September 07, 2004

SWIFT RECOVERY NOT EXPECTED

Professor Bunyip notes that the Melbourne Age is yet to correct this:

President George W Bush, campaigning in Wisconsin, wished Clinton "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery."

"He's is in our thoughts and prayers," Bush said. Bush's audience of thousands booed. Bush did nothing to stop them.

The Age’s audience of thousands booed. The Age did nothing to stop them. Also from the Bunyip: a revealing look inside an online Australian Muslim forum.

Posted by Tim Blair at September 7, 2004 04:26 AM
Comments

"President George W. Bush, campaigning in Wisconsin, wished Clinton "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery."


Ah, don't you see? Nevermind that the audience didn't actually boo Bush's well wishes for Clinton. What's germane here is that Bush invoked the "swift" word, the most hurtful word in the English language to Democrats just now. And, wishing a "speedy recovery" was nothing more than a vicious re-opening of the scratches Clinton's party nominee sustained in 'Nam combat. Bush might as well have offered to send a box of purple-hearted Band-Aids over to him as he awaited surgery.

The AP may be 100% wrong about happenings, but it knows it's right about the subliminals.

Posted by: charlotte at September 7, 2004 at 06:44 AM

Are you saying "Boo!" or "Boo-ill!"

Posted by: Quentin George at September 7, 2004 at 08:17 AM

Hands up whoever got a response from their emails to intrepid AP folks this weekend.

That's what I thought.

Posted by: geezer at September 7, 2004 at 09:40 AM