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United States News Title: Missing George W. Bush: A 'trend' -- George W. Bush T-shirts are selling well, 'a trend that will continue.' Imagine the delight of a retired president, roosting in Dallas where a presidential library and think tank are being erected in his name and reading the morning headline about Americans missing him. Then again, Matt Damon's Green Zone also made a debut with a graphic and dramatic reminder that the premise for going to war in Iraq was groundless (No WMD's). The Fort Worth Star-Telegram arrived with news that that billboard in Minnesota picturing a smiling George W. Bush with the question, "Miss me yet?'' isn't the only sign of 43 Nostalgia cropping up these days. T-shirts, hats, coffee mugs and other Bushaphernalia are cropping up on the Internet as well. It seems that things have gotten brighter for Bush since leaving office on Jan. 20, 2009, with an approval rating of 22 percent, the paper notes -- "the lowest for a president in at least 70 years.'' His favorability rating last month stood at 38 percent in a FOX News / Opinion Dynamics survey. Among Texas Republicans, his favorability has risen to 79 percent, according to Public Policy Polling -- he should have run for governor again. "There are those who may have disagreed with President Bush on a few issues," Tarrant County, Texas, Republican Chairwoman Stephanie Klick is quoted as saying. "Now that we have President (Barack) Obama, many would prefer President Bush to be in office again." The former president and wife Laura have retired to Preston Hollow in Dallas, where he jogs, works on his memoirs and prepares for his library and public policy institute at Southern Methodist University, the former first lady's alma mater. The search teams in the Damon thriller about seeking WMDs in Baghdad may have come up empty, but the 9 mm pistol found on Saddam Hussein hiding in a spider hole in Iraq wlll be among the artifacts on display at the Bush library and museum. Last week, the Star-Telgram notes, 13 of the top 100 items sold online by CafePress featured the "Miss me yet?" Bush design. (The Cafe Press design is pictured here.) "An average of 500 of these items are sold each day. The site now has more than 7,700 "Miss me yet?" designs, compared with 1,320 in February, company spokesman Marc Cowlin said. Miss Me Yet shirt.jpg "It's still going strong," Cowlin said. "This seems to be a larger trend that will continue," Cowlin said. More than 14,000 people have signed an online "We miss you" letter to Bush. "Although time is often kind to former presidents, something different is at work here," the letter states. "While it usually takes 10 or more years for a good president to be appreciated for his contributions, in less than 18 months Americans of all political persuasions have begun to miss your strong leadership, no-nonsense foreign policy, and pride-filled vision of American exceptionalism. "In the short time that you have been out of office, our country has sunk to an unprecedented low point," the letter says. "Mr. President, we miss you."
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