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22 December 2008
Is it live? Or is it The Onion?
Perhaps the best measurement of how over-the-top horrible the Bush II era has been is the number of times the stories in the news have risen to the level of farce, stories so outrageous that it is almost impossible to believe they are true. The infamous reading of The Pet Goat in a Booker Elementary classroom comes to mind as a very early example.
With less than a month left of the Bush administration, here’s the latest:
Bush assailant kick-starts sales for shoemaker
(CNN) — The shoes thrown last week at U.S. President George W. Bush have provided an unexpected windfall for the shoemaker who made them.
Sales of the shoes made famous by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi have soared, with requests pouring in to the Turkish shoemaker from across the world, media reports said Monday.
As a result, Istanbul-based Ramazan Baydan has had to recruit an extra 100 staff to meet orders for 300,000 pairs of the “Model 271 brogues,” Britain’s Daily Mail said.
Bush, of course, might very well take credit for the 100 jobs created and say something like, “It’s just one of the many creative approaches we’re taking on economic stimulus.”
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So, so true. And one day maybe he’ll even rise to the level of ridiculousness of getting a BJ in the Oval Office while conducting official business. But perhaps that type of zaniness is restricted to the ever virtuous Democrats. Let the hilarity ensue!
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Wait - got another laugher for you. The governor of Alaska, who rose to the top of her state’s political establishment without a family name, famous husband, or connection of any kind within her own party, yet is considered too much of a lightweight to have a job with essentially no requirements. BUT, many of the same people who mocked her now seriously believe someone whose sole accomplishments are her last name and editing a poetry book should be a US Senator from one of our most populous states.
Now that’s funny stuff! Will the knee slapping ever end?!?!