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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 07:02 PM
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The Smarminess of George Bush
Edited on Thu May-20-04 07:52 PM by TruthIsAll
WorldNetDaily: 'Will of Allah' pre-empts Iraq invasion
... shuttle, the insincerity, the audacity, the smarminess – he even ... The column concluded with Bush apologizing to ... women in politics" by George magazine, Coulter ...
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30893 - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

Intellectual Poison
... plate and made an effort to defend his support for George Bush? ... as a victory of sorts for the Bush camp ... The man's faults are legion, his smarminess, his jump to ...
www.intellectualpoison.com/2004/05/beyond-my-ability-redux.html - 31k - Cached - Similar pages

lobal Integrity - The Center for Public Integrity
... Indeed, smarminess and poor ethical judgment are always a question of degree and discretion to most of ... So of course former President George HW Bush has been ...
www.public-i.org/ga/country.aspx?cc=us&act=notebook - 37k - Cached - Similar pages

Atlantic Unbound | Interviews | 2003.03.11
... having been utterly magnetized by his charisma or put off by what they perceive as smarminess. ... I also think that in many ways it's true of George HW Bush. ...
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The Left Coaster: Comment on Newt: “Only Iraqis can win in Iraq. ...
... I agree completely -- Newt's personal brand of smarminess is the worst -- but he is ... on the Israeli tactics that are being adopted; he says George Bush may have ...
www.theleftcoaster.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=898 - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

The Jiminy Cricket War, by Kevin Dawson - Democratic Underground
... So how come George Wonderful Bush is exempt? (At least I understand where Sean Hannity gets his power. He's got that smirking smarminess that in a superficial ...
www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/10/12_cricket.html - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Get More Ass: The Blog: Nobody's calling anything, but...
... point), but I'll tell you something: neither does George W. Bush. ... come off as arrogant sometimes, but he pales to Bush's smirking smarminess any day ...
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Or he adopts this fake smarminess. Ugh, just thinking about Bush makes me angry. I can't stand him. ... SANTA ANA, Calif. - President George W. Bush has had a ...
http://blog.johnkerry.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1237 - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

News from the Great Beyond: This Here President...
... The American people have a unique ability to detect smarminess and manipulation. ... All things being equal, George W. Bush has shown me (and millions of other ...
http://songstress7.typepad.com/beyond/2004/05/this_here_presi.html - 38k - Cached - Similar pages

Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS | 'NO WARNINGS'
... Just as that rather tepid little bit of Bush smarminess was beginning to subside, the really ... And, yes, W's dad, former President George HW Bush, is busily ...
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2002-05-22/fishwrapper.html - 34k - Cached - Similar pages

Beating George Bush
... Cragg Hines at the Houston Chronicle nails Bush's claim to be above politics:"...the smarminess stands out anew in 10-foot tall neon ... So says George Bush's mouth ...
http://beatinggeorgebush.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_beatinggeorgebush_archive.html - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

Hit & Run: The President's Neck Is Missing!
... George,. ... I did consider voting for Bush or Kerry, but finally I decided that ... role just the right amount of determination, fear, and icky political smarminess. ...
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Washington - Page 24
... But it has always made ethics groups a little uneasy. "It is the smarminess and incestuousness that is ... (July 23, 2002) - George W. Bush is shattering records ...
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keithyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 07:03 PM
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1. Flip-flop vs flexibility
Kerry modifies his views = "flip-flop."
Bush modifeis his views = "flexibility."
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 08:58 PM
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2. smarmy
it describes Bush well. Actaully, it's a pretty good description of all of Bush Inc.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 07:59 PM
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3. Toast
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