So I haven’t really been all that political in this blog, but I was home yesterday and had President Bush’s press conference on the television for a bit. Wow, what an inarticulate human being.
Geezer that I am, I’ve lived through ten U.S. presidents. Every one of them, plus the two prior to my birth (FDR and Truman) spoke in front of radio and television microphones. They represented a lot of speaking styles, several different areas of the country, and a wide spectrum of political views.
In my entire life, there has never been a president who came across as a bigger babbling idiot than George W. Bush. When he speaks, he just seems to have trouble thinking up things to say. Continue reading ‘George W. Bush and the American reputation’