Backwash Blogger "Absolutely Riveted" by the Cheerleader Chickenhawk...

[Crankie Avalon]

Too funny:

August 22, 2006
Hail to the Chief

I had the opportunity this afternoon to be part of a relatively small group who heard President Bush talk, extemporaneously, for around forty minutes. It was an absolutely riveting experience. It was the best I've ever seen him. Not only that; it may have been the best I've ever seen any politician. If I summarized what he said, it would all sound familiar: the difficult times we live in; the threat from Islamic fascism--the phrase drew an enthusiastic round of applause--the universal yearning for freedom; the need to confront evil now, with all the tools at our disposal, so that our children and grandchildren can live in a better and safer world. As he often does, the President structured his comments loosely around a tour of the Oval Office. But the digressions and interpolations were priceless.

The conventional wisdom is that Bush is not a very good speaker. But up close, he is a great communicator, in a way that, in my opinion, Ronald Reagan was not. He was by turns instructive, persuasive, and funny. His persona is very much that of the big brother. Above all, he was impassioned. I have never seen a politician speak so evidently from the heart, about big issues--freedom, most of all.

I've sometimes worried about how President Bush can withstand the Washington snake pit and deal with a daily barrage of hate from the ignorant left that, in my opinion, dwarfs in both volume and injustice the abuse directed against any prior President. (No one accused Lincoln of planning the attack on Fort Sumter.) Not to worry. He is, of course, miles above his mean-spirited liberal critics. More than that, he clearly derives real joy from the opportunity to serve as President and to participate in the great pageant of American history. And he sees himself as anything but a lame duck, which is why he is stumping for Republican candidates around the country.

It was, in short, the most inspiring forty minutes I've experienced in politics.

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015081.php

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Not a deep thinker, that one

[Richardo]

2. "(No one accused Lincoln of planning the attack on Fort Sumter.) "

That's 'cause Lincoln wasn't a lying sack of shit.

[marmar]

3. Step away from the Kool-Aid now...

"Bush," "talk" and "riveting" are incongruous terms, unless you have the I.Q. of a labotamized flea.

[peekaloo]

4. Big Brother.

this isn't satire?

ah, life's rich pageant.

p.s. I guess we aren't close enough to him when we see him on the telly to fully wallow in his presnitzity.

[Aviation Pro]

14. Actually....

...wallow in the ditch liquour is more apt.

[redqueen]

5. Somehow he missed all those on the right who think bush is an idiot.

This person demonstrates very nicely exactly how it's possible that he could find the pretzeldent "riveting".

:rofl:

[Jawja]

20. As well as the

8 year harrassment of William Jefferson Clinton:

"I've sometimes worried about how President Bush can withstand the Washington snake pit and deal with a daily barrage of hate from the ignorant left that, in my opinion, dwarfs in both volume and injustice the abuse directed against any prior President."

[redqueen]

23. No kidding... I don't see the WSJ hawking books

describing how many people the BFEE has had whacked.

:eyes:

[Nikki Stone 1]

6. Get a room!

Bleh...

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Did he hand out crack at the end of the tour?

Because this author has clearly been smoking some strong stuff.

[Atman]

8. It is common to be cowed by celebrity

Have you ever called into a national talk show, and realized that your voice just turned into a quivering barely coherent mess the moment you were put on air? Or met one of your favorite celebs and all you can do is say "Gahhhshshhssaha...loved you in that movie...gahhhhhhh." This dude had his moment. He was standing in the White House talking to "the most powerful man in the world," and it turned him to jello. Bush could have spoken about armed conflict with asparagus and a yearning for all people to be fleas, and this Backwash Blogger would still have heard angels singing.

Fuck him. He and his 30% buddies can kiss this mean-spirited liberal critic's ass!

[Crankie Avalon]

18. Sounds like Ralph Kramden as a gameshow contestant...

"Hominahominahomina...Ed Norton?"

[bumblebee1]

9. Conventional wisdom?

Anyone who's heard * speak knows he's not a gifted public speaker.

[verse18]

10. Give * a blow job while you're at it, why don't cha.

"the difficult times we live in; the threat from Islamic fascism--the phrase drew an enthusiastic round of applause--the universal yearning for freedom; the need to confront evil now, with all the tools at our disposal, so that our children and grandchildren can live in a better and safer world."

This is supposed to sound instructive, persuasive and funny. Sounds like the same old lame bullshit platitudes to me.

[Warpy]

11. Some of us are grownups

and we long ago outgrew the need for a big brother to tell us all about what he thought the world was about while telling us he'd protect us from the bullies. We can make up our own minds, thanks, and fight our own battles.

One of the major battles is against these children who never really managed to grow up and who are still looking for that mythical parent/big brother figure to protect them.

Bush aint it, folks, and the guy quoted above is going to be in for a rather rude shock.

[Straight Shooter]

12. The cult thrives. Such people need mental detoxification.

It's very unhealthy to worship an instrument of death.

[riverwalker]

13. I actually thought it was satire

until I saw where it came from. Incredible, and frightening.

[Turbineguy]

15. I notice he does not have

a place for public answers. That way he can stay inspired. Maybe he should enlist or something.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

16. it would all sound familiar:... duh! there was nothing new

the same blathering, meaningless crap that always falls out of his mouth.

Oh, and the people I was in the room with had a few different reactions. Most ignored him. Some listened, and criticized. Some left because he had nothing important to say, and some (like me) left because that SHIT FOR BRAINS pissed them off too much to sit there and listen to him lie. Not a good word was said, out of over 20 people.

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. some idiots are easily impressed by a nitwit spouting empty platitudes

about freedom & confronting evil. Televangelists have become wealthy appealing to the same audience.

[Dhalgren]

19. This is from The Onion, right? Gotta be...

:rofl:

[anarch]

21. haha! -- "His persona is very much that of...big brother."

:D

[driver8]

22. Did Chris Matthews write this?? Sounds like someone borrowed his "golden

kneepads."

[charlie]

24. Fascinating

how that beady-eyed little dipshit manages to cause unabashed mancrushes in large swathes of the homo-hatin' crowd.