There's much more about Bush's dyslexia at the link.
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>>>>My father is 71 and has had dyslexia all his life. He didn't make it past 3rd grade, and still can't read or write. He flubs words EXACTLY like G. W. Bush has all his life. I think I even inherited a touch of it myself. Nothing to be ashamed of, many great historical figures apparently had it. It can be embarrassing I'm sure, like stuttering. But its hard not to laugh when its coming from someone running for president. everyone has a little drawl or twang or speech peculiarity, but the problem with Bush is much deeper. its not so much that he's dumb, but that he doesn't have a clue. He needs a script to sound coherent. you can tell when things have been written for him, and when he wings it. What's really unsettling is the way he overpronounces words now, placing hyphens between syllables and slowing way down to avoid stumbling, like the way he pronounced 'mus-cu-lar scle-ro-sis' the other day. And after the last month, the press is simply waiting for flubs and bloopers and counting them all up for articles.
The way he repeatedly screwed up the word 'subliminal' was right off a Curly Howard routine. It's easy to laugh at the guy. I'm cynical, and I can see that that's not the real G.W.. we saw speaking at the convention. It's only now becoming clear that he's not qualified to converse with world leaders, he would be the laughing stock of the world, and could even seriously mess up important relations with other countries by a slip of the tongue, or an offensive remark, or slur. It's more scary than funny, and also a little sad. I'm not a fan of Al Gore, but is Bush all the Republicans could come up with as a leader for our country? "Here, take this moron, he's good enough for you."
But, as a cartoonist, I appreciate George W. for his comedy value. All cartoonists and writers of gags and articles owe him a huge debt of grasitude...gratisude.........thanks. --Mo Paul, 9/23/00<<<< |
