March 15, 2004
Bushisms
In all fairness to the Scrub, he is not nearly as bad as Dan Quayle. That man could sap the brain power right out of a room.
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When I took my CLAST (College Level Academic Skills Test) in the early 90's, the essay question was, "If you could be someone for a day, who would it be, and why?" I wrote that I wanted to be Dan Quayle, because I wanted to know if he really was as stupid as he seemed to be. Then I proceeded to write 2 pages of Quayle jokes. It was glorious. Oh, and for those interested, I got a perfect score on the essay.
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One of my co-workers has one of the desk calendars. She only shares them with me when they are truly scary. Sadly, that's almost everyday.
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Quayle has read Machiavelli's Prince O.M.G. Hold me. I'm scared. The nuts are out of the hatch and are running the country.
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When I first started reading the link, I thought maybe his speech writers were to blame. Maybe, if they positioned him as a down-home, Will Rogers sort, his wit and wisdom would shine through the rhetoric. For example, "...misunderestimate me", "It's your money. You paid for it.", and "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." could be comedic commentaries on various pomposities. Then, I thought that he does acknowledge that he's dislexic. Maybe if they just let him riff he'd be better able to present his well-reasoned policies based on informed understanding of the issues and knowledge of the facts. Then, I re-thought and said, "Nah." (Disclaimer: GWB brought out a visceral antipathy in me from the first time I saw/heard him. I've tried to change that, at least to the extent that I could listen to his speeches, but I failed.)
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I was going to pass this up as regular Bush-bashing nonsense, but then I found this: "First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill." I found it touching.