It's official: George Bush has been misunderstood!

[edbermac]

The man who gave the world jitters with his "let's go it alone", "you're either with us or against us", "smoke 'em out!" rhetoric and who peppered his speeches with words like pre-emption, evil and axis has turned out to be a soft centred, fuzzy-lipped moderate who cannot stop talking about globalisation, inter-dependence, nation building and the UN.

Yes, Bush in his second term is the nice guy! The rank and file of his own party are now the nasties. Last week's row over the Dubai ports deal was a case in point.
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The swagger of the first term has become the stagger of the second. It appears George Bush has been out sync with the jingoism of a Congress seeking re-election and the rising distrust of the Arab world among a public which now trusts Muslims less than it did while the Twin Towers were still smouldering wreckage.
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Republicans who were gagging for George Bush to sprinkle their campaigns with some of his magic in 2004 couldn't even recognise him in a police line-up today.
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So what next for George Bush? I can't see him following Bill Clinton onto the lecture circuit, or running the UN or chairing an Ivy League University. But I can see him doing stand-up! Take last weekend's Gridiron Dinner, the annual truce between journalists and politicians where both tribes renew their vows of mutual dependence under the influence of alcohol and back-slapping.

Who was standing at the podium in white tie, causing the assembled ranks of cynical Bush whackers to roll between the tables and choke on their canapes? W, the White House Wit! My favourite line? "You gotta feel sorry for me", Potus quipped looking theatrical daggers at Vice. "I have a 38% approval rating and then you Dick shoot the only trial lawyer in the US who likes me!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4807446.stm

:rofl:

[rocktivity]

1. Damn.

Misunderstood
Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Andreas Carlsson, Desmond Child
Performed by Bon Jovi (Crush, 2002 Island Records)

Should I? Could I?
Have said the wrong things right a thousand times
If I could just rewind, I see it in my mind
If I could turn back time, you'd still be mine

You cried, I died
I should have shut my mouth, things headed south
As the words slipped off my tongue, they sounded dumb
If this old heart could talk, it'd say you're the one
I'm wasting time when I think about it

(Chorus: )
I should have drove all night, I would have run all the lights
I was misunderstood
I stumbled like my words, Did the best I could
Damn.
Misunderstood...

Could I? Should I?
Apologize for sleeping on the couch that night
Staying out too late with all my friends
You found me passed out in the yard again

You cried, I tried
To stretch the truth, but didn't lie
It's not so bad when you think about it

(Chorus)
(Guitar Solo)

It's you and I, just think about it...

(Chorus)
...Intentions good

:headbang:
rocknation

[tanyev]

2. No, I think it's more West Side Story.

Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke,
You gotta understand,
It's just our bringin' up-ke
That gets us out of hand.
Our mothers all are junkies,
Our fathers all are drunks.
Golly Moses, natcherly we're punks!

Gee, Officer Krupke, we're very upset;
We never had the love that ev'ry child oughta get.
We ain't no delinquents,
We're misunderstood.
Deep down inside us there is good!

There is good!

There is good, there is good,
There is untapped good!
Like inside, the worst of us is good!

[librechik]

3. no way--his delivery sucks

stilted, slurry--and not in a funny way, like Emo.

[baby_mouse]

4. Shouldn't that be: "misundermisunderstood" ?nt.