Boy George Bush cries Wolf one too many times

The Culture Club does not like your libel of one of the 80's greatest action heros.

A thread or two ago, I was thinking of posting a photoshopped "Boy George" Bush, but I'm pretty sure the end result would snap something sacred and vital in my brain.

I, however, have nothing sacred nor vital in my brain.

*Snap!*

*Snap!*

I dunno, I think the makeover will do wonders with his appeal to the 18-25 demographic. Oh and about that compulsion to defenestrate yourself upon hearing "Karma Chameleon", umm... sorry?I don't wanna be responsible for the results of the refrain.

Intelligence experts and White House reporters instantly declared Boy George Bush's lie that Los Angeles was the target of a Terrorist threat, A Lie, and Bogus, and Propaganda.

The Mayor said that Boy George Bush had committed a shameful act in telling a lie.


http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2006/100206plotasham.htm

You realize that source, on a good day, is even less credible than Fox News on a bad day, right?

All the smart people in America HATE YOU BUSH!!

me'h me'h me'h me me me'h me'h!

BAH BAH BAH to all of you who donot believe this. George Bush sux, he is a loser, i dunno who are the dumb f*cks who elected him over kerry or that other guy, he made us have 6trillion dollars in debt after clintin (man i wish we kept him but ooh noo) had us in (i forgot the word.. starts with a c) when we were actually making money for once. George bush, in league with 666Ronald W. Regan are here to bring the U.S. Down and the whole world with it. Whats next bush?? Whats next?? We wage war on Japan for thinking they have neuclear missles stationed and ready to fire at us because some dumb *ss person tells you so. All the smart people in America HATE YOU BUSH!! I also don't live in Texas but you are giving texas a really bad name. God i cannot wait unti your time passes and we can end yet another scandel in out government.

I, however, have nothing sacred nor vital in my brain.

I have to admit, that picture is pretty damn hilarious!

I also don't live in Texas but you are giving texas a really bad name.

The Bush family is not originally from Texas. They are yankee northerners.

In 1978, George made a halfhearted stab at politics when he ran for an open Congressional seat. Maybe he didn't know what else to do, other than try to follow in daddy's footsteps. But Bush's heart wasn't really in it. Ultimately, it just didn't matter to him whether he would represent West Texas in the House of Representatives. And although he liked campaigning and showed an aptitude for it, his Democratic opponent mopped the floor with him.

Bush's rookie mistakes didn't help. At a candidate forum early on in the race, Bush told the crowd: "Today is the first time I've been on a real farm." That didn't exactly impress the rural voters. And his decision to show himself jogging around a track in one of his television spots only underscored how out-of-touch he was with the common man. Almost nobody jogged in West Texas.

And in the debates, Bush tried his best to come off sounding smart and serious. He made references to complicated economic policies. Difficult as it may be to believe now, many voters in the 1978 campaign were turned off by George W. Bush's overt intelligence. They figured him for some kind of brainiac.

George's opponent pegged him immediately as a spoiled rich kid from New England. A faux Texan. A Yankee carpetbagger. In contrast, the Democrat assumed the role of the earnest-but-friendly local boy. He constantly harped on George's elitist upbringing, as evident in this radio ad:


"In 1961, when Kent Hance graduated from Dimmitt High School in the 19th congressional district, his opponent George W. Bush was attending Andover Academy in Massachusetts. In 1965, when Kent Hance graduated from Texas Tech, his opponent was at Yale University. And while Kent Hance graduated from University of Texas Law School, his opponent -- get this, folks -- was attending Harvard."

The Democrat began telling crowds: "Yale and Harvard don't prepare you as well for running for the 19th Congressional district as Texas Tech does." It really got to Bush. He complained to a local newspaper about being pigeonholed as the outsider:


"We've been attacked for where I was born, for who my family is, and where my money has come from. I don't think that's fair."

Although he was gaining on the Democrat near the end, Bush lost the race. But the experience taught him everything he would someday need to mount an effective campaign. He discovered that voters aren't looking the smartest candidate, or the guy with the most experience. They want somebody who makes them comfortable. Somebody who's one of them. A regular guy.

He filed away all of that information in his head, and then turned to business.

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Bush was determined that this wouldn't be a repeat of his failed Congressional bid. And he believed that he had solved the problems that plagued him in 1978. Even though he was still a wealthy, well-connected, white guy with an Ivy League education, Bush was certain that voters would relate to him the way they couldn't before.

He was still rich, but now he could pretend to have made his fortune wildcatting for oil. And at least he spent his money like a Texan. He owned a ranch of sorts outside the town of Crawford, although it was actually more weekend getaway than working ranch... nevertheless it fit the image. Whereas before Bush had been typecast as the Rich Foreigner from New England, he now had roots in the community. He would sell himself as a Texas tycoon, a family man with a wife and kids, and coated with a thick patina of working-class sensibilities.

And this time George put into practice the lesson he learned from his 1978 campaign. He knew it was both unnecessary and counterproductive to project an image of extraordinary intelligence. It was all about likeability. So Dubya did just enough homework to hold his own in the debates and otherwise just winged it. His strategy hinged on using his personal charisma to compensate for any intellectual failings.