Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Abba Booboo Rape...
It's too easy to make fun of W for not being able to pronounce Abu Ghraib in his (rather empty) Monday night speech. After all, that wasn't the only word he stumbled on. Did anyone else catch him saying "Iraqi Ambashador?"
But... mocking his mispronounciation misses the bigger issue here. One would think that the name Abu Ghraib had been in front of the pResident's eyes and ears for at least the last two weeks, if not longer. In theory, he should have been hearing people say it, he should have been saying it himself, he should have seen it written and read it many times. In theory, the word should have stuck in his head and he should be able to say it.
The fact that he was never quite able to pronounce it right in his speech brings up several disturbing possibilities. One, while his staff have been discussing the issue and the word has been all over the media since at least May 11th, W just hasn't been paying attention because he doesn't care. This puts the lie to all his feigned outrage over the original revelation of torture at the prison -- and brings into question his suitability for the job.
Another possibility is that he just hasn't really been in the loop; again, because he doesn't care or, more disturbing, because his advisors just haven't bothered to fill him in. Again, this brings up questions about his suitability for the job.
And, again, there's just the possibility that big complicated foreign words (of more than two syllables) that aren't Spanish just don't stick in W's head because he's so monochromatically biased toward all things 'Murrican -- in which case, why the hell is he going off on his foreign adventures in the first place.
Anyway, while it may make for an amusing joke to watch him stumble and fumble over as simple a phrase as "Abu Ghraib," the fact that he did so, repeatedly, in his speech just brings up more disturbing questions.
Perhaps he fell off that bicycle much harder than reported. Although, given that the story of rain-soaked paths in Crawford has already been proven a lie by weather reports, I wonder whether there was a bicycle involved at all.
Nope. The evidence is mounting that what W really fell off of was the wagon. Bad enough that we've been saddled with a stupid, arrogant, ignorant pretender to the throne. Can the world survive to next January with a stupid, arrogant, ignorant lush?
Better put the training wheels back on, Karl...
But... mocking his mispronounciation misses the bigger issue here. One would think that the name Abu Ghraib had been in front of the pResident's eyes and ears for at least the last two weeks, if not longer. In theory, he should have been hearing people say it, he should have been saying it himself, he should have seen it written and read it many times. In theory, the word should have stuck in his head and he should be able to say it.
The fact that he was never quite able to pronounce it right in his speech brings up several disturbing possibilities. One, while his staff have been discussing the issue and the word has been all over the media since at least May 11th, W just hasn't been paying attention because he doesn't care. This puts the lie to all his feigned outrage over the original revelation of torture at the prison -- and brings into question his suitability for the job.
Another possibility is that he just hasn't really been in the loop; again, because he doesn't care or, more disturbing, because his advisors just haven't bothered to fill him in. Again, this brings up questions about his suitability for the job.
And, again, there's just the possibility that big complicated foreign words (of more than two syllables) that aren't Spanish just don't stick in W's head because he's so monochromatically biased toward all things 'Murrican -- in which case, why the hell is he going off on his foreign adventures in the first place.
Anyway, while it may make for an amusing joke to watch him stumble and fumble over as simple a phrase as "Abu Ghraib," the fact that he did so, repeatedly, in his speech just brings up more disturbing questions.
Perhaps he fell off that bicycle much harder than reported. Although, given that the story of rain-soaked paths in Crawford has already been proven a lie by weather reports, I wonder whether there was a bicycle involved at all.
Nope. The evidence is mounting that what W really fell off of was the wagon. Bad enough that we've been saddled with a stupid, arrogant, ignorant pretender to the throne. Can the world survive to next January with a stupid, arrogant, ignorant lush?
Better put the training wheels back on, Karl...
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