It's official: George Bush has been misunderstood!

[edbermac]

The man who gave the world jitters with his "let's go it alone", "you're either with us or against us", "smoke 'em out!" rhetoric and who peppered his speeches with words like pre-emption, evil and axis has turned out to be a soft centred, fuzzy-lipped moderate who cannot stop talking about globalisation, inter-dependence, nation building and the UN.

Yes, Bush in his second term is the nice guy! The rank and file of his own party are now the nasties. Last week's row over the Dubai ports deal was a case in point.
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The swagger of the first term has become the stagger of the second. It appears George Bush has been out sync with the jingoism of a Congress seeking re-election and the rising distrust of the Arab world among a public which now trusts Muslims less than it did while the Twin Towers were still smouldering wreckage.
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Republicans who were gagging for George Bush to sprinkle their campaigns with some of his magic in 2004 couldn't even recognise him in a police line-up today.
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So what next for George Bush? I can't see him following Bill Clinton onto the lecture circuit, or running the UN or chairing an Ivy League University. But I can see him doing stand-up! Take last weekend's Gridiron Dinner, the annual truce between journalists and politicians where both tribes renew their vows of mutual dependence under the influence of alcohol and back-slapping.

Who was standing at the podium in white tie, causing the assembled ranks of cynical Bush whackers to roll between the tables and choke on their canapes? W, the White House Wit! My favourite line? "You gotta feel sorry for me", Potus quipped looking theatrical daggers at Vice. "I have a 38% approval rating and then you Dick shoot the only trial lawyer in the US who likes me!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4807446.stm

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