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[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 23:06, joeallonby wrote:
> I think we're all busy either composing letters to the editor or in shock at
> the bizarre media coverage and spin. They say "Bush looked defensive" or he
> "appeared nervous".
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> For chrissakes he looked like a bumbling, fumbling idiot.
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> "Well,errr...umm...you have to speak...aaaah...clearly."
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> He actually looked frightened while talking about his resolute strength. He
> reacted petulantly when scolded. "I KNOW Osoma attacked us!" He bragged
> about his friends such as good old Vlado Putin, that steadfast champion of
> democracy. When asked about nuclear proliferation, he looked like he wanted
> to get up and run from the stage! Then, when in doubt, started babbling
> about God.
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> I have had it with people being polite to this limp-wristed little mama's
> boy who is in way over his head. He deserves no slack. He is a sniveling,
> inept coward and a bully. He is a moron and a pussy. I question his
> intelligence, his morality, his honesty, and his manhood. I almost pity him.
> 
> It's about time somebody gave him the ass kicking he deserves.


Americans are very sophisticated. We live in (what I saw referred to the
other day as) the post-truth society. While many of us would enjoy
immensely seeing a 9-point headline in the Times saying "Bush makes an
idiot of himself," we also know that such would largely be a gratuitous
waste of ink. Fomerly it might have been considered truth. Today it has
gotten to be almost irrelevant. Folks (sophisticated American folks) now
only want to know the latest take on which of the two parties' versions
of (un)reality is up for the day and which is down.

I'm glad to see my guy is up.

Hope springs eternal.


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> on 10/1/04 3:38 PM, Ian Scuffling at scuffling at hotmail.com wrote:
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> > I was just a little worried at not any any messages since the debate and
> > wondered if the list is up.
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