I want to set the record straight
before bowing out (disgracefully).
The following quotes have been attributed
(rightfully) to me.
But let me put you in the right context
to appreciate (fully) what I was saying,
not trying to say.
Bushism #1“They say this issue wouldn’t resignate
(resonate) with the people. They’ve been
proved wrong, it does resignate.” If the nitpicker here thought it would be correct
to say
“resonate with the people,
”he’s more ignorant than he pretends to be.
Resonate can be used (correctly) only as in:
the issues
resonate withso many different consequences.
I would have (correctly) said the issues wouldn’t
resonate among the people.
The statement, however, appeared (so) restrained
in its
“resonate” form that the best way
to make it sound convincing and final
is to use
“resignate”.
Not in the sense of resignation as in
“I resigned my job”.
Hence, “the issue
resignated with the people”
(accurately) describes how the people felt
when they realized the importance of the issue -
they accepted it with
resignation.
And what is this (so very) critical condition
that they'll have to live with?
My not being here anymore for them to kick around!
Alright, so the term
“resignate” did not exist
in the English dictionary.
Well, now it does!
Bushism #2“I am a person who recognizes
the fallacy [fallibility] of humans…”It’s a
popular fallacy that we humans are human,
and since we are not
it’s a
pathetic fallacy to give human beings
the humane qualities that they do not have.
The issue here is not about humans being
fallible,
which is a proven fact,
so let’s not belabor the obvious,
as the critic was doing.
I do indeed recognize
the critic’s
fallibility as a wordsmith
and his
fallacy in assuming that we are all human.
Bushism #3“It will take time to restore
chaos and order.”Do you seriously think that after eight years’
of my administration’s hard work
to create this
chaos,
you could match it in a shorter time?
As for
order, there was none to speak of
when I took over the Presidency,
so what’s the complaint here?
You can
order for
order, but my friends,
there ain’t no such item on the menu.
Bushism #4“The illiteracy (literacy) level
of our children
are (is) appaling (appalling).”I may have grown up among the same children,
but I am not all that
literate (illiterate).
If I were that stupid,
why would people keep quoting my
Bushisms?
Just because I invent new words
and give new spin to older words,
it doesn’t make me any more
illiterate than …
Anyway, my time
are up, not because I
has to go
but because the system
allow me
only eight
year to
appal.
I GOT THAT LAST ONE RIGHT, DIDN’T I?
