2004: America’s last chance?

Hal Crowther writes in “With Trembling Fingers“:
I don’t think it’s accurate to describe America as polarized between Democrats and Republicans, or between liberals and conservatives. It’s polarized between the people who believe George Bush and the people who do not. Thanks to some contested ballots in a state governed by the president’s brother, a once-proud country has been delivered into the hands of liars, thugs, bullies, fanatics and thieves. The world pities or despises us, even as it fears us. What this election will test is the power of money and media to fool us, to obscure the truth and alter the obvious, to hide a great crime against the public trust under a blood-soaked flag. The most lavishly funded, most cynical, most sophisticated political campaign in human history will be out trolling for fools. I pray to God it doesn’t catch you.

Bush: the most inarticulate president ever?

After watching parts of the 2nd Bush/Kerry debate, I can’t help but wonder, how did Americans – probably one of the most verbal people on this planet – elect this guy in the first place?

I don’t expect every president to mesmerize its citizens with lines such as “Ask not what your country to do for you; ask what you can do for your country”, however, Bush is just pushing the other extreme of the envelope a bit too far. In the last debate, he uttered a couple notable gems that show off his dire lack of speech cells:

“I am not telling” – first response when asked whom he will choose to be Supreme Court Judges

“…heard the rumor on the internets” – now America’s no. 1 favorite Bushie line

I think the war president should start declaring war on his speaking ability first. He will certainly need some weapons of mass diction for the upcoming debate.