Tuesday, March 30, 2004
GWB
NPR did a piece this evening on All Things Considered about George W. and his time in Alabama. It wasn't about his time served or not-served in the Alabama Air National Guard. Rather, it was about his time working on the senatorial campaign that was his ostensible reason for being in Alabama instead of Texas.
At any rate, one of the other guys who worked the campaign was interviewed about GWB, and he made the comment that Bush's standard "opening conversational gambit" wasn't about football or politics or the lovely weather, but was instead about the hard drinking he'd done the night before. Remember -- GWB was supposed to be about 25 at that time.
I find this hysterical. It underlines, once again, the frat boy attitude GWB exudes. I missed the very end of the piece, but the last part I heard was an account of GWB sharing anecdotes of getting off scot free while at Yale when caught by local authorities -- because his grandfather was a senator. Impressive. Start conversations by talking about how wasted you got last night, then tell a story about how, the last time you got so drunk, the cops didn't dare arrest you because Grandpappy was a senator!
I guess now that GWB doesn't drink, his conversation gambit must center on the foreign people he's bombed or maligned, or the mud he slung at his political opponent. Followed by that good-old boy laugh.
Meh. He makes me angry.
At any rate, one of the other guys who worked the campaign was interviewed about GWB, and he made the comment that Bush's standard "opening conversational gambit" wasn't about football or politics or the lovely weather, but was instead about the hard drinking he'd done the night before. Remember -- GWB was supposed to be about 25 at that time.
I find this hysterical. It underlines, once again, the frat boy attitude GWB exudes. I missed the very end of the piece, but the last part I heard was an account of GWB sharing anecdotes of getting off scot free while at Yale when caught by local authorities -- because his grandfather was a senator. Impressive. Start conversations by talking about how wasted you got last night, then tell a story about how, the last time you got so drunk, the cops didn't dare arrest you because Grandpappy was a senator!
I guess now that GWB doesn't drink, his conversation gambit must center on the foreign people he's bombed or maligned, or the mud he slung at his political opponent. Followed by that good-old boy laugh.
Meh. He makes me angry.
