Friday, March 07, 2003
Uhh....
I uh, watched some of the uh, Presidential news conference last night. Same old, same old-your basic political rhetoric, kill Saddam and all that jive. The thing that struck me the most was how many times the man went, "uh." George W. was averaging about six "uh's" per question. This is the President of the United States? He sounded like he was sixteen explaining to Barbara what that green stuff she found in his sock drawer was (or perhaps more appropriately, the white stuff). I kept waiting for him to bust out with, "Uh, we didn't rehearse that answer. Next question." It would have been funny if it wasn't so sad. No, the real humor came today. Check out the transcripts from CNN and MSNBC. All the "uh's" have been replaced with well placed comma's and dashes making his train-wreck of a press conference read almost poignant and thoughtful. Example: "BUSH: Well, first, I...you know, I appreciate societies in which people can express their opinion. That society - free speech stands in stark contrast to Iraq." Replace those comma's and dashes with "uh's" and you have a pretty good idea of how it really sounded. It sure was nice of them to pretty up the president's speech like that and all. They'd never do that to the rest of the news, would they?
Tags: Bush, uhhh, m/a/z/e
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