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Thursday, January 30, 2003
Loon Interrupted.
I felt at the end of the speech not roused but moved, and it took me a while to figure out why. It was gratitude.
Yes, it's our girl Peggy Noonan, who....was...oh....so...close, but George failed to bring her to Bush-gasm. A case of Loonas interruptus if there ever was one. But Bush, a man not used to regular conjugal relations, was undeterred:
His voice seemed lower and there seemed a kind of full head-heart engagement in his grave but optimistic message. For a moment I though of earnest Clark Kent moving, at the moment of maximum danger, to shed his suit, tear open his shirt and reveal the big "S" on his chest.
Omigod!...omigod!...omigod!
But it wasn't quite like that because it wasn't theatrical.
Damn!
Mr. Bush's language was interesting. It was Elevated Bushian--plain and pared of personal emotionalism. "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity." "The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others." "If this is not evil then evil has no meaning."
yes!...yes!....yes!......yeess-
People talk about "great lines" in speeches, but this speech was distinguished in that it didn't highlight them--it didn't toot its horn.
So...close...weak with want.....panting....
Mr. Bush seems uniquely resolved to be as courageous as the times require and as helpful as they allow. There is a profound authenticity to him, and a fearlessness too.
That's it!...right there...oh yeah!...come to mama!
A steady hand on the helm in high seas,
Steady hand...mmm hmmm.
a knowledge of where we must go and why,
Right there...right there!...yes!
a resolve to achieve safe harbor.
Oh yeah...thats the spot!...Bring momma home!
More and more this presidency is feeling like a gift.
Got a cigarette, sailor?
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