Saying that you would punch Bush is fashionable right now. Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, said it to George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week. She said:
"If one person criticizes [Louisiana officials], or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me - one more word about it after this show airs and I - I might likely have to punch him - literally."
Oh! So, it's okay for everyone to criticize Bush's response to Katrina, but if anyone dares criticize a Louisiana official, they're gonna get punched by Senator Landrieu! And that goes for the president himself as well! The Secret Service has been provided with a transcript of the broadcast, and will decide if an investigation is warranted.
Sound like too much? Hey, if a Republican senator had said the same thing about Bill Clinton a decade ago, there would have been an investigation and an uproar. In fact, when Jesse Helms joked in 1994 that Clinton "had better watch out if he comes down here (to North Carolina). He better have a bodyguard", there was an investigation and an uproar.
Anyway...the other night I was sitting in a bar with some friends from work. One 21-year-old co-worker of mine said, "If your boy (Bush) were here right now in this bar, I would punch him!". I retorted that the Secret Service would be all over him. He replied, "I'd whip them, too!"
And why is Bush the object of his rage? Because of the Katrina disaster? No. Because of gas prices. I don't remember his exact words, but he said something to the effect that "Bush keeps raising these gas prices, and it's pissing me off!"
Bush is raising gas prices? It's bad enough hearing a 21-year-old say something like this. I know I knew better at age 21 than to think that the U.S. president controlled gas prices. But I also heard a 52-year-old say something similar. He said something to the effect that Bush is keeping gas prices high so that his family's oil company will make more money.
Are people really this clueless? Have they ever heard of something called OPEC? I know that it's fashionable to believe nonsense like this right now, but does a 52-year-old really not know better than this? Or is he simply forgetting everything he knows for the sake of Bush-bashing? Neither one of those possibilities is healthy. I hope it doesn't mirror any type of national trend.
"If one person criticizes [Louisiana officials], or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me - one more word about it after this show airs and I - I might likely have to punch him - literally."
Oh! So, it's okay for everyone to criticize Bush's response to Katrina, but if anyone dares criticize a Louisiana official, they're gonna get punched by Senator Landrieu! And that goes for the president himself as well! The Secret Service has been provided with a transcript of the broadcast, and will decide if an investigation is warranted.
Sound like too much? Hey, if a Republican senator had said the same thing about Bill Clinton a decade ago, there would have been an investigation and an uproar. In fact, when Jesse Helms joked in 1994 that Clinton "had better watch out if he comes down here (to North Carolina). He better have a bodyguard", there was an investigation and an uproar.
Anyway...the other night I was sitting in a bar with some friends from work. One 21-year-old co-worker of mine said, "If your boy (Bush) were here right now in this bar, I would punch him!". I retorted that the Secret Service would be all over him. He replied, "I'd whip them, too!"
And why is Bush the object of his rage? Because of the Katrina disaster? No. Because of gas prices. I don't remember his exact words, but he said something to the effect that "Bush keeps raising these gas prices, and it's pissing me off!"
Bush is raising gas prices? It's bad enough hearing a 21-year-old say something like this. I know I knew better at age 21 than to think that the U.S. president controlled gas prices. But I also heard a 52-year-old say something similar. He said something to the effect that Bush is keeping gas prices high so that his family's oil company will make more money.
Are people really this clueless? Have they ever heard of something called OPEC? I know that it's fashionable to believe nonsense like this right now, but does a 52-year-old really not know better than this? Or is he simply forgetting everything he knows for the sake of Bush-bashing? Neither one of those possibilities is healthy. I hope it doesn't mirror any type of national trend.
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