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Shrub? You a Molly Ivins fan? She "coined" that name. I never have liked her or anything she has ever written. Especially the name "shrub" she dreamed up to demean a guy that is no "shrub".

Too bad.

I use the term liberally. And it's rather ironic that I do. Bush as President has become a solid leader. Just because I call him the "Shrub" from time to time does not mean that I hold Molly Ivins' brand of "Texas Cornpone Socialism" in any regard. After all, once you've seen Molly Ivins, you've seen Jim Hightower. Then you realize what desperate straits the left is in these days.

Besides, it was Anne Richards who coined the term when she first found that Bush the Younger was running against her. Ivins gets undue credit because she was smart enough to title a book by the same name.

Whether you call him Shrub or President Bush, he's still going to go down as the most consequential president since Reagan.

As for Clinton? Well, let's just say that we best not use the term "go down" with any sence of historic importance.

Meanwhile, MSNBC is putting the Noelle Bush bust story in Second Coming type. Bastards.

Watching MSNBC is most revealing when you see Howard Fineman get together with Matthews. These clowns think that Cheney will actually be hurt by the GAO lawsuit. Now they're going to go after Jeb and the President because of Noelle. Don't believe me? These are liberals, remember.

Remember the NAACP James Byrd commercial? Remember the DUI story? That's the way these people operate.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[He Rides A White Horse]

Whoopsie! (laughing).............

[Reagan Man]

Shrub?

Too bad.

I use the term liberally.

This makes no sense whatsoever. Shrub isn't an endearing term for President Bush and if you don't understand that, you're either braindead or a liberal disruptor. take your choice.

[Amore]

You are, of course, free to call him what you want. But considering the people who use the term, "Shrub," (doesn't the Doonesbury idiot do so?), I think you will find that your intentions here will almost always be misinterpreted. I think most people here consider the term an insult. You may not, but that's probably how it will be perceived.

[weegee]

Besides, it was Anne Richards who coined the term when she first found that Bush the Younger was running against her. Ivins gets undue credit because she was smart enough to title a book by the same name.

I'd be wary of crediting Marichards with anything she said. She used gag writers for her speeches.

Lily Tomlin's gag writer coined the "born with a silver foot in his mouth" for use against former President Bush.

If she said "shrub" first, it still could have been coined by Molly or someone else giving her an assist.