great truths of our time

[realthog]

Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal blunders he has committed.

    -- John Hinderaker, Power Line, November 9 2008

Comments

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

O my!

I guess I'll go read spln's latest drivil from the gop con in Florida for an antidote to abuse of language issues.

Love, c.

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

"his style sometimes seems halting."

Um, yeah. OK. I might have picked a different adjective.

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

Well, when the writer in question apparently communicates in armpit farts, Bush is a great speaker by comparison.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Well, when the writer in question apparently communicates in armpit farts, Bush is a great speaker by comparison."

I discovered while tracking down the URL for the original quote that one of the other bloggers regularly refers to Hinderaker as Hindrocket.

Clearly you're thinking along similar lines . . .

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Not so much halting as slamming on the brakes, you mean?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"guess I'll go read spln's latest drivil"

It's your masochism wot's your most appealing feature, C!

[avengangle.livejournal.com]

*blink* *blink*

DOES NOT COMPUTE.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

must be an alternate universe story :-)

[elfie-harly.livejournal.com]

Too easy, Barnett. Too easy.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Too easy for what?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

And an exceptionally ill thought-out one at that. How the hell the author expects us to suspend our disbelief that far . . .

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"*blink* *blink*"

I was too busy dealing with the dislocation of my jaw to be able to blink.

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more along the lines of "numbing." Or "polarizing." Or "brilliantly idotic."

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You've got to give him credit for this: he stops short of hurling feces. At least in public.

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

Fair enough!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Whatever this chap is drinking needs to be outlawed. Retroactively.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Whatever this chap is drinking needs to be outlawed."

Really? I was wondering where I might be able to buy some . . .

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

You seek the refuge of delusion that urgently?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"You seek the refuge of delusion that urgently?"

No, I seek what's obviously about 195 proof alcohol . . .

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see.

[deliabarry.livejournal.com]

You've got to give him credit for this: he stops short of hurling feces. At least in public.

So far. He's got until January 20.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You're perfectly correct . . . and that's an extremely worrisome point.