The cheerful idiot

Salon by Garrison Keillor | Jan. 7, 2009 (Opinion)

we allow the Current Occupant to leave the Mansion d'Blanc with a big grin in a couple of weeks, his self-esteem apparently fully intact, imagining that his legacy will emerge golden and shining in a hundred years after all of us are deceased. He is one of the cheerfullest idiots you ever saw, a man who could burn down his own house and be happy that the patio was still standing. Had Congress impeached him, his defense would have been that he was not ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Other
Topics: Bush Administration, Bush Legacy
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 7, 2009 - 1:12 AM PST
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Kenneth Sibbett (review), James Staley (review), Randy Morrow (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jan 12, 2009 - 6:41 PM PST
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 by James Staley - Jan. 7, 2009

Is this quality journalism? This is not even journalism, if by journalism we mean at least "having something to do with news." Well, he did plop into his meandering maze of words his opinion – that any educated, discerning person knows (except Republican apologists) – that Bush (W) is an idiot, "as dense as he looks."

Though an impressive wordsmith, Keillor's meandering writing style that he punctuates with pat conclusions -- in this case, life is a beautiful ... More »

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 by Randy Morrow - Jan. 8, 2009

Keillor is an acquired taste. If you are a fan you will appreciate this piece if not you will probably be a bit mystified.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 7, 2009

Keillor gets in some good lines before he wanders out behind the bushes and writes a sonnet. If he could have stayed on topic, it was shaping up to be a masterpiece review.

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 by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 12, 2009
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 7, 2009

An amusing story to drink your coffee with.

Laura Bush is a Lady with class, no matter the misdeeds of her clueless husband. She should have left him when he was a drunk.

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