Through An Ass, Dorkly

The well-known conservabot Buttmissile, from the PowerLie blog (not linking to it) had this to say about his latest private encounter with The Great Communicator:

I had the opportunity this afternoon to be part of a relatively small group who heard President Bush talk, extemporaneously, for around forty minutes. It was an absolutely riveting experience. It was the best I've ever seen him. Not only that; it may have been the best I've ever seen any politician.

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The conventional wisdom is that Bush is not a very good speaker. But up close, he is a great communicator, in a way that, in my opinion, Ronald Reagan was not. He was by turns instructive, persuasive, and funny. His persona is very much that of the big brother. Above all, he was impassioned. I have never seen a politician speak so evidently from the heart, about big issues--freedom, most of all.

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It was, in short, the most inspiring forty minutes I've experienced in politics.

Of course, this is the same clown who wrote last year that Bush was like a great, underappreciated artist of genius and brilliance, forever condemned to be tethered to an unjustly-earned reputation.

Funny how Bush is always some sort of masterful orator behind closed doors, but then again Buttmissile is the guy who works a corndog like Jenna Jameson.

Practice makes perfect, Jenna. Hey, you got something on your chin.