That made my day complete

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In the last few years, I’ve seen George W. Bush do and say a lot of things. I’ve seen him tell bald-faced lies in the State of the Union address, I’ve seen him fum­ble over sim­ple sen­tence syn­tax, I’ve seen him dead­ly seri­ous and hav­ing wacky fun.

Before tonight, I’d nev­er seen him whine like a beat­en dog.

He’s gonna be elect­ed Pres­i­dent for four more years; I’ve got no doubt of that. But it was nice, for once, to see him sniv­el like the spine­less cow­ard we all know he is.

Every­body knows that the dice are loaded
Every­body rolls with their fin­gers crossed
Every­body knows that the war is over
Every­body knows the good guys lost
Every­body knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Every­body knows
Every­body knows that the boat is leaking
Every­body knows that the cap­tain lied
Every­body got this bro­ken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
–Leonard Cohen

Dou­ble­Plus­Good—Eury­th­mics

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5 Replies to “That made my day complete”

  1. I did­n’t watch the debate
    I did­n’t watch the debate for a num­ber of rea­sons. How­ev­er, I actu­al­ly expect­ed Bush to thump Ker­ry on com­po­sure. How­ev­er, every­thing I’m read­ing since it end­ed is that Ker­ry came off much bet­ter. To tell the truth, I’m not sur­prised Ker­ry came off well…

    …I’m sur­prised Bush appar­ent­ly did so bad­ly. One of his strong points is being able to present this macho, pos­i­tive, kick-ass demeanor. So, maybe the elec­tion is still up for grabs after all. 

    Let’s hope Ker­ry can make the most of this.

  2. He stam­mered like a math
    He stam­mered like a math geek on prom night. I won’t say that Ker­ry had a par­tic­u­lar­ly com­mand­ing pres­ence, but he stayed cool and nev­er got flustered.

    Which, actu­al­ly, is one of the things I want in a Pres­i­dent. Let’s have some­one who does­n’t pan­ic in a sit­u­a­tion with a lit­tle pres­sure. What do you think about that? HEAVEN FORFEND!

  5. The first draft was “whine
    The first draft was “whine like a jail­house bitch” which I like bet­ter, but it did­n’t pass the “use it out loud at the cor­ner store” test.

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