If George Bush Is A Buffoon, I Want To Be A Buffoon, Too!
By Debbie Daniel (02/08/05)
This type-casting has started to take on a whole new meaning. Why, the man is unbelievable – he knows how to get things done. Buffoon or idiot . . . he makes things happen.
Would someone please call me a “buffoon” . . . I want to be like George? Not Michael Jordan or other superstars who can’t seem to get their life together, but I want to be taught by a man whose infectious spirit inspires success wherever he goes.
George Bush is a model we should all want to emulate, and if we can’t seem to follow in lock-step with him, I would at least encourage us to point out the leadership qualities in this man to our children.
There are multitudinous examples of valor and character. Oh, that we could raise a generation of “buffoons” just like George.
It’s a lesson lived-out before our very eyes and some are just too blind to see. Teach your children, point out the remarkable feats this man overcomes, and make him the object of every lesson taught of strong moral mettle. What better example can you find?
When the Democrats at the recent State-of-the-Union speech began showing their lack of class by booing and braying as donkeys do, George Bush immediately turned toward those most negative and strident sounds, looked the attack dogs in the eye, stayed on message and did not wince once.
Ladies and gentlemen, what a lesson! I hope many of you taped his address to the nation. Children should be encouraged to watch a leader who can stand in the face of those who would shout angrily in one of the most unbecoming, un-American displays of ignorance ever seen in a State-of-the-Union message and still with figurative “spit” on his face, use forceful language and not back down. Hallelujah! George Bush was magnanimous! It did my heart good!
When the President stared them down, he showed a “mirror on their error,” as if choreographed to shine a light on the ugly sight they were. Not many men have such a strong constitution to do that, but he did it with brilliance.
Parents, there’s a great lesson to be learned here. Whether you like George Bush or not, he’s the kind of man who has the strength and fortitude that we should all desire for our children. Wow, what a show of courage!
My patience has run thin with the bombardment of gloom and doom from those who choose to make life miserable for our President in the next four years. Because now you’re starting to make my life miserable, and it’s an indictment on my intelligence that would have me believe I picked the wrong man.
You see, when George Bush won in November, not only did he get a mandate from the people, but we got a mandate, too. When the people of Iraq went to the polls last week and voted overwhelmingly, not only did George Bush get another mandate, but we did, too.
I feel more empowered than ever, and if those of us who feel strongly about our country don’t take a stand while the ball is in our court, we will lose mightily.
The Democrats are falling on their own swords, and though I hate to take joy in such a spectacle, I realize they’re doing it to themselves.
And to those of you whose blood is boiling at the reading of these words . . . get over it. You owe it to yourself to move on . . . your wrath will eat you alive.
Ask any doctor. No human being can endure that much hateful rage and not do permanent damage to his body. I’m not preaching, I’m merely stating facts. I’m no healthcare practitioner, nor do I profess to know more than you, but you cannot sustain and hold up to the kind of detestable vitriol that’s been manifested against George Bush and not harm yourself.
In fact, you’re going to lose your mind first, so what good will you be to anyone?
I must admit, Ted Kennedy has enraged me a couple of times, but now I look at the man pitifully. Why in the world would he call for the President to present an exit strategy in Iraq? Why announce to the enemy when we’re leaving?
But then again, Mr. Kennedy has always used “EXIT” strategies – the most famous being his quick exodus at Chappaquiddick. His recent clamorings, “When are the Iraqi people going to shed their own blood and fend for themselves?” makes me wonder if those were the same sentiments he had for Mary Jo Kopechne. Oh, dear man, if only you had stayed a little longer. But we won’t dwell on that one other than to say, “Ted, running away from the situation does NOT make it better.”
And then I have a question for Mr. Kennedy. What is your exit strategy, Senator? Can you give us a clear-cut timeline as to when you’re going to leave the Senate? We’d all like to know the answer to that one.
If you think our soldiers in Iraq are not the solution but the problem, you have not heard yourself lately. Maybe someone ought to sit you down and let you hear some playbacks of your reverberations. Mercy man, you’ve done nothing to teach our young people about vigilance and staying the course.
Mr. Kennedy still suffers from a severe case of “I Wannabe President.” He can’t seem to get over it. Using the same rhetoric he’s used against our soldiers in Iraq, “His presence in the United States Senate is not a solution, it is definitely a problem,” makes one ponder the detrimental effect he’s having on our country.
How can we ever go forward with the loudest donkey braying at every turn? If he’s not “hee-hawing,” he’s definitely out there making noise that undermines everything we’re trying to do in Iraq.
You can say what you want about George Bush, but no one has yet convinced me he’s a failure. Oh, Teddy can call for a different strategy all he wants, but every time the Senator opens his mouth, the President becomes more credible.
This man, George Bush, is moving faster than the speed of light and I’m starting to wonder who the “buffoons” really are. He’s been called every name in the book, but “buffoon” seems to be the maligning word of choice.
I would argue that every parent, as they tuck their little ones into bed and repeat this child’s bedtime prayer, might want to include just one more verse.
“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
If I should wake and still be strong, I pray the Lord a “buffoon” I become.”
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