# Bush/Columbo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-columbo/120616>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-columbo/120616 "2002-07-24T18:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-columbo/120616/1 "2002-07-24T18:29:40Z")

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Am I the only one that keeps being reminded of [**Columbo**](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-1011/) when seeing Geo. W. on TV. Sometimes it is much more apparent than others. Yesterday, I was reading an article in NEWSWEEK and the picture of him with hand gesture partially shown was uncanny to me (thus this thread).

90% of what I’m referring to is the looks, even at certain angles the eyes take on that “Columbo look”. Then the other 10% is:

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> But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security.

[ul][li]polite - yes Geo. W. is a bit overly polite, in the _walk softly and carry a big stick_ sense.[/li][li]repeating subjects - has anyone watched his speeches without noticing?[/li][li]lulling into a false sense of security - Yeah, I get that feeling.[/li]  
🙂 [sup]As I’ve stated before, I voted for the guy, but that doesn’t make him anymore than human.[/sup][/ul]

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**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-columbo/120616/2 "2002-07-24T23:03:25Z")

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Sheesh, and I was thinking this was a suggestion for a George Bush/Peter Falk dream ticket in 2004. Nevermind.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-columbo/120616/3 "2002-07-25T05:20:18Z")

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O.K. here is a [**photo**](http://www.argusleader.com/gallery/2002/president/page19.shtml) and [**another**](http://www.staticfiends.com/bush/bush13.jpg) in which I see Columbo. Neither is anywhere close to the one in NEWSWEEK (July 15, 2002). Isn’t there anyone that has a subscription?