Are You Listening, Secretary Paulson?

David Letterman of Late Night on Top Ten George W. Bush Ideas for Fixing the Economy:

10. Why fix it if it ain't broke?

9. Drill Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for loose change.

8. Sell cupcakes in front of the White House.

7. Flip all them charts upside down.

6. Encourage Americans to spend more. If they don't, Cheney peppers them in the face.

5. Most things seem better after half a bottle of Jim Beam.

4. Let's just say the Lincoln Memorial is now the Tostitos Lincoln Memorial.

3. Invent a car that runs on root beer. Come on, we have an unlimited supply of root beer. And we make it here in America. Am I the only one thinking?

2. Put on a pair of glasses and shoot a moose.

1. Is Hillary still available for a 3 a.m. phone call?

Source: Frontrunner

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