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Title: Hail to the Chief (POWER LINE: BUSH IS "BIG BROTHER"
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Power Line
URL Source: http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015081.php
Published: Aug 22, 2006
Author: John Hinderaker
Post Date: 2006-08-24 09:41:54 by aristeides
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Comments: 13
Hail to the Chief I had the opportunity this afternoon to be part of a relatively small group who heard President Bush talk, extemporaneously, for around forty minutes. It was an absolutely riveting experience. It was the best I've ever seen him. Not only that; it may have been the best I've ever seen any politician. If I summarized what he said, it would all sound familiar: the difficult times we live in; the threat from Islamic fascism--the phrase drew an enthusiastic round of applause--the universal yearning for freedom; the need to confront evil now, with all the tools at our disposal, so that our children and grandchildren can live in a better and safer world. As he often does, the President structured his comments loosely around a tour of the Oval Office. But the digressions and interpolations were priceless. The conventional wisdom is that Bush is not a very good speaker. But up close, he is a great communicator, in a way that, in my opinion, Ronald Reagan was not. He was by turns instructive, persuasive, and funny. His persona is very much that of the big brother. Above all, he was impassioned. I have never seen a politician speak so evidently from the heart, about big issues--freedom, most of all. I've sometimes worried about how President Bush can withstand the Washington snake pit and deal with a daily barrage of hate from the ignorant left that, in my opinion, dwarfs in both volume and injustice the abuse directed against any prior President. (No one accused Lincoln of planning the attack on Fort Sumter.) Not to worry. He is, of course, miles above his mean-spirited liberal critics. More than that, he clearly derives real joy from the opportunity to serve as President and to participate in the great pageant of American history. And he sees himself as anything but a lame duck, which is why he is stumping for Republican candidates around the country. It was, in short, the most inspiring forty minutes I've experienced in politics. Posted by John at 08:25 PM
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Orwell was right.
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
Gack....I just coughed up a large hair ball.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
It's spooky, isn't it, ari. Orwell was right about so many things. I'm wondering if the Government just didn't take 1984 and use it as a playbook.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
All bow down before Alfred E. Newman!!!!!!! Huzzah!
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
Author: John Hind-raker = Toilet butt wiper ... it's all in the name !
"in ominia paratus" Prepared for all things.
Great catch!!! Maybe it's one of those fart jokes Bush loves so much.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
omg, i'm about to throw up my coffee. this reverence for the farter is too much.
read this bilge
hmmmm....with Bush in charge does that make this the.....Farterland?
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
hahahahahaha...good one.
His persona is very much that of the big brother.
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Author: John Hinderaker
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Author: John Hind-raker = Toilet butt wiper ... it's all in the name !
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