When the King of Jordan Speaks Better ENGRISH than Dubya
My funkdafied labmate and fellow responsible Democrat JFunk forwarded me this article the other day.
"Vote for a Man, Not a Puppet"
It's written by Charley Reese, a conservative who voted for Bush in the previous election, but now plans to vote for Kerry. Why? His argument, generally speaking, is that Bush is really a puppet. In any other country, a person like Bush could never make it to such an important leadership position. He lacks intelligence, he lacks a command of the english language, and he reduces the world into a 7-year-old's black and white vision of some nationalistic fairy tale.
First of all, our president cannot think clearly. If you saw his debates, you'd know what I'm talking about. When he gets into trouble, he parlays everything into his war on terror. "Mr. President, there are kids who are getting shot down by AK47's in the neglected areas of the inner city. How does your domestic policy address this?" "Well, as everyone knows... the internets harbor this same type of evil. The same type of evil that demands that we take a stand on terror!" While that didn't really happen, I wouldn't be suprised if it did. His other technique is to all of a sudden become chummy with the american people. "Well, Jenny... you look like a hard workin' mother. And I bet, if you had an extra few hundreds of dollars in your pocket, you could do more with that money." Great, but how does that answer the question specifically? On the other hand, intellectuals actually provide facts that they have a visegrip like command of. They don't need to squirm out of arguments or look flabbergasted or seem incredulous to the whole situation, because they are comfortable with their knowledge of who they are and what they know. Bush is just a dumbass, sorry to say.
Second, homeboy lacks command of the english language. What is it with Republicans? They can't seem to spell or talk. From Dan Quayle to George Bush, we have all of the rejects from Spelling Bee tournaments and grammar school. I didn't know there was more than one internet Mr. President! In press conferences with foreign leaders, he seems to be the one who needed some ESL classes. Its just downright embarrasing, and disrespectful of those who have come from other countries and have learned English better than he has. And don't even get me started on how he had to move his hands in unison with his words when he was repeating the oath at his inauguration. Who does that? He went to Yale?
Finally, Dubya simplifies the world in a dangerously comical way. He really thinks that the USA versus Iraq is on the level of GI Joe vs Cobra, Autobots vs Deceptocons, Jedis vs the Empire, and on and on and on. I sometimes wonder if he has play figures of Saddam and the OBL (Osama Bin Laden) at home. I'm sure he has a 1/18 scale mockup of a WWE wrestling ring and he's wearing some sort of red white and blue tights and flying off the top rope to give the elbow to those crazy evildoers! Then again, I liked Jesse Ventura - and they did sell action figures of Jesse "The Thinker" Ventura.
I don't know, I just hope that Kerry wins. For once, I'd like to proudly say that the person that can annihilate the world with a push of a button is smarter than my 6 year old nephew. It's a fairly simple request, no?
"Vote for a Man, Not a Puppet"
It's written by Charley Reese, a conservative who voted for Bush in the previous election, but now plans to vote for Kerry. Why? His argument, generally speaking, is that Bush is really a puppet. In any other country, a person like Bush could never make it to such an important leadership position. He lacks intelligence, he lacks a command of the english language, and he reduces the world into a 7-year-old's black and white vision of some nationalistic fairy tale.
First of all, our president cannot think clearly. If you saw his debates, you'd know what I'm talking about. When he gets into trouble, he parlays everything into his war on terror. "Mr. President, there are kids who are getting shot down by AK47's in the neglected areas of the inner city. How does your domestic policy address this?" "Well, as everyone knows... the internets harbor this same type of evil. The same type of evil that demands that we take a stand on terror!" While that didn't really happen, I wouldn't be suprised if it did. His other technique is to all of a sudden become chummy with the american people. "Well, Jenny... you look like a hard workin' mother. And I bet, if you had an extra few hundreds of dollars in your pocket, you could do more with that money." Great, but how does that answer the question specifically? On the other hand, intellectuals actually provide facts that they have a visegrip like command of. They don't need to squirm out of arguments or look flabbergasted or seem incredulous to the whole situation, because they are comfortable with their knowledge of who they are and what they know. Bush is just a dumbass, sorry to say.
Second, homeboy lacks command of the english language. What is it with Republicans? They can't seem to spell or talk. From Dan Quayle to George Bush, we have all of the rejects from Spelling Bee tournaments and grammar school. I didn't know there was more than one internet Mr. President! In press conferences with foreign leaders, he seems to be the one who needed some ESL classes. Its just downright embarrasing, and disrespectful of those who have come from other countries and have learned English better than he has. And don't even get me started on how he had to move his hands in unison with his words when he was repeating the oath at his inauguration. Who does that? He went to Yale?
Finally, Dubya simplifies the world in a dangerously comical way. He really thinks that the USA versus Iraq is on the level of GI Joe vs Cobra, Autobots vs Deceptocons, Jedis vs the Empire, and on and on and on. I sometimes wonder if he has play figures of Saddam and the OBL (Osama Bin Laden) at home. I'm sure he has a 1/18 scale mockup of a WWE wrestling ring and he's wearing some sort of red white and blue tights and flying off the top rope to give the elbow to those crazy evildoers! Then again, I liked Jesse Ventura - and they did sell action figures of Jesse "The Thinker" Ventura.
I don't know, I just hope that Kerry wins. For once, I'd like to proudly say that the person that can annihilate the world with a push of a button is smarter than my 6 year old nephew. It's a fairly simple request, no?
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