-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- from: http://www.americandispatches.com/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.americandispatches.com/">American Dispatches</ A> ----- Texas Gov. George W. Bush is known as a hale-fellow-well-met, joshing with voters on the campaign trail and winking at friends in the crowds. But sometimes, he displays a mean, even scary, sense of humor. On "Late Night" with David Letterman, Bush offered a tasteless quip about Letterman's recent open-heart surgery. The joke followed Letterman's query about what Bush meant by being "a uniter not a divider." "That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up," Bush responded. The joke drew a chorus of boos from the audience and a baffled look from Letterman. On another occasion, Bush responded to a Letterman question with little more than a grunt. When the comedian asked if Bush was tired of jokes about failing a pop quiz on world leaders, Bush answered, "Nah," and stared into the camera. Bush did a little better with a self-deprecating line in which he announced: "I've morphed on your show from a boob to a dweeb." The governor then held up a T-shirt reading "Dweebs for Bush." [For details, see The New York Times, March 2, 2000] Though it's understandable that long days of politicking could make anyone a touch boorish and take an edge off one's sense of humor, Bush has revealed this unfunny side of himself at less stressful junctures, too. At the start of the campaign, conservative writer Tucker Carlson asked the governor about the unsuccessful death-row plea from convicted murderer Karla Faye Tucker. In response, Bush mimicked the doomed woman. "With pursed lips in mock desperation, [Bush said] 'Please don't kill me'," Carlson wrote in Talk magazine. At another point, Bush lined up for a photo. He fingered the man next to him and announced, "He's the ugly one!" [For more on Bush and his family's style of politics, go to Consortiumnews.com, articles from Oct. 5, 1999] For whatever reason, Gov. Bush is certainly making himself a contrast to President Clinton, who is noted for his empathy and often mocked for his famous line, "I feel your pain." By marked contrast, Gov. Bush often seems oblivious to other people's pain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For solid investigative journalism that you won't see anywhere else, check out: For a double-take on media and democracy, check out the American Review, edited by Jane W. Prettyman, formerly at (the old) Esquire Magazine. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
