the Forrest Gump presidency
Aug. 6th, 2004 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3541706.stm
According to Jacob Weisberg, who has made it his job to catalogue the gaffes commonly known as "Bushisms", even when Mr Bush trips over his words he does not always fall flat on his face.
"I don't think it does him any harm, because people who are appalled by the way he speaks tend not to like him for other reasons," he told the BBC's World Today programme.
Indeed, he says, his flawed public performances should not be misunderstimated - to borrow a "Bushism" - as they actually strengthen his bond with ordinary people.
"I think his inarticulacy is part of it, people identify with his problem. You know, its hard to speak in public - one makes mistakes, it can be embarrassing. And this bonds him to people."
According to Jacob Weisberg, who has made it his job to catalogue the gaffes commonly known as "Bushisms", even when Mr Bush trips over his words he does not always fall flat on his face.
"I don't think it does him any harm, because people who are appalled by the way he speaks tend not to like him for other reasons," he told the BBC's World Today programme.
Indeed, he says, his flawed public performances should not be misunderstimated - to borrow a "Bushism" - as they actually strengthen his bond with ordinary people.
"I think his inarticulacy is part of it, people identify with his problem. You know, its hard to speak in public - one makes mistakes, it can be embarrassing. And this bonds him to people."
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Date: 2004-08-06 04:33 pm (UTC)I totally disagree. This is one of the reasons I don't like him as a person, never mind his politics. I have a higher standard for my President than I do for the common man. I'd like to be able to respect him.
(But then, I'd expect a journalist to have a better command of punctuation, as well.)
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Date: 2004-08-06 04:46 pm (UTC)I knew I liked you for a reason. Well, for many, actually. ;-)
(But then, I'd expect a journalist to have a better command of punctuation, as well.)
It's the BBC, so it's hard to know what's bad punctuation and what's simply their odd and idiosyncratic style. I mean, these people lowercase acronyms, for heavans' sake (e.g., Nato, Unmovic).