GW Bush - Denser than Depleted Uranium
Sometimes I just can't believe the things that come out of his mouth. I read something, and in my mind I do a classic, slow-motion Jon Stewart doubletake. "Whhaaaa??" Here's a great example:My message to the Iranian people is: You can do better than to have somebody try to rewrite history. You can do better than somebody who hasn't strengthened your economy," Bush said in a year-end press conference."And you can do better than having somebody who's trying to develop a nuclear weapon that the world believes you shouldn't have. There's a better way forward," said the US president.
Ok, just ignore the tortured syntax. America's president is functionally illiterate. But for a leader with an approval rating in the high 20% range to tell the Iranians they can do better for a leader is so mindbendingly unaware as to be close to parody.
The Iranian people "have got a leader who constantly sends messages to the world that Iran is out of step with the majority of thinkers, that Iran is willing to become isolated, to the detriment of the people," said Bush.
Jeez. That just hurts. Thought experiment. Substitute "American" for "Iranian" in that paragraph and see if it sounds any less credible. American Exceptionalism is truly a dread disease, but when it infects your mind to the point where you say things like this, you are functionally disabled by being unable to see the world as it really is, and you need to seek professional care. And why are people still standing around nodding sagely when the Thug-in-Chief drops these little bon mots? He's lost the people, he's lost the congress, he's lost credibility and confidence. It's probably safe to start telling the truth about him now. Anyone?
posted by mikey @ 10:42 AM
4 Comments:
I was reading your comments on "Sadly, No!", you are a nice guy. I've thought so in the past, also.
But for a leader with an approval rating in the high 20% range to tell the Iranians they can do better for a leader is so mindbendingly unaware as to be close to parody.
After careful examination of the events over Bush's term, I have come to the conclusion that it is, in fact, parody. Reality is mocking itself. That's the only possible explanation.
The hell of it it, kat, that does seem to be the likeliest explanation...
I've come to terms with the fact that irony is dead... but it still squicks me out, each time Bush&co engage in a necrophiliac orgy with the corpse.
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