Fewer of the people fooled all of the time

Pierre Tristam of The Daytona Beach News-Journal puts W's performance last Thursday in New Orleans in historical perspective:

For President Bush every appearance, every word, every joke, every strut, every backdrop is staged for iconic effect by an army of ghostwriters and television producers. But symbolism designed to have the force of a papal bull can just as easily be full of a different kind of bull. Bush's address to the nation from New Orleans last Thursday night was especially rancid. The city's stink was not to blame. The fishiness was Bush's alone. To appreciate its bouquet, a brief retrospective in Bush choreography is helpful. Hold your nose.

In W's own words:

"You know, I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office."-- George W. Bush, 1989

That may be the last time he told the truth. Fake president reading a speech someone else wrote for him off a TelePrompTer. That's what we saw Thursday. It's not working anymore.