I agree.
But it sure seems to me that plenty of voices on the left wanted Bush to fail during his time in office.
I don’t think so. Well, they wanted him to fail to win (re-)election. They wanted him to fail to enact his legislation/policies, but they didn’t want him to fail in the sense of the country failing to achieve its goals (peace, prosperity, etc.) during his administration. The plenty of voices on the left were the ones who were pointing out that he was failing – to formulate and implement reasonable policies.
*This *guy on the left never wanted Bush to fail. I was *afraid *that he would fail, and really wanted to be proven wrong.
I think you’d have a very hard time finding any “voices on the left”, as loud or as visible as those currently on the right, who wanted Presidential failure.
Cite?
Loads of folks on the Left suppressed their opposition to war when we invaded Afghanistan. Quite a few of them went along with the Iraq war as well, until it turned out that every “reason” given was a lie.
Bush did fail. He failed to get bin Laden. He failed in his quest to have a quick war in Iraq, leaving a huge fucking mess for his successor to clean up. His policies failed the economy. His policy of torture has made it impossible to prosecute most of the people we did catch. And, most astonishingly, he managed to convert the empathy of the rest of the world in the aftermath of 9/11 and flushed it down the shitter.
All these failures had nothing to do with the Left and everything to do with personal flaws, poor character and a monumentally bad choice for Vice President.
A pretty good rant, but listen very carefully.
In the first part (over ten minutes) of emotional, improvised speech, he said “uh” exactly once. That is very remarkable. (He does breath loudly to pause for thought.)
A really fine speaker.
Perhaps he could be a speech coach to the President. I love the guy, but he says “uh” quite a lot.
Not at all unusual for Corny. He’s old school. Guy was cutting promos with no script for years. All you have to do with a guy like that is show him his mark and give him the stick. You should see some of his stuff from back in the day, even if you’re not a wrestling fan. Cornette put asses in the seats.
It’s very interesting to compare his speech with William Hague’s most recent effort. Completely different styles, but both highly effective.
Wow, the Views jumped from a few hundred yesterday to 3,318 currently, so maybe it will go viral. I hope so. This guy needs to be a guest on Maddow, or Olbermann or The Daily Show or, considering his love of Religulous in Part 2, Bill Maher’s show.
Note that I just posted at 2:59 (hey, I work nights so this is my afternoon) that the Views were 3,318, and the Views are now 4,244. Good!
I bow before his truly epic powers of ranting, this guy is a true master.
Best part (in part 2): “If you rolled Joey Style’s balls at a drinking straw it would look like two colonels of corn rolling into a storm drain!”
So off the cuff. So awesome.
I didn’t know your party platform began in ape form. Helps explain the whole evolution thing.
Would those be Kentucky colonels? 
Paul, I disagree with the notion that the number of “uhs” is an indication of the quality of a speaker. Most people use some kind of pause sound and they’ve been shown to have communicative value. The only issue is when the “uhs” become overwhelming.
I never heard of this guy before I found this thread, but then I don’t pay any attention to pro rasslin’. Sure, it’s entertaining as hell, but I think pretty much the last thing we need is this as a model for political discourse. Hearing this rant, I can’t get the image of President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (from Idiocracy) out of my head, and it frankly depresses me.
Not so - nothing would have made us happier than bin Laden’s head on a pike.
Another black President who made extensive use of a teleprompter, if memory serves.
Bricker knows that. He didn’t need to be told what he was told by you or gaffa, or acsenray or Lightnin’. He’s just being a right-wing asshole trying to deflect attention away from an epic (and true) rant aimed at his buds.
He may be (a LOT) more intelligent than Clothahump, but he’s still doing what they all do, sticking his fingers in his ears, closing his eyes, scrunching up his face and going “LALALALA I CAN’T HEAR YOU! LOOK, SHINY!”
Nice shot. I’ll give you a shiny penny for it.
Me too. It was a total stunner.
What’s next, Kurt Angle showing up in PSAs telling Arlen Specter that he’d better vote to pass EFCA or it’s ankle-lock time?
Didja watch it yet? Huh, did ya, huh?