Posted on 08/11/2002 7:27:35 PM PDT by carmody
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
George W. Bush has a reputation as something of a "doofus boy" on the stump. He smirks. His eyes shift. He'll drape himself over the podium. He'll lean in the most awkward fashion. His syntax oftentimes is horrid.
He appears not to be able to speak without a prepared text, seeming always to, and sometimes furtively, hunting for his prompter at the back and corners of the room. Unfortunately, the television cameras
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Can we now get on with the supposed war?
It's interesting - I got to shake his hand during the campaign, and I said something to him...he looked me STRAIGHT in the eye (even though there was a huge, noisy crowd all around) and thanked me. It felt like he had really heard what I said and absorbed it. Definitely not what I would have expected, given the circumstances and the chaotic situation. I will never forget it.
One question I have for the author........"Where in the world have you been for the past year and a half?" The rest of the world has known he's not a 'doofus' for a really long time now!
Oh, there was a "doofus boy" there alright but it wasn't the President.
President Bush isn't about symbolism he is about substance. If this reporter hadn't been so absorbed with aesthetics, if he had actually listened to any of the Presidents's speeches, he might have "connected" with the President a long time ago.
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