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Taking my cue from the 'morans' shot, below - now seems like an appropriate moment to return to the subject of the Shrub's uniquely flexible use of the English language.
His tongue continues to be one of the most dangerous Weapons of Message Destruction ever encountered.
A few reminders, courtesy DubyaSpeak.com, for your listening pleasure:
"I mentioned early on that I recognize there are hurdles, and we're gonna achieve those hurdles."
"...I'm the person who gets to decide, not you."
"And so, in my State of the -- my State of the Union -- or state -- my speech to the -- nation, whatever you wanna call it..." (this one, amazingly, draws rapturous applause).
And to the critics who might leap in to suggest that criticizing the man's grammar and speech patterns is a cheap shot:- bollocks.
Expecting coherence from the most powerful man on the face of the planet is not asking too much. And here's one bloody good reason why, from a recent piece in the Telegraph, headlined: Blair 'restrained Bush from attacking Iraq after Sept 11'
"...There was tremendous in-fighting in Washington. The drafts of the speech went back and forth. I think there were 28 versions before the final text was agreed. For us the key phrase was Bush's commitment to seeking a new UN resolution to disarm Iraq. We were only sure we had it 24 hours before the speech.
"For some reason this was left out of the text on the teleprompter as Bush was reading it, and he had to improvise.
"He managed to ad-lib a sentence saying 'we will work with the UN Security Council for the necessary resolutions'. But instead of saying 'resolution' he said 'resolutions' in the plural. That's how we got stuck with the French idea of two resolutions."
'nuff.
