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I’ve decorated my shoebox with pictures of U.S. presidents, heart-shaped stickers, and all the puffy paint and glitter.
Here are some Valentines I hope to receive from our previous Commanders-in-Chief. Be forewarned: there are a lot of Valentines from JFK.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m usually silent
But I’d talk to you.
— Calvin Coolidge
In a crisis, Valentine?
You could be my bae… of Pigs.
— JFK
I’ll be honest:
I want you to be my Valentine!
— Abraham Lincoln
I’d cross the Delaware for you, Valentine!
— George Washington
Ask not what your Valentine can do for you
Ask what you can do for your Valentine…How ‘bout a big ol’ smooch!
— JFK
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I wrote a song on the sax
To play just for you!
— Bill Clinton
With you as my Valentine, it’s morning in America every day!
— Ronald Reagan
I shall resign the presidency, effective immediately..
Only if you’ll be my Valentine!
— Richard Nixon
You’re nowhere to be found on my enemies list, Valentine!
— Richard Nixon
READ MY LIPS… be my Valentine!
— George H. W. Bush
There’s no one I’d rather face down the Axis of Evil with than you, Valentine!
— George W. Bush
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
To prove my love
I’d take a shoe for you.
— George W. Bush
I know my fireside chats are addressed to the nation…
But I’m only talking to you, Valentine!
— FDR
I’ll make you a New Deal:
Be my valentine!
— FDR
I’m falling for you, Valentine
Like the stock market!
— Herbert Hoover
You can replace me on the $20 bill…
As long as you don’t replace me in your heart, Valentine!
— Andrew Jackson
Forget the moon—
The only place I want to go in this decade
is your heart! (and in your pants)
— JFK
Are you the Lily Ledbetter Act, Valentine?
‘Cause I want to sign our love bill into law!
— Barack Obama
Is the White House on fire
Or is it getting hot in here, Valentine?
— James Madison
Roses are Red (Room)
Violets are Blue (Room)
The Oval Office is lonely
And empty without you!
— The White House