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Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye

The crowd in D.C. breaks into an impromptu raspberry for the outgoing president.

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Democracy in action or inappropriate boorishness?

When outgoing President George W. Bush’s name was announced just before emerging from the Capitol building, the assembled masses broke into a cheer of “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey goodbye!”

The MSNBC anchoring crew tut-tutted, but there was no disguising the delight on the faces of the singing crowd.

One might almost feel sorry for the soon-to-be ex-President, but, you reap what you sow, no?

By Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21.


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