# George W as Soupy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-as-soupy/87264 "2001-10-13T16:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-as-soupy/87264/1 "2001-10-13T16:44:37Z")
Did anyone who was watching the President the other night, and heard him ask American children to send $1 to the White House to be used on behalf of Afghani children, wonder if he was channeling Soupy Sales? > [@](#): > > You can send your dollar in an envelope…right here to the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC… [sub][sup]disclaimer: All in all, I think the dude is doing pretty well, especially trying to defuse possible ethnic and religious tensions, so this isn’t intended as a Bash Bush initiative[/sup][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mythos45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mythos45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mythos45)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-as-soupy/87264/2 "2001-10-14T16:26:27Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong, but as far as I know, Soupy had no plans to spend any ill-gotten gains he recieved by mail on anything resembling a humanitarian effort. Mr. Bush simply (I assume, not being his confidant)wants to allow the children to feel like they’re helping out their country. Where’s the harm in that, I ask you, sir? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-as-soupy/87264/3 "2001-10-15T01:50:01Z")
Mythos, as far as I know, Soupy Sales never intended in spending his ill-gotten gains at all, as it did not seem to have occurred to him that anyone would take him seriously.