September 08, 2002

The Bard from Stratford-on-the-Brazos

Bush has not stiffed the English language, but he may have crawfished around it

I love this Op Ed by Philip Howard in the Times of London about GWB!
Check out the last paragraph:

The President may not know it, or show it. But he is a linguistic archaeologist as well as a poet. His vivid metaphors are just the kind of colloquialisms that we Limeys expect to hear around the Texan barbecue or bar of our imaginations. They are lovely.

I've lived in Britain twice, so trust me: he means it.
They just adore true Texans...!
Yee Haw!