Comments on: Worse Than I Thought

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:34:57 +0000

Perhaps this was Karl’s parting shot, a knife in the ribs of the new chief of staff. Of course, no one is going to tell the Shrubbery, so it doesn’t matter much.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:02:42 +0000

I'm going with your other explanation that "the speech writers are out to make the Shrubbery look like an even bigger idiot than he already is. At this point, realizing that substance is irrelevant, that's all they have left with which to amuse themselves.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:15:48 +0000

I am almost convinced that The Onion is writing the speeches.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:05:14 +0000

In an era in which an editor at the LA Times feels free to insert examples in a journalism professor's opinion piece,,, incorrect examples, as it turns out... what do you expect? Anything can be used to support or defend anything else; neither factual accuracy nor logical consistency is required. Only in such an era could the Bushists flourish. They may reasonably believe that they can, indeed, fool all of the people all of the time, and in that belief, they may not be far from wrong. The Onion was right about Bush & Co.: our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over. I'm tired of this stuff. Could we please have a do-over?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:46:47 +0000

It’s like someone quoting Ayn Rand as a supporter of single-payer health care. It’s jarring and you have to wonder who, if anyone, is in charge at the White House?

By: Jack K.

Jack K. — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:26:28 +0000

…when I first started seeing the Pyle/Greene references yesterday, I thought they were some sort of lame parody. I think you’re right; included amongst the 25% of Americans who didn’t read a book last year are those people who tried to get Gee Dub’s speech all gussied up with a bunch of faux intellectualism based on a profound misinterpretation of one of those books they didn’t read…