Comments on: End of a Poetic Legacy on Penn. Ave.?

End of a Poetic Legacy on Penn. Ave.?

ed — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:35:46 -0800

Other U.S. Presidents have dabbled in poetry (that is, if they weren't busy winning Pulitzers before hitting the Oval Office). But Our Fearless Leader's poem has been rejected by the Missouri Review. "While we realize that the phrase 'lump in the bed' has a personal meaning that is meant to be endearing (please give the First Lady our regards), we fear that it portrays a, shall we say say, less than progressive attitude toward women." Is there any hope for Bush's literary inclinations? And what does this mean for the future of Presidential dignity?

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:40:42 -0800

Is there any hope for Bush's literary inclinations? No. And what does this mean for the future of Presidential dignity? Uh, Presidential dignity? Jumbo shrimp? Military intelligence?

By: Postroad

Postroad — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:19:00 -0800

Real men don't sit around writing poetry.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:23:05 -0800

Bullshit.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:25:11 -0800

The most appalling thing about this poem is not that he calls his wife "lump in the bed", or Chirac "that charming French guy". It's that he's deliberately leaking a supposed love poem to his darling wife in order to further perpetuate the myth that he landed on an aircraft carrier - all bah hisse'f - and that it was an "adventure".

By: ed

ed — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:29:02 -0800

Real men don't need to explain what's "real" about masculinity. Some men are poets. Some men couldn't craft prose if their lives depended on it. It's as simple as that.

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:31:38 -0800

I just want to say that this post should be a poster child for how to present something that might otherwise be "newsfilter" (just a yahoo news or cnn link) by researching and sharing interesting content. Well done! And interrobang, I think his wife actually leaked it.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:34:17 -0800

And interrobang, I think his wife actually leaked it. Actually, you didn't hear it from me, but I hear that Karl Rove leaked it.

By: biffa

biffa — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:39:08 -0800

I think his wife actually leaked it. But surely a real man can control his baitch? Or I can just go on about control over output to the media and such if you prefer.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:58:58 -0800

I just want to say that this post should be a poster child for how to present something that might otherwise be "newsfilter" (just a yahoo news or cnn link) by researching and sharing interesting content. Well done! Agree, Ed nice post: patience...yet this added picture is charming.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:42:20 -0800

...yet this added picture is charming. Actually, I can't look at The BushWife without getting a little freaked out. Her eyes are so beady and sinister and glazed, often seeming to focus on something she can see but we can't. And she often has such a smug I-Ate-The-Canary smile on her face. I think what I'm saying is she looks like heavy medication is the only thing between her and a serial-killing psychosis. I have a picture of her somewhere I can't find -- and believe me, I'm Googling like Hell and I'm kicking my ass repeatedly for having not scanned it -- in which the Bushes are at a 9-11 funeral/memorial service and everyone, even The Shrub, is looking solemn with head down . . . except The BushWife, who is smiling gleefully and looking up as if she's thinking, "What a simply mahvelous photo opportunity!" Amazing. /editorializing "allI'msayin'isthewomanain'tright"

By: ElvisJesus

ElvisJesus — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:19:32 -0800

Yellowcake, Yellowcake, Dubya's scam, Buy some uranium from an African, Spin it, lie about it, and mark it with a "B," Then put it in the State of the Union for Congress to see!

By: LouReedsSon

LouReedsSon — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:21:55 -0800

I for one welcome a return to the days before 9/11 when we openly ridiculed this bumbling idiot on a daily basis. Color me traitor! :)

By: ElvisJesus

ElvisJesus — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:48:06 -0800

allI'msayin'isthewomanain'tright

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:51:22 -0800

does this instability in the phrase [oh my, lump in the bed] signal instability in the relationship... Or does it indicate a healthy obsession with the morning salute of a "little Commander-in-Chief"...? Boner jokes?!

By: gyc

gyc — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:55:00 -0800

in order to further perpetuate the myth that he landed on an aircraft carrier - all bah hisse'f - and that it was an "adventure". Well he doesn't say that he personally landed the plane on the carrier, just that he landed on a carrier.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:46:56 -0800

I for one welcome a return to the days before 9/11 when we openly ridiculed this bumbling idiot on a daily basis. Some of us never stopped.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:13:55 -0800

I think this is just further proof that the Missouri Review is a fraud for Marxists and communist-dictatorship sympathizers.

By: LouReedsSon

LouReedsSon — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:47:22 -0800

Some of us never stopped. And that was a good thing indeed. But I was talking about mainsteam media. May things finally come full-circle!

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:09:55 -0800

what anastasiav said - nice framing and research around this post, ed! Bravo.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 02:50:31 -0800

Im an Oregonian. All I can say is he's not my president.

By: walrus

walrus — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:46:00 -0800

Cheap addiction, poor depiction: bleeding diction like sordid fiction.