New goof-on-the-Bushes meme: "Unleash Chiang!"

[TeddyKGB]

Jeb Bush Reveals His “Mystical Warrior” Friend



Last week, after “more than an hour of solemn ceremony” swearing in Rep. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as House speaker, Gov. Jeb Bush stepped to the podium to tell “a short story about ‘unleashing Chang,’ his ‘mystical warrior’ friend.”

Below, courtesy of the Gainesville Sun, are Bush’s words, “spoken before hundreds of lawmakers and politicians”:

“Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society.

“I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down.”

Bush then unsheathed a golden sword and gave it to Rubio as a gift.

‘’I'm going to bestow to you the sword of a great conservative warrior,'’ he said, as the crowd roared.


Wikipedia entry of Chiang Kai-Shek:

During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate the Chinese Communists

In other words, more nutjob conservatives equating Communists with liberals, and what's worse, using Kai-Shek as a rallying cry.

God DAMN, these people are messed up.

[peekaloo]

1. I think Jebthro ate Chiang. Swallowed him whole actually.

He needs a wafer thin mint. }(

[MisterP]

2. "warrior Chang" was actually something Poppy used to threaten

people with at tennis matches.
Weenie.
Can't find a historical version of him, though.

[TeddyKGB]

5. Check the Wikipedia link in the original post.

There you go.

[MisterP]

7. that's Chiang with an I, and the article mentioned Chang as an

"referred to a legendary warrior named Chang who was called upon to settle political disputes in Chinese dynasties of yore," though how one warrior could hang around for several dynasties is beyond me, except for the disunited periods.
Jeb also might mean the Klingon general, or just have his Halcyon and Ketamine on too tight.

[TeddyKGB]

11. It's the same Chiang.

As you said, Poppy used to call out to him while playing horseshoes and tennis -- Think Progress and the other outlets just have the spelling wrong.

Unless Poppy meant this Chang:



Helluva tennis player.

[greekspeak]

3. I was in traffic by the gov's mansion today and Chang came and spoke w/me

He said,

Please let me out of this mad man's grasp. He is so damned despicable

[cssmall]

4. So can I call upon my inner Hindu lover?

During times of need, I can assume many positions of the kama sutra. :P

[DBoon]

8. only if you post pictures on DU!

;)

[cssmall]

9. *snicker* I will of the whole family when I get my digital camera back.

But, the inner Hindu Lover is only for wife and I situations. :yoiks:

[DBoon]

12. your wife is a very fortunate woman!

nt

[BringEmOn]

6. "Chang" probably had a hand in the deaths of

JFK, Carnahan, Wellstone, 9-11, to name a few.

[htuttle]

10. Jeb needs to learn the lessons of Ed Gruberman

[Canuckistanian]

13. *Boot to the head*

[mark11727]

14. Unleash your inner KAHN!

[Lisa]

15. was this a saying from Ivy League schools?

Because the only other place I've seen it was in the Harvard Lampoon "Bored of the Rings".