• iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The rumor i heard is he might not have wanted to have an audio clip of himself saying “shame on me” that could have been used in any other context. But yeah he made himself look like an absolute twat that way. Not the best fast thinker.

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      4 days ago

      Yeah, Bush was very much faking his dumb hick persona. He needed to offset his Yale and Harvard education to his target demographic. He bought his Texas ranch right before running for office.

      The current GOP is a caricature of what he was doing.

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        3 days ago

        Play the idiot, attract real idiots that thinks they are in good company (I don’t remember the exact quote).

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        Just watch clips of Bush when he was governor of Texas. Perfectly articulate, complete sentences and everything. He either had a major stroke in 2000 or it was just an act.

        Now Dan Quayle, that dude was a real one.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        3 days ago

        yup, he needed to obfuscate his origins as a rich family from MAINE, which alot of like some celebrities, lke taylor swift and THE DRUNKARD kid rock.