What gets me is the spin the White House puts on the white tie dinner with the Queen - that Laura Bush had to twist George's arm to wear a tuxedo with tails. Its the old "class war" spin from the 2000 and 2004 elections: Bush is a regular down to earth guy, a rancher from Texas, likes bologna and cheese sandwiches on white bread, simple plain talking guy, "I'm not into nuance" he once said.
His opponents are the wealthy, the elite, the guys who look down on blue collar america, the people who eat sushi and dont buy clothes at K-mart.
But Bush led an elite, ivy league life where he got a free pass for everything, from getting admission to Yale (C student), to Harvard (MBA) to getting into Air National Guard in 1968 - to getting loans from his dad's rich friends to start bullshit businesses that always failed, to getting elected Gov of Texas with no campaign issues (Karl Rove made them up - crime is up, delinquents are ruining our state, education is poor - none of that was true), to getting the election rigged in 2000 and 2004. And he is sooo common that his wife has to force him to get dressed up for the Queen.....and the press buys this crap. No reporter challenges it - they report the spin.
And what's with the hats?
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