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This Week in "George W. Bush is Stupid" Themes

Submitted by low_culture

Edited by low_culture

OK, you've got Slate editor Jacob Weisberg's "Bushims" series of presidential malapropisms, and at least four books and seven stand-up jokes made over the past several years about our 43rd president's perceived simplemindedness, but here's yet another "Ha ha this guy is stupid" project to add to the mix.

Because this canon clearly needs adding to...right? Oh, wait, you mean I was wrong in my calculations above, and this aspect of a lazy-person's criticism of politics has been worn out and done to death? You mean to tell me that you're tired of laughing at Our Stupid, Ignorant President?

Fine, then. Don't click on this link to one woman's recent endeavor, in which she had five San Francisco-area elementary school students, aged 7-10, write their own version of a speech in which President Bush apologizes to Americans for his sundry mistakes and political mishaps, and then had them recorded by a Bush impersonator such that she could post MP3s of the brief little speeches.

No, you know what? Do click on the link above. Because it's cute, dammit, and sort of funny, but mostly just cute. They're kids, for christ's sake! Kids whose youthful political outlooks have in no way been influenced by their Bay Area parents' attitudes!

Did I mention how endearingly cute the whole project is?

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alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

APR 04, 2006 03:09 PM

"No more homework for kids...because child labor hurts"

That's the best...

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

APR 04, 2006 03:15 PM

that teacher should win an award in making brainwashing incredibly cute!

nobodaddy

nobodaddy

Burlington, VT
August 2003

APR 04, 2006 03:20 PM

That was great. The first two are particularly funny.

Some of the ideas that overlap from kid to kid (i.e., using all the taxes for bombs to blow people up - bespeak a little NPR-ish bias the kids must be getting from their teachers). (I'm a democrat and no fan of Bush).

The whole thing sounds oddly like a Beat poetry reading.

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

APR 04, 2006 03:32 PM

That "The Past is Over" remark always reminds me a bit of Pumba in "The Lion King"; "You gotta put your behind in your past!"

burtlo

burtlo

Denver, CO
May 2004

APR 04, 2006 03:38 PM

nobodaddy said:
That was great. The first two are particularly funny.

Some of the ideas that overlap from kid to kid (i.e., using all the taxes for bombs to blow people up - bespeak a little NPR-ish bias the kids must be getting from their teachers). (I'm a democrat and no fan of Bush).

The whole thing sounds oddly like a Beat poetry reading.



Hahaha, because kids want more bombs ... butI know what you are saying, just found the thought amusing.

LostIdentity

LostIdentity

Westville, NJ
October 2004

APR 04, 2006 03:46 PM

Here's a relatively ignorant, stupid, and overlyused statement: A society's leaders are a reflection of its citizens.

evlbaMbee

evlbaMbee

United Kingdom
February 2006

APR 04, 2006 04:01 PM

alpha_hazard said:
"No more homework for kids...because child labor hurts"

That's the best...


Agreed.

zoton

zoton

Kuwait
November 2005

APR 04, 2006 04:11 PM

it says something when even the kids hate el prez

bairdduvessa

bairdduvessa

Centerville, MA
April 2005

APR 04, 2006 04:11 PM

these were great

Landed

Landed

I'm lost
March 2006

APR 04, 2006 04:13 PM

Must be a slow news day.

LiquidYogi

LiquidYogi

Claremont, CA
September 2003

APR 04, 2006 04:14 PM

I gotta say that this is ignorant. Teaching kids about how stupid someone with a warped world view is. Rather than engaging a conversation reasonably to look at all sides of the situation.

This is why conservatives are up in arms with the whole Liberal college professors and Liberal schools indoctrinating our children. This is the kinda crap that gives them ammo.

ChezGeek

ChezGeek

Port Orchard, WA
January 2004

APR 04, 2006 04:49 PM

bwahahaha 'slobbering honey baby'.... biggrin

ortho7117

ortho7117

Charlotte, NC
April 2004

APR 04, 2006 10:13 PM

I don't think it's appropriate for these children to be used as proxies for their parents' and teacher's political views. These children have no way of understanding the vast majority of issues that are dealt with in the political environment. As a consequence, they're simply unattackable, and I believe that's the intention. Not even the staunchest Bushie is going to scream "Pinko" at a child.

unravled

unravled

Portland, OR
August 2003

APR 04, 2006 10:17 PM

ortho7117 said:
I don't think it's appropriate for these children to be used as proxies for their parents' and teacher's political views. These children have no way of understanding the vast majority of issues that are dealt with in the political environment. As a consequence, they're simply unattackable, and I believe that's the intention. Not even the staunchest Bushie is going to scream "Pinko" at a child.


Bullshit. Those children are all terrorists. Every single one of them. They hate America.

Coliwali

Coliwali

I'm lost
February 2003

APR 04, 2006 10:32 PM

Outstanding.

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