Friday, October 1, 2004
Oak Tree vrs. Shrub. The 9/30/04 presidential debate
Did you ever watch a bully boy strut his bluff stuff around a 7th grade playground as he pretended to manhood? With a few intimidating cliches up his sleeve, a dismissive air and a pocketful of perceived previous victories, he would troll among the weak to gather a following of lap dogs who yearned desperately for a pat on the head by the BMOP (Big Man On Playground). Last night, during the September 30th presidential debate, we again met the all too familiar boy with the bluff; this time, fortunately, he came up against one of those guys who's not afraid to point out that the emperor is swaggering around naked.
Young George stood podium to podium with a real man, a man with the right stuff. Hard to imagine how the contrast of immature youth vrs. mature adult could have been more starkly drawn.
To my mind, Bush is a kid playing with a loaded gun. Let's hand that weapon to a man who would wield it responsibly. I expect when he was in his 20's, John Kerry was more mature in thought and character than George Bush ever, ever could be. As the Bush supporters scurry to find some more phony clothes for their defrocked leader, the health of our country is at stake.
Oak tree. Shrub. You choose.
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