August 09, 2003
Bush For President, 2004
Okay, it’s a spoof site. I guess it’s about that time in the election cycle for these guys to start popping up. Still, it’s got some entertaining stuff that could cross the aisle:Poll Results: 98% of Americans don’t care A CNN/USA Today poll suggests that Americans couldn’t care less about complex news and issues concerning America’s place in the world.Posted by jeremy at August 9, 2003 07:22 PM
The only error in the quote above is the 98%. It is probably more like 49% to 59%. Otherwise, I fail to see the spoof. Straight facutal news as I see it.
Posted by: DRRemer at August 9, 2003 08:50 PMIt’s sites like these that are going to fuel future attempts to crack down on satire and parody. However, they should be free to say it. I don’t find the site very humorous, I think the Left’s depiction of Bush as ignorant and a moron has been over-the-top at times and only hurts the Left when trying to recruit voters. Many people are going to want to find factual information for the election and when they come across a joke site like this, they may laugh, but the result is they see childish tactics and barbs that do not offer substance behind their humor.
Posted by: Stephen VanDyke at August 10, 2003 05:19 PMIt’s not just that Bush is a moron. It’s that he’s a *fake* moron. After Reagan’s teflon presidency, it was clear that the impression of stupidity was an unmitigated benefit for a Republican politician. (Democrats have to appeal to different constituencies, so Reagan’s invulnerability provides no information for them.) So Dubya has created this image of 40th-percentile intelligence, which is entirely false. (Many on the left have helped him with it, but it’s his project.) He’s not the policy wonk that Bill Clinton was, but he’s bright enough when it comes to politics.
Posted by: Dan Wylie-Sears at August 11, 2003 11:14 PMIf the Democrat Party doesn’t challenge Talk Show programs like Mush Limbaugh and Senile Hannity, with equally mean spiritedness and hate of the GOP————-We Loose in 2004!!!
Posted by: dan camp at September 4, 2003 12:02 PM
