The man who was almost dubbed Senator-elect Incest incessantly relives his days as the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Senator-elect Bulwer-Lytton, who thinks incest puts the action in the action novel, has that whole Democrass idiom thingee down pat.
Webb Offends Bush & the English Language
By George Will at Real Clear Politics
That was certainly swift. Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office.
But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator.
Wednesday's Washington Post reported that at a White House reception for newly elected members of Congress, Webb "tried to avoid President Bush,'' refusing to pass through the reception line or have his picture taken with the president.
When Bush asked Webb, whose son is a Marine in Iraq, "How's your boy?'' Webb replied, "I'd like to get them (sic) out of Iraq.''
When the president again asked, "How's your boy?'' Webb replied, "That's between me and my boy.'' (Thanks to Laura Ingraham for the heads up.)
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Though to be fair, the incident Webb described in his book was not incest. The custom of taking a baby's penis in one's mouth- as bizarre as this seems- actually is a customary way of expressing affection in Thailand. It has no sexual connotations whatsoever.
Of course, it's generally only done until the child is about a year old, and the kid in Webb's book was four. But, hey. There are enough problems with this guy without raising the penis/mouth business in his book.
Oh, Thailand...
That makes it ok.
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