Something else that has been pent up is a retrospective appreciation of GWB. Jules Crittenden, Gateway Pundit, and the guys at HillBuzz have all posted their reflections on the anniversary of W’s leaving office.

PA Cat, a year ago, when talking to Obama voters (they had me surrounded!) I would detail some action the Democrats wanted to take that would harm our National Security. Then I’d end with a solemn pronouncement: “We need to remind all of America’s enemies that the United States still has an Ace up its sleeve: Jeb Bush in 2012!”

Well, I meant it as a joke — though a rather pointy one, to be sure — and it was taken as such. I pretty much talk to the same people so I stopped using it. Oh, I suppose I could have gone out and met new people and used it on them but that’s not me.

If you said “Jeb Bush in 2012″ now, people will think you’re launching the campaign.

The more things change, the less they seem to change in the way you hope, and the more the change you hoped for circles back around to bite you in the butt — leaving you with a bit butt. I forget how to say that in French, but the Latin is…sorry, I have to brush on my declensions before translating.