[jackdied.com] Bush is teh funny

Bush is teh funny

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Feb 10 2005, 21:47 EST [updated Feb 10 2005, 22:01 EST]

From the always valuable Volokh comes a criticism of Slate's "Bushism of the Day." The premise is that they point out Bush's verbal short comings. The problem is not that Bush doesn't slip but that he doesn't do it often enough to feed the feature. Sometimes Slate has to stetch it, and sometimes that means not checking their sources. Today's was

Listen, the other day I was asked about the National Intelligence Estimate, which is a National Intelligence Estimate.

Which is fine and funny, but what he actually said was

Listen, the other day I was asked about the NIE, which is a National Intelligence Estimate.

Bush is a bad enough orator I prefer to read his speeches instead of watching him speak them. I'm not kidding, his delivery makes any material as flat as the parody of the Gettysburg address in powerpoint. No need to bounce on the man when he didn't actually misspeak.

ps, did I mention the only broken archive page on "The Volokh Conspiracy" is the one where I'm quoted? "Conspiracy" indeed.
update: My bad, they fixed it at some recent point (I had wanted to reference it a month ago and couldn't. Feh. If you are still reading it was in one of Randy Barnett's pieces here).

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Bush is teh funny [jackdied] Feb 10 2005, 21:47 EST [updated Feb 10 2005, 22:01 EST] [permalink] From the always valuable Volokh comes a criticism of Slate's "Bushism of the Day." The premise is that they point out Bush's verbal short comings. The problem is not that Bush doesn't slip but that he doesn't do it often enough to feed the feature. Sometimes Slate has to stetch it, and sometimes that means not checking their sources. Today's was Listen, the other day I was asked about the National Intelligence Estimate, which is a National Intelligence Estimate. Which is fine and funny, but what he actually said was Listen, the other day I was asked about the NIE, which is a National Intelligence Estimate. Bush is a bad enough orator I prefer to read his speeches instead of watching him speak them. I'm not kidding, his delivery makes any material as flat as the parody of the Gettysburg address in powerpoint. No need to bounce on the man when he didn't actually misspeak. ps, did I mention the only broken archive page on "The Volokh Conspiracy" is the one where I'm quoted? "Conspiracy" indeed. update: My bad, they fixed it at some recent point (I had wanted to reference it a month ago and couldn't. Feh. If you are still reading it was in one of Randy Barnett's pieces here).	Current Quickies Archives All Posts Jun 2010 May 2010 Apr 2010 Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Sep 2009 Aug 2009 Jul 2009 Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Nov 2008 Oct 2008 Sep 2008 Aug 2008 Jul 2008 Jun 2008 May 2008 Apr 2008 Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Jan 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007 Oct 2007 Sep 2007 Aug 2007 Jul 2007 Jun 2007 May 2007 Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Jun 2006 May 2006 Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Jul 2005 Jun 2005 May 2005 Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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