The Naked President
Published April 14, 2004
I was sitting around the kitchen table with one of my college roommates. He was explaining that there was a light, that he was in this light, and that the light was of him. The next day he introduced me to the invisible Keith Richard. A few days after that, while performing on stage at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre before thousands of invisible fans, he was arresting for breaking and entering and sent to Elgin Mental Hospital.
Tonight I watched George Bush conduct his most forthright and upstanding press conference ever. He was commanding and in charge, his answers clear and heartfelt. When he speaks of Iraq, he lights up. His eyes see grateful people. He sees a few terrorists who will be dealt with. Sadr will be arrested. We will turn power over to the Iraqis June 30, and we'll remain there as long as necessary to assure the security of this new democracy. We will stay the course and wipe out terrorism at its source. And make no mistake, he added, the war in Iraq is the war on terror.
My roommate was the nicest guy. Quiet, sincere. But after his psychotic break, he was difficult to talk to. It was like I wasn't there. Yet he was full of conviction as he described for me his world, the true world, which should be the world for all the people, and didn't I see? I couldn't.
George Bush, unlike his father, has a vision, and I greatly prefer the father's. Because George Bush Jr. is one strange cat with a very twisted view of our world and how it works.
Some people have said George Bush is dumb, but he's not dumb. Skating through life is easier if you're smart about it. He's done pretty well for himself. He's writing history so fast we can hardly keep up. He's taken us places we never expected to be and he'll keep us there for years to come, now that he so willingly stepped across the line into revenge killing, a process that never ends. Fallujah kills four, Bush kills 700 — the majority of whom were women and children. And now, make no mistake, they're terrorists.
Iraq isn't Vietnam, it's Israel.
Bush flunked history, and continues to, but he knows how to keep a crisis boiling: park an army outside of town and let 'em know you'll blow 'em all to kingdom come if they set foot in the street. The reason we're doing this is because we're so concerned about the safety of the Iraqi people, especially the women and the children.
- The Naked President
- Published: April 14, 2004
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- Writer: CW Fisher
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Funny. I saw the same moron with the same tourette twtich I have been seeing for almost 4 years now. Unfortunatly at an alarmingly increasing rate since last year. Worse still, I could have given that press conference. He must have one speech for all his conferences. Nothing new.
CW, perhaps you were drinking? Because what you have written, especially the part RJ has responded to, could only have been deduced from that conference, if one's ability to comprehend was slightly impaired by some form of merriment.
re. "Dave.." "Ed.." "Mark..."
President Deer-in-the-Headlights learned that trick back in his prep school days; each student had a semester in "Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence Press Conferences."
I swear ta gawd, love him or hate him, Bush's press conference was the most painful performance I've seen on TV in recent years.
I had to avert my eyes and hit the mute button on numerous occasions to get through it.
Ya get the feeling Bush could see the sun rise and insist that it's coming from the west.
With a straight face.
Because he believes it.
With Conviction.
God help this nation.
RJ:"...are you comparing our politically moderate President with Adolph Hiter..?"
Hitler?! Bush should be so lucky.
It's more like that guy on Sat. Night Live years ago, John Lovitz's pathological liar:
"Yeah, yeah, there were... um... weapons of mass destruction.... yeah... um, uh.. yeah, Iraq was a threat, yeah, that's it...a threat..."
"Yeah... we'er gonna have over sovereignty on June 30... yeah...democracy... yeah... remake the Middle East.. in... um.. our image... yeah... just like America... yeah, that's the ticket..."
"Yeah, they're, uh... uh... terrorists... yeah, we're fighting... um... terrorists... yeah..sure..."
I think saw CW saw the same show I did and he describes it well - but we differ greatly on its meaning and interpretation. Isn't everyone used to Bush bumbling and stumbling through his extemporaneous speaking by now? Nothing new or particularly painful there - the guy has a disconnect between his brain and his mouth if he doesn't know what he's going to say.
"the guy has a disconnect between his brain and his mouth""
Personally, I'm bothered by the disconnect between his brain and the real world.
"the guy has a disconnect between his brain and his mouth""
"Personally, I'm bothered by the disconnect between his brain and the real world."
~Bada-bing!
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"I saw something in George Bush tonight I hadn't noticed before. He radiates. He's a handsome man with great hair, his clothes are good, he's confident. He's an excellent speech reader with an underplayed style that's truly unique and extremely effective at scaring the crap out of people. But what got me tonight was when he was off the notes, connecting with "Dave," and "Ed," and "Mark." He was unimpeachably sincere. And in his eyes I saw conviction.
"A look I've seen before somewhere."
Gee, are you comparing our politically moderate President with Adolph Hiter, by chance?