'How often does a leader of the free world come along who resembles a monkey in every particular?'
Five years ago, Steve Bell was still trying to draw Bush as a turkey. Then he spotted a decidedly simian pout ...
Tuesday December 13, 2005
The Guardian
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I first drew Bush as a monkey after his installation by the Supreme Court, exactly five years ago. It was by accident. I was trying to depict him as a spiritual heir to Ronald Reagan, another useless chump whose most celebrated movie hit was Bedtime For Bonzo in which he starred with a chimp. So Bush became a chimp before I ever realised how closely he resembles our hairy forebears. Somewhat dim-wittedly, in retrospect, I had been trying to depict him as a turkey, because Bush's reputation for uselessness was growing as we got to know him, and (barring underpants) there is no better symbol of uselessness than that poor, maligned bird. But no amount of drawing him as a turkey would ever make him look like a turkey.
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...how often does a leader of the free world come along who resembles a monkey in every particular? Depth of character requires complexity, even contradiction. Bush betrays no such doubts or uncertainties. His confidence in his line of communication with the Almighty is total for the very simple reason that he knows he is God, and that is his most chimp-like feature.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1665932,00.html====================
So, if you were curious, George, you would read the entire article to know more about the Intelligent Designer who recognized the chimp in you.
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