He just told the truth…

…and they think it's Hell.

“There were a few sharp elbows that really rankled and I felt were not as magnanimous as the occasion called for,” Karen Hughes, a longtime Bush confidante, said in an interview.

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Dan Bartlett, another top adviser...added: “It was an ungracious inaugural. It was pretty clear he was taking shots.”

Sorry, kids, the tantrum won't work this time. We've turned this country around and we're headed home.