Wednesday, February 09, 2005

"You're a homeless, paraplegic vet with terminal cancer? Fantastic!"


Others have blogged about this, why not me? The apparently
sorry state of Chimpy's compassionate conservatism:

Bush's fast-moving manner can make his listening skills appear suspect, Lahkani says. This point is bolstered during Bush's onstage "conversations."

In Omaha on Friday, a divorced single mother named Mary Mornin tells the president, "I have one child, Robbie, who is mentally challenged, and I have two daughters."

"Fantastic," the president exclaims, and he tells her she has "the hardest job in America, being a single mom."

Yeah, life just doesn't get much better than being a divorced, single mom with three kids, one of them mentally challenged, does it? And then there's:

Later, the 57-year old Mornin tells Bush that she works three jobs, which the president deems "uniquely American" and "fantastic."

And she works three jobs as well! Damn that woman! Why do some people get all the breaks?

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