Does it need to be said I was nodding along with your commentary here?
Mom and I were watching Larry King Live when Jon Stewart was the guest, and he touched the issue of Bush's and Cheney's approval ratings.
Of Bush's: "Bush seems to be a great President for a certain kind of person. That he's losing that base, I think, says a lot."
Of Cheney's 18%: "Look, you always hear that '1 in 5 dentists recommend sugarless gum!' That means there's always that one idiot dentist who says, 'Sure, sugary gum is fine for your teeth!' Cheney isn't even getting the support of that One in Five Dentists."
Which was followed by the slightly more mature: "It's about time!"
It boggles my mind when Bush these days does something stupid (but unsurprising as far as he goes), and people are like, "I normally support him, but not this!" ...and all I can think is, "He's been in office for what, six years? And from the early days, it wasn't exactly unclear that he was letting his own religion and economic class influence his ideas for how the country should be run. Why is 'this' news for you now?"
(Btw, ever read Get Your War On? It's a rather cynical comic strip with some vulgar language that comments rather harshly on our current administration, the wars it's gotten us into, and various other current events. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the one where they did an impression of the BBC and Donald Rumsfeld.)
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Date: 2006-03-10 10:59 pm (UTC)Mom and I were watching Larry King Live when Jon Stewart was the guest, and he touched the issue of Bush's and Cheney's approval ratings.
Of Bush's: "Bush seems to be a great President for a certain kind of person. That he's losing that base, I think, says a lot."
Of Cheney's 18%: "Look, you always hear that '1 in 5 dentists recommend sugarless gum!' That means there's always that one idiot dentist who says, 'Sure, sugary gum is fine for your teeth!' Cheney isn't even getting the support of that One in Five Dentists."
Which was followed by the slightly more mature: "It's about time!"
It boggles my mind when Bush these days does something stupid (but unsurprising as far as he goes), and people are like, "I normally support him, but not this!" ...and all I can think is, "He's been in office for what, six years? And from the early days, it wasn't exactly unclear that he was letting his own religion and economic class influence his ideas for how the country should be run. Why is 'this' news for you now?"
(Btw, ever read Get Your War On? It's a rather cynical comic strip with some vulgar language that comments rather harshly on our current administration, the wars it's gotten us into, and various other current events. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the one where they did an impression of the BBC and Donald Rumsfeld.)