Take a look at this little movie clip of a mature, moral leader, showing what he thinks of us. It pretty much says it all.
Go to:
http://anon.salon.speedera.net/anon.salon/media/2004/10/BushUncensored.mov
See also:
http://www.thestranger.com/current/special.html
2 comments:
This posting is unbelievable. I can tell that you are sincere, but the rationalizations amaze me.
1) That is not Bush's daughter in the Halloween costume ad. His daughters are adults! You miss entirely the point of the constume, which is that ALL of the new electronic voting machines have been designed and built by companies with blatant connections to the Republican party. Why would that be, unless it was part of an intentional plot?
The satirical costume makes the point that we will probably see electronic cheating on a massive scale.
The "body armor" excuse for the bulge is hysterical! Body armor shows up in dozens of other places but NEVER in the middle of the back. I have this on the authority of friends in law enforcement. The center of the back is where you want to hide things, so long as there's good posture. The pictures show him slumping, against the advice of his handlers.
As for the president deserving the privacy of a shy person... this violates every principle of modern society. When a public figure seeks attention and power, that means a willingness to accept greater attention and accountability. This principle appears in the law of libel and in other laws all the way up.
Other presidents agreed to this bargain and faced news conferences TEN TIMES as often as this one has. He avows that he never reads newspapers or watches the news. The stewartd of our destiny is PROUD that he only gets news and advice from a narrow set of dogmatic advisors.
There is no defense for that kind of person having power over our lives.
In any event, the kind of immaturity displayed in the clip is perfectly OK for reasonable to consider as a portrayal of character. Like his sneering mockery of a woman about to be executed "pleeeeze don't keeell meee!" And then he guffawed. This doesn't tell you as much as Clinton's gaffes did?
The fact that he was stupid enough to do it to a live camera is indictment enough of his presidential timber.
You miss my point about transparency. The mighty must be held accountable. That comes first.
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