Saturday, July 24, 2004
I DO THIS FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION: But first, I do this to make Chaz cry.
The more I think of Bush's stock response to critics and protestors ("Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing"), the more condescending it sounds. It puts a picture in my head of Uncle Dubya, a gladhanding chump that's patting you on the head like a kid on the head for saying something adorable, then slipping you a fiver to go see a movie while the "adults" take care of business. Of course, you recognize the guy's out of touch, because the movies cost $10 a head now, but before you can tell him that, he's already shooed you out the back door.
If the past six months have proven anything, it's that normal people, the ones that really drive the country, are tired of being taken for granted. This is our country, too, and we will not be ignored.
The more I think of Bush's stock response to critics and protestors ("Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing"), the more condescending it sounds. It puts a picture in my head of Uncle Dubya, a gladhanding chump that's patting you on the head like a kid on the head for saying something adorable, then slipping you a fiver to go see a movie while the "adults" take care of business. Of course, you recognize the guy's out of touch, because the movies cost $10 a head now, but before you can tell him that, he's already shooed you out the back door.
If the past six months have proven anything, it's that normal people, the ones that really drive the country, are tired of being taken for granted. This is our country, too, and we will not be ignored.
|| Eric 12:46 AM#
