After following the political campaign and the last 2 debates the mantra that keeps playing over in my head is "8 years of the failed policies of George Bush.. 8 years failed policies of George Bush... 8 years failed policies of George... ee ii eee iii ooo.......
With this droning on in my head I thought of Barbara Bush. An image came to mind of an tortoise, hard shelled and sad eyes. Barbara must be a remarably strong women. Having had spent her entire life in politics I'm sure she heard it all. Yet, I can't help but wonder, how she feels about people talking about her son like this. I can imagine Barbara, after George 1 rushed out of the bedroom, leaving his underwear on the floor, attending a ladies auxillary meeting and someone shouting out "you're husbands an asshole", she smiling to herself and saying "yeah he is I had to pick up his underwear again.. bastard."
Yet we moms when we walk into our kids room and see underwear and laundry strewn about we think "dam, can't these kids pick up after themselves." Still, we bend over and lovingly fold the laundry, sometimes holding it close to us, patting the top of the pile, feeling an inexplicable bond that connects us to another person that words cannot describe.
So what would Barbara Bush say when asked how she felt about people talking about her son like this. Knowing her character, the generation she was raised in, her understanding of politics I'm sure she would say.. "It hurts us... George is doing the best he can... He has tried to make his mark... We're proud of him... " I'm sure she would not go the way of todays moms:
"Your kid broke my window,.... your window should not have been there"
"Your kid stole my money.... your money should have been put away."
"Your kid has to sit the bench.... why, he's the best on the team"
Can you imagine the interview:
Barbara you son bombed Irag... "Yeah, well they called him names first. nana nana nana"
Short of my kids becoming the next Jeffrey Dahmer, I cannot think of a reason, or anything that they can do that would make me love them any less. I'm positive Barbara feels the say way.
Hey, despite his inability to articulate well, George Bush is not Jeffrey Dahmer. George Bush right now is consider by some the worse president ever, however, if any of us where history scholars (I'm not), I'm sure we would find he is on par with every other president.
This brings me to the new movie coming out, W. I saw the trailer for this yesterday. I want to tell the writers, producers, editors of this film how lucky they are to live in a country that protects freedom of speech and the right of freedom of expression. How lucky they are that they live in a country where they wouldn't be exciled, wouldn't be hung, wouldn't be shot in the head in the middle of a soccer field. I will not be seeing this movie. I hope most Americans won't see this movie. It lessons the dignity of the highest office of the land, that of President of the United States. Movies such as these tell the world that our leader is a buffoon, thus so are we because we voted for him. It demeans President Bush . Despite what his critics think , President Bush is all but only human. Having him as food for satire lowers us to the depths of Jerry Springer and Maury Povich.
Barbara, this is a thought for you.. If this were my child being ridiculed I do every talk show touting whatever George did that was good. I would let Americans know that it takes someone special to have have the guts, fortitude, and strength to have convictions and to stand by them.
I would tell Americans... leave my kid alone.
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Why don't you take the same challenge that you pose to Barbara Bush: name one good thing that President Bush has done?
Further, we don't need a movie for the rest of the world to realize that our president is a buffoon. Sadly, they already know.
I understand that George Bush is only human and bound to make some mistakes, but there is no question that his presidency is the worst that many of us will see in our lifetimes. And we, the voting public, are largely to blame for not having higher expectations than who we'd have a beer with in determining who we vote for. Sarah Palin is the next great example of an unintelligent, uninformed, cocky fool to step on the scene - let's hope it's not another four more years.
While I plan to vote for Obama, I have to say that I agree with Angry Mimi today. Regardless of who wins in November, he will become my president and you will never hear me call him unintelligent. Those who understand the workings of the American Government realize that the president is only a figurehead and a spokesperson. George W. Bush could have used a great deal more training in public speaking, but he is not unintelligent or uneducated. No president in American history has had to shape his entire administration on preventing a second devastating attack on American soil. W committed himself to this task, which requires 24/7 attention to security. This focus and the current economic issues destroying our nation were inherited from a Clinton Administration. Yet, people remember "Bill" fondly as a smooth operator. Few remember how stains on a blue dress and cigar play cheapened our presidency forever. We get the government we deserve. Our current representatives are simply a mirror showing the shallow, selfish, ungrateful, unpatriotic, uneducated, impatient nation we have become.
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