Thursday, October 14, 2004
Spit, but Not Wit
Did anyone else notice that the President had a glob of spittle in the right corner of his mouth for at least 5 minutes during the first part of last night's debate? I kept yelling to the TV, "Wipe your mouth!" This prompted Bill to say, "Well, when you're all hopped up on coke, you don't feel that stuff."
Did you also notice how much the President tried to smile? It didn't work well and seemed disingenuous. The most-oft displayed expression on his face was that smirking, shit-eatin' grin if his.
As Tom Shales writes in today's Washington Post:
That's all you can say? The first line, as delivered, came across to me as if you felt nagged by women when they express themselves. Your tone indicated you think "I better act like I'm listening so she'll stop bitching." Thanks for the lip service, Mr. President. It shows, once again (as did your failure to recognize Kerry's comment on the wage gap between men and women), that you don't understand what it's like to be female in a male-dominated world. You might "love (us) as best as (you) can," but you certainly don't care how your policies affect our lives.
Did you also notice how much the President tried to smile? It didn't work well and seemed disingenuous. The most-oft displayed expression on his face was that smirking, shit-eatin' grin if his.
As Tom Shales writes in today's Washington Post:
Bush seems to have been taken apart and put back together again after each debate, reassembled according to estimates of how he'd done. Last night it looked as though his handlers had told him to smile, smile, smile, especially when Kerry was trying to make points, points, points.I was a little offended by Bush's answer to the last question about what he had learned from the strong women around him. He said: "To listen to them. To stand up straight and not scowl. I love the strong women around me. I can't tell you how much I love my wife and our daughters."
That's all you can say? The first line, as delivered, came across to me as if you felt nagged by women when they express themselves. Your tone indicated you think "I better act like I'm listening so she'll stop bitching." Thanks for the lip service, Mr. President. It shows, once again (as did your failure to recognize Kerry's comment on the wage gap between men and women), that you don't understand what it's like to be female in a male-dominated world. You might "love (us) as best as (you) can," but you certainly don't care how your policies affect our lives.