Satire is a wonderful medium. It is a way to have fun with the famous people
of the day. Every once in a while a clown comes into the spotlight that needs no
satire, no spoof or intentional ridicule. We, in the world of satire, have been
handed a huge gift in the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
Is Bush stupid? You bet he is. He is dumber than an old dead tree stump. If
you ever get the chance to really listen to him speak, you'll soon understand
that Bush is nearly illiterate. He even has trouble keeping his thoughts
together in a coherent manner.
This is not satire. While this is a satire medium, I wanted to show that Bush
needs no help in spoofing himself. The following are actual quotes from the most
powerful man in the free world. Please, read these and then tell me that the
previous sentence isn't truely scary.
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for
predecessors as well." -George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2001
"The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating
plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants."
-George W. Bush, Jan. 2001
"I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically." -George W.
Bush, speaking at the Radio & Television Correspondents dinner, March 29,
2001
"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But
I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success
as opposed to failure." -George W. Bush, Jan. 2001
"Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started
thinking about a lot of things. I was able to - I can't remember what it was.
Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that." -George W. Bush, in a
pre-inaugural interview with U.S. News & World Report.
Nope, Bush needs no satire writers to make him look stupid. But his ignorance
sure does make him an easy target for us.