Nation Contest: Retire Bush!

Submit your idea about Bush's next job and win a Sorel cartoon

By Edward Sorel

This article appeared in the December 8, 2008 edition of The Nation.

November 19, 2008


After leaving office ex-President Bush reportedly will head the American Red Cross where he will push for "vast forward-looking measures" dedicated to "helping future disaster victims help themselves" such as swimming and lifesaving classes for residents of low-lying regions.
   --Edward Sorel

ANNOUNCING...
THE NATION'S RETIRE BUSH CONTEST!

THE QUESTION:
WHAT WILL W. DO AFTER LEAVING OFFICE?

Send us your answer, disingenuous or otherwise, in 25 words (more or less). The winner will be chosen by a panel of fair-minded judges (Victor Navasky, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Richard Lingeman). First Prize is an original drawing, based on your entry, by famed New Yorker artist Edward Sorel.

Send your entry here
DEADLINE: December 31
WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED: January 12

About Edward Sorel

Edward Sorel is an award-winning cartoonist who has produced many of The Nation's most memorable covers. He is also a regular contributor to The Atlantic and The New Yorker, for which he has done forty-one covers. His art has appeared on the covers of The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, Fortune, Forbes, Esquire, American Heritage and The New York Times Magazine. He has illustrated many children's books, three of which he also wrote. Unauthorized Portraits (Knopf, 1997) is the most recent of several collections of his work.

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