Everyone’s making a really big deal about the remarks that Bush made at the G8 summit without realizing his microphone was on, and the fact that he *gasp!* swore!
Bush replied: “See, the irony is what they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit and it’s over.”
Gee, you think?
Some people find Bush’s candor refreshing. Others seem to have a more realistic take:
No one in the media seems to notice (or maybe they notice but they don’t care) that this isn’t candid, frank or dramatic. It’s the kind of simplistic blowhard chitchat my relatives exchange during ‘NFL Today’ commercials. You know… just git ’em to do it. Git someone to git ’em to do it.
Is that the best Bush can do?
My question exactly.
There’s been a long-running debate among observers of Dubya as to whether he really is that dumb, or if his “plain-spokenness” is partly an act to help him win votes. Certainly his aversion to words with more than two syllables is nothing new.
But if, even off-camera, Bush’s understanding about the political situation in the mideast really is that oversimplified, then I think we all ought to be more than a bit concerned. Even if he was, in this case, perfectly right in what he said, it still has that “duh” quality to it that’s so pervasive in so much of what Bush says even publicly.
My take on his statement is “Who’s ‘They’?” Can’t be our Jewish Cabal, we’ve already got our hands full.
Can’t be the US or GB, Bush and Blair would have said “We”. Who’s left? (first person that says “Who’s on third” …)
I think he summed it perfectly in just 19 words…. and people say he doesn’t understand global politics.
As if there aren’t enough West Wing references on this blog already, I give you another one: “”In the future, if you’re wondering, ‘Crime, boy, I don’t know,’ is when I decided to kick your ass.”