George W. Bush is a coward - great article!

[Clinton Crusader]

http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=205

Paul Waldman: 'Girlie man! George W. Bush is a coward'
Date: Tuesday, September 14 @ 09:45:00 EDT
Topic: Commander-In-Thief


By Paul Waldman, Gadflyer

He's strong. He's resolute. He looks evildoers in the eye and doesn't blink. He's our national daddy, standing in the doorway with a righteous six-gun and a steely gaze, striking fear in the hearts of all who would do us harm. By god, George W. Bush is a real man.

Or is he? We certainly know that Bush wants us to believe he's a real man - in fact, there are few things he works harder at. Sometimes it seems as if the entire might of the United States government is being wielded for the purpose of creating photo ops where Bush can look manly. We saw plenty of examples at the Republican convention; the video introducing Bush, narrated with the profound vocal stylings of actor/politician Fred Thompson, begins this way: "How do you tell the story of a presidency? How do you tell the story so far? The story is, in part, but inescapably, the story of a man."

Despit being billed as a "biography," the video told virtually nothing about what Bush has actually done in the last four years, let alone his life to that point; instead, it was mostly about Bush's September 11-related moments of theater. For the umpteenth time, we saw Bush vowing revenge through a bullhorn at Ground Zero; then Bush being photographed visiting soldiers in the hospital.

The film ends with an extended retelling of Bush going to Yankee Stadium and throwing out the first ball at a World Series game not long after September 11, presented with swelling music and slow-motion, as though his ability to walk to the mound and throw the ball was some act of extraordinary heroism of which no mere mortal would have been capable.
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[WI_DEM]

1. Bush is a coward and a vacillator

a liar and a cheat. An alcoholic and coke fiend. A priviledged obnoxious spoiled frat boy who has never grown up.

[RoyalWickedness]

2. Wow, that's a great article

Thanks for posting it. :-)

[drdigi420]

3. Bush is a WIMP, put it on your car or person

with a t-shirt or bumpersticker or button.

http://www.cafepress.com/docpolitic/374065

If we push this meme we can bring in the neanderthal nascar dad's or at least get them to stay home, as they equate associating with weakness with weakness, and if we show Bush as weak, they will be too insecure in their manhood to vote for him.

[BurtWorm]

4. Well said about the video's focus on 9-11-related "moments of theater."

Those are les mots justes! And why did they focus on that bullshit? Because, of course, there's nothing else to focus on. There's no there, there. Bush is a void.