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.

Déjà vu.

Karen Hughes, one of President Bush’s longest-serving advisers, is stepping down from her position...

Good riddance again.