''The rhetoric spewing Bush administration''

(YellowTimes.org) – George W. Bush is actually not stupid or illiterate as many of you may think and laughingly describe him as. But in that case then, what is he? Well, he's a full-fledged living characterization of himself, which has now reached the level of complete parody. Just as you confidently expect the Road Runner to dodge Wiley E's projectiles and to outrun semis and Bugs Bunny to bring himself to a stop one inch off the ground after a thousand foot freefall, you fully expect the President of the United States to make absolutely no sense, while embarrassing himself as he sounds like someone just beginning to grasp the verbal patterns of rudimentary American English.

His rhetoric, too, has reached the level of that of a satirical script. (Did a presidential speech writer pen the words that Bush just mangled or did a Saturday Night Live cast member?) This has been especially evident in the past few glorious days, which have brought us revelations in the form of reports and memos regarding terrorist warnings throughout the summer that explicitly and definitively expose the lies of the Bush administration.

In his initial response to the questions regarding what he knew before September 11, Bush said: "I'll do whatever it takes, and I know you'll join me in doing whatever it takes to prevent the enemy from attacking America again like they did and causing thousands to suffer and to mourn and to grieve." (CBS, May 17, 2002)

Aside from basely invoking American suffering, mourning, and grief for his own ends and creating a "link" between him and us, he completely fails to address what was known and what wasn't with regard to warnings of terrorist attacks last summer. Obviously, this shouldn't come as a surprise, it's the status quo for political answers; however, with regard to an issue of such gravity, as well as his convenient reference to the mysterious yet ubiquitous "enemy," Bush's comments can only be seen as being Orwellian on their face.