Theories on George W.

[elfs]

The exceptionally shrill Brad DeLong proposes four reasons for George W. Bush's terrible performance at the debate, since he used to be a consummate debator:

1. George Lakoff's theory: it's deliberate--these daya George W. Bush wants to sound more like John Wayne.
2. Kate O'Beirne's theory: George W. Bush is out of practice, because nobody has dared contradict him to his face for four years.
3. The "worried man" theory: George W. Bush knows he has messed up badly, and is scared, and it shows.
4. The "organic brain damage" theory: something is going badly wrong inside George W. Bush's brain--perhaps the result of lots of substance abuse in his youth.

I'm not sure which one is viable, but I guess we'll know depending upon whether or not Bush holds his own in the second debate. If he flubs it, the latter two seem much more likely.

I'm going to try and use 'shrill' for now on for my politically-oriented posts.

Comments

just saw this DNC ad on CNN...

[-pollox.livejournal.com]

http://www.democrats.org/noone/index.html

fits well with your post I think; nice to finally see someone blatantly pointing these things out...