Tuesday, February 07, 2006

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

(Via Bob Harris, the Jeopardy Guy)
From today's LAT, in an article headlined Unscripted Moment Over "Brokeback":

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

That's the sort of thing you do for a baby making its first words, not the President of the United States.

Then again, things are pretty far gone if the Chimpalissimo even having one unscripted public moment is itself a headline.

UPDATE: Ten minutes later, still enjoying it. Man, what a revealing sentence, about pretty much everything in the last few years.

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

If I were a teenager forming a band, that would be my band's new name. I think that'll have to be the site's new slogan when I get time. Maybe some T-shirts, too. Man.

I won't have time for the next week or so -- book frenzy, third draft, has arrived -- so things will be a little thin here again for a bit. But

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

is gonna make me smile every time I think about it for a good while.
Right up there with "America, Love It Or Leave It":

The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.

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