A poem by George W. Bush

[Tuberski]

Make the Pie Higher
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen
And uncertainty
And potential mental losses.
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the internet
Become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being and the fish
Can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope
Where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/piehigher.asp

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

I know this will draw smart ass comments, but I always knew what he was trying to say.

[MrFun]

I know this will draw smart ass comments, but I always knew what he was trying to say.

that's nice

[Asher]

I used to work at a retirement home and I knew what the people with dementia and other mental issues wanted.

[SlowwHand]

See? Somehow, it can work out.

[MrFun]

I used to work at a retirement home and I knew what the people with dementia and other mental issues wanted.

If compulsive lying counts as a clinical mental disorder, Bush would have fit right in at such places.

[Asher]

As dumb as I think Bush is, people give him a bit too much grief for his speaking difficulties. He's afflicted with a bunch of weird issues that result in Bush being Bush. The most blatant are homophones and transposing words.

Not everyone's brain is wired the same way, so the way it thinks and orders things internally may not be what is dictated by correct grammar and sentence structure. What comes naturally to others is something that is more mentally arduous for others.

I can sort of sympathize because my brain's a bit ****ed up also, requires some careful attention dedicated to ensuring what I'm saying is coherent. I'm kind of all over the place upstairs, in case no one noticed.

[SlowwHand]

I had to learn to try and sync my brain and mouth. My brain works fast and I was spitting a lot, trying to talk at the same rate. Drool. That sort of thing.

[Asher]

Yes, I've always had similar problems. If I don't pay attention to what I'm saying I'll drop words or mangle them and merge them. I'm scatterbrained also so on a larger scale I need to focus the topic of conversation and ensure I don't keep branching off in random directions.

[SlowwHand]

Do you start talking in the middle of thoughts you're having? You know, in your mind you've started, then you speak, and people are like, "What?" ?

[Asher]

Not that I recall, but I usually catch that stuff. In my head I'm building and operating on mental queues.

[SlowwHand]

I want to say one thing about Bush's struggles. If you think about one of his more well known misspeaks, "You can fool me once...". If you think about it, it's at least a little cool that when he was struggling with that, his fall back was The Who.

[Guynemer]

I know this will draw smart ass comments, but I always knew what he was trying to say.

Of course you do; you speak Texan.

[Jon Miller]

Yes, I've always had similar problems. If I don't pay attention to what I'm saying I'll drop words or mangle them and merge them. I'm scatterbrained also so on a larger scale I need to focus the topic of conversation and ensure I don't keep branching off in random directions.

I think I am similar.

JM

[Guynemer]

I want to say one thing about Bush's struggles. If you think about one of his more well known misspeaks, "You can fool me once...". If you think about it, it's at least a little cool that when he was struggling with that, his fall back was The Who.

True enough.


And one thing I'll add, which I've mentioned before:

I don't like the guy. Don't like his politics, his attitude, just about anything about him, really. BUT. He did conquer his alcoholism (and, allegedly, cocaine addiction as well). That shows a strength of character that not many can match.