Kitty Kelley has sold me on Bush

The Daily Telegraph ^ | September 18, 2004 | Sarah Sands

[MadIvan]

Interesting take. :)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Physicist]

And there is plenty. According to Kelley, a journalist once asked George W what he had just been talking about with his father. "Pussy," he replied.

Actually, that was probably more of an accusation than a response.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

One, Tom Wilner, railed against the injustice: "George had absolutely no intellectual curiosity about anything. He wasn't interested in ideas or books or causes. He didn't travel. He didn't read the newspapers. He didn't watch the news; he didn't even go to the movies… how anyone ever got out of Yale without developing some interest in the world besides booze and sports stuns me.''

Sounds like the kind of thing Falstaff might have said about Henry V.

By the way, I've been waiting expectantly to see the world change its course in consequence of the great intellectual prowess of Tom Wilner. Certainly any decade now ....

[Rokurota]

how anyone ever got out of Yale without developing some interest in the world besides booze and sports stuns me.

Ahhh....just jealous that he missed his chance to have fun as a young guy.

[Capt. Jake]

"And there is plenty. According to Kelley, a journalist once asked George W what he had just been talking about with his father. "Pussy," he replied."

Wait a minute. Isn't that what Vernon Jordan actually said he and Clinton discussed while playing golf? I'm dead serious. At least Kitty Kelly could try be original when she makes crap up.

[SengirV]

And there is plenty. According to Kelley, a journalist once asked George W what he had just been talking about with his father. "Pussy," he replied.

At least he is a man. If Kerry was asked the same question, I'm sure he would say 'I was thinking of my next dinner of Foie Gras'

[rwilson99]

The "pussy" story is an old Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan story about them playing golf. You'd think a fiction writer could come up with something more original.

[Darkwolf377]

Even Bob Shiffer has said that Bush is always reading books. Whenever someone recycles THAT one i know it's bunk.

[tioga]

MEOW ALERT

[counterpunch]

According to Kelley, a journalist once asked George W what he had just been talking about with his father. "Pussy," he replied.

He should have said "poontang" instead.
That would have delivered the black vote.

[bucephalus]

Sounds like the kind of thing Falstaff might have said about Henry V.

And as you know, as F. said of the Rats:

"A plague of all cowards and a vengeance too, merry and amen."

[Buttaboom]

On the other hand, only total dedication could have produced George W. Barbara Bush is described as a single-minded soccer mum. When her son did not make the teams, but was put in charge of cheering, it was Barbara who turned up and yelled her head off on the touchline, to the patronising disdain of the other mothers.

I love my mom, but I think I'd have enjoyed having Bar in my family too. No matter how much slime people like Scatty Kelley toss at the Bushes, what keeps coming out is what a strong, committed family they are. The RATS can never turn that into a bad thing.

[IamHD]

"According to Kelley, a journalist once asked George W what he had just been talking about with his father. "Pussy," he replied."

and: "At least he is a man."

Your words. That makes a "man" a man? :/

[billhilly]

More likely, he is astonished that someone with a Yale education can't understand the imperative of left wing politics.

[Jaysun]

The argument used against Kitty Kelley is that she is a chick-historian, dealing in private lives rather than public policy.

This trollop must be fresh off the hovercraft from some remote island where she used to write for the Hickory Farms catalog. This is far from the argument. The argument is that she tells unsubstantiated lies.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

How does talking about "pussy" make you a man? When you're 18, it's to be expected, but for a grown man to be discussing "pussy" shows a decided lack of maturity. But then we have an entire nation of old boys who chose never to grow up. Case in point, William Jefferson Clinton. I am sure he discusses "pussy" with every one who will listen.

[Socratic]

"...Tom Wilner."

Tom, who? Oh, that someone-or-another who is NOT the President of the United States. (snigger,snigger).

[IamHD]

As a woman, you say what I wanted to say...thanks. And, I don't believe a word of what KK says.

[Royal Wulff]

Buy a clue, man. He wasn't really talking about p*ssy. He only told that to the journalist to be (appropriately) dismissive and contemptuous of the him.