Bush Joke Posted
Tim Blair links to a particularly idiotic Bush-bashing joke:
So anyway, trailed by the ubiquitous cameras of the White House press corps, President George Bush goes to a primary school in Texas to have a "photo-op" chat to the children about this and that and nothing in particular. When he is done, one little boy at the back of the room puts up his hand to ask a question."And what is your name, young man?" Dubya asks him.
"Billy."
"And what is your question, Billy?"
"I have three questions. First, why are you president when Al Gore got more votes? Second, what is the connection between Iraq and September 11? And third, where are these weapons of mass destruction, anyway?"
Now, Blair's readers have posted a number of particularly illuminating answers to these questions, which is good for those who don't know anything about what's going on. But one thing I do know is that the people who tell this joke don't believe the questions are unanswered. They just like the nice sneery feeling they get from telling it. So why bother? It won't stop them.
I say, wait until the Democratic Convention. Then, when the speakers start putting this stuff out (and they will, no matter how effectively history has intervened), simply shrug and say, "Y'know, I always thought y'all sounded like a bunch of particularly slow fourth-graders."