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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (605998)	8/19/2004 11:27:16 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Mark Crispin Miller, a professor of communication at New York University, examined Bush's language for evidence of distorted thinking. Author of "Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder," Miller initially intended an amusing catalog of Bush's verbal gaffes. Played for laughs by many, some view Bush's stumbling speech as an endearing tic. However, in reading the transcripts of his speeches, Miller realized something more serious was going on. Bush's garbled and confusing sentences may actually reveal a hidden personality disorder. Miller builds the case that Bush's gaffes occur only when he's speaking about things that mean little to him. Topics such as the poor, idealism or compassion are often twisted beyond meaning. However, writes Miller, "He has no trouble speaking off the cuff when he's speaking punitively, when he's talking about violence, when he's talking about revenge. When he struts and thumps his chest, his syntax and grammar are fine. This is a guy who is absolutely proud of his own inflexibility and rectitude." Now that the smoke is clearing, the obvious is visible. The future of the republic is threatened from within. Fueled by prejudice and a single-minded pursuit of power, a demagogue warped by alcohol occupies the White House. Recovery is possible, but it will take years to regain what is lost. In the meantime, like charred skeletons of houses lost to wildfire, the tattered remnants of American honor and justice twist slowly in the wind. "