날림* [rushed/hasty], he managed to create the foundation for the introduction of the metric system.

No, the expression ‘created’ is a bit *어색하다* [awkward]. It is because the existing laws and the efforts of the federal and state governments to introduce the metric system have been slightly modified and applied to suit the current era.

That’s not something anyone can do. In a liberal country like the United States, it was only possible to *강제* [enforce] these things with achievements that could *찍어 누를* [suppress] dissatisfaction and a strong presidential power that matched it.

And November.

The day has finally come.