One of our expatriate southern docs stopped by the office to blow off some political steam today and he used a charming West Texas phrase that summed things up nicely:
“Don’t piss on my hat and tell me it’s raining.”
The trouble is that people haven’t tried out the practical application of that phrase lately. Bush won because his pretty lies sounded better than the rather harsh truth. We’ve got soldiers dying by the dozen in Iraq. Job growth and the economy are flat. The national debt is in the trillions and growing. And Bush keeps saying that if we let him keep doing what he’s been doing, everything is going to turn out all right. Unfortunately, nobody pointed out that we’ve all been pissed on for four years, and our hats are pretty much soaked through.
To help combat that sort of self-destructive politeness, I’ve got a modest proposal. Republicans shouldn’t be allowed to come up with cute names for their own legislation anymore. I think that people should come up with blunt and accurate names for every incredibly bad idea that Bush wants greenlighted.
Which of the following do you think has more chance of gaining public approval?
“Social Security Reform” or “Starve The Elderly”
“Healthy Forest Initiative” or “Sell National Parks”
“Arctic Energy Security” or “Screw Moose Anyway”
“Defense of Marriage” or the “Hate Thy Neighbor Act”