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09/07/2003 Archived Entry: "I'm thinking MoDo is enjoying this."
I'm thinking MoDo is enjoying this.
As much as I despised her for her chronic snarkiness toward Clinton, I'm starting to think that as far as Dowd's snark is concerned, any president will do - even Whistle Ass.
On one channel tonight, we can watch the iconic side of the Bush presidency. In the risibly revisionist Showtime movie "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis," George W. Bush is Vin Diesel-tough as he battles terrorists. "If some tinhorn terrorist wants me, tell him to come get me," the fictional president fictionally snaps on Air Force One after the 9/ll attacks. "I'll just be waiting for the bastard."On network channels at the same time — W. is pre-empting himself! — we can watch the ironic side of the Bush presidency. Even though Bush the Younger has done everything in his power not to replicate the fate of his dad, he is replicating the fate of his dad. Only months after swaggering out of a successful war with Iraq, he is struggling with the economy. His numbers have fallen so fast, Top Gun is now tap dancing. He will address the nation to try to underscore the imaginary line that links the budget-busting pit of Iraq to the heartbreaking pit of 9/11.
Just as the father failed to finish off Saddam, so the son has failed to finish off Saddam. Just as the conservatives once carped that the father did not go far enough in Iraq, now the "cakewalk" crowd carps that the son does not go far enough.
"We need to get Iraq right and we're trying to do it a little bit on the cheap," Bill Kristol, the Weekly Standard editor, chastised on "Nightline." "I think we could use more troops; we could certainly use more money."
The more you do, the more you need to do. That's the Mideast quicksand, which is why it is so important to know how you're going to get out before you get sucked in.
Dick Cheney's dark idea that a show of brutal force would scare off terrorists has ended up creating more terrorists.
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on an unrelated note, i just watched Caligulas big speach on tv. ive never seen a man spend 18 minutes to say absolutely nothing.
i also watched a few minutes of "thats my bush" on showtime. its even funnier than it was on comedy central. timmothy bottoms is the perfect bush, except that i suspect that timothy isnt a moron in real life. either way, its very convenient that our supreem court appointee chose tonight, when every channel is running a special on 9/11 to make his big speach. how stupid do they think we are? well, i guess most americans just might be that stupid, looking at some recent polls stating that over 70% of americans believe saddam was involved in 9/11. even people who i know to be inteligent are buying into this shit. one new yorker i know has completely lost his mind since 9/11, he keeps sending me these america, love it or leave it forewards. im sure that a large portion of people in this country are in fact currently suffering from some kind of mental schism or another, there is no way a sane person could be capable of this kind of double think.
Posted by justin @ 09/07/2003 09:30 PM NY
If you've never seen an 18+ minute speech that says absolutely nothing, you must not watch many political speeches. Or debates, for that matter.
Next time, just go to a restroom and press the button on the electric hand dryer. Same meaningless hot air, and you get your hands dried too.
Posted by Satan luvvs Repugs @ 09/08/2003 01:20 AM NY
i meant that ive nevr seen a speach that devoid of content. of course none of them say anything really, but that speach was just completely vacant. it was like he was talking to a puppy or something
Posted by justin @ 09/08/2003 10:12 AM NY
