In a recent speech, George W. Bush made the following statement:
"Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in _________ is called 'walking'."
Fill in the blank. Where is a swagger called walking?
a) The Betty Ford Clinic
b) The downtown area where all the winos hang out
c) The Special Olympics
d) A San Francisco drag queen bar
e) All of the above
The answer is, of course, e), all of the above.
For extra credit, read the following and write a short paragraph defining the word "irony." **********************************************
From Buzzflash.com
September 9, 2004
Bush's Swagger
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
by Richard Stencil
Carleton MacDonald wrote:
George W. Bush, Thursday night:
"Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking'."
Here is another quote from George Bush at the Commencement Address at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
June 2, 2004
“In all these threats, we hear the echoes of other enemies in other times--that same swagger and demented logic of the fanatic. Like their kind in the past, these murderers have left scars and suffering. And like their kind in the past, they will flame and fail and suffer defeat by free men and women.”
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