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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:22 PM
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Who here has read "The Bush Dyslexicon"?
I've been reading it these past few days, and it is truly a chilling book. Too often, we hear and read the things Bush says, shake our heads, and say "what an idiot." But Bush isn't an idiot. He's as cunning and manipulative as Nixon ever was; he just wraps it up in Reaganesque beffudlement.

This book scares the hell out of me.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:24 PM
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1. I have - and agree with your (and Miller's) assessment...
The only time he speaks clearly and coherently is when he's talking about death and vengeance. :scared:
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RichM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:48 PM
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8. I third this assessment.
Miller perceived the sadistic aspect of Bush's being, very early on. The whole book is tremendously perceptive, & events have borne out what might have seemed conjectural 2 1/2 years ago (when the book was written).
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 04:17 PM
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16. Yar he loves all that War stuff.
Mean leam killing machine.
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:25 PM
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2. As to the description of
whistle ass, The Bush Dyslexicon is the best.
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theivoryqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:26 PM
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3. scary, true
but also hysterically funny. A great way to amuse other democrats at cocktail parties.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:28 PM
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4. I read it
It would have been amusing, if it wasn't so disturbing.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:28 PM
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5.  I need to re-read that book. It has been awhile
and I have it right here. thanks for reminding me. :hi:
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Clete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:45 PM
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7. Me too. I have it and it's on my list of to read.
Now I am reading it next knowing that it wasn't just for jokes.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:54 PM
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12. Not a joke book at all
Edited on Mon Oct-20-03 03:55 PM by elperromagico
It's better suited to the horror section in the bookstore than to the humor section.

The problem with the joke books (like My First Presidentiary) and joke websites is that they're all built on the "Bush is a moron" theme. It would be sooooo much easier to beat him if he were just a moron; but he isn't. He's cold and calculating, and much like his father, he's incapable of understanding or empathizing with the needs of the common man.

Lines like, "You're workin' hard to put food on your family" are funny, but they reveal something important about Bush: He doesn't understand what it's like to work hard or to worry about where the next meal is coming from. That is only part of Miller's point; trust me, it gets worse.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:41 PM
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6. I read most of it on plane rides to and from Chicago
an excellent read.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:50 PM
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9. Yes, I read it
....Bush really is an idiot. A RUTHLESS, EVIL idiot. He cannot give an "off the cuff" speech and he makes up words and phrases....read "Bushisms" . He's also been a REALLY bad businessman....Harkin....the Texas Rangers....and his very first oil company?? can't remember the name but, Daddy's name helped buy him out and rename it Harkin. He's really not very intelligent.

He IS Ruthless and Evil...I'll give him that.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:58 PM
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14. He's an idiot savant, perhaps
Edited on Mon Oct-20-03 03:59 PM by elperromagico
You can tell by his language and grammar when he doesn't care about an issue. However, when he's talking about something he really does care about, like war or revenge, he speaks with a considerable degree of coherence.

I'm not entirely convinced that the Texas accent isn't a put-on. I just keep having this vision of Bush, in private, talking like Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island.

I wonder if he calls Laura "Lovey."
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:50 PM
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10. It's brilliant and sobering.
After reading it, it became impossible for me to think of Bush as just an idiot.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:52 PM
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11. I think Miller really nails Bush
Both Poppy and W. Good read.

Watching Bar and Poppy on NBC's "Today" this morning really brought it home.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 03:58 PM
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13. Yes I read it
Loaned it to my dad , haven't gotten back yet ..

That book is what turned my on to rove's evil ..
After reading that book I felt that rove was the most
dangerous amongst to lot .
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kayell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-20-03 04:01 PM
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15. Excellent book - Should be on every DUers reading list
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