George Bush's handlers go to extraordinary lengths to mask his lack of coherency when he speaks freely. It sounds fake when he parrots the right-wing talking points, but at least it is consistent with the garbage that they all spew. Yesterday White House officials forgot to bring George's leash in Tipp City, Ohio and things went awry. He talked for 90 minutes about anything and everything, even admitting a similarity between Iraq and Vietnam.
Here are some highlights care of the Huffington Post:
_"Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved _ not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, `I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'"
_"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."
_"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."
_"There are some similarities, of course" between Iraq and Vietnam. "Death is terrible."
_"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times."
As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office, a task he quickly cast to his wife. He told her to make sure the rug reflected optimism "because you can't make decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow."
Later, when he talked about his hope for succeeding in Iraq, Bush said, "Remember the rug?"
Those saying always give me this weird feeling that mixes amusement and irritation all at once. If he was locked in an insane asylum, then the musing would just be pathetically funny. The fact that he is running the United States off of a cliff while making jokes on the way down irritates the shit out of me.
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